Embrace the festive joy of Christmas with this collection of popular quotes that capture the essence of the season. Explore our curated list featuring excerpts from beloved Christmas songs, timeless quotes from classic holiday movies and books, and relatable sentiments from Christian figures. We’ve carefully selected the finest Christmas quotes, offering perspectives that are humorous, profound, and rooted in religious significance.
These succinct Christmas quotes are neatly categorized into eight sections, providing you with a quick infusion of holiday spirit whether you’re engaged in crafting DIY decorations or searching for delightful stocking stuffers. Share these quotes with friends and family as warm Christmas greetings or use them as charming captions for your winter-themed Instagram posts. They serve as eloquent additions to homemade Christmas cards, making them extra special, particularly if you find yourself struggling with words or simply wish to fill blank spaces creatively.
Integrate one of our religious Christmas quotes into your daily prayer routine, creating a unique advent calendar of prayer that beautifully connects with the true meaning of the season. The versatility of these quotes knows no bounds, so take your time to peruse them, and let the infectious Christmas cheer lift your spirits!
Explore the magic of Christmas through these distinct categories:
Holiday Quotes for Christmas Cards
“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
1. “May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.” — Unknown
2. “And so I’m offering this simple phrase to kids from one to 92. Although it’s been said many times, many ways, merry Christmas to you.” — Robert Wells, “The Christmas Song”
3. “From home to home and heart to heart, from one place to another, the warmth and joy of Christmas brings us closer to each other.” — Emily Matthews
4. “As long as we love, there will always be Christmas.” — Lailah Gifty Akita
5. “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
6. “Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” — Alexander Smith
7. “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
8. “Peace on earth will come to stay when we live Christmas every day.” — Helen Steiner Rice
9. “At Christmas, play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.” — Thomas Tusser
10. “Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.” — Peg Bracken
11. “Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving are not to put away.” — Norman Wesley Brooks
12. “Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.” — Ruth Carter Stapleton
Christmas Quotes for Friends and Family
“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
13. “The best of all gifts, around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family, all wrapped up in each other.” — Burton Hills
14. “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
15. “Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.” — Margaret Thatcher
16. “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
17. “Christmas is all about family, eating, drinking, and making merry.” — Malaika Arora Khan
18. “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
19. “Your children need your presence more than your presents.” — Jesse Jackson
20. “Christmas is a time when you get homesick — even when you’re home.” — Carol Nelson
21. “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
22. “At Christmas, all roads lead home.” — Marjorie Holmes
23. “Christmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.” — Freya Stark
24. “I don’t think Christmas is necessarily about things. It’s about being good to one another.” — Carrie Fisher
25. “Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us.” — David Cameron
Merry Christmas Quotes to Get You in the Spirit
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” — Norman Vincent Peale
26. “City sidewalks, busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style. In the air, there’s a feeling of Christmas…” — Bing Crosby, “Silver Bells”
27. “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
28. “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
29. “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
30. “Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you’ve got a Christmas tree in the living room.” — Nora Roberts
31. “Freshly cut Christmas trees, smelling of stars and snow and pine resin — inhale deeply, and fill your soul with wintry night.” — John J. Geddes
32. “The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn’t matter what mood you’re in or what kind of a year you’ve had — it’s a fresh start.” — Kelly Clarkson
33. “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.” — Bess Streeter Aldrich
34. “Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” — Norman Vincent Peale
35. “There’s nothing cozier than a Christmas tree all lit up.” — Jenny Han” Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago.” — Tom Baker
36. “Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” — Washington Irving
Short Christmas Quotes
“Christmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness.” — Mo Rocca
37. “Christmas is not a story of hope. It is hope.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough
38. “Christmas is a togethery sort of holiday. That’s my favorite kind.” — A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
39. “Nothing seems to bring people together like Christmas.” — Steven Dodrill
40. “Christmas isn’t a date on a calendar: It’s a feeling in the heart.” — Toni Sorenson
41. “Even as an adult, I still find it hard to sleep on Christmas Eve.” — Carrie Latet
42. “Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.” — Mary Ellen Chase
43. “Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” — Charles Schulz
44. “Christmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness.” — Mo Rocca
45. “Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold.” — Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
