So, it’s that time of the year again when Christmas carols are stuck in your head, the smell of freshly baked cookies fills the air (even if half of them come out a little “extra crispy”), and you’re knee-deep in wrapping paper, wondering how the tape keeps disappearing. But honestly, isn’t that chaos part of the fun?
The holiday season is truly the most exquisite time of the year, no matter where in the world you are. In India, where I live, it feels even more special because it starts as early as September with Navratri, Dussehra, and Diwali lighting up our lives and stretches all the way to December, Christmas, and the New Year, bringing in winter’s cozy charm. It’s my favorite time of the year, when the air turns crisp, the sweaters come out, and everything feels just a little more magical.
For me, Christmas itself feels like stepping into a warm hug, pure hygge, that smells of cinnamon and fresh pine, with twinkling lights casting a soft glow everywhere you look—magical, messy, and full of heart. Add the charm of Christmas markets where the air smells of roasted chestnuts and mulled wine, and it truly feels like a dream come to life. What does Christmas feel like to you?
Over the years, I’ve found that the right words can perfectly capture this feeling. Think of them like tiny snow globes for your soul, ready to shake up some holiday magic just when you need it.
I’ve rounded up some of my favorite festive quotes, funny, heartwarming, and just the right amount of cheesy to sprinkle some festive cheer your way, whether you’re sipping hot cocoa, untangling those never-ending fairy lights, or waiting for the Wi-Fi to load that perfect holiday playlist.
You can print these quotes as posters, frame them for your home or office, write them in holiday cards, share them with loved ones, post them on Instagram, or save them for later; they’re here to keep your season merry and your spirits bright.
Looking for ways to put winter into words? Head to Beautiful Winter Words You’ll Fall in Love With.
Best Christmas Quotes
It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. ~ W. T. Ellis
Christmas is doing a little extra something for someone else. ~ Charles M. Schulz
At Christmas play and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year. ~ Thomas Tusser, A Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing… ~ Grace Noll Crowell
Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. ~ Unknown
Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish. Christmas, in short, is about the only chance a man has to be himself. ~ Francis C. Farley
In the midst of the shopping and the wrapping and the arranging of presents under your tree this Christmas, may you not forget the gifts you cannot yet hold in your hands. ~ T. D. Jakes, Follow the Star: Christmas Stories That Changed My Life
I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month. ~ Harlan Miller
The Christmas tree is a symbol of love, not money. There’s a kind of glory to them when they’re all lit up that exceeds anything all the money in the world could buy. ~ Andy Rooney, Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit
Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard or too sad when you’ve got a Christmas tree in the living room. All those presents under it, all that anticipation. Just a way of saying there’s always light and hope in the world. ~ Nora Roberts
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
Christmas – that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance – a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved. ~ Augusta E. Rundel
Christmas makes me happy no matter what time of year it comes around. ~ Bryan White
Christmas always rustled. It rustled every time, mysteriously, with silver and gold paper, tissue paper and a rich abundance of shiny paper, decorating and hiding everything and giving a feeling reckless extravagance. ~ Tove Jansson
I love the excitement, the childlike spirit of innocence, and just about everything that goes along with Christmas. ~ Hillary Scott
Christmas is more than just December 25th. It’s a season of happiness, love, and anticipation… if you haven’t started celebrating yet, you’re LATE! ~ Olivia Danchik
Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year – and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority. ~ W. J. Cameron
Remember, if Christmas isn’t found in your heart, you won’t find it under a tree. ~ Charlotte Carpenter
I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give! ~ Carolyn Wells
I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending. ~ Fred Rogers
Santa blows all these shipping companies away. He delivers more than 2 billion packages in just 24 hours. He does it by sleigh. He doesn’t use tracking numbers and doesn’t use trucks. He just uses midgets and a giant bag. ~ Craig Ferguson
The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. ~ Helen Keller
Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child. ~ William Saroyan
Christmas is a time to open our hearts to God and his gifts. Just like the rest of the year. ~ Unknown
As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is. ~ Eric Sevareid
Probably the reason we all go so haywire at Christmas time with the endless unrestrained and often silly buying of gifts is that we don’t quite know how to put our love into words. ~ Harlan Miller
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance—each beautiful, unique, and gone too soon. ~ Deborah Whipp
Christmas is a day of happiness and excitement. ~ Herbert Henry Wernecke
I won’t ask for much this Christmas. I won’t even wish for snow. And I’m just gonna keep on waiting, underneath the mistletoe. ~ Mariah Carey, All I want for Christmas is You
A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away; While quite unselfish, it grows small. ~ Eva K. Logue
Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts. ~ Janice Maeditere
Christmas is a box of tree ornaments that have become part of the family. ~ Charles M. Schulz
The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst. ~ Marge Kennedy
Christmas isn’t a parade or concert but a piece of home you keep in your heart wherever you go. ~ Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Town
Christmas now surrounds us, Happiness is everywhere. Our hands are busy with many tasks as carols fill the air. ~ Shirley Sallay
The world has grown weary through the years, but at Christmas, it is young. ~ Phillips Brooks
Peace on Earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day. ~ Helen Steiner Rice, Helen Steiner Rice – The Healing Touch: Poems, Letters and Life Stories
Santa Claus is anyone who loves another and seeks to make them happy; who gives himself by thought or word or deed in every gift that he bestows. ~ Edwin Osgood Grover
I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays – let them overtake me unexpectedly – waking up some fine morning and suddenly saying to myself: ‘Why, this is Christmas Day! ~ Ray Stannard Baker (Pen Name: David Grayson)
Whenever you give someone a present or sing a holiday song, you’re helping Santa Claus. To me, that’s what Christmas is all about. Helping Santa Claus! ~ Louis Sachar, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger
Christmas is a togethery sort of holiday” said Pooh “Thats my favorite kind” said Piglet, “Togethery and Remembery. ~ A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving. ~ James Cash Penney
The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn’t matter what mood you’re in, or what kind of year you’ve had–it’s a fresh start. ~ Kelly Clarkson
Christmas is for everyone, adults and children alike. Allow this season fill your heart, and let go of the things you dislike. ~ Julie Hebert
It’s not what’s under the Christmas tree that matters, it’s who’s around it. ~ Charles M. Schulz
Seeing the light in my child’s eyes is all it takes to make Christmas the most magical time of the year. ~ Unknown
Christmas is, of course, the time to be home – in heart as well as body. ~ Garry Moore
Be present in all things and thankful for all things. ~ Maya Angelou
Sometimes the best Christmas present is remembering what you’ve already got. ~ Cathy Guisewite, The Cathy Chronicles
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall. ~ Larry Wilde
At Christmas I no more desire a rose
Than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled mirth;
