50 Short Inspirational Christmas Quotes to Brighten Your Holiday Spirit

"A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together."

- Garrison Keillor

"A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away."

- Eva Logue

"We’re gonna have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas."

- Clark Griswold

"A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn."

- Placide Cappeau

"This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone."

- Taylor Caldwell

"Christmas is not about what we need to DO but rather what has already been DONE."

- Jennifer Steinbrueck

"Christmas is… a chance for us to connect with people who don’t normally go to church… Make your best stuff. Take some chances. This is your moment."

- Stephen Brewster

"That it shall not be just a day, But last a lifetime through, The miracle of Christmastime That brings God close to you."

- Ann Schultz

"The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious."

- Martin Luther

"Blessed are those who give without remembering and receive without forgetting."

- Elizabeth Bibesco

"Christmas is forever – not just for one day. For loving, sharing, and giving are not to put away."

- Norman Wesley Brooks

"Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people."

- Luke 2:10

"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’s discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values."

- Thomas S. Monson

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world and behold, everything is softer & more beautiful."

- Norman Vincent Peale

"Let us keep Christmas beautiful Without a thought of greed, That it might live forevermore To fill our every need,"

- Ann Schultz

"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!"

- Hamilton Wright Mabie

"Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?"

- Charlie Brown

"Joy to the world, the Lord is come, let earth receive her King."

- Joy to the World

"If you hitch your wagon to a star, be sure it’s the Star of Bethlehem."

- Spencer Walton

"Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

- Dr. Seuss

"Christmas is not just a time for festivity & merry making. It is a time for the contemplation of eternal things."

- J.C. Penny

"When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy."

- Matthew 2:10

"Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more."

- Dr. Seuss

"Christmas is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas."

- Dale Evans

"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!"

- Dr. Seuss

"The love of family and the admiration of friends are much more important than wealth and privilege."

- Charles Kuralt

"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

"Christmas works like glue. It keeps us all sticking together."

- Rosie Thomas

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other."

- Burton Hills

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."

- Norman Vincent Peale

"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

"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

"Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas."

- Dale Evans

"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

"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

"You know, I don't tell many people this, but 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 Saves Christmas (1988), Ernest

"Christmas magic is silent. You don’t hear it — you feel it, you know it, you believe it."

- Kevin Alan Milne

"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 is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts."

- J.L.W. Brooks

"Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind."

- Mary Ellen Chase

"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

"Let us keep Christmas beautiful without a thought of greed."

- Ann Garnett Schultz

"What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future."

- Agnes M. Pahro

"Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance – each beautiful, unique, and gone too soon."

- Deborah Whipp

"Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day."

- Helen Steiner Rice

"He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree."

- Roy L. Smith

"Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."

- Washington Irving

"Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it ‘white.’"

- Bing Crosby

"Have yourself a merry little Christmas, let your heart be light."

- Frank Sinatra

"You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father’s face and tell Him you have received His Christmas gift."

- John R. Rice

"All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ."

- David Jeremiah

"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

"Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling."

- Edna Ferber

"Nothing seems to bring people together like Christmas."

- Steven Dodrill

"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."

- Benjamin Franklin

"Christmas, my child, is love in action."

- Dale Evans

"For it is in giving that we receive."

- Francis of Assisi

"Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold"

- Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

"I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love."

- Linus van Pelt

"Christmas isn't just a day, it's a frame of mind."

- Valerie S. Johnson

"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

"It's the most wonderful time of the year."

- Andy Williams

"God bless us, everyone!"

- Charles Dickens

"Christmas is a togethery sort of holiday. That’s my favorite kind."

- A. A. Milne

"What I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present."

- Don Marquis

"Christmas is the day that holds all time together."

- Alexander Smith

"Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold."

- Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

"Christmas will always be, as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand."

- Dr. Seuss

"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

"Christmas began in the heart of God. It is complete only when it reaches the heart of man."

- Robert Hughes

"For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself."

- Charles Dickens

"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

"It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you."

- Mother Teresa

"The son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."

- C.S. Lewis

"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

"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

"Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world."

