With so much going on around the holidays, short and sweet is usually the best way to go. To help you out, we have put together a list of all the best short Christmas quotes for your next post. And if you’re looking for short Christmas sayings, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Short Aesthetic Christmas Quotes
”One good thing about Christmas shopping is it toughens you for the January sales.” — Grace Kriley
“Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!”— Kevin McCallister
“Aren’t we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa.” — Bart Simpson
“He’d say, Merry Christmas and to all a good night.” – Christmas Rappin’, Kurtis Blow
“A joy that is shared is a joy made double.” — John Roy
“I believe in Santa Clause. I’m not a baby.”—Scott
“Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day.” — Helen Steiner Rice
“A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.” – Happy Xmas (War Is Over), John Lennon
“There’s glitter on the floor after the party” – “New Year’s Day” Taylor Swift
“A Christmas miracle is when your family doesn’t get into a single argument all day.” — Melanie White
“Doesn’t it feel like Christmas?.” – 8 Days of Christmas, Destiny‘s Child
“Love the giver more than the gift.” — Brigham Young
“You know you’re getting old when Santa starts looking younger.” — Robert Paul
“The world has grown weary through the years, but at Christmas, it is young.” — Phillips Brooks
”The main reason Santa is so jolly because he knows where all the bad girls live.” — George Carlin
“Santa won’t you bring me the one I really love.” – All I Want for Christmas Is You, Michael Bublé
“I don’t want Christmas season to end.” — Eloisa James
“Walking in a winter wonderland.” – “Winter Wonderland”
“There was more than one lobster at the birth of Jesus?” – Karen
“Even as an adult, I still find it hard to sleep on Christmas Eve.” – Carrie Latet
“It’s not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.” — Mother Theresa
“It was Christmas Eve babe.” – Fairytale of New York, The Pogues
“I love Christmas. I receive a lot of wonderful presents I can’t wait to exchange.” — Henny Youngman
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.” – White Christmas, Bing Crosby
“Where the treetops glisten and children listen.” – White Christmas, Bing Crosby
“Christmas is a box of tree ornaments that have become part of the family.”— Charles M. Schulz
“I believe… I believe… It’s silly, but I believe.” — Miracle on 34th Street
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” – It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, Michael Bublé
“Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock.” – Jingle Bell Rock, Bobby Helms
“I don’t know what to say, but it’s Christmas, and we’re all in misery.”— Ellen Griswold
“All Christmas trees are perfect.” – Charles N. Barnard
“May your days be merry and bright.” – White Christmas, Bing Crosby
“That Christmas magic’s brought this tale.” – Christmas Wrapping, The Waitresses
“At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade.” – Do They Know It’s Christmas?, Band Aid
“And the bells are ringing out. For Christmas day.” – Fairytale of New York, The Pogues
“‘White Christmas’ is the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ of Christmas songs.” ― Stewart Stafford
“Happy golden days of yore.” – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Michael Bublé
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” — Elf
“We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup.” — Elf
“Fell in love on Christmas night.” – Santa Tell Me, Ariana Grande
“There’s room for everyone on the Nice List!” – Buddy
“And the whole wide world is filled with cheer.” – Christmas in Hollis, Run-D.M.C.
“With candy canes and silver lanes aglow.” — Johnny Mathis
“What a bright time, it’s the right time, to rock the night away.”– Jingle Bell Rock
“Tomorrow is Christmas. It’s practically here!” — The Grinch
“Rockin’ around the Christmas tree.” — Brenda Lee
“Seeing isn’t believing. Believing is seeing.”—Judy the Elf
“Christmas works like glue. It keeps us all sticking together.” — Rosie Thomas
“What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.” — Phyllis Diller
“Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.” — Peg Bracken
“Holiday who-be what-ee?” — The Grinch
“That’s the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.” — Jerry Seinfeld
“The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays.” — W.C. Jones
“Christmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.” — Freya Stark
“I realized that Christmas is the time to be with the people you love.”—Billy Mack
“Christmas is a time when you get homesick, even if you’re home.” — Carol Nelson
“Please, don’t cry no tears now, it’s Christmas, baby.” – Snowman, Sia
“I grew up with a Christmas tree, I’m going to stay with a Christmas tree.” – Thomas Menino
“What about Santa’s cookies? I suppose parents eat those, too?” – Buddy
“Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.” – Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Michael Bublé
“The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood.” ― Richard Paul Evans
“Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” — Dr. Seuss
“But I’d never steal from Santa, ’cause that ain’t right.” – Christmas in Hollis, Run-D.M.C.
“Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas.” — Johnny Carson
“Christmas is a baby shower that went totally overboard.” — Andy Borowitz
“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” — Benjamin Franklin
“You can’t fool me—there ain’t no Sanity Clause!” — Chico Marx
“The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much.” — Henry David Thoreau
“Laughter fills the air. And everyone is singing.” – All I Want for Christmas Is You, Michael Bublé
“Have a holly jolly Christmas.” – Holly Jolly Christmas, Michael Bublé
“It’s Christmastime and we got the spirit.” – Christmas in Hollis, Run-D.M.C.