But like of each thing that in season grows. ~ William Shakespeare, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Act I
The true Christmas spirit is putting others’ happiness before our own, and finding you’ve never known such happiness. ~ Toni Sorenson
If you want to experience the true meaning of Christmas, give something to someone who can offer nothing in return. ~ Toni Sorenson
I wonder whether the Christmas feeling has anything to do with the sixth sense. Perhaps we’re a little more the angels at Christmas than we are during the rest of the year. And Christmas is about all the other senses. I can smell Christmas, I can taste Christmas, and I can see and hear it. ~ Jostein Gaarder, Through a Glass, Darkly
When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things—not the great occasions—give off the greatest glow of happiness. ~ Bob Hope
Christmas is a magical time whose spirit lives on in all of us no matter how old we grow. ~ Sirona Knight
Christmas Cheer Recipe — Combine loads of good wishes, heart full of love and armfuls of hugs. Sprinkle with laughter and garnish with mistletoe. Top off with presents. Serves everyone! ~ Unknown
It’s Christmas Time; It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s a season of love, joy, peace, and cheer! ~ Dana Sheree Coe
She was so busy doing Christmas, there wasn’t time to experience Christmas. ~ Lori Copeland, Unwrapping Christmas
Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves. ~ Eric Sevareid
Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us – a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead. ~ David Cameron
Christmas Quotes about Family
Christmas is a time for families. ~ Dorothy Koomson, My Best Friend’s Girl
Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. ~ Peg Bracken
The idea of Christmas can’t be more important than the people you share Christmas with. ~ Candace Helaine Cameron Bure
One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day. Don’t clean it up too quickly. ~ Andy Rooney
It’s true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you’ll find you’ve created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul. ~ Caroline Kennedy
Christmas is a special time of year when family and tradition blend together into magical holiday grandeur. ~ Candy Christmas
Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches. ~ Wanda Hope Carter
I find that it’s the simple things that remind you of family around the holidays. ~ Amy Adams
A regularly orthodox jolly Christmas is suggestive of big fires, plum puddings, and family gatherings. ~ Alice Fisher
The thoughtfulness and goodwill messages from loved ones brighten my Christmas day. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Christmas for me is all about spending time with my family. I cherish any chance we have to spend all day together making gingerbread houses, baking cookies, or sitting around and watching movies. ~ Blake Lively
Christmas is a season of celebrating the birth of our Savior and a time of sharing gifts with those we cherish and love. ~ Jack Countryman
Holidays – any holiday – are such a great opportunity to focus on bringing the family together. ~ Lidia Bastianich
December days…as Christmas time draws near; brings family warmth, and friendship’s joyful cheer, from memory’s store so many days to bless and cherish so in quiet thankfulness. ~ John McLeod
My brother, little sister and I decorate the tree together, and every year we fight over who gets to hang our handmade childhood decorations. ~ Carly Rae Jepsen
We count down the days just to experience it nearly exactly as we always have. It is so comfortable, familiar and perfectly nostalgic that, frankly, we have no desire to improve upon it at all. ~ Joanna Gaines
Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together. ~ Rosie Thomas, Iris & Ruby
Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. ~ Washington Irving, Old Christmas
Of all the old festivals, however, that of Christmas awakens the strongest and most heartfelt associations. ~ Washington Irving, Old Christmas
I love the smell of Christmas trees, singing Christmas carols, baking my family’s favorite cookies, wrapping presents, and decorating my house! ~ Debbie Trafton O’Neal
I eat everything I want on Christmas Day. I really don’t watch what I eat. It’s not like you have Christmas every day. ~ Adriana Lima
Your children need your presence more than your presents. ~ Jesse Jackson
The light of the Christmas star to you. The warmth of home and hearth to you. The cheer and goodwill of friends to you. The hope of a child-like heart to you. The joy of a thousand angels to you. The love of the Son and God’s peace to you. ~ Sherryl Woods, An O’Brien Family Christmas
Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends. ~ Margaret Thatcher
There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for the holidays. When I was tiny we would buy a real tree and stay up late drinking hot chocolate and finding just the right place for the special decorations. It seems like my parents gave up the magic when I figured out the Santa lie. Maybe I shouldn’t have told them I knew where the presents really came from. It broke their hearts. ~ Laurie Halse Anderson
Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive. ~ Robert Lynd
The kind of love that was so intently demonstrated at Christmas is truly amazing and life-changing. ~ Jason C. Dukes
Christmas reminds us we are not alone. We are not unrelated atoms, jouncing and ricocheting amid aliens, but are a part of something, which holds and sustains us. As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same. Christmas shows us the ties that bind us together, threads of love and caring, woven in the simplest and strongest way within the family. ~ Donald E. Westlake
We decorate our homes for this wonderful season. A large evergreen tree proudly stands in the main family room. Beautiful rainbow-colored lights seem to dance to the tune of Christmas carols. ~ Theresa Ann
When we remember a special Christmas, it is not the presents that made it special, but the laughter, the feeling of love, and the togetherness of friends and family that made that Christmas special. ~ Catherine Pulsifer
Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings, exchanged, of gift-giving, and of families united. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
And you’re not sitting with the prefects today, either. Christmas is a time for family. ~ George Weasley, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
For me, the spirit of Christmas means being happy and giving freely. It’s a tradition for all the kids in the family to help mom decorate the tree. Christmas is all about family, eating, drinking, and making merry. ~ Malaika Arora Khan
Every year, like a good Catholic, I wait for Christmas. Putting up the lights, decorating the tree, making sweets and then unwrapping gifts on Christmas morning… its a tradition my family has followed since I was very little. ~ Malaika Arora Khan
The spirit of the season never has to end as long as you keep your loved ones near, and the holiday wish in your heart. ~ Jiminy Cricket, Holiday Wishes: Celebrate the Spirit of the Season
Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago. ~ Tom Baker
I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent. For this is still the time God chooses. ~ Taylor Caldwell
That is what Christmas should be about, I think — togetherness and playfulness. It’s like a game. ~ Billy Howle
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. ~ Hamilton Wright Mabie, My Study Fire
Christmas, in fact, is not an external event at all, but a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart: like a nursery story, its validity rests on exact repetition, so that it comes around every time as the evocation of one’s whole life and particularly of the most distant bits of it in childhood. ~ Freya Stark, The Zodiac Arch
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. ~ Burton Hillis
True Christmas is about presence, not presents. ~ Maxime Lagacé
The best way to celebrate the holidays is with great food and even better company. ~ Ina Garten
A holiday gives one a chance to look backward and forward, to reset oneself by an inner compass. ~ May Sarton, At Seventy: A Journal
Christmas Sayings
Christmas is the thread that stitches family and friends into a quilt of warmth and memories.
