“The first Nowell the angel did say was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay.”
Traditional Carol
ShepherdsCarols
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.
“Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way! Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.”
James Lord Pierpont
FunWinter
“Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains.”
Traditional Carol
AngelsCarols
“The holly and the ivy, when they are both full grown, of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown.”
Traditional Carol
HollyTradition
“I saw three ships come sailing in, on Christmas Day in the morning.”
Traditional Carol
Christmas MorningCarols
“We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar.”
John Henry Hopkins Jr.
Wise MenGifts
“O holy night! the stars are brightly shining; it is the night of the dear Saviour's birth.”
John Sullivan Dwight
Holy NightFaith
“Fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices!”
John Sullivan Dwight
WorshipCarols
“Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus.”
Francis Pharcellus Church
Santa ClausBelief
“The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see.”
Francis Pharcellus Church
WonderBelief
“Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus!”
Francis Pharcellus Church
Santa ClausMagic
“There is something in the very season of the year that gives a charm to the festivity of Christmas.”
Washington Irving
SeasonsFestivity
“So fair a fancy few would weave in these years! Yet, I feel, if someone said on Christmas Eve, 'Come; see the oxen kneel,' I should go with him in the gloom, hoping it might be so.”
Thomas Hardy
Christmas EveFaith
“One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all.”
O. Henry
GivingClassic Lines
“The magi, as you know, were wise men - wonderfully wise men - who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents.”
O. Henry
GiftsWise Men
“Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.”
O. Henry
GivingLove
“Rejoice in thy growth! Rejoice in thy fresh youth!”
Hans Christian Andersen
Christmas TreeJoy
“The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap, his hair was like a light.”
G. K. Chesterton
NativityFaith
“Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.”
G. K. Chesterton
HomeFaith
“Merry Christmas, little daughters!”
Louisa May Alcott
FamilyChristmas Wishes
“We've got Father and Mother, and each other.”
Louisa May Alcott
FamilyGratitude
“Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light.”
Phillips Brooks
LightFaith
“It was the winter wild, while the heaven-born child all meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies.”
John Milton
NativityWinter
“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth.”
The Bible (Micah 5:2)
BethlehemProphecy
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”
The Bible (John 1:14)
NativityFaith