162 Magical Christmas Quotes to Spread Holiday Cheer

Inspirational quotes for Christmas

I’ve gathered some of my favorite Christmas quotes that I’d love to share with you.

Can you believe Christmas is almost here? This time of year always brings back so many memories and a sense of magic. I’ve been thinking a lot about how special Christmas quotes can really capture the spirit of the season.

They have this amazing power to uplift us, make us smile, and remind us of what truly matters. These aren’t just any quotes; they’re ones that have touched my heart and brought joy to my life.

So, let’s dive into some words that will make this Christmas even more magical!

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Inspirational quotes about Christmas

1. “Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.” — Janice Maeditere
2. “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
3. “At Christmas, all roads lead home.” — Marjorie Holmes
4. “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
5. “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
6. “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
7. “I love the excitement, the childlike spirit of innocence, and just about everything that goes along with Christmas.” — Hillary Scott
8. “Christmas is not a story of hope. It is hope.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough
9. “During the holiday season, in fact all year long, wrap yourself around another’s presence, not presents.” — Christine E. Szymanski
10. “Christmas now surrounds us, happiness is everywhere. Our hands are busy with many tasks as carols fill the air.” — Shirley Sallay
11. “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
12. “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
13. “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
14. “Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.” — Clarence (from It’s a Wonderful Life)
15. “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

16. “Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.” — Margaret Thatcher
17. “Mankind is a great, an immense family… This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.” — Pope John XXIII
18. “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
19. “The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” — Burton Hills
20. “Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind.” — Valentine Davies
21. “Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.” — Richelle E. Goodrich
22. “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 Severeid
23. “Christmas is a togethery sort of holiday. That’s my favorite kind.” — A. A. Milne
24. “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable Gift.” — 2 Corinthians 9:15
25. “Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” — Edna Ferber
26. “Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” — Charles M. Schulz
27. “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
28. “Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” — Norman Vincent Peale
29. “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
30. “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

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31. “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
32. “Christmas is the keeping-place for memories of our innocence.” — Joan Mills
33. “Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer — home.” — W.J. Tucker
34. “Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance — each beautiful, unique, and gone too soon.” — Deborah Whipp
35. “Christmas isn’t a date on a calendar: It’s a feeling in the heart.” — Toni Sorenson
36. “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
37. “As long as we love, there will always be Christmas.” — Lailah Gifty Akita
38. “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
39. “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
40. “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
41. “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
42. “Love the giver more than the gift.” — Brigham Young
43. “Christmas works like glue. It keeps us all sticking together.” — Rosie Thomas
44. “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
45. “There’s nothing cozier than a Christmas tree all lit up.” — Jenny Han

Positive Christmas quotes

1. “Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you’ve got a Christmas tree in the living room.” — Nora Roberts
2. “Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality.” — Washington Irving
3. “Christmas, to me, is as many people as possible happy.” — Tupac Shakur
4. “All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ.” — David Jeremiah
5. “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
6. “Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind.” — Miracle on 34th Street
7. “The holiday season is a perfect time to reflect on our blessings and seek ways to make life better for those around us.”
8. “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
9. “Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” — Alexander Smith
10. “Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it ‘white.'” — Bing Crosby
11. “I don’t think Christmas is necessarily about things. It’s about being good to one another.” — Carrie Fisher
12. “The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much.” — Henry David Thoreau
13. “It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” — Mother Theresa
14. “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
15. “The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood.” — Richard Paul Evans

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16. “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
17. “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
18. “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
19. “Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.” — Chris Van Allsburg
20. “If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love is, actually, all around.” — Love Actually
21. “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
22. “What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. — Phyllis Diller
23. “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
24. “Peace on earth will come to stay when we live Christmas every day.” — Helen Steiner Rice
25. “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
26. “Let us keep Christmas beautiful without a thought of greed.” — Ann Garnett Schultz
27. “Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.” — G.K. Chesterton
28. “I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.” — Harlan Miller
29. “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” — Will Ferrell
30. “T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” — Clement Clarke Moore

31. “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
32. “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
33. “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
34. “Christmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.” — Freya Stark
35. “Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” — Washington Irving
36. “Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.” — Dale Evans
37. “Christmas is a time when you get homesick — even when you’re home.” — Carol Nelson
38. “For it is in giving that we receive.” — Francis of Assisi
39. “Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.” — Pindar
40. “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
41. “A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” — Benjamin Franklin
42. “We are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.” — Laura Ingalls Wilder
43. “He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” — Roy L. Smith
44. “Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.” — Peg Bracken
45. “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

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Motivational quotes on Christmas

