Inspirational christmas quotes will brighten up your day and make you feel ready to take on anything.
Famous Christmas Quotes
Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts. – Janice Maeditere
At Christmas, all roads lead home. – Marjorie Holmes
Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving, and of families united. – Norman Vincent Peale
It was the afternoon of Christmas Eve and Scrooge was conscious of a thousand odors, each one connected with a thousand thoughts and hopes and joys and cares long, long forgotten. – Gonzo, The Muppet Christmas Carol
We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup. – Buddy, Elf
Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever. – Richelle E. Goodrich
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. – Charles Dickens
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. – Norman Vincent Peal
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
Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. – Kin Hubbard
Do give books religious or otherwise for Christmas.
They’re never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal. – Lenore Hershey
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
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree.
In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall. – Larry Wilde
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.– Stephen Leacock
I don’t think Christmas is necessarily about things. It’s about being good to one another, it’s about the Christian ethic, it’s about kindness. – Carrie Fisher
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.– Mary Ellen Chase
He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. – Roy L. Smit
Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand. – Dr. Seuss
What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace. – Agnes M. Pharo
Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality. – Washington Irving
The only blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. – Helen Keller
I like smiling, smiling’s my favorite. – Buddy the Elf
Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. – Calvin Coolidge
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
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. – Burton Hills
The only thing you need to worry about is where you’re going to buy your sweaters after the circus pulls out of town. – The Santa Clause
The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear. – Will Ferrell
Christmas gift suggestions: to your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. – Oren Arnold
Don’t let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.– Taylor Caldwell
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. – Norman Vincent Peale
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. – Mary Ellen Chase
Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is the image and brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christmas. – Henry Van Dyke
Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. – Lucinda Franks
One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth.– Zooey Deschanel
A good conscience is a continual Christmas.– Benjamin Franklin
My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. – Bob Hope
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. – Hamilton Wright Mabie
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. And thus I drift along into the holidays – let them overtake me unexpectedly – waking up some fine morning and suddenly saying to myself: ‘Why, this is Christmas Day!’ – David Grayson
Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. – Charles M. Schulz
Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. – Peg Bracken
Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas. – Dale Evans
Right within your heart. – Meredith Willson
Christmas is the day that holds all time together. – Alexander Smith
It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you…yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand. – Mother Teresa
I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. 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. For this is still the time God chooses. – Taylor Caldwell
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
The very purpose of Christ’s coming into the world was that He might offer up His life as a sacrifice for the sins of men. He came to die. This is the heart of Christmas. – Rev. Billy Graham
Christmas gift suggestions: to your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. – Oren Arnold
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
Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts. – Janice Maeditere
At Christmas, all roads lead home. – Marjorie Holmes
T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. – Clement Clarke Moore
Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling. – Edna Ferber
Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God. – George F McDougall
Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today’s Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday. – Gladys Tabor
Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish. Christmas, in short, is about the only chance a man has to be himself. – Francis C. Farley
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
Christmas is forever, not for just one day, for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf. The good you do for others is good you do yourself. – Norman W Brooks
It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. – W.T. Ellis
Christmas is a baby shower that went totally overboard.– Andy Borowitz
Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.– Victor Borge
My husband’s idea of getting the Christmas spirit is to become Scrooge.– Melanie White
Do you know why so many people love Jesus? Without Jesus, no Christmas.– Melanie White
I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month. – Harlan Miller
Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us. – David Cameron
We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill
At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. – Thomas Tusser
A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. – Garrison Keillor
Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. – George Mathew Adams
A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. – Garrison Keillor
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love! – Hamilton Wright Mabie
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
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: the only time of year you can sit in front of a dead tree eating candy out of socks. – Anonymous
Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. – Phyllis Diller
Three Wise WOMEN would have asked directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby, bought practical gifts, cleaned the stable, made a casserole, and there would be peace on earth! – Anonymous
Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas. – Stephen Graham Jones
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall. – Larry Wilde
“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. – Author unknown
At its best, Christmas is a mirror in which we see reflected the very best life can be. Where we see ourselves moved by generosity, inspired by hope, and uplifted by love, not only for ourselves but for the whole evolving universe. – Bruce Sanguin
I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month. – Harlan Miller
Christmas Eve, a perfect night to express affection for your family, to forgive those who failed you, and to forget past mistakes. – Unknown
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. – Burton Hillis
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
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
Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both. – Phillips Brooks
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
Christmas is a time when you get homesick – even when you’re home. – Carol Nelson
May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas eve. – Anonymous
Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from the store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more! – The Grinch, by Dr Seuss
Christmas is a spirit that flows from one heart to another. It is more precious than rubies and better than gold. – Agnes M. Pharo
It’s not what’s under the Christmas tree that matters, it’s who is around it. – Anonymous
Christmas Prayer: Guardian angel pure and bright, please lead Santa here tonight. – Unknown
Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever. – Richelle Goodrich
Christmas is a time to expand our giving encompassing the friendless and needy … near and far. Christmas is sharing. – Patricia Clafford
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 magic is silent. You don’t hear it – You feel it. You know it. You believe it. – Kevin Alan Milne
Christmas isn’t about candy canes or lights all aglow, it’s the hearts that we touch, and the care that we show. – Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas
The Christmas spirit–love–changes hearts and lives. – Pat Boone
Love is what is in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. – Anon
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’s discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values. – Thomas S. Monson
Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas. – Dale Evans
Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection. – Winston Churchill
Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. – Anonymous
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. – Hamilton Write Mabie
Love the giver more than the gift. – Brigham Young
Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas. – Dale Evans
Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. – Charles Schulz
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
Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine, Love was born at Christmas, Star and Angels gave the sign. – Christina Rossetti
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
Christmas waves a magic wand over the world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. – Norman Vincent Peale
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
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
Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. – Peg Bracke
Christmas is Family, Friends, Hope, Joy, Memories, Peace and Love. – Author Unknown
At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year – Thomas Tusser
It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. – W. T. Ellis
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. – Charles Dickens
Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas; Star and angels gave the sign. – Christina Rossetti
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
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? – Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Christmas – that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. 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. Rundel
For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home. – W. J. Tucker
Let us keep Christmas beautiful without a thought of greed. – Ann Garnett Schultz
Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. – Lucinda Franks
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
Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. – Author unknown
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
Mankind is a great, an immense family. This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas. – Pope John XXIII
What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. – Agnes M. Pahro
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
He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. – Roy L. Smith
For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home. – W. J. Tucker
Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. – Calvin Coolidge
The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world’s busy life and become more interested in people than in things. – Thomas S. Monson
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance – each beautiful, unique, and gone too soon. – Deborah Whipp
Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see. – The Conductor, Polar Express
Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day. – Helen Steiner Rice
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 (1969)
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 is just about my favorite time. Ever since i was a little kid, i always felt like it was my own personal holiday – Ernest saves Christmas (1988)
Just because you can’t see the air doesn’t keep you from breathing. And just because you can’t see God doesn’t keep you from believing. – Jeremiah, The Preacher’s Wife
We are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime. – Laura Ingalls Wilder
It is the personal thoughtfulness, the warm human awareness, the reaching out of the self to one’s fellow man that makes giving worthy of the Christmas spirit. – Isabel Currier
