Best of Christmas Quotes

“Joy to the world, the Lord comes, let earth receive her King.” – “Joy to the World”

 “Walking in a winter wonderland.” – “Winter Wonderland”

“Peace on earth will come to stay when we live Christmas every day.” — Helen Steiner Rice

“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

 “The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much.” — Henry David Thoreau

 “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” — Helen Keller

 “Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” — Dr. Seuss

 “Your children need your presence more than your presents.” — Jesse Jackson

 “‘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

 “And so, this is Christmas… what have you done?” — John Lennon

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

 “A joy that is shared is a joy made double.” — John Roy

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

“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know.”  — Irving Berlin

 “Love the giver more than the gift.” — Brigham Young

“Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people once a year.”—Victor Borge.

 “Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmastime.” — Charles Dickens

“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” — Charles M. Schulz

 “Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality.” – Washington Irving

 “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

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

 “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

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

 “We are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder

 “Aren’t we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa.” — Bart Simpson

 “Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.” — It is a Wonderful Life

“People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas.”—Unknown

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

 “Christmas can’t be bought from a store. Maybe Christmas means a little bit more.” — Dr.Seuss

“May your hearth be warm, your holidays grand, and your heart held gently in the good Lord’s hand.” — Unknown

 “Christmas to me is as many people as possible happy.” — Tupac Shakur

 “May your days be merry and bright.” — White Christmas

”Christmas and the holidays are the seasons of giving. It’s a time when people are more kind and open-hearted.” — Gisele Bundchen

 “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 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

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

“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

“Christmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.” – Freya Stark

“City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style. In the air, there’s a feeling of Christmas.” – Ray Evans, “Silver Bells”

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

“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

“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

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

“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

“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

“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 will find you have 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

“The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Christmas, to me, is as many people as possible happy.” – Tupac Shakur

“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

“Even as an adult, I still find it hard to sleep on Christmas eve.” – Carrie Latet

“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” – Charles M. Schulz

“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, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”

“Peace on earth will come to stay when we live Christmas every day.” – Helen Steiner Rice

“Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.” – Margaret Thatcher

“The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays.” – W. C. Jones

“Christmas magic is silent. You do not 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, “White Christmas”

“It’s Christmas Eve. It is 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

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

“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

“Don’t get caught up in the wrapping paper and forget that the gift of the Christmas season is simply love.” – Toni Sorenson

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

“There’s nothing cozier than a Christmas tree all lit up.” ― Jenny Han

“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

“Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin–inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.” – John J. Geddes

“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 are here tonight, and that is enough. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time.” – Paul McCartney, “Wonderful Christmas Time”

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

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

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

“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, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

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

“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, How the Grinch Stole Christmas

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” – Norman Vincent Peale

“And so, I’m offering this simple phrase to kids from one to ninety-two. Although it has been said many times, many ways, Merry Christmas to you.” – Robert Wells, “The Christmas Song”

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

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

“Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.” – Richelle E. Goodrich

“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 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

“Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance — each beautiful, unique, and gone too soon.” – Deborah Whipp

“Christmas now surrounds us, happiness is everywhere. Our hands are busy with many tasks as carols fill the air.” – Shirley Sallay

“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” – W.T. Ellis

“Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away.” – Norman Wesley Brooks

“The world has grown weary through the years, but at Christmas, it is young.” – Phillips Brooks

“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.” – Deck the Halls (2006)

“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

“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, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

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

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

“Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is, in reality, great, if it is given with affection.” – Pindar

 “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

 “There’s a certain magic that comes with the very first snow. For when the first snow is also a Christmas snow, well, something wonderful is bound to happen.” — Frosty the Snowman

 “Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” — Norman Vincent Peale

 “Even as an adult, I still find it hard to sleep on Christmas Eve.” – Carrie Latet

 “As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is.” – Eric Sevareid

 “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

 “It’s not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.” — Mother Theresa

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

 “Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.” — The Polar Express

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

 “Let us keep Christmas beautiful without a thought of greed.” — Ann Garnett Schultz

 “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!”  — Edward Pola & George Wyle

 “Christmas isn’t just a day—it’s a frame of mind.” — Miracle on 34th Street

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

 “Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.” — Richelle E. Goodrich

 “Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away.” — Norman Wesley Brooks

 “The world has grown weary through the years, but at Christmas, it is young.” — Phillips Brooks

 “Christmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.” — Freya Stark

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

 “One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day.” — Andy Rooney

 “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

 “The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays.” — W.C. Jones

“Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.” — Dale Evans Rogers

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

 “Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.” — Margaret Thatcher

 “It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” — W.T. Ellis

 “At Christmas, play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.” — Thomas Tusser

 “Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is, in reality, great, if it is given with affection.” — Pindar

 “Christmas is a together-y sort of holiday.” Winnie the Pooh

 “It struck him that how you spent Christmas was a message to the world about where you were in life.” — Nick Hornby

 “Christmas day is the children, but the holidays are youth’s dancing-time.” — Booth Tarkington

 “How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, His precepts!” ― Benjamin Franklin

 “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

 “If you want to experience the true meaning of Christmas, give something to someone who can offer nothing in return.” ― Toni Sorenson

 “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

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

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

“Christmas was definitely the best thing ever, even better than a pizza. But instead of all her favorite toppings, Amitola was surrounded by all her favorite people.” ― Aishabella Sheikh

 “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.” ― Sigrid Undset

 “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

 “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

 “Christmas Eve will find me, where the lovelight gleams. I’ll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams.” – “I’ll be Home for 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.”

– White Christmas

 “Have yourself a merry little Christmas. Let your heart be light. From now on your troubles will be out of sight.” – “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

 “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’s sake!” — “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”

 “Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles.” — Unknown

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

 “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 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

Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.” — Helen Steiner Rice

 “Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.” — Phillips Brooks

 “Baby it’s cold outside.” — Dean Martin

 “I believe… I believe… It’s silly, but I believe.” — Miracle on 34th Street

 “’ Tis the season to be jolly!” — “Deck the Halls”

 “A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” — Benjamin Franklin

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

 “A Christmas miracle is when your family doesn’t get into a single argument all day.” — Melanie White

 “Christmas magic is silent. You do not hear it—you feel it. You know it. You believe it.” — Kevin Alan Milne

 “May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through!” — Unknown

 “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

 “You know you’re getting old when Santa starts looking younger.” — Robert Paul

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