97 Best Christmas Quotes to Put You in the Holiday Spirit
From heartwarming to inspirational to funny, these sayings will bring glad tidings to family and friends.
It's Christmastime, and 'tis the season for festively decorated trees and gifts wrapped with care. But how do you even start to put words on the magic of the season? That's where these 97 best Christmas quotes come into play.
Gathered from favorite Christmas movies, famous authors, spiritual leaders, and celebrities, this collection offers a festive mix ranging from inspirational to nostalgic to humorous. All of the sayings are short and easy to write on your Christmas card this year or in an Instagram caption for your Christmas pics.
Looking for something more specific? You might want to check out our collections of funny Christmas quotes to bring on the holiday chuckles or religious Christmas quotes to center the reason for the season.
Now we turn to the wisdom of Mother Teresa and Benjamin Franklin, The Polar Express and Dr. Seuss, Elf and Miracle on 34th Street. Read through these Christmas quotes and let them set the tone for your holiday celebration this year! As Helen Steiner Rice said, "Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day."
Rachel Cohn
“I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas. It brings people together while time stands still.”
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Isaiah 9:6
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given.”
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Charlotte Carpenter
“Remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under a tree.”
Truman Capote, A Christmas Memory
"It’s fruitcake weather!"
The Polar Express
“Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder
“We are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.”
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
“A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!”
Gladys Bagg Taber
“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.”
Harlan Miller
“I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.”
John J. Geddes
“Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.”
Rosie Thomas, Iris & Ruby
“Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together.”
Carrie Underwood
“For me growing up, Christmas was always just comforting. We always had the same stockings and the same tree and the same decorations, and we would always decorate the weekend right after Thanksgiving. You know, flip the Christmas switch.”
Larry Wilde
“Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.”
Clement Clarke Moore, "The Night Before Christmas"
“Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blixen!”
Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street
“Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day; it’s a frame of mind.”
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Sherryl Woods, An O’Brien Family Christmas
“The light of the Christmas star to you. The warmth of home and hearth to you. The cheer and goodwill of friends to you.”
Maya Angelou, "Amazing Peace"
“Christmas enters, streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope and singing carols of forgiveness high up in the bright air.”
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
“It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement.”
Sigrid Undset
“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.”
Richard Paul Evans, The Christmas Box
“The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood.”
Leah Hall is currently a digital producer and writer for Country Living. She is based in Huntsville, Alabama.
Terri Robertson is the Senior Editor, Digital, at Country Living, where she shares her lifelong love of homes, gardens, down-home cooking, and antiques.
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