Every shared laugh, every warm meal—Christmas is the festival of togetherness.
It’s the hugs from family and the chats with friends that make the season merry and bright.
Christmas magic sneaks into the heart, even if it’s three sizes too small.
Christmas calories don’t count when shared with family and friends.
Family fights over the last cookie are the true spirit of christmas.
Christmas: when family reunites, and your patience takes a holiday.
Nothing says Christmas like matching pajamas and unmatched opinions.
Jingle all the way, but don’t trip on the tinsel.
Merry everything and a happy always.
Mistletoe: the original awkward moment creator.
Elves work hard, but christmas shoppers work harder.
Even the most tangled Christmas lights can’t dim the season’s sparkle.
Snow is just glitter falling from the sky.
Tis the season to overeat and overshare.
Even the grinch can’t resist a christmas movie marathon.
Wrap it up—gifts, love, and good vibes.
Deck the halls, and don’t forget the snacks.
Christmas magic is believing even when your wallet doesn’t.
Inspirational Christmas Quotes
Christmas is not only where you find it; it’s what you make of it. ~ Trina Schart Hyman, How Six Found Christmas
I don’t think Christmas is necessarily about things. It’s about being good to one another, it’s about the Christian ethic, it’s about kindness. ~ Carrie Fisher
I’m not materialistic. I believe in presents from the heart – like a drawing that a child does. ~ Victoria Beckham
Bringing the past and the present together with a tradition that was timeless to those who had grown up with Christmas tree. ~ Fred Neuschel, Lives and Legends of the Christmas Tree Ships
There’s nothing cozier than a Christmas tree all lit up. ~ Jenny Han, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~ Edith Wharton
Christmas is not about the lights, not about the presents, not about the food, but about being there for others, being a friend, loving someone whether they are family or not. ~ S. E. Smith
On Christmas morning, before we could open our Christmas presents, we would go to this stranger’s home and bring them presents. I remember helping clean the house and putting up a tree. My father believed that you have a responsibility to look after everyone else. ~ George Clooney
He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. ~ Roy L. Smith
The magical dust of Christmas glittered on the cheeks of humanity ever so briefly, reminding us of what is worth having and what we were intended to be. ~ Max Lucado, God Came Near: Chronicles of the Christ
Christmas is for children. But it is for grownups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide-bound hearts. ~ Lenora Mattingly Weber
I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
Christmas tree will eventually be, emphasizing that it is a symbol of those who went before Christ, waiting. ~ Anne Neuberger
May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope; The spirit of Christmas which is peace; The heart of Christmas which is love. ~ Ada V. Hendricks
When you give up yourself, that’s when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that’s giving, that’s serving others and that’s when you feel fulfilled. ~ Joel Osteen
May you all have a beautiful holiday—wherever you are, whoever you are, however you spend it, and whatever emotions arise within you on this day. Blessings to the beasts and children within us all. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Hope your Christmas is blessed in all the best ways and the New Year brings lots of reasons for joy. ~ Unknown
Christmas is a whisper of peace and a sigh of hope on the lips of love. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide-open heart that thinks of others first. ~ George Matthew Adams
Let us keep Christmas beautiful without a thought of greed that it might live forevermore to fill our every need. ~ Ann Garnett Schultz
We should try to hold on to the Christmas spirit, not just one day a year, but all 365. ~ Mary Martin
Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. ~ Lucinda Franks
Christmas Eve is my favorite… I think the anticipation is more fun than anything else. I kind of lost that. The idea that something – food, traditions, an arbitrary date on the calendar – can be special because we decide it should be. We make it special. Not just for ourselves, but for others. ~ Kiersten White, My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both. ~ Phillips Brooks
Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect. ~ Oren Arnold
Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world – stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death – and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is the image and brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christmas. And if you keep it for a day, why not always? But you can never keep it alone.~ Henry Van Dyke
For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. ~ Queen Elizabeth II
I do like Christmas on the whole … In its clumsy way, it does approach Peace and Goodwill. But oh, it is clumsier every year. ~ E. M. Forster
Until one feels the spirit of Christmas, there is no Christmas. All else is outward display—so much tinsel and decorations. For it isn’t the holly, it isn’t the snow. It isn’t the tree not the firelight’s glow. It’s the warmth that comes to the hearts of men when the Christmas spirit returns again. ~ Unknown
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller
Mankind is a great, immense family. This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas. ~ Pope John Paul XXIII
Ask your children two questions this Christmas. First: “What do you want to give to others for Christmas?” Second: “What do you want for Christmas?” The first fosters generosity of heart and an outward focus. The second can breed selfishness if not tempered by the first. ~ Unknown
Don’t you love Christmas? Anything goes wrong in the world, Christmas makes it go away. Decorations, carols, tree. ~ David E. Kelley
Isn’t it funny that at Christmas something in you gets so lonely for – I don’t know what exactly, but it’s something that you don’t mind so much not having at other times. ~ Kate Langley Bosher, How It Happened
Christmas is the season for giving. I always enjoy sharing the gift of music with friends, family, students, and their parents during this special time. ~ Dennis Alexander
There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions. ~ Bill McKibben
I don’t need a holiday or a feast to feel grateful for my children, the sun, the moon, the roof over my head, music, and laughter, but I like to take this time to take the path of thanks less traveled. ~ Paula Poundstone
One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth. ~ Zooey Deschanel
For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer—home. ~ W. J. Tucker
The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. ~ Calvin Coolidge
Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving. ~ B. C. Forbes
Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold. ~ Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
Christmas may steal the spotlight, but December itself has a quiet kind of magic. You’ll find more of that in my December Quotes collection, words for snow, stillness, and those in-between days when the lights dim but the warmth stays.
