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Christmas is a time when the world slows down a bit, hopefully giving us some time to reflect and rest for the coming year.
It’s a time to reconnect with the people and things that mean the most to us.
To gather in our warm homes, filled with all kinds of light, to share meals, stories and good times – and laughs – while the darkness and cold of winter are forgotten for a while.
And to help you make this a joyful, fun and recharging holiday, I’d like to share 120 short Christmas quotes.
I hope you find something here to inspire you and that you can share with family and friends on Christmas cards, in a funny text or on your Instagram to give them a little Christmas magic too.
Short Christmas Quotes and Sayings
“Christmas is not a time or a season, but a state of mind.”
– Calvin Coolidge
“Christmas works like glue; it keeps us all together.”
– Rosie Thomas
“Christmas is doing something extra for someone.”
– Charles M. Schulz
“Christmas magic is silent. You don’t hear it, you feel it. You know it. You believe it.”
–Kevin Alan Milne
“Christmas is the day that holds all time together.”
– Alexander Smith
“At Christmas all roads lead home.”
–Marjorie Holmes
“Christmas is not an external event at all, but a piece of your home that you carry in your heart.”
–Freya Stark
“Peace on earth will continue if we live Christmas every day.”
– Helen Steiner Rice
“Christmas is a tonic for our soul.”
– BC Forbes
“Christmas is the season to fan the flames of hospitality.”
–Washington Irving
“Christmas is a piece of your home that you carry in your heart.”
–Freya Stark
“My Christmas memories gather and dance like snowflakes – each beautiful, unique and gone too soon.”
–Deborah Whipp
“Christmas is not only a time of joy, but also of reflection.”
–Winston Churchill
“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 is not just a day, it is a state of mind.”
– Valentine Davies
“Christmas is a necessity. There should be at least one day in the year that reminds us that we are here for something other than ourselves.”
– Eric Sevareid
“Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.”
– Pope Francis
“Christmas is forever, not just for one day. Because we cannot put aside loving, sharing and giving.”
–Norman Wesley Brooks
“Christmas is the sweetest and most beautiful holiday of the year.”
– WJ Cameron
“Christmas is the season when the whole world becomes involved in a conspiracy of love.”
– Hamilton Wright Mabie
Short christmas day quotes for family
“Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family.”
– Roberta Flack
“The best of all the gifts around a Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family, all wrapped up in each other.”
–Burton Hills
“You know you’re getting old when Santa starts looking younger.”
– Robert Paulus
“Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows by.”
–Gladys Taber
“At Christmas, families come together like branches on a tree.”
– Karen Kostyla
“What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future.”
– Agnes M. Pahro
“Christmas is a season to kindle the fire of hospitality in the hall, and the brilliant flame of charity in the heart.”
–Washington Irving
“Family means that no one is left behind or forgotten.”
– David Ogden Stiers
“Christmas is a time when families unite, love multiplies and magic fills the air.”
– Caroline Kennedy
“The best Christmas gift is realizing how much you already have.”
– Marie Kondo
“Christmas is the time of joy, of exchanging holiday greetings, of gift giving and of united families.”
–Norman Vincent Peale
“Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them out and enjoy their riches.”
– Wanda Hope Carter
“Christmas is a time when you get homesick, even when you’re at home.”
–Carol Nelson
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.”
–Norman Vincent Peale
“The joy of brightening other lives becomes the magic of the holidays for us.”
– WC Jones
“Christmas is built on a beautiful and intentional paradox: that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.”
– GK Chesterton
“Christmas reminds us that we are not alone. We are not unrelated atoms, bouncing and ricocheting among aliens, but part of something that holds and sustains us.”
–Donald E. Westlake
“Christmas is a time when everyone wants their past to be forgotten and their present to be remembered.”
–Phyllis Diller
“I never thought it was such a bad tree. It’s not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love.”
– Charlie Brown (from A Charlie Brown Christmas)
“Christmas is the time to let your heart do the thinking.”
– Patricia Clafford
Short Christmas quotes for friends, Instagram and Christmas cards
“Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth and sweetens every taste bud, making you wish it would last forever.
– Richelle E. Goodrich
“Christmas is the season when people run out of money before they run out of friends.”
–Larry Wilde
“Friends are the family we choose for ourselves.”
– Edna Buchanan
“The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love, of generosity and of goodness.”
–Thomas S. Monson
“Christmas is about spending time with family and friends. It’s about creating happy memories that will last a lifetime.”
– Zooey Deschanel
“Christmas is a bridge of hope that connects the memories of yesterday with the dreams of tomorrow.”
– Maria Engelbreit
“Christmas is a time of great joy: a time to remember the past and hope for the future.”
– Laura Ingalls Wilder
“Christmas is a reminder of the gift of friendship, the blessing of family and the peace that comes from love.”