“And Santa put gifts under Christmas trees.” – Christmas in Hollis, Run-D.M.C.
“I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.”—Charles Dickens
“No one should be alone on Christmas.” — Cindy Lou Who
“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid.” – Do They Know It’s Christmas?, Band Aid
“Feeling Christmas all around.” – Santa Tell Me, Ariana Grande
“Christmas isn’t just a day—it’s a frame of mind.” — Miracle on 34th Street
“Soon they’ll have the nerve to deck the halls” – “Champagne Problems” Taylor Swift
“Last Christmas I gave you my heart.” – Last Christmas, Wham!
“The ideal Christmas gift is money, but the trouble is you can’t charge it.” — Bill Vaughan
“Thanks, but I’m seeing someone in wrapping.”— Judy the Elf
“I don’t need anything more for Christmas than this right here. My family.” — Lou Lou Who
“You have such a pretty face. You should be on a Christmas card.” – Buddy
“At the Christmas party hop.” – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know.” — Irving Berlin
“Santa, tell me if he really cares.” – Santa Tell Me, Ariana Grande
“May your days be merry and bright.” — White Christmas
“Under the mistletoe, watching the fire glow, and tell me ‘I love you’” – “Christmas Tree Farm” Taylor Swift
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” – Buddy
“So next Christmas. I’m not all alone, boy.” – Santa Tell Me, Ariana Grande
“Christmas is a together-y sort of holiday.” Winnie the Pooh
“Have a happy holiday.” – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee
“Christmas day is the children’s, but the holidays are youth’s dancing-time.” — Booth Tarkington
“We wanna say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.” – Christmas in Hollis, Run-D.M.C.
“We can leave the Christmas lights up ‘til January” – “Lover” Taylor Swift
“Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart.”—Santa
“Ho ho the mistletoe.” – Holly Jolly Christmas, Michael Bublé
“In my heart is a Christmas tree farm” – “Christmas Tree Farm” Taylor Swift
“Yes, it feels like Christmas.” – 8 Days of Christmas, Destiny‘s Child
“Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.” —“’Let it Snow”
“At Christmas, play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.” — Thomas Tusser
“As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is.” – Eric Sevareid
“Christmas can’t be bought from a store. Maybe Christmas means a little bit more.” — Dr.Seuss
“And I’ll chance a dance beneath the mistletoe.” – Christmas Rappin’, Kurtis Blow
“Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind.” — Helen Steiner Rice
“Christmas to me is as many people as possible happy.” — Tupac Shakur
“O Christmas tree.” — Aretha Franklin, “O Christmas Tree”
“Throw your arms around the world at Christmas time.” – Do They Know It’s Christmas?, Band Aid
“Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.” — Victor Borge
“I still remember the first fall of snow” – “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” Taylor Swift
“And we’re going to have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas.”— Clark Griswold
“You know Christmas? Was made for the children.” – 8 Days of Christmas, Destiny‘s Child
“Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.” — It’s a Wonderful Life
“Christmas day is a day of joy and charity.” — Phillips Brooks
“Let the Christmas spirit ring.” – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee
“Let us keep Christmas beautiful without a thought of greed.” — Ann Garnett Schultz
“So happy Christmas.” – Fairytale of New York, The Pogues
“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” — Edna Ferber
“‘Let it Snow’ is blasting out.” – Santa Tell Me, Ariana Grande
“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” — W.T. Ellis
“I’ll be hanging around the mistletoe, hoping to be kissed.” – Mia
“SANTA! Oh my God! Santa, here?! I know him! I know him!” – Buddy
“Yes! Yes I do! I like Christmas! I love Christmas!”—Ebenezer Scrooge
“I haven’t taken my Christmas lights down. They look so nice on the pumpkin. — Winston Spear
“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” — Roy L. Smith
“And so this is Christmas… what have you done?” — John Lennon
“Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing, but of reflection.” — Winston Churchill
“’Tis the season to be jolly!” — “Deck the Halls”
“My husband’s idea of getting the Christmas spirit is to become Scrooge.” — Melanie White
”Even before Christmas has said Hello, it’s saying ‘Buy Buy.’” — Robert Paul
“At Christmas, all roads lead home.” — Marjorie Holmes
“Merry Christmas, merry Christmas.” – Christmas Wrapping, The Waitresses
“Raise up cups of Christmas cheer.” – Christmas Wrapping, The Waitresses
“’Tis the damn season” – “’Tis the damn season” Taylor Swift
“‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house.” – Christmas Rappin’, Kurtis Blow
“Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality.” – Washington Irving
“Hey kids, look! A deer!” — Clark Griswold
“I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story.” – Fred Rogers
“Nothing says holidays like a cheese log.” — Ellen Degeneres
“Picture perfect, shiny family. Holiday, peppermint candy” – “Midnight Rain” Taylor Swift
“What a bright time, it’s the right time. To rock the night away.” – Jingle Bell Rock, Bobby Helms
“Cheer up, dude. It’s Christmas.” — The Grinch
”Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip.” — Gary Allan
“Rockin’ around the Christmas tree.” – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee
“Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.” — Kin Hubbard
“Everyone dancin’ merrily.” – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” — Charles M. Schulz
“I don’t want a lot for Christmas.” – All I Want for Christmas Is You, Michael Bublé
“Baby it’s cold outside.” — Dean Martin
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know.” — Irving Berlin
“There’s something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh.” — Kristen Wiig
“Your children need your presence more than your presents.” — Jesse Jackson
“Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves.” – B. C. Forbes
“Christmas, my child, is love in action.” — Dale Evans Rogers
“I’m driving home for Christmas.” – Driving Home for Christmas, Chris Rea
“Santa Claus is comin’ to town, oh yeah.” – Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, The Jackson 5
“Let them know it’s Christmas time again. Feed the world.” – Do They Know It’s Christmas?, Band Aid
“I can hear those sleigh bells ringing.” – All I Want for Christmas Is You, Michael Bublé
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.” – White Christmas
“The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving.” — J. C. Penney
“You’re skipping Christmas! Isn’t that against the law?”—Spike Frohmeyer
“I heard the bells on Christmas Day.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmastime.” — Charles Dickens
”Christmas and the holidays is the season of giving.” — Gisele Bundchen
“Christmas sweaters are only acceptable as a cry for help.” — Andy Borowitz
“Decorate the house with lights at night.” – Christmas in Hollis, Run-D.M.C.