Christmas and the holidays is the season of giving. It’s a time when people are more kind and open-hearted. ~ Gisele Bundchen
I love the fact that everybody slightly changes during the holidays. Most people are a little bit brighter and have a little bit more cheer around the Christmas time and are a little bit more giving, so I love that. ~ Jordin Sparks
As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving. ~ Gordon B. Hinckley
Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. ~ Pindar
Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas. ~ Dale Evans Rogers
The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing other’s loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of the holidays. ~ W. C. Jones
My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that? ~ Bob Hope
Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it ‘white.’ ~ Bing Crosby
The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world’s busy life and become more interested in people than in things. ~ Thomas S. Monson
My brothers and sisters, may the spirit of love, which comes at Christmastime, fill our homes and our lives and linger there long after the tree is down and the lights are put away for another year. ~ Thomas S. Monson
Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most. ~ Ruth Carter Stapleton
Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting. ~ Brian Tracy
It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you…yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand. ~ Mother Teresa
What is Christmas? It is the tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace. ~ Agnes M. Pharo
Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance—a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved. ~ Augusta E. Randel
Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today’s Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday. ~ Gladys Bagg Taber
Best of all are the decorations the grandchildren have made — fat little stars and rather crooked Santas, shaped out of dough and baked in the oven. ~ Gladys Bagg Taber
May your hearth be warm, your holidays grand, and your heart held gently in the good Lord’s hand. ~ Unknown
Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime. ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
If everybody wanted everybody else to be happy all the time, then would it be Christmas all the time? ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek
Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread the rush, the long Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought and given–when Christmas Day comes, there is still the same warm feeling we had as children, the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes. ~ Joan Winmill Brown
Funny Christmas Quotes
What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. ~ Phyllis Diller
Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. ~ Phyllis Diller
I love Christmas. I receive a lot of wonderful presents I can’t wait to exchange. ~ Henry Youngman
Christmas is a time when you get homesick — even when you’re home. ~ Carol Nelson
It’s all fun and games until Santa checks the naughty list. ~ Unknown
Dear Santa, before I explain, how much do you know already? ~ Unknown
Dear Santa, I was framed. ~ Unknown
Dear Santa, it was my sister’s fault. ~ Unknown
Why is Christmas just like a day in the office? You do all the work and the fat guy in the suit gets all the credit. ~ Unknown
If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, it would be Christmas every day. ~ John Boehner
It’s that special time of year when your whole family gathers together in one place to look at their cellphones. ~ Jimmy Kimmel
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph. ~ Shirley Temple
Ever wonder what people got Jesus for Christmas? It’s like, ‘Oh great, socks. You know I’m dying for your sins, right? Yeah, but thanks for the socks! They’ll go great with my sandals. What am I, German?’ ~ Jim Gaffigan
Everyone knows the most important part of the Christmas celebration is spending time with family you don’t get to see very often. Then you have an excuse to neglect them for the rest of the year. ~ Unknown
Three Wise Women would have asked directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby, bought practical gifts, cleaned the stable, made a casserole, and there would be peace on earth! ~ Unknown
I bought my brother some gift-wrap for Christmas. I took it to the Gift Wrap department and told them to wrap it, but in a different print so he would know when to stop unwrapping. ~ Steven Wright
From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist, it would be necessary to invent it. ~ Katharine Whitehorn
What I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present. ~ Don Marquis
The Christmas cheer is real in our family. So are the Christmas hangovers. ~ Unknown
There are no Grinches in this family, just a bunch of Whos! ~ Unknown
Christmas: the one time of year when you can’t avoid the nuts in your family muesli. ~ Charles Stross
Me: “I want a magical Unicorn for Christmas”
Santa: “Be realistic”
Me: “Okay. I want 5 minutes to myself each day to drink my coffee hot and pee in peace.”
Santa: “What color Unicorn would you like?”
Don’t blame the holidays. You were fat in August. ~ Unknown
The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school. ~ Alice Cooper
The main reason why Santa is so jolly is that he knows where all the bad girls live. ~ George Carlin
Do give books – religious or otherwise – for Christmas. They’re never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal. ~ Lenore Hershey
A Christmas miracle is when your family doesn’t get into a single argument all day. ~ Melanie White
The day I saw my mom eating the Santa cookies on the plate was one of the most horrific days of my life. ~ Halle Berry
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas. But if the white runs out, I’ll drink the red. ~ Unknown
Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That’s why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig. ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
Santa Claus has the right idea: visit people once a year. ~ Victor Borge
There are three stages of man: He believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus. ~ Bob Phillips
The ideal Christmas gift is money, but the trouble is you can’t charge it. ~ Bill Vaughan
Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the next year. ~ P. J. O’Rourke, Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People
Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas. ~ Stephen Graham Jones
Christmas, here again. Let us raise a loving cup; Peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up. ~ Wendy Cope
It’s always consoling to know that today’s Christmas gifts are tomorrow’s garage sales. ~ Milton Berle
Keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and receipts for all major purchases. ~ Bridger Winegar
No matter how carefully you stored the lights last year, they will be snarled again this Christmas. ~ Robert Kirby
For Christmas this year, try giving less. Start with less attitude. There’s more than enough of that in the world as it is—and people will usually just give it back anyway! ~ Anne Bristow
Did you ever notice that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year around this time, I hear Christmas music. ~ Tom Sims
Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice. ~ Dave Barry
I hate the radio this time of year because they play “All I Want For Christmas Is You” like, every other song. And that’s just not enough. ~ Bridger Winegar
A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours. ~ John B. Priestly
Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer…. Who’d have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously? ~ Bill Watterson
Christmas sweaters are only acceptable as a cry for help. ~ Andy Borowitz
The one thing woman don’t want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husbands. ~ Joan Rivers
I’m only a morning person on December 25th. ~ Unknown
Sending Christmas cards is a good way to let your friends and family know that you think they’re worth the price of a stamp. ~ Melanie White
You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. ~ Maya Angelou
There’s no experience quite like cutting your own live Christmas tree out of your neighbor’s yard. ~ Dan Florence
Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log. ~ Ellen DeGeneres
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, ‘Toys not included.’ ~ Bernard Manning
Christmas is a magical time of year…I just watched all my money magically disappear. ~ Unknown
Next to a circus there ain’t nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. ~ Kin Hubbard
Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. ~ Kin Hubbard
Dear Santa, this year please give me a big fat bank account and a slim body. You mixed those two up last year. ~ Unknown
The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other. ~ Johnny Carson
That’s the true spirit of Christmas: people being helped by people other than me. ~ Jerry Seinfeld
Christmas is a baby shower that totally went overboard. ~ Andy Borowitz
It’s beginning to cost a lot like Christmas. ~ Unknown
Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas. ~ Johnny Carson
Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money. ~ Unknown
You know you’re getting old when Santa starts looking younger. ~ Robert Paul
Christmas: the only time of year you can sit in front of a dead tree eating candy out of socks. ~ Anonymous
Christmas: It’s the only religious holiday that’s also a federal holiday. That way, Christians can go to their services, and everyone else can sit at home and reflect on the true meaning of the separation of church and state. ~ Samantha Bee
At Christmas, tea is compulsory. Relatives are optional. ~ Robert Godden
The office Christmas party is a great opportunity to catch up with people you haven’t seen for 20 minutes. ~ Julius Sharpe
How you can tell that Santa is real? You can always sense his presents.
