74 Christmas quotes that celebrate the season

Christmas isn't just a time of year as much as it is a feeling — a spirit enveloping families around the world in joy and togetherness. It's an opportunity to pause, reconnect, and celebrate each other's presence with love, laughter, and cherished traditions. 

What better way to encapsulate these sentiments than through the well-chosen words of others? These quotes about Christmas capture the essence of this magic, turning simple phrases into heartwarming expressions of affection. Here are some quotes you can draw from as you prepare for holiday gatherings or simply wish to share these feelings with others.

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Heartwarming Christmas quotes

1. “The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” – Burton Hills

2. “Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” – Alexander Smith

3. “At Christmas, all roads lead home.” – Marjorie Holmes

4. “Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.” – Winston Churchill

5. “The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of Christmas.” – William Carey Jones

6. “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

7. “He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” – Roy L. Smith

8. “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.” – Thomas S. Monson

9. “What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future.” – Agnes M. Pahro

10. “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

11. “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

12. “The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood.” – Richard Paul Evans

13. “Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” – Author Unknown

14. “May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.” – Unknown

15. “Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.” – Peg Bracken

16. “Christmas works like glue. It keeps us all sticking together.” – Rosie Thomas

17. “My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others.” – Bob Hope

18. “Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” – Hamilton Wright Mabie

Funny Christmas quotes

1. “Santa has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.” – Victor Borge

2. “What I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present.” – Don Marquis

3. “Christmas is a baby shower that went totally overboard.” – Andy Borowitz

4. “I left Santa gluten-free cookies and organic soy milk, and he put a solar panel in my stocking.” – Unknown

5. “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas. But if the white runs out, I’ll drink the red.” – Unknown

6. “I bought my brother some gift wrap for Christmas. I took it to the gift-wrapping department and told them to wrap it, but in a different print so he’d know when to stop unwrapping.” – Steven Wright

7. “Once again, we come to the holiday season — a deeply religious time that each of us observes in our own way, by going to the mall of our choice.” – Dave Barry

8. “Christmas sweaters are only acceptable as a cry for help.” – Andy Borowitz

9. “The main thing I want this holiday season is for someone to wake me when it’s over.” – Unknown

10. “I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.” – Shirley Temple

11. “That’s the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.” – Jerry Seinfeld

12. “Christmas is a time when you get homesick — even when you’re home.” – Carol Nelson

13. “The one thing women don’t want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband.” – Joan Rivers

14. “Why is Christmas like a day at the office? You do all the work, and the big guy in the suit gets all the credit.” – Unknown

15. “Three phrases that sum up Christmas are: Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men, and Batteries Not Included.” – Unknown

16. “You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle three things — a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas lights.” – Maya Angelou

17. “Aren’t we forgetting the true meaning of this day — the birth of Santa?” – Matt Groening

Classic Christmas quotes

1. “’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” – Clement Clarke Moore

2. “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” – Charles Dickens

3. “God bless us, every one!” – Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

4. “Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind.” – Valentine Davies, Miracle on 34th Street

5. “Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” – Washington Irving

6. “It came without ribbons, it came without tags. It came without packages, boxes, or bags. Christmas can’t be bought from a store… Maybe Christmas means a little bit more.” – Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

7. “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” – Elf

8. “Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” – Edna Ferber

9. "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

10. “Then pealed the bells more loud and deep, ‘God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail, with peace on earth, good-will to men.’” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

11. “And so this is Christmas… what have you done?” – John Lennon

12. “Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love divine; Love was born at Christmas, Star and angels gave the sign.” – Christina Rossetti

13. “Of all the Christmas gifts, big or small, your presence will always be the greatest gift of all.” – Unknown

14. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” – Luke 2:14

15. “Christmas day is in our grasp so long as we have hands to clasp.” – Dr. Seuss

16. “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.” – It’s a Wonderful Life

17. “Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, throw cares away.” – Carol of the Bells

18. “A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!” – Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

19. “Joy to the world, the Lord has come! Let earth receive her King.” – Isaac Watts

Nostalgic childhood quotes about Christmas

1. “The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood.” – Richard Paul Evans

2. “Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.” – G.K. Chesterton

3. “Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?” – Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Christmas

4. “When we were children, we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?” – G.K. Chesterton

5. “The best part of Christmas as a child was not the presents but the anticipation of the magic.” – Unknown

6. “There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas.” – Charles Dickens

7. “I remember waking up to the smell of pine, as the Christmas tree seemed to whisper, ‘It’s time, it’s time.’” – Unknown

8. “The childhood joy wasn’t just in the unwrapping of gifts but in believing in the magic of Santa and his sleigh.” – Unknown

9. “Even as an adult, I find it hard to sleep on Christmas Eve. It’s the anticipation of childhood magic that never quite fades.” – Unknown

10. “Christmas is a time when you get homesick, even when you’re home.” – Carol Nelson

11. “I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.” – Harlan Miller

12. “The tree, the lights, and that cozy glow — Christmas as a kid was like stepping inside my own fairy tale.” – Unknown

13. “When I was a child, the glitter of tinsel and the glow of colored lights held more magic than all the stars in the sky.” – Unknown

14. “I still hear those silver bells, and I still believe in the wonder that is Christmas.” – Unknown

15. “As a kid, Christmas meant pressing my nose to the cold window, watching for faint twinkles in the sky that might be Santa’s sleigh.” – Unknown

16. “The magic of Christmas is that it brings out the child in all of us.” – Unknown

17. “One of my fondest childhood memories is shaking the presents under the tree, feeling the thrill of what Christmas morning would reveal.” – Unknown

18. “Take me back to childhood Christmases where everything sparkled, and all worries melted away in the winter snow.” – Unknown

19. “Maybe the reason we love Christmas so much is because it reminds us of a time when our hearts held nothing but pure wonder.” – Unknown

20. “There was a time when Christmas lights could light up our whole world. That time was childhood.” – Unknown

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