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Christmas season quotes for family, friends, inspiration, and more.

For 2 billion people worldwide, Christmas marks the most festive time of year. If you celebrate it or want to send Christmas wishes to those who do, Christmas quotes give you every possible message.

The spirit of Christmas glitters and rustles through communities as people wrap gifts, plan trips, and bake an astonishing number of cookies. Christmas can seem hectic from the outside, but the payoff of time together leaves us feeling merry and nostalgic.

Christmas quotes can make the season even more jolly and bright. Whether you plan to share Christmas quotes in a social media post, cards to friends, letters to family, or on decorations like posters and banners, these quotes cover the gamut.

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Famous Christmas Quotes

Christmas Spirit Quotes

Cute Christmas Quotes

Family Christmas Quotes

Christmas Friendship Quotes

Romantic Christmas Quotes

Inspirational Christmas Quotes

Beautiful Christmas Quotes

Fun Christmas Quotes

Short Christmas Quotes

Famous Christmas quotes that nurture nostalgia.

The most famous Christmas quotes are the ones we’ve heard time and again. Part of the charm of Christmas, in fact, is how much tradition we repeat every year. Most of what we love about Christmas is what we never want to change. We recreate the same scenes every season, and these famous Christmas quotes capture that.

Some famous Christmas quotes come from Christmas movies, too, which we also watch year after year. You’ll see the characters in your mind, and it will all feel familiar and sweet.

Choose your favorites from these famous Christmas quotes and relish the nostalgia. Don’t be shy to use the famous quotes you’ve heard most, because how common they are is part of their charm.

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I heard the bells on Christmas Day, their old familiar carols play.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Don’t let the past steal the present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.”

Taylor Caldwell

Though we long for Christmastime nostalgia, there are years when big changes occur. Use this quote in a card to someone whose Christmas won’t be what they’re used to.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind.”
Calvin Coolidge
T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.”

Clement Clarke Moore, A Visit from St. Nicholas

This famous excerpt from A Visit from St. Nicholas is one of the best happy Christmas Eve quotes. Use it to settle into the wonder of bedtime on the 24th.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.”

Kahlil Gibran, On Giving

Christmas giving quotes are inspiring, not only to think differently about gifts for loved ones, but also to imagine other ways to give back during the season.

Teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.”

Zuzu Bailey (Karolyn Grimes), It's a Wonderful Life

Spiritual Christmas quotes are in no short supply, from Biblical proverbs to this famous Christmas quote about how angels get their wings.

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all year long.”
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.”
G.K Chesterton
When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things—not the great occasions—give off the greatest glow of happiness.”
Bob Hope
Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day. It’s a frame of mind.”

Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn), Miracle on 34th Street

An image of Kris Kringle with this quote would go perfectly on a poster or flyer.

There’s a certain magic that comes with the very first snow. For when the first snow is also a Christmas snow, well, something wonderful is bound to happen.”
Frosty the Snowman
Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.”

Dr. Seuss

Who, in your life, has to be present for it to feel like Christmas?

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Christmas spirit quotes to inspire more cheer.

There are moments during Christmastime when the jolly spirit is so much that you feel like you could burst. There are other times when the joy glitters all around you, but it feels like none of it’s for you.

Christmas season quotes capture the magic of Christmas to either enhance the spirit or plant it deep in your heart. For a full dose of Christmas joy, these quotes from beloved entertainers, writers, and leaders all offer their own vantage points into what makes Christmas special.

Choose the Christmas spirit quotes that hit home with you. Use them in collages or letters to yourself to keep the Christmas spirit alive, or share them with the world in cards, flyers, posters, banners, and more. It’s easy to do in Adobe Express—no experience required.

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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

The best part about putting others first at Christmas is that it comes to us naturally. That’s the true Christmas spirit.

Mankind is a great, immense family. This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.”
Pope John Paul XXIII
My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others.”
Bob Hope
Christmas magic is silent. You don’t hear it. You feel it. You know it. You remember it.”