Religious Christmas Quotes
Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing and feel the quiet holiness of that time that’s set apart to celebrate love, friendship, and God’s gift of the Christ child. ~ Amy Grant
Christmas began in the heart of God. It is complete only when it reaches the heart of man.Why wait for a call when you have a command? ~ Robert Hughes
The story of Christmas is the story of God’s relentless love for us. ~ Max Lucado
It doesn’t matter whether ur atheist, agnostic, or devout. You don’t have to follow any particular faith or wisdom tradition to realize that the sacred and miraculous is everywhere-literally all over the place-even tho we moderns tend to walk around not noticing it. ~ Susan Cain
There has been only one Christmas — the rest are anniversaries. ~ W. J. Cameron
That is my prayer for you this Christmas—that you would experience the fullness of Christ; that you would know in your heart the outpouring of grace upon grace; that the glory of the only Son from the Father would shine into your heart to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ; that you would be amazed that Christ can be so real to you. ~ John Piper, The Dawning of Indestructible Joy: Daily Readings for Advent
Like God, Christmas is timeless and eternal, from everlasting to everlasting. It is something even more than what happened that night in starlit little Bethlehem; it has been behind the stars forever. There was Christmas in the heart of God before the world was formed. ~ Roy Rogers
Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind. ~ Helen Steiner Rice
This holiday season, no matter what your religion is, please take a moment to reflect on why it’s better than all the other ones. ~ Guy Endore Kaiser
God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If He gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it. ~ Pope Francis
Good news from heaven the angels bring, Glad tidings to the earth they sing: To us this day a child is given, To crown us with the joy of heaven. ~ Martin Luther
Christmas is … a time to mark our progress through this earthly journey. Every December we can look back and marvel at the designs of God and realize how very little we are in control of the events that shaped the past year. Then, with hearts full, look to the celebration of that silent, holy night, and all its certainty. Because of Christmas, this we know: Christ was born for us. He is love, and the plans he has for us always surpass those of our own. ~ Karen Kingsbury
Christmas is not for the gifts we exchange. It’s not about sleigh rides or sweet candy canes. Nay, Christmas is simple. A time to recall Christ’s gift of atonement He gave to us all. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich
And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans–and all that lives and move upon them. He has given us all green things and everything that blossoms and bears fruit and all that we quarrel about and all that we have misused–and to save us from our foolishness, from all our sins, He came down to earth and gave us Himself.. ~ Sigrid Undset
Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog. ~ Philip Yancey
As December dawns, most families are busy putting Christmas programs and parties on the calendar, making holiday travel plans, and purchasing Christmas gifts. Those are all wonderful things, but if your family is anything like mine, these good things can squeeze out the best thing—nurturing a longing in our hearts and our homes for a fresh sense of wonder that God has come to us in Jesus. If we do not set aside time to focus together on what God’s Word tells us about the promise of Christ, on Christmas morning we can find ourselves surrounded by mounds of torn gift wrap, our laps full of presents, but with hearts that are empty and unprepared. ~ Nancy Guthrie, Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room: Daily Family Devotions for Advent
Giving, not getting, brings to full bloom the Christmas spirit. Enemies are forgiven, friends remembered, and God obeyed. The spirit of Christmas illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world’s busy life and become more interested in people than things. To catch the real meaning of the “spirit of Christmas,” we need only drop the last syllable, and it becomes the “Spirit of Christ.” ~ Thomas S. Monson
If we could condense all the truths of Christmas into only three words, these would be the words: ‘God with us.’ ~ John F. MacArthur
If you desire to find the true spirit of Christmas and partake of the sweetness of it, let me make this suggestion to you. During the hurry of the festive occasion of this Christmas season, find time to turn your heart to God. Perhaps in the quiet hours, and in a quiet place, and on your knees—alone or with loved ones—give thanks for the good things that have come to you, and ask that His Spirit might dwell in you as you earnestly strive to serve Him and keep His commandments. He will take you by the hand and His promises will be kept. ~ Howard W. Hunter
May the Christmas morning make us happy to be Thy children, and the Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson, A Christmas Prayer
The very purpose of Christ’s coming into the world was that he might offer up his life as a sacrifice for the sins of men. He came to die. This is the heart of Christmas. ~ Billy Graham
There’s so much more to Christmas than what we see and hear on the radio and television. The whole thing is about Jesus. ~ Billy Graham
Off to one side sits a group of shepherds. They sit silently on the floor, perhaps perplexed, perhaps in awe, no doubt in amazement. Their night watch had been interrupted by an explosion of light from heaven and a symphony of angels. God goes to those who have time to hear him–and so on this cloudless night he went to simple shepherds. ~ Max Lucado
How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, His precepts! O! ’tis easier to keep holidays than commandments. ~ Benjamin Franklin
This is as it should be, for Christmas is a holiday that we celebrate not as individuals nor as a nation, but as a human family — and not merely as a family living in this age and time, but as a family linked through history, in ways we still cannot fully comprehend, to that First Christmas in Bethlehem. ~ Ronald Reagan
All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ. ~ David Jeremiah
Yet, the beautiful trees which we make a central feature of our Christmas celebration can be used as lovely symbols of Jesus and his coming to our world at the first Christmas. ~ Rev. Cecil Andrew Newell
The son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God. ~ C.S. Lewis
Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas. ~ Ronald Reagan
Once in our world, a Stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world. ~ C.S. Lewis
And when the Lord Jesus has become your peace, remember, there is another thing: good will towards men. Do not try to keep Christmas without good will towards men. ~ Charles Spurgeon
Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you. ~ Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice. ~ Pope Paul VI
May the hope, the peace, the joy, and the love represented by the birth in Bethlehem this night fill our lives and become part of all that we say and do. ~ Rev. Richard J. Fairchild
God is here. This truth should fill our lives, and every Christmas should be for us a new and special meeting with God, when we allow his light and grace to enter deep into our soul. ~ Josemaría Escrivá, Christ Is Passing By
The great challenge left to us is to cut through all the glitz and glam of the season that has grown increasingly secular and commercial, and be reminded of the beauty of the One who is Christmas. ~ Bill Crowder
The reality of loving God is loving Him like He’s a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff. ~ Criss Jami, Killosophy
Famous Christmas Quotes from Books
I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo! ~ Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas. ~ Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. ~ Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmastime. ~ Charles Dickens
Pray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you no harm. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray, The Kickleburys On The Rhine
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home! ~ Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. ~ Ebenezer Scrooge, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when it’s mighty Founder was a child Himself. ~ Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round — apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that — as a good time: a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. ~ Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
Christmas is never over, unless you want it to be…Christmas is a state of mind. ~ Lauren Myracle, Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances
I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas: It brings people together while time stands still. Cozy couples lazily meandered the streets and children trudged sleds and chased snowballs. No one seemed to be in a rush to experience anything other than the glory of the day, with each other, whenever and however it happened. ~ Rachel Cohn, Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares
It seemed like the little Christmas tree wasn’t so little after all. It seemed to grow taller and wider with all the decorations on it. ~ Patricia Erickson, The Little Christmas Tree
There are some wonderful aspects to Christmas. It’s magical. And each year, from at least November, well, September, well, if I’m honest, May, I look forward to it hugely. The singing, eating, log fires, eating, drinking, singing, eating, the good will, the cheer, ice skating, singing, the eating, the drinking, the show, the scarves, singing, eating, drinking, eating, singing, eating. Yes, I embrace the season in all its candle-lit, log-fire-lighting, chestnut-roasting gloriousness, and ponder the people to whom I can spread bounty and joy in this glorious season of giving. *sings* ‘Well, I wish it could be Christmas every da-a-a-a-ay! ~ Miranda Hart, Is It Just Me?