– Emily Matthews
“Let’s keep Christmas beautiful without thinking about greed.”
– Ann Garnett Schultz
“Every gift given, even if small, is actually great if given with affection.”
– Pindar
“The only blind person at Christmas is he who has no Christmas in his heart.”
– Helen Keller
“Christmas is not just a time for festivity and merriment. It’s more than that.”
– Maria Fairchild
“Christmas is a stocking filled with sweet goodness.”
– Mo Rocca
“Blessed is the season when the whole world becomes involved in a conspiracy of love.”
– Hamilton Wright Mabie
“Christmas is a time to open our hearts to God and his gifts.”
– Lailah Gifty Akita
“Christmas is the happiness that lights up the eyes of children.”
– Ainsley Harriott
“May your Christmas shine with moments of love, laughter and goodwill.”
– Martha Stewart
“Christmas is a celebration of love and friendship.”
– Michael Gough
“Christmas means community, celebration, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer – at home.”
– W.J. Tucker
“Christmas is a time to cherish those who bring so many blessings into our lives.”
–Mary Hollingsworth
“A friend is a gift you give yourself.”
–Robert Louis Stevenson
Short Christmas Quotes for Kids
“Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat.”
– Traditional English Carol
“Christmas is a time of wonder and wonder.”
– Roald Dahl
“You can’t truly enjoy Christmas until you can look into the Father’s face and tell Him that you have received His Christmas gift.”
– John R. Rice
“Christmas is a magical time when wishes come true.”
– JK Rowling
“Christmas is a time when children tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it.”
–Richard Paul Evans
“Christmas is like a hug from someone you love.”
– Shel Silverstein
“Christmas is a key that opens hearts, just as a very special gift can.”
–Judith Kranz
“Christmas is a time when anything is possible.”
– Rick Riordan
“Christmas is when we find the inner child in our hearts again.”
–Dr. Seuss
“Christmas is a dream come true for every child.”
–Beverly Lewis
“Christmas is a time to believe in things you can’t see.”
–Robert Fulghum
“Christmas is a starlit night of wonder.”
–Kate DiCamillo
“Christmas is when angels sing with the hearts of children.”
– Bethany Roberts
“Christmas is a time when everyone becomes a child again.”
–Lewis Caroll
“Christmas is the most beautiful, magical time of the year.”
– Jim Butcher
“Christmas is a time when dreams take flight.”
– Patricia MacLachlan
“Christmas is about spreading cheer wherever you are.”
– Lemony Snicket
“Christmas is a special time for children to dream big dreams.”
–Katherine Paterson
“Christmas is a time to believe in the impossible.”
– Chris VanAllsburg
“Unless we make Christmas an opportunity to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it ‘white’.”
– Bing Crosby
Funny and short Christmas quotes
“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to a department store and asked for my autograph.”
– Shirley Temple
“Christmas is a race to see who gives up first: your money or your feet.”
– Dave Barry
“Santa Claus has the right idea. Only visit people once a year.”
– Victor Borge
“Christmas, here again. Let us raise a cup of love: peace on earth, goodwill to men, and let them do the dishes.”
–Wendy Cope
“Send your packages early so the post office can get rid of them in time for Christmas.”
–Johnny Carson
“Christmas is a baby shower that went completely overboard.”
–Andy Borowitz
“There is no better experience than cutting out your own living Christmas tree from your neighbor’s yard.”
– Dan Florence
“Don’t worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 9 meters tall.”
–Larry Wilde
“Christmas: the only time of year you can sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of socks.”
– Unknown
“Christmas shopping is a lot like military service: you do things you would normally never do in places you would normally never go.”
–Bill Vaughan
“We are once again arriving at the holidays, a deeply religious time that each of us observes in our own way by going to the shopping center of our choice.”
– Dave Barry
“I once bought a set of batteries for my kids for Christmas with a note on it that said ‘Toys not included.'”
– Bernard Manning
“Nothing is more mean than giving a little child something useful at Christmas.”
–Kin Hubbard
“The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the whole world, and people keep sending it to each other.”
–Johnny Carson
“I love Christmas. I’m receiving a lot of wonderful gifts that I can’t wait to exchange.”
– Henny Youngman
“Dear Santa, before I explain: how much do you already know?”
–Jerry Seinfeld
“Christmas sweaters are only acceptable as a cry for help.”
–Andy Borowitz
“Christmas is getting all you can get, while the getting is good.”
– Sally Brown (from A Charlie Brown Christmas)
“I dream of a white Christmas. But when the white runs out, I drink the red.”
– Erma Bombeck
Do you want more inspiration? Check out these 101 inspirational Christmas quotes and the uplifting November quotes in this post. You may also find these 101 positive workplace quotes helpful during the fall and winter.