164 Christmas Thoughts Quotes

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Famous Christmas Thoughts Quotes

I send my thoughts afar, and let them paint your Christmas Day at home. — Edward Rowland Sill

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

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

A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas! — John Greenleaf Whittier

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

Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child. — William Saroyan

Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart. — Freya Stark

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. — William Thomas Ellis

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

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

Christmas is the day that holds all time together. - Alexander Smith

Christmas is the day that holds all time together. — Alexander Smith

Christmas has a way of bringing out the best in everyone — Bing Crosby

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

Christmas is not just a day, an event to be observed and speedily forgotten. It is a spirit which should permeate every part of our lives. — William Parks

At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God's own love and concern. — Mother Teresa

Short Christmas Thoughts Quotes

  • Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store. — Dr. Seuss
  • Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand. — Dr. Seuss
  • At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year. — Thomas Tusser
  • Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day. — Helen Steiner Rice

Christmas Thoughts Image Quotes

Thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall save his people from their sins. - Leonard Ravenhill quote

Thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall save his people from their sins. — Leonard Ravenhill

Christmas thoughts quote The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

Thinking Of You Christmas Quotes

The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the Incarnation. — J. I. Packer

Every piece of the universe, even the tiniest little snow crystal, matters somehow. I have a place in the pattern, and so do you. Thinking of you this holiday season! — T.A. Barron

I was a fan myself, and I know what it’s like. If someone comes out of the blocks and scores 31 goals in one season, then you think, ‘OK, was that a one-off, or will he do it again?’ — Harry Kane

Christmas thoughts quote It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Fragrance is a very personal gift, and I think that's why it makes a great Christmas gift. There's a very distinct signature to it, so if you give it as a gift, I like to think that it's from a person that thinks very highly of you. — Ryan Reynolds

Reverse psychology is an awesome tool, I don't know if you guys know about it, but basically you can make someone think the opposite of what you believe, and that tricks them into doing something stupid. Works like a charm. — Steve Carell

I remember one review of The Office Christmas Special that compared it unfavourably to Dickens. What? You're saying I'm not as good as the greatest storyteller ever. Boo! Boo! I think I can live with that. — Ricky Gervais

Christmas thoughts quote If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it cam
If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.

I think people respect me because they feel like - I'm kind of like Christmas. I come back every year. You can't get rid of me. I just keep coming back. — David Hasselhoff

[Christmas] holidays are a heavy, heavy time. We make light of them with our red and green and our stockings and candy canes, but people think heavy thoughts over the holidays because that's when you're thinking about family. Are we close? Or are we not as close as other people? — Augusten Burroughs

It's fun when you start a movie, because it's kind of like you get to go Christmas shopping... you get to make your wish list and you start thinking about what each character needs. — Spike Jonze

We should celebrate Christmas throughout the year, but I believe the whole concept of giving was the basis of Christmas, that it was a charitable, you know, giving, and I think we got carried away with giving. — Victoria Osteen

What Is Christmas Quotes

Pressure is something you feel when you do not know what you are doing. - Chuck Noll

Pressure is something you feel when you do not know what you are doing. — Chuck Noll

Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride, In a one-horse open sleigh, hey, Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride, In a one-horse open sleigh... — James Pierpont

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

Christmas thoughts quote Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

When what's left of you gets around to what's left to be gotten, what's left to be gotten won't be worth getting whatever it is you've got left. — Danny Kaye

Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. — Norman MacEwen

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

Christmas thoughts quote One small positive thought in the morning can change you whole day.
One small positive thought in the morning can change you whole day.

When you say the word ‘Neymar’ around the world, everyone knows who he is and what he does. — Paul Pogba

My music is my music, that’s what people want to hear, so I’m going to give ’em what they want to hear. — 21 Savage

Like God, Christmas is timeless and eternal, from everlasting to everlasting. It is something even more than what happened that night in starlit little Bethlehem; it has been behind the stars forever. There was Christmas in the heart of God before the world was formed. — Roy Rogers

The ... challenge of Christmas is this: justice is what happens when all receive a fair share of God's world and only such distributive justice can establish peace on earth. — John Dominic Crossan

Believe Christmas Quotes

Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will? — Jon Bon Jovi

To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To you, respect. — Oren Arnold

I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world. — Norman Vincent Peale

Christmas thoughts quote How amazing is it to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go in your head.
How amazing is it to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go in your head.

At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I've grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe. — Chris Van Allsburg

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

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. — Stephen Leacock

Christmas thoughts quote Empty Minds Make The Most Noise!
Empty Minds Make The Most Noise!

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! — Francis Pharcellus Church

There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus. — Bob Phillips

Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son. The only requirement is to believe in Him. The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life. — Corrie Ten Boom

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. — Oren Arnold

Christmas Quotes

A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on — John Stott

For Christians, as for all people of faith, reflection, meditation and prayer help us to renew ourselves in God's love, as we strive daily to become better people. The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach. — Queen Elizabeth II

If we could condense all the truths of Christmas into only three words, these would be the words: 'God with us.' — John F. MacArthur

Christmas thoughts quote Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stilln
Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain.

