The Best Christmas Quotes to Warm Your Heart & Make You Smile & Laugh

So. With Christmas closing in fast ... Are you ready for some short Christmas quotes and Christmas sayings? There is usually a lot of stuff required before Christmas arrives. Plans, invitations and preparations to be made.

No matter what time of year it is Christmas will be here soon. Sooner than we expect, anyway. Christmas is closing in, moving full tilt, screeching around the corner and will not stop for anyone.

And - as with all other things - Christmas is what we make of it.

Sadly, lots of people choose to make it one of the most stressful times of year.

To make up for that we're going to make this page an anti-stress page - with lots of Christmas thoughts and quotes about Christmas. Let's jump right into it with these first short, oftentimes funny quotes.

"Shop now, smile later", or is it "Shop now, pay later"?
~ Linda M. Hammond ~

Even before Christmas had said "Hello", it’s saying "Buy Buy".
~ Ron Paul ~

From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.
~ Katharine Whitehorn ~

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 ~

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

This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.
~ Taylor Caldwell ~

To celebrate the heart of Christmas is to forget ourselves in the service of others.
~ Henry C. Link ~

Did you ever notice that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year around this time, I hear Christmas music.
~ Tom Sims ~

People can't concentrate properly on blowing other people to pieces if their minds are poisoned by thoughts suitable to the twenty-fifth of December.
~ Ogden Nash ~

A joy that is shared is a joy made double.
~ John Roy ~

Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money.
~ Funny Christmas Saying ~

At Christmas, all roads lead home.
~ Marjorie Holmes ~

Hello and Good Buy!

Christmas thoughts to be thought and Christmas presents to be bought.

The Christmas season has come to mean the period when the public plays Santa Claus to the merchants.
~ John Andrew Holmes ~

All that shopping is good for the economy; in fact, the economy almost depends on Christmas shopping, because many stores make most of their profit during the Christmas season.

Of course one is inclined to ask where the profit made by the stores comes from ... and the answer is: From us - it comes right out of our pockets.

Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously?
~ Bill Watterson ~ (from his 'Calvin and Hobbes' comic strip)

Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the next year.
~ P.J. O'Rourke ~

In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called it 'Hanukka' and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy Hanukka!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!'
~ Dave Barry ~

As the Christmas quotes above clearly show, most of us go nuts and buy way more than there is any realistic reason to buy. Why?

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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 ~

When shopping for loved ones and friends, we want to get what will please and excite them. We want to show them our love and appreciation. As a result, we spend more than we ought.

The stores count on this and urge us to spend by displaying items attractively, so perhaps for some items, it is a good idea to shop online. You have access to more of the store’s goods online, and there is - perhaps - less chance you will be tempted to purchase something more because of an attractive and alluring display. The only display you need to worry about is in your mind!

Yuletide Excitement

The night before Christmas is here at last. After all the preparation, sweat and tears, it is finally time to relax, knowing that you have done all you can possibly do for a successful Christmas. You turn in ... only to find out you cannot sleep - just like this:

Even as an adult I find it difficult to sleep on Christmas Eve. Yuletide excitement is a good potent caffeine, no matter what your age.
~ Carrie Latet ~

The anticipation mounts in your mind. You go over the preparations, yes, everything is done. Your mind wanders to the people you will be seeing that you have not seen in a long time. Perhaps you rehearse in your mind what you want to say and ask each one of them.

It is evident that adults, as well as children, anticipate Christmas. However, usually adults anticipate Christmas for different reasons.

Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want and their kids pay for it.
~ Richard Lamm ~

Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.
~ Kin Hubbard ~

Three phrases that sum up Christmas are: Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men, and Batteries not Included.
~ Funny Christmas Saying ~

I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.
~ Bernard Manning ~

Christmas Thoughts about The Big Day

Finally Christmas morning arrives.

In some countries (including Quotescoop.com's home country of Denmark) the big Christmas meal is celebrated on Christmas Eve - and the presents are exchanged in the glow from the candles on the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. In countries like that Christmas morning is when the children get up early to play with their presents.

Most cultures have the celebration meal - and the presents as well - on Christmas Day, though.

The Christmas gathering may be in your home this Christmas. It is a day to be hospitable and giving to each person. This holiday makes your home warm and inviting.

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!
~ Charles Dickens ~ (from: 'The Pickwick Papers')

Perhaps you have Christmas lights brightening your home. You may have fragrant candles set about for warmth and beauty. The atmosphere is vibrant for your arriving guests.

