Christmas Quotes

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

"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!"

"Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection."

"Christmas, my child, is love in action."

"Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone."

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

"Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."

"At Christmas, all roads lead home."

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other."

"Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts."

"Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day."

"Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends."

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."

"Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas."

"Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting."

"The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays."

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

"The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood."

"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling."

"One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day."

"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 is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind."

"Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling."

"God bless us, every one!"

"At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year."

"The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young."

"I heard the bells on Christmas Day, their old, familiar carols play."

"Let us celebrate this day not because of the visible sun, but because of Him who made this day."

"Keep your Christmas-heart open all the year round."

"Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people."

"It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air."

"Because of His boundless love, Jesus became what we are, that He might make us to be what He is."

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

"As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is."

"It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you."

"From now on all generations will call me blessed."

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

"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."

"For it is in giving that we receive."

"Santa Claus has the right idea — visit people only once a year."

"The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness."

"Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone."

"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."

"Christmas is the day that holds all time together."

"Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."

"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."

"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."

"Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection."

"Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving."

"Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'."

"Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving, and of families united."

"Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!"

"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."

"Christmas is a time when you get homesick—even when you're home."

"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."

"Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip."

"Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas."

"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."

"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."

"The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live."

"Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past."

"The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value."

"A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together."

"I love Christmas, not just because of the presents but because of all the decorations and lights and the warmth of the season."

"Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas."

"Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever."

"The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school."

"Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered."

"Christmas is a season of such infinite hope."

"Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand."

"Love came down at Christmas, love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas, star and angels gave the sign."

"The true spirit of Christmas is love."

"Mankind is a great, an immense family. This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas."

"Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most."

"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 Christmas-time."

"We ought to love one another at Christmas and every day of the year."

"It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love."

"Christmas is a time for remembering family and trying to guess the sizes of everyone's presents."

"Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people."

"Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away."

"There'll always be Christmas as long as a light glows in the window to guide folks at night, as long as a star in the heavens above keeps shining down."

"The first gift of Christmas was love. A parent's love. Pure as the first snows of Christmas."

"Everyone knows you never find love when you go looking for it. You have to wait for it to find you."

"Being kind is like looking at your own reflection in the calm waters of a lake. Then the act of kindness ripples those waters, like a stone tossed upon the surface."

"Remember This December, That love weighs more than gold!"

"Christmas, my child, is love in action."

"And I do come home at Christmas. We all do, or we all should. We all come home, or ought to come home."

"The joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you."

"Love the giver more than the gift."

"Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds."

"My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep."

"I would not wish any companion in the world but you."

"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour."

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."

"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?"

"I will light candles this Christmas, candles of love to inspire all my living."

"For somehow, not only for Christmas, but all the long year through, the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you."

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other."