- C.S. Lewis

"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

"Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."

- Dale Evans

"I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know."

- Irving Berlin

"What is Christmas? It is the tenderness of the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future."

- Agnes M. Pahro

"The joy of brightening other lives becomes, for us, the magic of the holidays."

- W. C. Jones

"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 the season for kindling the fire of hospitality."

- Washington Irving

"The only blind person at Christmastime is he who has not Christmas in his heart."

- Helen Keller

"Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas."

- Peg Bracken

"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love."

- Hamilton Wright Mabie

"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

"Christmas Day is in our grasp, as long as we have hands to clasp! Christmas Day will always be, just as long, as we have we! Welcome Christmas while we stand, heart to heart, and hand in hand!"

- Dr. Seuss

"The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung."

- Phillips Brooks

"The light of the Christmas star to you. The warmth of home and hearth to you. The cheer and goodwill of friends to you."

- Sherryl Woods

"Christmas enters, streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope and singing carols of forgiveness high up in the bright air."

- Maya Angelou

"If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love is, actually, all around."

- Love Actually

"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."

- Sigrid Undset

"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling."

- Edna Ferber

"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

"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more!"

- How the Grinch Stole Christmas

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."

- Charles Dickens

"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

"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

"Christmas, to me, is as many people as possible happy."

- Tupac Shakur

"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

"Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends."

- Margaret Thatcher

"It’s Christmas Eve. It’s the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be."

- Frank Cross

"It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving."

- Mother Theresa

"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

"Don't get caught up in the wrapping paper and forget that the gift of the Christmas season is simply love."

- Toni Sorenson

"For it is good to be children sometimes and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself."

- Charles Dickens

"During the holiday season, in fact all year long, wrap yourself around another's presence, not presents."

- Christine E. Szymanski

"The mood is right, the spirit's up. We're here tonight, and that's enough. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time."

- Paul McCartney

"Have yourself a merry little Christmas. Let your heart be light. From now on, your troubles will be out of sight."

- Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane

"I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another."

- Carrie Fisher

"Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas."

- Pope John XXIII

"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

- Theodor Seuss Geisel

"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

"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

"Christmas now surrounds us, happiness is everywhere. Our hands are busy with many tasks as carols fill the air."

- Shirley Sallay

"Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away."

- Norman Wesley Brooks

"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

"It's the most wonderful time of the year. There'll be much mistletoe-ing, and hearts will be glowing when loved ones are near."

- George Wyle and Eddie Pola

"Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection."

- Pindar

"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."

- G.K. Chesterton

"Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand."

- Dr. Seuss

"Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer — home."

- W.J. Tucker

"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

"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

"As long as we love, there will always be Christmas."

- Lailah Gifty Akita

"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

"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

"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 traveler, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!"

- Charles Dickens

"Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving are not to put away."

- Norman Wesley Brooks

"Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most."

- Ruth Carter Stapleton

"The best of all gifts, around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family, all wrapped up in each other."

- Burton Hills

"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

"Your children need your presence more than your presents."

- Jesse Jackson

"Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."

- Dale Evans

"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

"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

"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

"Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago."

- Tom Baker

"Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."

- Washington Irving

"Christmas is a togethery sort of holiday. That's my favorite kind."

- A. A. Milne

"Christmas isn't a date on a calendar: It's a feeling in the heart."

- Toni Sorenson

"God bless us, every one!"

- Charles Dickens

"Just because you can’t see something, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist."

- The Santa Clause

"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

"Nobody’s walking out on this fun, old-fashioned, family Christmas."

- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

"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

"I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas. It brings people together while time stands still."

- Rachel Cohn

"Remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under a tree."

- Charlotte Carpenter

"Seeing is believing, but sometimes, the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see."

- The Polar Express

"Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart."

- The Polar Express

"A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!"

- Charles Dickens

"Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone."

- Charles M. Schulz

"Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night."

- John J. Geddes

"Christmas is the time for miracles and you're about to see one."

- E.T.A. Hoffmann

"At Christmas, all roads lead home."