Later in the winter I’d tire of the snow, but Christmas snow was different. ~ Marie Landry, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun. ~ Louisa May Alcott, Little Men
Part of my passion for all things Christmas is seeing my holiday stuff again every December. I suppose I do have more than most folks, so the reunion each winter keeps me in the holiday spirit for a full year. And there are always a few pieces out in my house whatever the month. ~ Mary Engelbreit, Christmas with Mary Engelbreit: The Best Christmas Ever
I sincerely hope your Christmas…may abound in the gaieties which the season generally brings… ~ Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. Not to feel the cold on your bare feet as you rush to the Christmas tree in the living room. Not to have your eyes sparkle at the wonderment of discovery. Not to rip the ribbons off the shiny boxes with such abandon. ~ Erma Bombeck
It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement. ~ Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
Christmas was considered a magical time in which the normal rules of everyday life–indeed, even the rules of nature–were suspended. ~ Bernd Brunner, Inventing the Christmas Tree
One can never have enough socks,” said Dumbledore. “Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books. ~ J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Christmas magic is silent. You don’t hear it-you feel it, you know it, you believe it. ~ Kevin Alan Milne, The Paper Bag Christmas
Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart…filled it, too, with melody that would last forever. Even though you grew up and found you could never quite bring back the magic feeling of this night, the melody would stay in your heart always – a song for all the years. ~ Bess Genevra Streeter Aldrich, Song of Years
I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas, as if whatever it was the pine boughs and the candles and the silver and gilt-ribboned presents and the birch-log fires and the Christmas turkey and the carols at the piano promised never came to pass. ~ Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
Christmas day is the children’s, but the holidays are youth’s dancing-time. ~ Booth Tarkington, Beasley’s Christmas Party
God put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is supposed to be a happy time. ~ Bil Keane, Jeffy’s Lookin’ at Me
The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting. ~ Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night. ~ John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
Lights sparkle from streetlamps, Christmas trees and bicycles.” — Charlot King, A Christmas Mystery
She lighted another match, and then she found herself sitting under a beautiful Christmas-tree. It was larger and more beautifully decorated than the one which she had seen through the glass door at the rich merchant’s. Thousands of tapers were burning upon the green branches, and colored pictures, like those she had seen in the show-windows, looked down upon it all. The little one stretched out her hand towards them, and the match went out. The Christmas lights rose higher and higher, till they looked to her like the stars in the sky. ~ Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Match Girl
In your hurry to keep Christmas, you have forgotten Christmas. The truest gift of Christmas is the gift of self. ~ Richard Paul Evans, The Light of Christmas
From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas bring us closer to each other. ~ Emily Matthews, Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Christmas: 101 Tales of Holiday Joy, Love, and Gratitude
Time cannot be packaged and ribboned and left under trees for Christmas morning. Time can’t be given. But it can be shared. ~ Cecelia Ahern, The Gift
I look at the holiday lights in the distance, twinkling like stars, calling out to me. This time I respond. ~ Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart
At the heart of every family tradition is a meaningful experience. ~ Unknown, Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Christmas: 101 Tales of Holiday Joy, Love, and Gratitude
May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve. ~ Unknown, Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Christmas: 101 Tales of Holiday Joy, Love, and Gratitude
Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home. ~ G.K Chesterton, Brave New Family
Christmas is a magical time for both the young and old. ~ Diane Cirafesi-Keszczyk, Cloudy Christmas Myths to Clear Heavenly Beliefs
Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth, sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
It struck him that how you spent Christmas was a message to the world about where you were in life, some indication of how deep a hole you had managed to burrow for yourself. ~ Nick Hornby, About a Boy
Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more! ~ Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Be it ever so heinous, there’s no place like home. ~ How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand. ~ Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
I don’t want Christmas season to end, because it’s the only time I can legitimately indulge in on particular addiction: glitter. ~ Eloisa James, Paris in Love
The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood. ~ Richard Paul Evans, The Christmas Box
Christmas was definitely the best thing ever, even better than pizza. But instead of all her favorite toppings, Amitola was surrounded by all her favorite people. ~ Aishabella Sheikh, Jungle Princess
The dance, like most dances after supper, was a merry one; some of the older folks joined in it, and the squire himself figured down several couple with a partner, with whom he affirmed he had danced at every Christmas for nearly half a century. ~ Washington Irving, Old Christmas
Always winter but never Christmas. ~ C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Christmas is not just a time for festivity and merry-making. It is more than that. It is a time for the contemplation of eternal things. The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving. ~ J. C. Penney, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Merry Christmas! 101 Joyous Holiday Stories
A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. ~ Garrison Keillor, Leaving Home
At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe. ~ Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express
Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see. ~ Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express
Christmas Quotes from Songs
City sidewalks busy sidewalks
Dressed in holiday style
In the air
There’s a feeling
Of Christmas. ~ Livingston & Evans, Silver Bells
It’s coming on Christmas
They’re cutting down trees
They’re putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace. ~ Joni Mitchell, River
Oh, the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we’ve no place to go,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. ~ Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn, Let It Snow
And so this is Christmas…what have you done? ~ John Lennon, Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Sleigh bells ring
Are you listening?
