Christmas Quotes

Christmas means many things to many different people as the following quotes demonstrate. Whether Christmas is expressed by love, presents, feasting, kindness or joy, it is a special time of year that has a power all its own. The subsequent quotations are from a variety of people and sources relating to Christmas.

“And she brought forth her first-born son…and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7

“O Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine!
To fold a world in the embrace of God!” Guy Wetmore Carryl

“The King of Heaven had come our way,
And in a lowly stable lay:
He had descended from the sky
In answer to the world’s long cry.” Edwin Markham

“Child undefiled, in the arms of Mary, blessed Virgin Mary.” Deems Taylor

“That Christ should leave the companionship of His father,
The magnificent splendor for a lowly birth,
Is cause for rejoicing—let the whole earth praise Him.” Grace Noll Crowell

“Heap on more wood!—the wind is chill;
But let it whistle as it will,
We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.” Sir Walter Scott

“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.” Laura Ingalls Wilder

“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” –Roy L. Smith

“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” W.T. Ellis

“Hang up the baby’s stocking;
Be sure you don’t forget
The dear little dimpled darling!
She ne’er saw Christmas yet.” Emily Huntington Miller

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” Norman Vincent Peale

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

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

“The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it is always young.” Phillips Brooks

“Everywhere, everywhere Christmas tonight!
Christmas in lands of fir-tree and pine,
Christmas in lands of palm-tree and vine;
Christmas where snow-peaks stand solemn and white,
Christmas where corn-fields lie sunny and bright.” Phillips Brooks

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

“’Most all the time, the whole year round,
there ain’t no flies on me,
but jest ‘fore Christmas I’m as good
as I can be.” Eugene Field

“Christmas is sights especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child.” William Saroyan

“The circle of our Christmas associations and the lessons that they bring, expands! Let us welcome every one of them and summon them to take their place by the Christmas hearth.” Charles Dickens

“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” Hamilton Wright Mabie

“Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.” Mary Ellen Chase

“Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents.” Louisa May Alcott

“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” Edna Ferber

“Roses are reddish,
Violets are bluish
If it weren’t for Christmas
We’d all be Jewish.” Benny Hill

“A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world.” Charles Dickens

“Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year—and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority.” W.J. Cameron

“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 prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance—a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved.” Augusta R. Rundel

“Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.” Phillips Brooks

“The star of Bethlehem was a star of hope that led the wise men to the fulfillment of their expectations, the success of the expedition. Nothing in this world is more fundamental for success in life than hope, and this star pointed to our only source for true hope: Jesus Christ.” D. James Kennedy

“Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate is by giving the light of love to those who need it most.” Charles Schulz

“This is Christmas: not the tinsel, not the giving and receiving, not even the carols, but the humble heart that receives anew the wondrous gift, the Christ.” Frank McKibben

“I wish we could put some of the Christmas spirit in a jar and open a jar of it every month.” Harlan Miller

“Of course, this is the season to be jolly, but it is also a good time to be thinking about those who aren’t.” Helen Valentine

“The spirit of Christmas fulfills the greatest hunger of mankind.” Loring A. Schuler

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

“Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in the Alaska won’t make it white.” Bing Crosby

“Love came down at Christmas;
Love all lovely, love divine;
Love was born at Christmas
Stars and angels gave the sign.” Christina Rossetti

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