Kevin Alan Milne, The Paper Bag Christmas

Imagine this Christmas quote in a collage of sweet Christmas memories.

Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.”

Janice Maeditere

The Christmas spirit extends beyond the walls of a room with a tree. We open our hearts to extended family, friends, colleagues, and to the community during the season of giving.

Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away.”
Norman Wesley Brooks
Christmas, my child is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.”

Dale Evans Rogers

If you adore Christmas, you can activate the Christmas spirit any day of the year.

The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect!”
Charles N. Barnard
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.”
Taylor Caldwell
I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas. It brings people together while time stands still.”
Rachel Cohn
Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you've got a Christmas tree in the living room.”

Nora Roberts

The Christmas spirit brings with it a season of peace.

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.”

Roy L. Smith

Charlotte Carpenter, the singer-songwriter, said something similar: “Remember, if Christmas isn’t found in your heart, you won’t find it under a tree.” You can pick the quote that best fits your project.

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Cute Christmas quotes for tender sentiments.

The Christmas spirit takes many forms. In some cases, it’s philosophical. Christmastime is a good moment to look backward, and looking through our year, our feelings develop into reflection and thought.

Not every Christmas greeting is serious, however. Christmas card quotes sent to a family with kids favor cute Christmas quotes from familiar movies and songs, instead. Even Christmas light quotes can activate a sigh of “aww.” It’s the cute Christmas quotes that usually make it onto social media, too, not to mention flyers for events.

This collection of cute Christmas quotes capture the sweetness of Christmas in a dozen different ways. Follow along and see which resonates the most with you.

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Christmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.”
Freya Stark
A toy is never truly happy until it is loved by a child.”

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

A collage of photos of the kids opening gifts around this quote would be quite sweet.

Christmas sweaters are only acceptable as a cry for help.”

Andy Borowitz

A little humor is a change of pace in Christmas cards, too, especially for the office.

Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it white.”
Bing Crosby
Santa Claus is anyone who loves another and seeks to make them happy; who gives himself by thought or word or deed in every gift that he bestows.”
Edwin Osgood Grover
Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.”

Brian Tracy

This cute and simple sentiment is a truism of all-things-Christmas.

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.”
Buddy (Will Ferrell), Elf
Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth, sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.”

Richelle E. Goodrich

What are the “candies” of Christmas you savor most and wish could last forever?

That is what Christmas should be about, I think—togetherness and playfulness. It’s like a game.”

Billy Howle

You probably never thought of Christmas as a game. With the jolly Christmas spirit, though, why not?

And you’re not sitting with the prefects today, either. Christmas is a time for family.”

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Family looks different for everyone, but it is that feeling of togetherness that drives this cute Christmas quote home.

I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.”
Harlan Miller
A Yule log. It’s a wonderful tradition. One log is chosen, and everyone in the house touches it and makes a Christmas wish.”
Belle, Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
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Family Christmas quotes to celebrate together.

It’s Christmas Eve, your family is gathered around the tree, the lights twinkle over an otherwise unlit scene. You’re on the couch with your partner, and the kids are curled up nearby. Togetherness at Christmas is the greatest gift of all, and these family Christmas quotes encapsulate that special feeling.

From Christmas tree quotes to childhood nostalgia, choose your favorites and imagine what they each can do in cards, letters, and collages this year. Even from afar, you can send a little Christmas magic—these quotes find the words to do just that.

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

Burton Hillis

Keep reading more quotes about family, for Christmas and every other occasion.

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.”

Andy Rooney

This is one of the sweetest images to depict Christmas together with family.

Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago.”
Tom Baker
Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.”
Margaret Thatcher
Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving, and of families united.”
Norman Vincent Peale
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.”

Larry Wilde

Where love is present, Christmas is truly magical.