- Marjorie Holmes

"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

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know."

- Bing Crosby

"The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much."

- Henry David Thoreau

"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

"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind."

- Calvin Coolidge

"Nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas."

- Clark Griswold

"When someday, you return to Christmas Town, would you tell Santa about our homeless toys? I'm sure he will find little boys and girls who will be happy with them. A toy is never truly happy until it is loved by a child."

- King Moonracer

"The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear."

- Buddy the Elf

"It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air."

- W.T. Ellis

"Love the giver more than the gift."

- Brigham Young

"The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays."

- W. C. Jones

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."

- James 1:17

"You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear, voices singing 'Let's be jolly.'"

- Perry Como

"We are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime."

- Laura Ingalls Wilder

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."

- Norman Vincent Peale

"Rockin' around the Christmas tree, have a happy holiday."

- Brenda Lee

"Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us."

- David Cameron

"Family is not an important thing, it's everything."

- Michael J. Fox

"T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."

- Clement Clarke Moore

"Even as an adult, I still find it hard to sleep on Christmas Eve."

- Carrie Latet

"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

"I love the excitement, the childlike spirit of innocence, and just about everything that goes along with Christmas."

- Hillary Scott

"Christmas is the keeping-place for memories of our innocence."

- Joan Mills

"Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever."

- Richelle E. Goodrich

"Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings."

- It's a Wonderful Life

"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 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

"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

"Christmas Eve will find me, where the lovelight gleams. I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams."

- Kim Gannon and Walter Kent

"Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance — each beautiful, unique, and gone too soon."

- Deborah Whipp

"Christmas magic is silent. You don't hear it–you feel it. You know it. You believe it."

- Kevin Alan Milne

"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

"I sincerely hope your Christmas...may abound in the gaieties which the season generally brings…"

- Jane Austen

"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

"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

"The world has grown weary through the years, but at Christmas, it is young."

- Phillips Brooks

"Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together."

- Rosie Thomas

"We should learn the true Christmas lesson of gentle, thoughtful kindness to those we love and to all we meet in life's busy ways."

- J. R. Miller

"Christmas is all about family, eating, drinking, and making merry."

- Malaika Arora Khan

"There's nothing cozier than a Christmas tree all lit up."

- Jenny Han

"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

"Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin–inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night."

- John J. Geddes

"Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you've got a Christmas tree in the living room."

- Nora Roberts

"Freshly cut Christmas trees, smelling of stars and snow and pine resin — inhale deeply, and fill your soul with wintry night."

- John J. Geddes

"Christmas is not a story of hope. It is hope."

- Craig D. Lounsbrough

"Christmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart."

- Freya Stark

"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

"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

"City sidewalks, busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style. In the air, there's a feeling of Christmas..."

- Bing Crosby

"Some Christmas tree ornaments do a lot more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago."

- Tom Baker

"Peace on earth will come to stay when we live Christmas every day."

- Helen Steiner Rice

"May your days be merry and bright, and may all your Christmases be white."

- Irving Berlin

"Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see."

- Chris van Allsburg

"Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection."

- Winston Churchill

"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

"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."

- Donald E. Westlake

"The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood."

- Richard Paul Evans

"Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost."

- Romans 15:13

"Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable Gift."

- 2 Corinthians

"Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind."

- Valerie S. McCullough

"Christmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness."

- Mo Rocca

"Christmas is a baby shower that went totally overboard."

- Andy Borowitz

"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

"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 Bombeck

"Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas."

- Stephen Graham Jones

"I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month."

- Harlan Miller

"Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall."

- Larry Wilde

"City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style. In the air, there’s a feeling of Christmas."

- Ray Evans

"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

"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

"The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature."

- Andy Rooney

"At Christmas, play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year."

- Thomas Tusser

"Christmas is a time when you get homesick — even when you're home."

- Carol Nelson

"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

"Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal!"

- Home Alone 2

"Santa Claus has the right idea: visit people only once a year."

- Victor Borge

"The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live."

