Merry Christmas! The time of year when the presents are wrapped, carols are sung and time is spent with friends and family. Also the time of year that you need great Christmas captions for your Christmas pics. We have gathered the best short Merry Christmas captions including Christmas Eve captions, and short Christmas quotes for Instagram.
So whether you are decorating the tree, setting out the milk and cookies or just finished with the Christmas meal you will find the perfect caption here.
Just start scrolling to find the perfect Christmas photo caption.
Short Christmas Captions
Believe in your elf
Hot chocolate weather
I smell presents!
Son of a nutcracker!
All is calm, all is bright
Christmas is in the air, and I’m living for it!
Eat, drink, and be merry
Homemade happiness feels the best!
Live every day like it’s Christmas
This time of the year is the most wonderful of all
All I want for Christmas is…food!
Ho, ho, ho? More like ha, ha, ha!
Christmas wishes and mistletoe kisses
Mistletoe, sunshine, and good times
The snuggle is real
But first, let me take an elfie.
Here’s my resting Grinch face
May your regifting practice go undetected this year
Blessings, peace, and love
Christmas calories don’t count!
I’m the Christmas miracle
Making spirits bright
Good tidings of cheer and glee
Joyful, merry, and blessed
Sugar and spice make the holidays nice
You know it’s Christmas when your wallet is empty but your heart is full
Have I been naughty this year? Well, I hope one of the reindeer eats the “naughty” list
A perfect day for cuddling and snuggling
Do you know what I love more than the gift? The giver.
Gingerbread hugs and peppermint kisses to all!
Let’s laugh all day, play like there’s not tomorrow, and jingle all the way!
Sweet and twisted. Does that make me a candy cane?
Under the Christmas tree is where I’ll be, because I’m a gift to all
Besides the tree, guess who’s going to get lit all day?
Christmas cheer? I thought I heard Christmas beer.
My spirit animal is Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
Snowy hair, don’t care. It’s Christmas!
December 25th is the only day I become a morning person
My fat pants are ready
Sing the Christmas carols!
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, but if the white runs out, I’ll drink the red
Dear Santa…can you please define “nice?”
Sweet and twisted. Does that make me a candy cane?
Christmas is coming
Being good for goodness’ sake was not enough motivation
Keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and receipts for all major purchases
We’re just a bunch of candy canes—sweet and slightly twisted
Dear Santa…I can explain
100% on the naughty list
All I want for Christmas is you (and maybe some Christmas cookies, too)
It’s beginning to *cost* a lot like Christmas…
Christmas break to-do list: Eat, drink, nap
You had me at ho ho ho
Drink up grinches
Cold but happy
You better not pout
Happy memories made during Christmas are extra precious
Love will keep us all warm
All is jolly
Bah, humbug!
Christmas is here!
Christmas vibes only
Happy Christmas!
Happy Holi-yays!
Feelin’ frosty
Ho ho ho!
Merry everything!
Oh, deer
Oh, fudge!
Sweater weather!
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Funny Christmas Captions, Christmas Tree Captions, Christmas Tree Quotes and Family Christmas Quotes.
Christmas Captions for Instagram
There’s nothing more real than the spirit of Christmas
For your gift this Christmas, I’m making a donation in your name into my bank account
Instead of French hens and turtle doves, just give me money please!
The battle between me and carbs is the real war this Christmas
For your present, it’s either a warm hug or a snug choke-hold. Choose wisely!
If you want to feel a warm hug from the inside, just drink hot chocolate
The reason why we should always jingle all the way is because nobody likes half-assed jingles
Kindness is free, so let’s sprinkle it everywhere
Sweet as a Christmas cookie
All my savings just disappeared! Is this what they meant by Christmas wonder?
Dear big, fat, judgmental jerk, I just want to tell you that I’ve been naughty this year and it was all worth it!
Here’s to Jesus for once again boosting our economy this December
I’ve decided to give everyone my opinion instead of presents this year. Be excited!
Oh come let us adore me
Drink up, Grinches! It’s Christmas
Keeping warm under the blanket
May this Christmas shine bright with the hope of God’s unconditional love
Peace to everyone on earth!
Everyone happy, everything okay
All the pathways lead to home for the holidays
Home is the best place to be during the holidays
No one cares about the cold when they’re happy
What’s under the Christmas tree is nothing compared to what’s around it
I put the “ho” in “ho, ho, ho!”
