When you think of Christmas, it’s easy to get wrapped up in the act of pulling off awe-inspiring holiday decorations. There’s the pressure of choosing the best Christmas tree, the work of hanging all the twinkling lights, and of course all the effort required to flawlessly wrap presents for everyone on your list. With your mind so cloudy, it can be difficult to remember the reason for the season and get into the true Christmas spirit.
Christmas time is about spending time with friends and family, and reflecting on the blessings you have received throughout the year. From funny to biblical, let these great Christmas quotes be your source of inspiration during one of the busiest times of the year.
Christmas Quotes Short
These Christmas quotes are short, sweet, and to the point. So whether you’re looking for an ornament or a cute phrase to add to a social media post, we’ve got you covered.
At Christmas, all roads lead home. - Marjorie HolmesChristmas, my child, is love in action. - Dale EvansChristmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling. - Edna FerberChristmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together. - Rosie ThomasIt’s the most wonderful time of the year! - Edward Pola and George WyleChristmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind. - Valentine Davies
For it is in giving that we receive. - Francis of AssisiIt is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. - W.T. EllisChristmas is not a story of hope. It is hope. - Craig D. LounsbroughA good conscience is a continual Christmas. - Benjamin FranklinLove the giver more than the gift. - Brigham YoungMaybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store. - Dr. SeussChristmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness. - Mo Rocca
Christmas Quotes For Friends and Family
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. - Burton HillsChristmas is a time when you get homesick — even when you're home. - Carol NelsonYour children need your presence more than your presents. - Jesse JacksonChristmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas. - Dale Evans
Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever. - Richelle E. GoodrichLike snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance — each beautiful, unique, and too soon gone. - Deborah WhippFreshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night. - John J. GeddesA lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. - Garrison Keillor
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 RooneyFor Christmas is tradition time — traditions that recall the precious memories down the years, the sameness of them all. - Helen Lowrie MarshallOur 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 WilderChristmas 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
Funny Christmas Quotes
Three phrases that sum up Christmas are: Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men, and Batteries not Included.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 SimsThat’s the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me. - Jerry SeinfieldWhat I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present. - Don Marquis
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 BarryI hate the radio this time of eyar because they play ‘All I want For Christmas Is You’ like, every other song. And that’s just not enough. - Bridger WinegarI left Santa gluten-free cookies and organic soy milk and he put a solar panel in my stocking. - UnknownFor 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 give it back anyway! - Anne BristowI haven’t taken my Christmas lights down. They look so nice on the pumpkin. - Winston SpearChristmas is a baby shower that went totally overboard. - Andy BorowitzChristmas, here again. Let us raise a loving cup; Peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up. - Wendy Cope
Adults can take a simple holiday for Children and screw it up. What began as a presentation of simple gifts to delight and surprise children around the Christmas tree has culminated in a woman unwrapping six shrimp forks from her dog, who drew her name. - Erma BombeckElf has become this big holiday movie, and I remember running around the streets of New York in tights saying, ‘This could be the last movie I ever make,’ and I could never have predicted that it’d become such a popular film. - Will FerrellI 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 TempleNothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. - Kin HubbardChristmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money. - UnknownSanta Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. - Victor BorgeI love Christmas. I receive a lot of wonderful presents I can’t wait to exchange. - Henry Youngman
Merry Christmas Quotes To Get You In The Spirit
Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us. - David CameronWhat is Christmas? It is the tenderness of the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future. - Agnes M. PahroWhen we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things, not the great occasions, give off the greatest glow of happiness. - Bob HopeRemember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under a tree. - Charlotte CarpenterPeace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day. - Helen Steiner Rice
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 CaldwellThe 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 ClarksonChristmas 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 SevereidChristmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. - Norman Vincent PealeLet us have music for Christmas. Sound the trumpet of joy and rebirth; let each of us try, with a song in our hearts, to bring peace to men on earth. - Mildred L. JarrellChristmas is the day that holds all time together. - Alexander SmithI will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. - Helen Steiner RiceChristmas 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
Christmas Quotes About The Bible
Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world. - C.S. LewisGod 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 FrancisAt this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God's own love and concert. - Mother TeresaMy 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. MonsonWe 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 VIIt's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving. - Mother TheresaChristmas 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 CoolidgeBlessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. - Hamilton Wright MabieBefore 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