- George Carlin

"Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

- Dr. Neil Miller

"Fine old Christmas, with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in the noblest fashion and had set off his rich gifts of warmth and color with all the heightening contrast of frost and snow."

- George Eliot

"Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? In the lane, snow is glistening."

- Dean Martin

"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose."

- Nat King Cole

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."

- Charles Dickens

"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

"I haven't taken my Christmas lights down. They look so nice on the pumpkin."

- Winston Spear

"Mail your packages early, so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas."

- Johnny Carson

"Even as an adult, I still find it hard to sleep on Christmas eve."

- Carrie Latet

"But I did know that 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

"You know you're getting old when Santa starts looking younger."

- Robert Paul

"Christmas is a time when you get homesick, even when you're home."

- Carol Nelson

"It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement."

- Markus Zusak

"Merry Christmas, you filthy animal."

- Gangster Johnny

"It’s fruitcake weather!"

- Truman Capote

"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

"There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus."

- Bob Phillips

"Christmas, here again. Let us raise a loving cup; peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up."

- Wendy Cope

"I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, ‘Toys not included.’"

- Bernard Manning

"I haven’t taken my Christmas lights down. They look so nice on the pumpkin."

- Winston Spear

"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

"Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year."

- Victor Borge

"Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city."

- George Burns

"Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas."

- Kin Hubbard

"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

"I love Christmas. I receive a lot of wonderful presents I can’t wait to exchange."

- Henry Youngman

"Jingle bell time, it's a swell time, to go gliding in a one-horse sleigh."

- Bobby Helms

"You’re skipping Christmas! Isn’t that against the law?"

- Spike Frohmeyer

"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

"Nothing says holiday like a cheese log."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"There’s no experience quite like cutting your own live Christmas tree out of your neighbor’s yard."

- Dan Florence

"There's children throwing snowballs instead of throwing heads. They're busy building toys and absolutely no one's dead!"

- Jack Skellington

"The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there - on such short notice! Even if I wanted to go, my schedule wouldn't allow it."

- The Grinch

"One can never have enough socks."

- J.K. Rowling

"The North Polar Bear is called Mr. Paws and he is so silly, you would hardly believe it."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"Keep your friends close, your enemies closer and receipts for all major purchases."

- Bridger Winegar

"Who's the bane of Santa's life? The elf and safety officer."

- Catherine Tate

"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

"What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day."

- Phyllis Diller

"If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am right now."

- Clark Griswold

"Jesus is the reason for the season. Merry Christmas!"

"May the true spirit of Christmas shine in your heart and light your path. Wishing you and your loved ones a very blessed and Merry Christmas."

"May the spirit of Christmas warm your home and fill your heart with happiness."

"May your heart be light, your worries be out of sight!"

"May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace and happiness!"

"The true spirit of Christmas is love."

"It’s not what’s under the tree that matters, it’s who’s gathered around it."

"May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve."

"Peace on Earth will come to stay when we live Christmas every day."

"The best gift of all is the gift of family."

"May the magic of Christmas fill your hearts with joy and your home with love."

"Here's to a wonderful Christmas filled with cherished moments and beautiful memories."

"Family is what makes this season so special."

"The true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart."

"Wishing you a season filled with warmth, comfort, and good cheer!"

"The magic of Christmas never ends, and its greatest gifts are family and friends."

"May the peace and blessings of Christmas be yours and may the coming year be filled with happiness."

"It's the most wonderful time of the year!"

"Best wishes for a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year."

"Wishing you a holly jolly Christmas."

"Yule always be in my heart."

"Good tidings we bring to you and your kin."

"Warmest wishes this holiday season."

"Wishing you a season filled with warmth, comfort and good cheer."

"Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful Christmas."

"Sending you love, peace and joy this Christmas season."

"Wishing you a bright and merry Christmas."

"May your heart be light, your season be bright and your Christmas be white."

"Sending you warm and heartfelt wishes for an amazing Christmas."

"May your days be merry and bright and may all your Christmases be white."

"May your home be filled with all the joys the season brings."