46. “Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” — Edna Ferber
47. “Christmas is the keeping-place for memories of our innocence.” — Joan Mills
48. “It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” — W. T. Ellis
49. “Christmas will always be, as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” — Dr. Seuss
Religious Christmas Quotes
“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.” — Saint Josemaría Escrivá
50. “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
51. “Christmas began in the heart of God. It is complete only when it reaches the heart of man.” — Robert Hughes
52. “All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ.” — David Jeremiah
53. “For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.” — Charles Dickens
54. “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.” — Saint Josemaría Escrivá
55. “It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.” — Mother Teresa
55. “The son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.” — C.S. Lewis
56. “It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” — Mother Theresa
57. “Before we took down the tree each year, Dad would always say a prayer that we would be together the next Christmas. I cling to that prayer, which serves as a reminder that it’s important to be grateful in the present for the people you love because, well, you never know.” — Catherine Hicks
58. “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
59. “Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.” — C.S. Lewis
60. “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
Meaning of Christmas Quotes
“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
61. “Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.” — Dale Evans
62. “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…” — Taylor Caldwell
63. “Nobody ever asked me what I wanted for Christmas. Had any adult, with the power to fulfill my desires, taken me seriously and asked me what I wanted, they would have known that I did not want to have anything to own or to possess any object. I wanted, rather, to feel something on Christmas Day.” — Toni Morrison
64. “What is Christmas? It is the tenderness of the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future.” — Agnes M. Pahro
65. “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
66. “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 Severeid
67. “The joy of brightening other lives becomes, for us, the magic of the holidays.” — W. C. Jones
68. “He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” — Roy L. Smith
69. “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
70. “Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer — home.” — W.J. Tucker
71. “Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.” — Thomas S. Monson
72. “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
73. “Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.” — Janice Maeditere
Funny Christmas Quotes
“Christmas, here again. Let us raise a loving cup; peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.” — Wendy Cope
74. “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
75. “There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus.” — Bob Phillips
76. “I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, ‘Toys not included.’” — Bernard Manning
77. “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” — George Burns
78. “Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.” — Victor Borge
79. “I haven’t taken my Christmas lights down. They look so nice on the pumpkin.” — Winston Spear
80. “Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.” — Kin Hubbard
81. “I love Christmas. I receive a lot of wonderful presents I can’t wait to exchange.” — Henry Youngman
82. “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
83. “Christmas, here again. Let us raise a loving cup; peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.” — Wendy Cope
84. “Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money.” — Unknown
85. “Three phrases that sum up Christmas are: Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men, and Batteries not Included.” — Unknown
86. “I left Santa gluten-free cookies and organic soy milk, and he put a solar panel in my stocking.” — Unknown
Christmas Quotes From Movies
“Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more!” — How the Grinch Stole Christmas
87. “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” — Elf
88. “There’s frost on every window. Oh, I can’t believe my eyes! And in my ones, I feel the warmth that’s coming from the inside!” — The Nightmare Before Christmas
89. “It is Christmas Eve, and we are going to sit out on that patio. We’re gonna make ourselves a little fire, pop some bubbly, and we are gonna celebrate being young and being alive.” — The Holiday
90. “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” — A Christmas Carol
91. “Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart.” — The Polar Express
92. “Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more!” — How the Grinch Stole Christmas
93. “If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love is, actually, all around.” — Love Actually
94. “Seeing is believing, but sometimes, the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.” — The Polar Express
95. “I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It’s not bad at all, really. Maybe, it just needs a little love.” — A Charlie Brown Christmas
96. “Nobody’s walking out on this fun, old-fashioned, family Christmas.” — National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
97. “I suppose it all started with the snow. You see, it was a very special kind of snow. A snow that made the happy happier and the giddy even giddier.” — Frosty the Snowman
98. “Just because you can’t see something, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.” — The Santa Clause
99. “Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind.” — Miracle on 34th Street