In the lane
Snow is glistening
It’s a beautiful sight
We’re happy tonight
Walking in a winter wonderland ~ Brad Paisley, Winter Wonderland
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me
a partridge in a pear tree ~ Frederic Austin, The Twelve Days of Christmas
You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
He’s making a list,
And checking it twice;
Gonna find out Who’s naughty and nice.
Santa Claus is coming to town
He sees you when you’re sleeping
He knows when you’re awake
He knows when you’ve been bad or good
So be good, for goodness sake! ~ J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie, Santa Claus is Coming to Town
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
There’ll be much mistltoeing
And hearts will be glowing
When loved ones are near ~ Edward Pola and George Wyle, It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Oh Christmas lights
Light up the street
Light up the fireworks in me
May all your troubles soon be gone
Oh Christmas lights keep shining on. ~ Coldplay, Christmas Lights
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how lovely are your branches! ~ Ernst Anschütz, O Christmas Tree, Christmas Carol
So I’m offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it’s been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you ~ Mel Tormé and Robert Wells
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white ~ Irving Berlin, White Christmas
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on
Our troubles will be out of sight. ~ Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Joy to the world!
The Lord has come
Let Earth receive her King!
Let every heart prepare Him room
And Heaven and nature sing ~ Issac Watts, Joy to the World, Christmas Carol
This time of year means being kind
to everyone we meet,
To share a smile with strangers
we may pass along the street. ~ Betty Black
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas;
Soon the bells will start,
And the thing that will make them ring
Is the carol that you sing
Right within your heart. ~ Meredith Willson, It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow. ~ Irving Berlin, White Christmas
Christmas Eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I’ll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams. ~ Kim Gannon & Walter Knet, I’ll be Home for Christmas
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.
The stars in the bright sky looked down where
he lay,
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
~ Away in a Manger, Christmas Carol
Well, they say he knows whose been naughty or nice
And if I have my way, baby after tonight
We’ll be one couple he can scratch off his list
Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip
Such a long sleigh ride from the North Pole
And he’s already got so many places to go
We’ve got each other, don’t need another gift
Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip ~ Gary Allen, Let’s Be Naughty (and Save Santa the Trip)
Christmas Quotes from Movies & TV Shows
Look, Daddy. Teacher says, every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. ~ Zuzu Bailey, It’s a Wonderful Life
I believe…I believe…It’s silly, but I believe. ~ Susan Walker (Natalie Wood), Miracle on 34th Street
I spend months picking out the perfect present for everyone. You know the only thing I get in return? Coupons and free back rubs. ~ Kiki, A Bad Moms Christmas
‘Tis the season to be jolly! ~ Deck the Halls
God bless us, everyone. ~ Tiny Tim, A Christmas Carol
Aren’t we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know…the birth of Santa. ~ Bart Simpson, The Simpsons
Come on, Dad. If TV has taught me anything, it’s that miracles always happen to poor kids at Christmas. It happened to Tiny Tim, it happened to Charlie Brown, it happened to The Smurfs, and it’s gonna happen to us. ~ Bart Simpson, The Simpsons
This is Christmas. The season of perpetual hope. ~ Kate, Home Alone
OK, this is extremely important. Will you please tell Santa that instead of presents this year, I just want my family back! ~ Kevin, Home Alone
It’s Christmas Eve and we are going to go celebrate being young and being alive. ~ Miles Dumont, The Holiday
The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear. ~ Buddy the Elf (Will Ferrell), Elf
There is no wrong way to decorate a Christmas tree. ~ Jules Daly, A Princess For Christmas
You have such a pretty face. You should be on a Christmas card. ~ Buddy the Elf (Will Ferrell), Elf
A toy is never truly happy until it is loved by a child. ~ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
A Yule log. It’s a wonderful tradition. One log is chosen, and everyone in the house touches it and makes a Christmas wish. ~ Belle, Beauty & the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
We need to show people that a true, selfless act always sparks another. ~ Klaus, Klaus
Christmas is getting all you can get while the getting is good. ~ Sally Brown, A Charlie Brown Christmas
Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day. It’s a frame of mind. ~ Kris Kringle, Miracle on 34th Street
Just because you can’t see something, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. ~ Charlie Calvin, The Santa Clause
Just because I cannot see it, doesn’t mean I can’t believe it! ~ Jack Skellington, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Seeing isn’t believing; believing is seeing. ~ Judy, Santa Claus 2
No one should be alone on Christmas. ~ Cindy Lou Who, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Now you listen to me, young lady! Even if we’re horribly mangled, there’ll be no sad faces on Christmas. ~ The Grinch, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Cheer up, dude. It’s Christmas. ~ The Grinch, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Christmas is just about my favorite time. Ever since I was a little kid, I always felt like it was my own personal holiday. ~ Ernest, Ernest Saves Christmas
That’s what Christmas memories are made from, they’re not planned, they’re not scheduled, nobody puts them in their Blackberry, they just happen. ~ Kelly Finch, Deck the Halls
Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to. ~ Fred Gailey, Deck the Halls
You’re skipping Christmas! Isn’t that against the law? ~ Spike Frohmeyer, Christmas With the Kranks
Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal! ~ Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
The higher the hair, the closer to the North Pole! ~ Stylist, Christmas On The Square
At Christmas, you tell the truth. ~ Mark, Love Actually
I’m of the mind set you can never do too much to make a child’s Christmas magical. ~ Ted Maltin, Jingle All the Way
I realized that Christmas is the time to be with the people you love. ~ Billy Mack, Love Actually
Human beings aren’t meant to be alone on the holidays. We actually need, you know, warmth, companionship, and someone to drunk-mock strangers with at parties. ~ Jackson, Holidate
Everyone loves Christmas movies. ~ A Hollywood Christmas
This bell is a wonderful symbol of the spirit of Christmas as am I. Just remember the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart. ~ Santa Claus, The Polar Express
Nobody’s walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas! ~ Clark, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
It’s Christmas Eve. A time of mystery, expectations, who knows what might happen. ~ Drosselmeyer, The Nutcracker And The Four Realms
You can listen to your mind, but you have to follow your heart. ~ Lauren Brunell, Christmas Under Wraps
Haven’t you heard, Dad? Christmas is a time for miracles. ~ Sierra, Falling for Christmas
…there’s a certain magic that comes with the very first snow, especially when it falls on the day before Christmas. For when the first snow is also a Christmas snow…well, something wonderful is bound to happen. ~ Frosty the Snowman