Let’s all bow our heads before Christmas dinner for a reason other than staring at our phones
I don’t really want much for Christmas. I just want the person reading this to be happy and loved.
My presence is really the only gift you need. Merry Christmas!
Tis the day where all creatures are merry-minded
All the jingle ladies, all the jingle ladies. Now put your hands up!
Forget about the presents, my thoughts will always be with you. After all, it’s the thought that matters.
Ho-ho-home for Christmas!
Let’s go to the kitchen and whisk everyone a merry Christmas
Today, I will sleigh Christmas!
Jesus is the reason for the season
Let’s all sing loud for everyone to hear!
My holiday weight gain is in no way an indication of increased jolliness
The cold never bothered me anyway
Wishing everyone the best this season has to offer!
Keep calm and have a merry Christmas
Christmas is love in action
Listen to the joyful music and let it fill your heart
Treat every day like Christmas
I think this selfie would be perfect on top of the Christmas tree
May the force to avoid holiday carbs be with you
May my stunt to lie down under the Christmas tree serve as a reminder to my family that I’m a gift
No one can stop me from eating a whole batch of cookies today!
Brace your elves, Christmas is here!
Merry Christmas from one hard-working elf to another
I’m super excited! I’ve been waiting for this merry day since December 26!
Who needs presents when my presence is all you’ll ever need?
May the love of Christ fill the homes of everyone
My living room is a glorious mess!
The holiday season has cast a spell on me!
This tree is going to bring all the holiday cheer
Our merry little Christmas tree
My favorite smell is Christmas tree
Mistletoe, snow and Christmas ornaments
Deck the halls with Christmas trees
From little seeds grow mighty Christmas trees
My tree is set to sparkle
Rock around the Christmas tree with me
Coffee. Christmas music. Now let’s decorate!
Decorating the tree is always snow much fun
Tinsel hair. Don’t care.
Never underestimate my ability to nuy a bigger Christmas tree
My favourite color is Christmas lights
Cue the hot coffee and Christmas music – we’re going Christmas tree hunting
There is snow place like the Christmas tree farm
You’re the star on the top of my tree
Better than all the presents under the tree
You can find us under the mistletoe
Getting Christmas cozy with my sweetie
If kisses were snowflakes, we’d be having a blizzard!
All I want for Christmas is you… and cookies… and hot chocolate
All I want for Christmas is this hunk!
What happens under the mistletoe stays under the mistletoe
No lying… We’ve been more naughty than nice!
We go together like hot chocolate and marshmallows
Have yourself a cuddly little Christmas
This one had me at “ho ho ho”!
The mistletoe is our new gathering place
What makes Christmas special is spending it with each other
Hope you enjoy this “elfie” from us
The first of many Christmases together
We go together like fruit and cake
Rockin’ each other’s Christmas socks
We got what we wanted for Christmas… each other!
It was lovely weather for a sleigh ride together
Merry Christmas! Now, excuse us while we head back to the mistletoe.
Friends make the season bright
Friendship is the greatest Christmas gift and I have received it
All spruced up and ready the jingle the night away
All I want for Christmas are my girlfriends
Christmas spent with friends will always be merry and bright
Making it a December to remember
Ready to hand out some cookies to make my friends fat. The fatter they get, the thinner I will look.
All the jingle ladies
Gearing up for the Hallmark holiday movie marathon
Friends are like snowflakes. They’re so different, but they still stick together.
Friends make Christmas shine bright
Happiness is celebrating Christmas with friends
Happy Holidays from the ladies who are hotter than hot chocolate
We’re all together. NOW it’s feeling a lot like Christmas.
Baby, it’s freakin’ cold outside. Please warm me up.
Feel free to join me under the warm blankets
You’re the only thing I want this Christmas
Whatever happens between under the mistletoe stays under the mistletoe
It was love at frost sight
Getting Christmas cozy with my baby
You are the marshmallow to my hot cocoa
Meet me at the mistletoe
You are the jingle to my bells
Naughty is the new nice!
Now that Santa’s done delivering gifts, it’s time to be naughty
Single and ready to jingle
Wanna sign-up on the naughty list with me?
You are the nut to my cracker
Guess what? I’m on the naughty list
I love big bells and I cannot lie
Not even your ugly Christmas sweater hide how hot you are
You are worth melting for
Christmas Eve Captions
May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve
Treat every day like Christmas Eve
Relaxing by the tree on Christmas Eve
Setting out the milk and cookies
Tomorrow’s Christmas, it’s practically here!
