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Christmas Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · CHRISTMAS
Christmas Quotes
Read 200 of the best Christmas quotes, wishes and blessings for cards and captions, from A Christmas Carol, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and classic carols.
“Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright.”
Joseph Mohr
PeaceCarols
“Hark! the herald angels sing, glory to the new-born King; peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!”
Charles Wesley
AngelsCarols
“It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old.”
Edmund Hamilton Sears
AngelsCarols
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”
Francis Pharcellus Church
Santa ClausBelief
“He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist.”
Francis Pharcellus Church
Santa ClausLove
“No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever.”
Francis Pharcellus Church
Santa ClausMagic
“It is the season for kindling, not merely the fire of hospitality in the hall, but the genial flame of charity in the heart.”
Washington Irving
CharityHospitality
“Of all the old festivals, however, that of Christmas awakens the strongest and most heart-felt associations.”
Washington Irving
TraditionMemories
“At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.”
Thomas Tusser
CelebrationJoy
“Heap on more wood! - the wind is chill; but let it whistle as it will, we'll keep our Christmas merry still.”
Walter Scott
CelebrationWinter
“England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again.”
Walter Scott
TraditionCelebration
“Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, the bird of dawning singeth all night long.”
William Shakespeare
Christmas EveFaith
“At Christmas I no more desire a rose than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth; but like of each thing that in season grows.”
William Shakespeare
SeasonsContentment
“This is the month, and this the happy morn, wherein the Son of Heav'n's eternal King, of wedded Maid and Virgin Mother born, our great redemption from above did bring.”
John Milton
NativityFaith
“The time draws near the birth of Christ: the moon is hid; the night is still; the Christmas bells from hill to hill answer each other in the mist.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Christmas BellsChristmas Eve
“Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock. 'Now they are all on their knees,' an elder said as we sat in a flock by the embers in hearthside ease.”
Thomas Hardy
Christmas EveTradition
“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
Christmas SpiritPeace
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”
Hamilton Wright Mabie
LoveChristmas Spirit
“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.”
The Bible (Luke 2:7)
NativityFaith
“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”
The Bible (Luke 2:11)
NativityFaith
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”
The Bible (Luke 2:14)
PeaceAngels
“Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”
The Bible (Matthew 1:23)
NativityFaith
“And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.”
The Bible (Matthew 2:11)
Wise MenGifts
“But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.”
The Bible (Luke 2:19)
ReflectionNativity