Rejoice, that the immortal God is born, so that mortal men may live in eternity. — Jan Hus

This past Christmas, I told my girlfriend for months in advance that all I wanted was an Xbox. That's it. Beginning and end of list, Xbox. You know what she got me? A homemade frame with a picture of us from our first date together. Which was fine. Because I got her an Xbox. — Anthony Jeselnik

Biceps are like ornaments on a Christmas tree. - Ed Coan

Biceps are like ornaments on a Christmas tree. — Ed Coan

Christmas thoughts quote If you wouldn't say it to a friend, don't say it to yourself.
If you wouldn't say it to a friend, don't say it to yourself.

We tend to focus our attention at Christmas on the infancy of Christ. The greater truth of the holiday is His deity. More astonishing than a baby in the manger is the truth that this promised baby is the omnipotent Creator of the heavens and the earth! — John F. MacArthur

Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer, had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw him, you would even say it glows. — Johnny Marks

The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart. — Mencius

Jesus was God and man in one person, that God and man might be happy together again. — George Whitefield

Christmas Wishes Quotes

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

I sent my Christmas wishes to him, but he didn't answer. He's the world's best coach, but as a man he still has to learn manners and respect. — Mario Balotelli

One can never have enough socks — J. K. Rowling

Christmas thoughts quote Integrity is choosing your thoughts and actions based on values rather than personal gain.
Integrity is choosing your thoughts and actions based on values rather than personal gain.

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

This is my wish for you: peace of mind, prosperity through the year, happiness that multiplies, health for you and yours, fun around every corner, energy to chase your dreams, joy to fill your holidays! — David Dellinger

Great little One! whose all-embracing birth Lifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth. — Richard Crashaw

Christmas thoughts quote The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

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

Hey everybody, this is Rob Halford from Fight wishing you all a crazy heavy metal Christmas and an insane, wild manic New Year! — Rob Halford

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. — Charles M. Schulz

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. — William Thomas Ellis

Christmas Time Quotes

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

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time. — Douglas Coupland

There is probably a smell of roasted chestnuts and other good comfortable things all the time, for we are telling Winter Stories - Ghost Stories, or more shame for us - round the Christmas fire; and we have never stirred, except to draw a little nearer to it. — Charles Dickens

It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you. — Mother Teresa

It's Christmas time and my rhyme's steady bumpin. Everybody happy, hair still nappy, Gonna steal a gift for my old grandpappy. — Snoop Dogg

Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes to Colorado for Christmas, it should be for a minimum amount of time, the family tradition and family get-together aspect emphasized, and it be seen as a working vacation. — Robert Teeter

But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant 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. — Charles Dickens

I stay in the house almost all the time and only go out by gondola or carriage, for the pain in my chest or the narrowness of the chest prevents me from walking. — Antonio Vivaldi

I am not too much into Netflix and Amazon because spending quality time with family is more valuable. — Smriti Mandhana

Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, ‘What else could this mean?’ — Shannon Alder

Christmas Greetings Quotes

Remember This December, That love weighs more than gold! — Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

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

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

The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other. — Johnny Carson

Ronaldo used to be my neighbor, and he passed my house every day. We always greeted each other. — Antoine Griezmann

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

the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you — John Greenleaf Whittier

Roses are reddish Violets are bluish If it weren't for Christmas We'd all be Jewish. — Benny Hill

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Obama, Thank you for sending me Christmas and New Year greetings yet again. Welcome back to India... Would have loved to host you at my concert in Baroda on the 26th! — A. R. Rahman

The year end brings no greater pleasure then the opportunity to express to you season's greetings and good wishes. May your holidays and new year be filled with joy. — Charles Dickens

Merry Christmas Quotes

For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself. — Charles Dickens

You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father's face and tell him you have received his Christmas gift. — John R. Rice

Sing hey! Sing hey! For Christmas Day; Twine mistletoe and holly. For a friendship glows In winter snows, And so let's all be jolly! At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year — Thomas Tusser

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white. — Irving Berlin

Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas; Star and angels gave the sign. — Christina Rossetti

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

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

Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart...filled it, too, with melody that would last forever. — Bess Streeter Aldrich

Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas. — Ronald Reagan

every idiot who goes about with a 'Merry Christmas' on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. — Charles Dickens

Christmas Season Quotes

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know. — Irving Berlin

I’m in the team to score goals. I try and score as many as I can in the season to help the team out. — Harry Kane

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 was close at hand, in all his bluff and hearty honesty; it was the season of hospitality, merriment, and open-heartedness; the old year was preparing, like an ancient philosopher, to call his friends around him, and amidst the sound of feasting and revelry to pass gently and calmly away. — Charles Dickens

The Christmas-New Year's holiday season can be a double-edged sword when it comes to one's mental health. — Gad Saad

