Our Favorite Christmas Quotes That Capture the Joy of the Season (2024)

One of the coolest parts of Christmas is seeing all the different ways people celebrate. For some, it's a huge Christmas Eve dinner with one side of the family and then Christmas morning brunch the following morning with the other. There are those who place importance on cookie baking and Christmas desserts to share with the neighbors. Some always go to mass the morning of December 25th and others use the holiday to give back to the less unfortunate by volunteering. The point is that everyone's celebration might look different, but the true meaning of the season stays the same for everyone, which is why we've rounded up our favorite inspirational, thoughtful and even funny Christmas quotes to remind you just what the Christmas season is all about.

It's easy to forget why we celebrate Christmas among all the gift wrapping, shopping and decorating, but all it takes is a few kind words, wintery phrases and some of our favorite movie quotes from holiday classics like Miracle on 34th Street and A Charlie Brown Christmas to remind you that Christmas is about so much more than the presents under the tree. Use these quotes as an Instagram caption when you go to share some Christmas morning snapshots, add one along with a heartfelt note in a card attached to a white elephant gift or simply scroll through the list with your family and discuss which ones are your favorite. And speaking of — don't forget to check out more of our favorite favorite greetings for your annual Christmas cards.

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

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

Rats. Nobody sent me a Christmas card today. I almost wish there weren’t a holiday season. I know nobody likes me. Why do we have to have a holiday season to emphasize it?

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

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

Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold

I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

It’s Christmas Eve and we are going to celebrate being young and being alive.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year.

For it is in giving that we receive.

When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things — not the great occasions — give off the greatest glow of happiness.