When they arrive you greet each one with love and a giving heart. These Christmas quotes are very descriptive of this holiday season:

For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home.
~ Ronald Tucker ~

Christmas is for children. But it is for grown-ups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hidebound hearts.
~ Lenora Mattingly Weber ~

I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.
~ Charles Dickens ~

The above Christmas quotes are good for contemplation. Many of us are so busy all year around that we do not take the time to build our relationships. You feel that you just don’t have time to send that letter, email or even text some friends.

Maybe you can send a Christmas Postcard instead - just to show you care.

Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving,and of families united.
~ Norman Vincent Peale ~

Christmas Quotes that Help You Let Go of Stress

Christmas now surrounds us,
Happiness is everywhere
Our hands are busy with many tasks
As carols fill the air.
~ Shirley Sallay ~

There are so many demands on us today. Or, to be precise: We unconsciously allow many demands to weigh us down.

You would think with all the conveniences and technology we have available to us today, we would have time on our hands. Instead, they seem to make us even busier!

So, for many people December and Christmas is the most stressful time of the year. How silly is that! Just check out these quotes:

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.
~ Natalie Goldberg ~

Stress is the trash of modern life - we all generate it but if you don't dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life.
~ Danzae Pace ~

Stress is inner biofeedback, signaling you that frequencies are fighting within your system. The purpose of stress isn't to hurt you, but to let you know it's time to go back to the heart and start loving.
~ Sara Paddison ~

So remember: The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. And Christmas time is the perfect opportunity to show the world ... and more importantly yourself ... that relaxing is a choice.

The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do.
~ Wayne Dyer ~

Stress is not what happens to us. It's our response TO what happens. And RESPONSE is something we can choose.
~ Maureen Killoran ~

As one controversial but highly influential U.S. National Security Advisor and Secretary of State put it here:

There cannot be a stressful crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
~ Henry Kissinger ~

Christmas Thoughts and Questions that Make You Think

Here are some Christmas thoughts formed as questions that make you think:

- Are you so hurried because you can now fit more into our day than before - and if so, is this actually necessary?

- When - exactly - have you done enough for one day?

- Do you take time to contemplate what you are actually accomplishing?

- Are we addressing the truly important things, or are we just busy doing what others think is important?

- How many percent of your average day are spent doing and how many are spent being?

Remember: You are a human being, not a human doing!

Perhaps Christmas is a time to ask ourselves why are we doing what we are doing.

Why not devote time to the important things mentioned in the following quote which is one of the best Christmas sayings is actually valid all throughout the year, not just during Christmas time:

One of the nice things about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with a present.
~ Short Funny Quote on Christmas ~

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 ~

The spirit of this season
Is old, yet ever new;
May it be yours on Christmas
And last the new year through.
~ Ernest B. McClellan ~

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall the genial flame of charity in the heart.
~ Washington Irving ~

The world's alive with Christmas joy!
Come join the merry throng.
You'll find upon your lips a smile,
Within your heart a song.
~ Nadine Brothers Lybarger ~

One of the Christmas quotes as shown above expounds on Christmas as a day that we will remember, along with those who are with us on this holiday. We are intoxicated with the decorations and smells of the holiday, we are reminded of those who are close to us, simply because we spend time with them.

We see how the children have grown since last Christmas. We see how the older members of our family have aged during the year, hoping they will be with us next Christmas and for many Christmases to come.

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

Quotes that Inspire You to Be Here Now

Christmas is a holiday that touches the heart. It has an atmosphere that is captivating to the soul and mind.

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.
~ Peg Bracken ~

Hopefully you have patience with people who you normally would not have. If all goes well love flows out of everyone and to everyone. Resentments are set aside to show politeness. Hatreds are ignored and maybe even treated with a hug.

We flow with the low lights and the smiles and the hugs. Love helps us relax and communicate better. Love conquers our fears, making us feel safe at last.

The children feel it, too, but they are also excited with their new toys. They may be running through the house. Adults are talking loudly, trying to be heard over all the other conversations. There may be more talking than listening and comprehending at this time of gathering together.

One of the short but powerful quotations on Christmas by Helen Steiner Rice reminds us that Christmas may be a string of exciting days, yet we do have the choice to calm our minds and let our souls be at peace:

Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind;
Teach us to be patient and always be kind.
~ Helen Steiner Rice ~

So, maybe you could try to be a listener on this holiday. Perhaps you could listen to the needs of others and let your heart go out to them with understanding.

Being listened to and empathizing with their concerns will help them in ways you cannot anticipate and may cause them to remember you all the next year. It could even be the thing that increases their self worth, knowing they are worth listening to.

Perhaps you would even want to challenge yourself and be patient with those who you do NOT want to listen to? Their statements may seem provocative or wrong to you, but do you know everything? Do you fully know their situation in life and what their experiences are?