"From our home to yours, sending warm wishes for a bright and merry Christmas."

"With love, laughter and warm wishes, we hope you enjoy a Christmas that's special in every way."

"Wishing you all the happiness your holiday can hold."

"Keep your Christmas messages sweet and simple this holiday season."

"I left Santa gluten-free cookies and organic soy milk, and he put a solar panel in my stocking."

"Peace on Earth, goodwill to men."

"The holiday season is a perfect time to reflect on our blessings and seek ways to make life better for those around us."

"This year, may your Christmas truly be white instead of leaving you in the red."

"Let’s approach Christmas with an expectant hush, rather than a last-minute rush."

"May your days be merry and bright!"

"We wish you a Merry Christmas!"

"It's not what's under the tree that matters, it's who's gathered around it."

"Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!"

"Have yourself a merry little Christmas."

"Wishing you a very merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas with lots of love."

"May your Christmas be merry."

"Best wishes and a merry Christmas!"

"Eat, drink and be merry!"

"May this holiday season wrap us in love, warmth and gratitude."

"To my beloved partner and best friend, may this Christmas season bring us even closer together."

"Like a snowflake, you're one-of-a-kind, unique and stunning. I love every facet of you."

"The only present I want to unwrap this Christmas is you."

"Christmases come and go, but my love for you always remains."

"To the love of my life, Merry Christmas. Our marriage is the only gift I could ever ask for."

"Seeing the joy the holiday season brings us has been the best gift of all."

"May your first Christmas together be filled with love, joy, and happiness."

"Wishing you a lifetime of love and happiness this Christmas and always."

"Santa Claus is coming to town!"

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, but if the white runs out, I'll drink the red."

"Christmas song lyrics are perfect to use as family Christmas wishes to quote in your Christmas cards or holiday Instagram captions."

"You're a gift in my life. And not the kind I'd return for store credit."

"I'm only a morning person on December 25th."

"Merry Christmas! May you receive one blessing after another this coming year."

"I hope you receive the most special of God's blessings during this Christmas season!"

"We are sending you lots of prayers and love for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year."

"Tis the season to be jolly."

"All is calm, all is bright."

"Joy to the world!"

"Believe in the magic of Christmas."

"Snowflakes are kisses from heaven."

"Peace, joy and love to you."

"May your heart be light."

"Christmas is a time for family, for being together, for creating memories that last a lifetime."

"The following family Christmas quotes help remind us of the importance of spending time with loved ones on the holidays."

"May your days be merry and bright."

"It’s the most wonderful time of the year!"

"Tis the season to be jolly!"

"Have yourself a merry little Christmas!"

"Deck the halls with boughs of holly!"

"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!"

"Frosty the Snowman was a jolly happy soul!"

"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."

"Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money."

"Three phrases that sum up Christmas are: Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men, and Batteries not Included."

"These inspirational Christmas quotes are perfect to use as couple captions on your cute Instagram photos, in your holiday letters and greeting cards."

"Merry Christmas Religious Wishes"

"If you're not sure how to start writing your Christmas wishes, look to authors for famous Christmas quotes."

"Merry and bright."

"Home for the holidays."

"Let it snow!"

"Jingle all the way."

"Santa, please stop here"

"Merry Christmas Wishes"

"When you stop believing in Santa, you get socks and underwear."

"Find more romantic Christmas wishes for loved ones"

"Don we now our ugly sweaters…"

"Funny Christmas Wishes and Quotes"

"New Address Christmas Cards"

"Fa-la-la-la-la."

"Sending prayers and Merry Christmas greetings to you."

"Merry Christmas religious wishes are a good option."

"From National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation quotes to song lyrics from Nightmare Before Christmas, here are some iconic lines from everyone's favorite Holiday movies."

"Have the merriest Christmas."

"Have a very Christmas and a happy New Year."

"What do you call a snowman with a six-pack? An ~abdominal~ snowman."

"If you or your loved ones have a great sense of humor, these funny Christmas quotes are just for you."

"Merry, merry!"

"Festive Christmas Greetings"