It is socially acceptable to let my siblings wear the same PJ’s as me tonight
Christmas Eve is the one night I’m looking forward to morning
Leading up to the worst night’s sleep all year
Milk ✓, Cookies ✓, Instagram ✓
Hanging it up for the night. Merry Christmas everyone
The calm before the storm
Turn on the Christmas lights and make everything merry and bright
Dream big, sparkle more, shine bright
My favorite color is Christmas lights
Fairy lights on Christmas night
Christmas is too sparkly… said no one ever
All is calm, all is bright
Festival of lights? More like festival of carbs!
Like the Christmas lights, let’s get lit!
Leave a little sparkle wherever you go
Cue the twinkly lights
The season of Christmas lights
It’s Christmas when the tree is the only light in the room
‘Tis the season to sparkle
Decking the halls in sparkles
Happy Holidays! Let the bingeing begin!
Getting more lit than the Christmas tree
Be good for goodness sake? Not tonight!
Eggnog pairs well with a crazy bunch like us
Dear Santa: This isn’t what it looks like
Ooooooh. We thought you said, “Christmas BEER.”
Be thankful you can’t hear us singing carols off-key
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Vixen. Rum, and vodka, and whiskey we’re mixin’
Thought I’d list everyone’s names, but I might as well just label it “Naughty List.”
We’re seeing how many of us can get on the “naughty” list tonight
Spreading Christmas cheer like we mean it
Making it count because Christmas only comes once a year
Christmas Puns
Your presents is requested
A mistle-toast to the holiday season
Sleigh my name, sleigh my name
It’s the most wine-derful time of the year
Oh, deer
The Christmas alphabet has noel
Yule be sorry
All the jingle ladies, all the jingle ladies
I love you from head to mistletoe
Hold on for deer life
But wait—there’s myrrh
Christmas has me feeling extra Santa-mental
Shake it like a pole-oriod picture
Santa, stop here. We have cookies.
It’s all fun and games ’till Santa checks the naughty list
It’s a good thing Santa didn’t see my browser history
I feel better knowing Santa will also be unemployed after Christmas
Be naughty, save Santa the trip
Be the EXTRA in extraordinary this Christmas.
This Christmas dream big, sparkle more, shine bright.
Christmas is way too short for bad vibes.
Have your selfie a merry little Christmas
Hope you enjoy this “elfie” from us
Christmas is better when you’re laughing.
This is me in all my Christmas morning glory
Christmas isn’t perfect, but my hair is
Getting my Christmas pose on!
Keep calm and take a Christmas selfie.
Short Christmas Quotes for Instagram
“Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip.” – Gary Allan
“Santa Claus has the right idea – visit people only once a year.” – Victor Borge
“At Christmas, all roads lead home.” – Marjorie Holmes
“It’s Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” – W. T. Ellis
“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” – Edna Ferber
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” – Charles Dickens
“Christmas is a time when you get homesick – even when you’re home.” – Carol Nelson
“The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect!” – Charles N Barnard
“Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.” – Peg Bracken
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” – Will Ferrell, “Elf”
“Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.” – Kin Hubbard
“It’s all fun and games until Santa checks the naughty list.” – Anon
“Hang a shining star upon the highest bough.” – Hugh Martin
“Christmas is a together-y sort of holiday.” – Winnie the Pooh
“You know you’re getting old when Santa starts looking younger.” – Robert Paul
“Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.” – Janice Maeditere
“Christmas magic is silent. You don’t hear it – You feel it. You know it. You believe it.” – Kevin Alan Milne
“Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from the store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more!” – The Grinch, by Dr Seuss
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” – Norman Vincent Peale
“Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind.” – Valentine Davies (Miracle on 34th Street)
“At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.” – Thomas Tusser
“Christmas is hte day that holds all time together.” – Alexander Smith
“Love is what is in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” – Anon
“Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.” – Peg Bracken
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” – Hamilton Write Mabie
“Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered.” – Phyllis Diller
“Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.” – Larry Wilde
So there you have it, I hope you found the perfect captions for your next Instagram post or winter adventure.
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Laynni Locke
I am Laynni Locke, a Canadian writer, reader and traveller with a passion for sharing life’s moments on social media. Keeping friends and family in the loop of our lives though photos and videos has become an essential activity for most.
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