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” — Edward Pola & George Wyle
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Inspirational Christmas Quotes, Funny Christmas Captions, Christmas Selfie Captions, Happy Holiday Messages and Christmas Movie Quotes.
Short Christmas Sayings
Fairy lights on Christmas night
“May your hearth be warm and your holidays grand.”
‘Tis the season to be freezin’
Have a magical holiday season!
“I’m only a morning person on December 25th.”
“Keep Calm and jingle all the way.”
The tree isn’t the only thing to get lit
Merry Christmas! I hope you receive one blessing after another this coming year.
May the true spirit of Christmas shine in your heart and light your path.
Winter hibernation mode on
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas. But if the white runs out, I’ll drink the red.”
My favorite smell is Christmas tree
“Home is where the Christmas cookies and presents are!”
Santa, stop here. We have cookies.
Winter landscape
Today, I will sleigh Christmas!
I hope you have a cozy Christmas that chases the chill of winter away.
Relaxing by the tree on Christmas Eve
Cold hands, warm heart
All I want for Christmas is…food!
You can’t get too much winter in the winter
A mistle-toast to the holiday season
“Dear Santa, before I explain, how much do you know already?”
Wishing you a fun filled and merry Christmas
Here’s my resting Grinch face
Cheers to eggnog by the fire, warm holiday memories, and you.
“You know what I got for Christmas? Fat.”
No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place
May this Christmas be the brightest, most beautiful Christmas of your life.
Christmas break to-do list: Eat, drink, nap
All about that winter white
Wishing you peace, joy, and unconditional love at Christmas and always.
Sugar and spice make the holidays nice
Merry Christmas, and may your Christmas be white!
Making spirits bright
A winter night to remember
What happens under the mistletoe stays under the mistletoe
Here’s to a season of blessings and beyond this Christmas!
“I wish we could put some of our Christmas spirit in jars and open one up every month.”
“Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles.”
“Every Christmas is merrier because you’re a part of it.”
Thinking of you this season and wishing you a joyful holiday.
A snowball in the face is surely the perfect way to start winter
May the holiday season fill your home with joy, your heart with love, and your life with laughter.
My favorite color is Christmas lights
“Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money.”
In the depths of winter, I finally learned that make snow angels
Christmas is in the air, and I’m living for it!
May every little thing from your wish list come true this season. Merry Christmas!
Snowflakes are winter roses
Merry Christmas! May you be showered with unlimited blessings on this day.
“Another Christmas already? Seriously, what the Elf?”
Wishing you a Merry Christmas with all my heart!
The snuggle is real
“Once you stop believing in Santa, you get underwear for Christmas.”
We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas and you’re welcome – that song’s now stuck in your head all day.
Good tidings of cheer and glee
“I might not believe in Santa, but I still believe in a good Christmas card!”
‘Tis the season to be jolly, and I hope you have the opportunity every day!
“Baby it’s cold outside, but you fill my heart with warmth.”
Our merry little Christmas tree
“May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.”
“Forget the mistletoe—you can kiss me any time you like!”
“It’s your Christmas! March to the beat of your own little drummer boy.”
“Don’t get your tinsel in a tangle.”
Ho-ho-home for Christmas!
“You’re my favorite Christmas present this year.”
Winter is warmer when we are laughing
Have your selfie a merry little Christmas
Setting out the milk and cookies
I hope Santa is good to you this year!
May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through!
Winter nights silver sledges
”Christmas is a race to see which gives out first—your money or your feet.”
Wishing you a season that’s merry and bright!
May this season be full of light and laughter for you and your family.
Wishing you a relaxing and stress-free holiday.
For you at Christmas time: A wish for happiness, warmth, and love.
“The reason for the season: Cookies.”
Christmas is coming
“You are the greatest gift I could wish for this Christmas.”
So that is it for our list of Short Christmas Quotes and Sayings. We hope you found the perfect one!
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Laynni Locke
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