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 ~

The quotation shown above illustrates the benefits - and challenges - of the Christmas holiday.

Please take a moment to consider what they are saying and how it relates to who they are. How does this compare to you - honestly? A lot of the time people who rub us the wrong way are a lot like ourselves!

There are no strangers on Christmas Eve.
~ Mildred Cram and Adele Comandini ~

We are with people we have not associated with all year or maybe even for a longer period of time. You look at them and cannot think of a thing to say to them. You feel frozen, unable to talk to them. You feel vulnerable, not knowing how the person will react if you reach out to them.

The easy thing would be to turn the other way and ignore that person. But what if you thought about that person instead of your insecurities and tender pride?

What if you reached out to that person and found a treasure you didn’t know existed?

Why not just ask them a simple question and let them lead the conversation?

You could just do it and see what happens. Your insecurities are shared by most other people in the world, you know, even - or most especially - the ones that appear arrogant. And maybe your pride is not all that fragile.

Quotes about Christmas that Say: 'Reach Out, and Touch Somebody'

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 ~

Yes, you may be shy, or insecure or you may be seated next to someone you don't really like. But it's Christmas - why not reach out? The joy of connecting with that person may override your discomfort.

Realize and accept that you are who you are and they are who they are.

We don't all have to be the same.
If we were, it would be a shame!
~ Soren Lauritzen ~ , the Personal Development Guy

Everyone has a treasure inside of them, even though the treasure may be buried. So try digging. Ask some questions. Check with the other person that it's okay, and then make those personal questions - about things that really matter. There is no better way to get to know someone.

Consider being more like the children; they do not hesitate with their questions. Nor do they hold back their love, by the way!

This could be the Christmas you could overcome your fear of reaching out to others. And find the treasure just like Francis C. Farley implies in one of his Christmas Quotes below!

Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time of 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 ~

One of the deep Christmas quotations is by the above one by Francis C. Farley. Why do we have to wait for Christmas to be ourselves?

Why can’t we be authentic and follow our natural impulses every day of the year?

Why does self-consciousness keep us bound up?

After the holidays are over and we have some good, quiet quality time, we could get to the bottom of this, letting go of the things that are keeping us bound. When the real you is hidden it causes stress in your emotions, mind and body.

You can be free if you are willing to take the time from the fast pace of life and get to the bottom of your 'malady' (which is basically nothing more than lack of awareness). It is possible to let go of all that is hindering you, keeping you from the true peace of knowing and accepting who you are.

Sure, you are not perfect, but you are full of treasure.

You're human! Rejoice in your imperfection! If you were perfect everyone around you would either be jealous or disgusted or bored to death.
~ Soren Lauritzen ~ , the Personal Development Guy

Your treasure is pressing to escape and fulfill destiny. There is something that is uniquely you - and the world needs you to give that to as many as you can. Do not be afraid, it will work out to your good in the end, when you are liberated to live your life as who you really are. All you need is trust - in yourself and in life.

Cheery Quotations about Christmas

At Christmas time love and acceptance abounds. Everyone is kind to each other, enjoying the fellowship and hilarity of the holiday. There are games to enjoy, cards to play, Christmas quotes to say and good conversation playfully floats around the room. There may be a round of drinks for good cheer. The adults may have eggnog that is spiked with cheer.

At Christmas play and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
~ Thomas Tusser ~

This will be a day to remember, when humor abounded, sprinkled with love and respect. A day to say what is on your heart. A day to encourage and share stories and advice. A day to experience what others have experienced while tales and adventures are shared.

Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup,
peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.
~ Wendy Cope ~

You are transported out of the everyday routine and problems to a wonderland of love and enjoyment. Hugs all around feel good to the soul. You are in a safe place of unconditional love, free of worry or stress. Some are so relaxed they are slumbering quietly on the couches. The children have finally wound down to quietly playing with their new toys.

All is well this Christmas. Everyone is satisfied and content, refreshed and happy.

Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are fatuous preservers of youthful looks.
~ Charles Dickens ~

Here is one of the most conclusive quotes for your contemplation:

For the spirit of Christmas fulfils the greatest hunger of mankind.
~ Loring A. Schuler ~

The Spirit of Christmas: Giving and Getting

If you let the spirit of Christmas dwell in your heart, perhaps you can reach a state where do not crave Christmas presents for yourself, but give gifts with joy to others. Perhaps you already feel this - good for you!

As Christmas candles brighten the room, the spirit of Christmas brightens the heart.
~ Linda M. Hammond ~

The above quote illustrates how the spirit of Christmas brings new light and encouragement to the heart.

Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.
~ Ruth Carter Stapleton ~

The spirit of Christmas makes a person come alive with joy and anticipation. One of the greatest joys is giving other people good cheer. The joy given to others will come back to you in an exponential way.

