The Best and Most Famous Merry Christmas Quotes of All Time

Last modified: December 4, 2018

In commemoration of this year’s celebrations, we have created a list of some of the most famous Merry Christmas quotes of all time to help you wish Joyeux Noël and Happy New Year and fill your heart with joy.

Feast your eyes on these beautiful quotes in the compiled list and use any of them to make this Yuletide season a more exciting experience for yourself, your loved ones, family and friends alike.

Famous Christmas Quotes

A good conscience is a continual Christmas. Benjamin Franklin
And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time. Jesus Christ
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

At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child. Queen Elizabeth II
Christmas for me is all about spending time with my family. I cherish any chance we have to spend all day together making gingerbread houses, baking cookies, or sitting around and watching movies. Blake Lively
Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection. Winston Churchill

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

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
Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. Charles M. Schulz
Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace. Pope Francis
Christmas is my favorite holiday because you spend time with family. I love the decorations, the music, and buying gifts for people. Everything about Christmas is the best. Jessica Sanchez

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

Christmas is the day that holds all time together. Alexander Smith
Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God’s perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year. Joel Osteen
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 is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values. Thomas S. Monson
Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling. Edna Ferber

Christmas makes me happy no matter what time of year it comes around. Bryan White
Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive. Stephen Fry
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. Norman Vincent Peale
Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas. Dale Evans

Christmas is love in action.

For it is in giving that we receive. Francis of Assisi
For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. Queen Elizabeth II
God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it. Pope Francis God
He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. Roy L. Smith
I just think that it’s strong and it’s important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it’s about the birth of our Savior, and there’s a lot of pressure today to be politically correct, but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe. Joel Osteen

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

I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it. Bill Gates
I love the atmosphere at the mall – everything about Christmas. I don’t think anything specific gets me in the holiday spirit except for the holidays themselves. Drake Bell
I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up – they have no holidays. Henny Youngman
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. Shirley Temple
I think ‘Scrooge’ is the best of the Christmas stories. Every child warms to it because it’s about one man’s transformation. It’s saying that it’s never too late to change, and that’s a good feeling to have at Christmas. Leslie Bricusse
I think we’ve taken the meaning of Christmas out. People don’t stop and think about Jesus or the birth of Jesus. When they think of Christmas, they think of Santa Claus and – for the children, and they think of giving gifts and out-giving the next person of spending their time looking for the right thing for somebody who has everything. Billy Graham
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens

If you haven’t got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. Bob Hope
I’m a rabid sucker for Christmas. In July, I’m already worried that there are only 146 shopping days left. John Waters
Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip. Gary Allan
No matter what else is going on, Christmas is my all-time favorite period in the year. It has a positive effect on me like very little else does, seasonally, that is. Rush Limbaugh
No matter what, I always make it home for Christmas. I love to go to my Tennessee Mountain Home and invite all of my nieces and nephews and their spouses and kids and do what we all like to do – eat, laugh, trade presents and just enjoy each other… and sometimes I even dress up like Santa Claus! Dolly Parton
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

Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas. Stephen Graham Jones
That’s the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me. Jerry Seinfeld
The smell of pine needles, spruce and the smell of a Christmas tree – those to me, are the scents of the holidays. Blake Lively
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
The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school. Alice Cooper
There are those who argue that the public celebration of festivals such as Christmas should be discouraged, in the questionable belief that it might somehow offend those of other religions or none. Pope Benedict XVI
There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter. Gordon B. Hinckley
There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. Erma Bombeck
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. Washington Irving

We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas. Ronald Reagan
What will you and I give for Christmas this year? Let us in our lives give to our Lord and Savior the gift of gratitude by living His teachings and following in His footsteps. Thomas S. Monson
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. Calvin Coolidge
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 K. Chesterton
When you give up yourself, that’s when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that’s giving that’s serving others and that’s when you feel fulfilled. Joel Osteen
There is no better time than now, this very Christmas season, for all of us to rededicate ourselves to the principles taught by Jesus the Christ. It is the time to love the Lord, our God, with all our heart – and our neighbors as ourselves. Thomas S. Monson

At Christmas all roads lead home.

Original Christmas Wishes for All

Wishing you a fabulous Christmas and nothing short of a super duper happy New Year! May blessings of God never stop visiting your home.
On this glorious day of the year, I hope your home is filled with love, joyful cheers and a ton of beautiful miracles.
May our Heavenly Father, who is gracious and plenteous in mercy, answer all your prayers this Christmas and bless your heart with joy so great it can’t be described.
May you be one of the privileged children of God who get to celebrate this magical season in the company of loving family and friends.

All I want from God this Christmas is happiness for my family and friends!
Wishing you get to spend your Christmas in the circle of happiness. Happy Holidays.
May the spirit of love, happiness and peace reside in your home this festive season and forever.
In my eyes, the best of all types of gifts around any Christmas tree is having you in my world. May you be blessed with the remarkable joy you constantly bless my heart and soul with.
So far as we have each other, there’ll always be Christmas in my heart.
A happy family all wrapped in the garment of the love of one another is my biggest wish for you this Xmas.
The most valuable gift around my Christmas tree: the presence of a smile on your face. Merry Christmas!
The presence of a happy smile on your face is the only gift I want from above this Christmas.
On this very special day the heavens have blessed this earth with, I pray you forget all about your problems and embrace the remarkable joy of Christmas.
May you be blessed with success, health, peace and a good state of mind throughout this magical season of the year. And may these invaluable blessings accompany you until the end of time.
As you honor Christmas in your heart, may a lifetime of joy be awarded to you.
May you and your family feel the real spirit of Christmas so that you may know and experience nothing but unadulterated joy.
As the world celebrates the most blessed time of the year, I pray that you are blessed with the opportunity to be in the warmth of the presence of your family and loved ones.
Since Christmas is a season of love and true joy, may the love and happiness you experience know no bounds.
May all your wishes and dreams turn into wonderful realities starting from this Christmas eve. And may the happiness they bring you be enjoyed all year round.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you! May the joy and peace of the Lord be with you today, throughout this festive season and forevermore.
Wishing you a truly joyful Christmas and a happy New Year filled with exceptional blessings of happiness, good health and prosperity that have no limit.
From the bottom of my heart, I wish you and the ones dear to your heart a Christmas so joyful that you remember it forever.
May your Christmas be glorious, magical and merry.