1. “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
2. “Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” — Dr. Seuss
3. “I sincerely hope your Christmas…may abound in the gaieties which the season generally brings…” — Jane Austen
4. “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
5. “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)
6. “Even as an adult, I still find it hard to sleep on Christmas Eve.” — Carrie Latet
7. “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
8. “Remember this December that love weighs more than gold.” — Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
9. “The mood is right, the spirit’s up. We’re here tonight, and that’s enough. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time.” — Paul McCartney
10. “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
11. “Don’t get caught up in the wrapping paper and forget that the gift of the Christmas season is simply love.” — Toni Sorenson
12. “What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future.” — Agnes M. Pahro
13. “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
14. “Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!” — Theodor Seuss Geisel
15. “Just because you can’t see something, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.” — The Santa Clause

16. “The idea of Christmas can’t be more important than the people you share Christmas with.” — Candice Cameron Buré
17. “Christmas magic is silent. You don’t hear it — you feel it. You know it. You believe it.” — Kevin Alan Milne
18. “What is Christmas? It is the tenderness of the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future.” — Agnes M. Pahro
19. “Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away.” — Norman Wesley Brooks
20. “Your children need your presence more than your presents.” — Jesse Jackson
21. “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
22. “Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.” — Mary Ellen Chase
23. “Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.” — Ruth Carter Stapleton
24. “Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us.” — David Cameron
25. “Christmas is all about family, eating, drinking, and making merry.” — Malaika Arora Khan
26. “Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.” — Dale Evans
27. “The world has grown weary through the years, but at Christmas, it is young.” — Phillips Brooks
28. “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
29. “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
30. “Nobody’s walking out on this fun, old-fashioned, family Christmas.” — National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

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31. “The best way to celebrate the holidays is with great food and even better company.” — Ina Garten
32. “Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” — Hamilton Wright Mabie
33. “Nothing seems to bring people together like Christmas.” — Steven Dodrill
34. “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” — A Christmas Carol
35. “It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” — W.T. Ellis
36. “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
37. “Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin — inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.” — John J. Geddes
38. “The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature.” — Andy Rooney
39. “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
40. “Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart.” — The Polar Express
41. “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
42. “The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays.” — W. C. Jones
43. “May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.”
44. “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
45. “Christmas, my child, is love in action.” — Dale Evans
46. “At Christmas, play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.” — Thomas Tusser
47. “Christmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness.” — Mo Rocca

Funny Christmas quotes

1. “A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.” — Garrison Keillor
2. “I left Santa gluten-free cookies and organic soy milk, and he put a solar panel in my stocking.”
3. “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
4. “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
5. “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” — George Burns
6. “Remember that the most important thing is to try and love other people as much as they love you.” — David Sedaris, Holidays on Ice
7. “Christmas, here again. Let us raise a loving cup; peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.” — Wendy Cope
8. “Three phrases that sum up Christmas are: Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men, and Batteries not Included.”
9. “There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus.” — Bob Phillips
10. “What I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present.” — Don Marquis
11. “Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money.”
12. “I love Christmas. I receive a lot of wonderful presents I can’t wait to exchange.” — Henny Youngman

13. “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
14. “I haven’t taken my Christmas lights down. They look so nice on the pumpkin.” — Winston Spear
15. “Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.” — Kin Hubbard
16. “You’re skipping Christmas! Isn’t that against the law?” — Spike Frohmeyer
17. “Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas.” — Stephen Graham Jones
18. “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
19. “I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, ‘Toys not included.'” — Bernard Manning
20. “There’s no experience quite like cutting your own live Christmas tree out of your neighbor’s yard.” — Dan Florence
21. “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
22. “Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.” — Victor Borge
23. “Christmas is a togethery sort of holiday. That’s my favorite kind.” — A. A. Milne
24. “Christmas is a baby shower that went totally overboard.” — Andy Borowitz
25. “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” — Buddy

Why should I read these Christmas quotes?

You might wonder why you should take the time to read these quotes. Well, they’re like little reminders to slow down and enjoy the season.

They help us remember the warmth, love, and joy that make Christmas so special. These quotes can make you smile, give you a bit of inspiration, and even help you feel more connected to the true spirit of the holidays.

Imagine reading a beautiful quote while sipping hot cocoa by the fire. Maybe you’re curled up with a blanket, the Christmas tree lights twinkling beside you.

Or think about sharing a heartwarming saying in your holiday cards. It’s these little moments that can bring so much joy and meaning to our lives. Besides, these quotes are perfect for spreading cheer to your friends and family.

Reading these quotes can also be a great way to start your day. You can read one each morning to put a smile on your face and get into the holiday spirit.

Or, you can share them with your kids or loved ones, creating a new tradition that everyone looks forward to.

So, if you’re looking to add a bit more magic and meaning to your Christmas, these quotes are just what you need. They’re not just words; they’re little sparks of joy and wisdom that can brighten your days.

Did you like any of these Christmas quotes?