It is like planting a seed in the ground. It is only one seed. Later, when the seed matures into a crop, you will receive many times more than you planted.

That is not just true of the seeds the farmer sows, it is one of those spiritual truths, too.

You get what you give - multiplied. This is true both for the farmer sowing seeds and for you doing deeds in the world. But please note the order or sequence involved: You give first, then you get.
~ Soren Lauritzen ~ , the Personal Development Guy

Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.
~ Eckhart Tolle ~

Whatever you think people are withholding from you - praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care, and so on - give it to them.
~ Eckhart Tolle ~

You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow.
~ Eckhart Tolle ~

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.
~ John Greenleaf Whittier ~

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
~ Winston Churchill ~

No one has ever become poor by giving.
~ Anne Frank ~

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
~ Maya Angelou ~

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 ~

The joy that you give to others is the joy that will come back to you.
~ John Greenleaf Whittier ~

Treat Others Like You Want Them to Treat You

When you treat others the way you would like to be treated, you are planting seeds for your future. Give good things freely to others and you will be provided with good things when you need them. This applies to everything. It is good to remember this throughout your life and leave behind you a path of goodwill toward others.

For a good end, sow a good beginning.

- When you show someone favor and acceptance, you will receive the same.

- Help those who are in need.

- Give an encouraging word to others, even when an encouraging word is not needed.

- Do not cheaply flatter someone, but praise the treasure when you see it.

- Encourage everyone around you to be the best they can.

- A little love goes a long way.

- When doing anything always do your best.

- Don't forget to have fun.

- Everything you do will find you its way back to you at some point.

For a good end, put forth a good beginning in everything.

Living this way will earn you lots of joy and contentment in your life.

Christmas, in its final essence, is for grown people who have forgotten what children know. Christmas is for whoever is old enough to have denied the unquenchable spirit of man.
~ Margaret Cousins ~

Children and Christmas - an Inseparable Couple

Our children are our future, the future of mankind.

How you treat your children when they are young is how they will treat you when you are old.
~ Soren Lauritzen ~ , the Personal Development Guy

And kids don't know of many things they love more than Christmas. If you aren't into Christmas for yourself or the family you grew up with, maybe you could consider getting into it for your kids? It doesn't have to be all commercial. It can be simple ...

The best presents we can give each other are love and attention.
~ Soren Lauritzen ~ , the Personal Development Guy

Love, encouragement, support and attention as the most important presents you give your children - and anyone else, too.

A few weeks ago, a father told me that when he became a parent, his father reminded him that parents must give their children two things: roots and wings. Give them roots to keep them grounded through tough times. Give them wings to soar above everything, explore new worlds and fly farther than we ever did.
~ Danah Boyd ~

There is so much we can learn from our kids. This is a deep truth that few people realize. Nevertheless it is evident all the time, and perhaps never more clearly than around Christmas.

Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion.
~ Ralph Sockman ~

Without a doubt Christmas is one of the most exciting days of the year to a child, and what's more children naturally know how to celebrate Christmas.

Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive.
~ Robert Lynd ~

Whatever else be lost among the years,
Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing:
Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears,
Let us hold close one day, remembering
Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men.
Let us get back our childlike faith again.
~ Grace Noll Crowell ~

The wonder of Christmas is never wasted on a child. To a child, Christmas is the most wonderful happening. They are amazed at the candles and decorations. The Christmas tree towers high above them; they cannot even see the top of the tree for looking at all of the ornaments adorning the tree.

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
~ Larry Wilde ~

The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect!
~ Charles N. Barnard ~

Maybe the children have made Christmas decorations at school and you have hung them up together. Perhaps you have helped them make their own decorations for Christmas. A child will enjoy Christmas decorations without checking for a price tag!

Christmas is the keeping-place for memories of our innocence.
~ Joan Mills ~

Closing Thoughts on Christmas

In closing, may these Christmas quotes entertain and spike your imagination.

Enjoy your Christmas with merriment and good cheer.
Let this Christmas lead you to a fulfilling New Year.
~ Linda M. Hammond ~

Remember all you have sensed during this Christmas. You may want to write some of the Christmas highlights in your diary or journal; it will help you remember during the coming year the joy of Christmas.

Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.
~ Janice Maeditere ~

Have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Or, to be exact:

Merry Christmas! Happy Chanukah! Good Kwanzaa! Blessed Yule! Happy Holidays! Unless, of course, you are suffering from Seasonally Affected Disorder (SAD). If this be the case, please substitute this gratuitous call for celebration with a suggestion that you have a thoroughly adequate day.
~ Funny Christmas Jokes ~