Never be afraid when people can’t see what you see. Only be afraid if you no longer see it. ~ Jeronicus, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
It’s Christmas Eve. It’s…It’s the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we…wecheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be. It’s a… miracle. ~ Frank Cross, Scrooged
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Short Christmas Quotes
Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling. ~ Edna Ferber
Don’t get your tinsel in a tangle. ~ Unknown
If there is no joyous way to give a festive gift, give love away. ~ Unknown
Christmas is the day that holds all time together. ~ Alexander Smith
A joy that is shared is a joy made double. ~ John Roy
Something about an old-fashioned Christmas is hard to forget. ~ Hugh Downs
Christmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness. ~ Mo Rocca
Christmas to me is as many people as possible happy. ~ Tupac Shakur
Christmas is a good time to take stock of our blessings. ~ Pat Boone
The greatest thing is not to believe in Santa Claus; it is to be Santa Claus. ~ Pat Boone
Christmas is not a story of hope. It is hope. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough
A good conscience is a continual Christmas. ~ Benjamin Franklin
May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve. ~ Unknown
May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through! ~ Unknown
Even as an adult, I still find it hard to sleep on Christmas Eve. ~ Carrie Latet
For it is in giving that we receive. ~ Saint Francis of Assisi
Everything that you want Santa to be, he is. ~ Mick Foley
Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. ~ Unknown
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. ~ Mary Ellen Chase
Christmas isn’t a date on a calendar: It’s a feeling in the heart. ~ Toni Sorenson
At Christmas, all roads lead home. ~ Marjorie Holmes
Nothing seems to bring people together like Christmas. ~ Steven Dodrill
Christmas is a special time for joy. ~ Dr. James Evans McReynolds
The name is Bond … Santa Bond. I’ll have an eggnog, shaken, not stirred. ~ Michael Scott
Nobody shoots at Santa Claus. ~ Samuel Butler
Love the giver more than the gift. ~ Brigham Young
It’s easier to feel a little more spiritual with a couple of bucks in your pocket. ~ Craig Ferguson
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer the poor man’s heart through half the year. ~ Walter Scott
I’m the only one who still believes in Santa Claus! ~ Edith Piaf
Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection. ~ Winston Churchill
The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect! ~ Charles N. Barnard
Christmas Poems
There is a Christmas song upon the air,
There is a joy innate within the heart;
An inner sense of peace, a holy light
Illumines life and sets these days apart. ~ Edna Greene Hines, A Christmas Song
Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,
They remember it again—
Echo still the joyful sound
“Peace on Earth, good-will to men!” ~ Lewis Carroll, Christmas Greetings
Chill December brings the sleet,
Blazing fire, and Christmas treat. ~ Sara Coleridge, The Garden Year
Love came down at Christmas,
Love all lovely, Love Divine,
Love was born at Christmas,
Star and Angels gave the sign. ~ Christina Rossetti, Love Came Down at Christmas
Somehow not only for Christmas
But all the long year through,
The joy that you give to others
Is the joy that comes back to you. ~ John Greenleaf Whittier, A Christmas Carmen or Margaret Elizabeth Sangster, The Christmas Tree
The merry family gatherings
The old, the very young;
The strangely lovely way they
Harmonize in carols sung.
For Christmas is tradition time
Traditions that recall
The precious memories down the years,
The sameness of them all. ~ Helen Lowrie Marshall
Be merry all, be merry all,
With holly dress the festive hall,
Prepare the song, the feast, the ball,
To welcome merry Christmas ~ William Robert Spencer, Be Merry All
When you, with velvets mantled o’er,
Defy December’s tempests frore,
O spare one garment from your store
To clothe the poor at Christmas. ~ William Robert Spencer, Be Merry All
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there…
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!” ~ Clement Clarke Moore, A Visit from St. Nicholas
Let me be merry now, ’t is time;
The season is at hand
For Christmas rhyme and Christmas chime,
Close up, and form the band. ~ Elizabeth Drew Stoddard, Christmas Comes Again
We clap hands and welcome the Peace of Christmas.
We beckon this good season to wait a while with us. ~ Maya Angelou, Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem
I send my thoughts afar, and let them paint your Christmas Day at home. ~ Edward Rowland Sill, The Poetical Works of Edward Rowland Sill
Let us keep Christmas beautiful
Without a thought of greed,
That it might live forevermore
To fill our every need… ~ Ann Garnett Schultz
Heap on more wood! the wind is chill;
But let it whistle as it will,
We’ll keep our Christmas merry still. ~ Sir Walter Scott, Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field
A song was heard at Christmas
To wake the midnight sky:
A saviour’s birth, and peace on earth,
And praise to God on high.
The angels sang at Christmas
With all the hosts above,
And still we sing the newborn King
His glory and his love. ~ Timothy Dudley-Smith, A Song Was Heard At Christmas
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men! ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christmas Bells
A man is at his finest
towards the finish of the year;
He is almost what he should be
when the Christmas season is here;
Then he’s thinking more of others
than he’s thought the months before,
And the laughter of his children
is a joy worth toiling for.
He is less a selfish creature than
at any other time;
When the Christmas spirit rules him
he comes close to the sublime. ~ Edgar Guest, At Christmas
In our joy, we think we hear a whisper.
At first, it is too soft. Then only half heard.
We listen carefully as it gathers strength.
We hear a sweetness.
The word is Peace.
It is loud now. It is louder.
Louder than the explosion of bombs. ~ Maya Angelou, Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem
A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone near,
A little gift from one held dear,
Best wishes for the coming year.
These make a merry Christmas! ~ John Greenleaf Whittier
Into this climate of fear and apprehension, Christmas enters,
Streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope
And singing carols of forgiveness high up in the bright air.
The world is encouraged to come away from rancor,
Come the way of friendship. ~ Maya Angelou, Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem
Christmas is forever, not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away
like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself. ~ Norman Wesley Brooks, Let Every Day Be Christmas
Christmas Bible Verses
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. ~ Luke 2:10
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
~ Luke 2:13-14
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable Gift. ~ 2 Corinthians 9:15
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. ~ Isaiah 9:6
We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him. ~ Matthew 2:2
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
~ Luke 2:11
She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. ~ Matthew 1:21
When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. ~ Matthew 2:10
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. ~ Hebrews 13:8
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. ~ John 3:17
Christmas is all about love, laughter, and little moments that make big memories. Let these quotes add a touch of magic to your celebrations. Merry Christmas!
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