Christmas is the season when people run out of money before they run out of friends. — Larry Wilde

I don't want Christmas season to end, because it's the only time I can legitimately indulge in on particular addiction: glitter. — Eloisa James

As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same. — Donald E. Westlake

I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent. For this is still the time God chooses. — Taylor Caldwell

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas; Soon the bells will start, And the thing that will make them ring Is the carol that you sing Right within your heart. — Meredith Willson

Christmas Song Quotes

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, Just like the ones I used to know, Where the tree tops glisten And children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow. — Irving Berlin

Peace on earth, and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled. — Charles Wesley

When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my father's guidance. Thereafter, my father regularly taught me all the good old fashioned songs. — Tony Visconti

A song was heard at Christmas To wake the midnight sky: A saviour's birth, and peace on earth, And praise to God on high. The angels sang at Christmas With all the hosts above, And still we sing the newborn King His glory and his love. — Timothy Dudley-Smith

We hear the cuckoo’s voice; Then sweet songs of the turtle dove and finch are heard. Soft breezes stir the air. — Antonio Vivaldi

Happy Day After Christmas, Merry Rest of the Year, even when Christmas is over, The Light of the World is Still Here! — Matthew West

The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung. — Phillips Brooks

One of those Christmas songs says, "You better not shout, you better not cry, you better not pout." How's my wife going to get along? — Milton Berle

I am always amazed by the novel angles that people come up with for kids' Christmas books. Even if a family is not religious, who could resist, say, "Olive, the Other Reindeer," about Olive the dog who thinks the song refers to her and heads for the North Pole to help Santa out? — Jabari Asim

Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. — Joan Winmill Brown

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More Christmas Thoughts Quotes

I thought ‘hey, why not brush my teeth on the Cupola’ then I saw the Milky Way like I’ve never seen it before. — Tim Peake

I thought it was the coolest thing – what a life, to go out at two a.m. with friends and do math over coffee.  It seemed like the world’s greatest career. — Jim Simons

Have you any old grudges you would like to pay, Any wrongs laid up from a bygone day? -Gather them now and lay them away When Christmas comes. Hard thoughts are heavy to carry, my friend, And life is short from beginning to end; Be kind to yourself, leave nothing to mend When Christmas comes. — William Haines Lytle

Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It's lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It's higher thought and a greater plan. It's glorious dream in the soul of man. — Wilferd Peterson

Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God. — George McDougall

There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. It's thoughtfulness and kindness, It's hope reborn again, For peace, for understanding, And for goodwill to men! — Calvin Coolidge

I was at the vice president's Christmas party. I thought that his speech was spectacular, and I knew that it was a very emotional and difficult thing for him to do, but I admonished him for not waiting just one more stinking day. — Bradley Whitford

I pray that on this day [Christmas] when only peace and good-will are preached to mankind, better thoughts may fill the hearts of our enemies and turn them to peace. — Robert E. Lee

I have always thought of Christmas time... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time. — Charles Dickens

A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world! — Charles Dickens

Christmas is for children. But it is for grownups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide bound hearts. — Lenora Mattingly Weber

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." ~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist. — Andy Rooney

That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me. — Jerry Seinfeld

Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? — Gilbert K. Chesterton

I had sinus surgery the day after Christmas and it has been the worst surgery of my life. Very painful. And on top of it everyone of course thought I got a nose job. Which is so funny because if you know me I would have told you I got a nose job I'm not gonna keep it a secret. — Kaley Cuoco

I lost everything in the post-natal depression. — Erma Bombeck

Only in souls the Christ is brought to birth, And there He lives and dies. — Alfred Noyes

I was probably five years old or four years and I would listen to "White Christmas," and I just thought it was the most beautiful thing ever. The musicianship and his voice and the melody of that song; it's almost like I wish it wasn't a Christmas song because I wish that you were allowed to listen to it all year. — Michael Buble

Were it not for the shepherds, there would have been no reception. And were it not for a group of stargazers, there would have been no gifts. — Max Lucado

During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas. — Nancy Pearcey

Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. — Thomas S. Monson

Except the Christ be born again tonight In dreams of all men, saints and sons of shame, The world will never see his kingdom bright. — Vachel Lindsay

'Tis blessed to bestow, and yet, Could we bestow the gifts we get, And keep the ones we give away, How happy were our Christmas day! — Carolyn Wells

He was consious of a thousand odours floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts, and hopes, and joys, and cares, long, long, forgotten. — Charles Dickens

And therefore, Uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that [Christmas] has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it! — Charles Dickens

It is not the gift, but the thought that counts. — Paul van Dyk

Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving. — B. C. Forbes

There should be a stated day for commemorating the birthday of our Savior, because there is danger that what may be done on any day, will be neglected. — Samuel Johnson

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

I have often thought, says Sir Roger, it happens very well that Christmas should fall out in the middle of Winter. — Joseph Addison

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