For me, the spirit of Christmas means being happy and giving freely. It’s a tradition for all the kids in the family to help Mom decorate the tree. Christmas is all about family, eating, drinking, and making merry.”
Malaika Arora Khan
The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood.”

Richard Paul Evans

This quote can be especially meaningful in a Christmas card for a sibling.

Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance—each beautiful, unique, and gone too soon.”
Deborah Whipp
Best of all are the decorations the grandchildren have made—fat little stars and rather crooked Santas shaped out of dough and baked in the oven.”

Gladys Bagg Taber

What is Christmas without Christmas cookies?

Christmas is a time for slipping into familiar patterns.”

David Hepworth

Part of the charm of Christmastime is how little seems to change, even when it means slipping into old family roles.

I’m of the mindset you can never do too much to make a child’s Christmas magical.”
Ted Maltin, Jingle All the Way
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Christmas friendship quotes for loved ones.

As author Ethel Watts Mumford said, “God gives us our relatives, thank God we can choose our friends.” For those friends you hold dear, wishing them Merry Christmas is usually done in the form of cards and letters, collages of shared memories, or posters and banners for Christmas parties.

Sometimes, you’re looking for sweet Christmas quotes for friends. Other times, you want a jolly reminder of how good life is when you’re together. Choose your Christmas friendship quotes based on the special people that each quote makes you think of.

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When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.”

Maria Shriver

It might feel corny, but it’s true: The best Christmas gift is time together.

When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness … all the good things.”
Maya Angelou
The light of the Christmas star to you. The warmth of home and hearth to you. The cheer and goodwill of friends to you.”

Sherryl Woods, An O’Brien Family Christmas

A “well wishes” Christmas message like this one is perfect for a card to friends.

Christmas is doing a little extra something for someone else.”
Charles M. Schulz
Probably the reason we all go so haywire at Christmas time with the endless unrestrained and often silly buying of gifts is that we don’t quite know how to put our love into words.”

Harlan Miller

If you’ve ever gone overboard on gifts for your best friend, you’ve seen this phenomenon up close.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.”
Herodotus
Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.”
Peg Bracken
Nothing seems to bring people together like Christmas.”

Steven Dodrill

Christmas isn’t just for bringing family together. It’s also a special time to see friends.

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.”

John F. Kennedy

Keep reading for more quotes about appreciation.

Christmas is a together sort of holiday.”
A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.”
Linda Grayson
We were together. I forget the rest.”

Walt Whitman

Keep reading for more quotes about friendship for every occasion.

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Romantic Christmas quotes for that special someone.

Romantic love Christmas quotes focus on that one special someone. Christmas means family and friends, but in the still of the night, it carries a special warmth when you celebrate Christmas holding the one you love.

Christmas quotes for your partner can be sweet, classy, or steamy. There are no rules when it comes to expressing love to that special someone at Christmas. Consider making gifts that keep on giving with these quotes in collages of photos together, banners to hang at home, and letters straight from the heart.

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I'll be hanging around the mistletoe, hoping to be kissed.”

Mia (Heike Makatsch ), Love Actually

This romantic Christmas quote has a balance of sweetness and spice.

Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.”
Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get—only with what you are expecting to give—which is everything.”
Katharine Hepburn, Me: Stories of My Life
Love the giver more than the gift.”

Brigham Young

Especially when it comes to your partner, no gift is ever greater than the giver.

I thought you were nice. Who knew you'd be on my naughty list instead.”

K.A. Finn

Have a little fun with the Christmas card to your sweetheart this year.

True love is inexhaustible. The more you give, the more you have.”
Antoine De Saint-Exupery
You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.”

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

Keep reading for more quotes on love for every occasion.

Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip.”
Gary Allen
Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality, great, if it is given with affection.”
Pindar
As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.”
Gordon B. Hinckley
Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles.”

Edwin Louis Cole

For the couple expecting a new member of the family after Christmas, this quote is absolutely magical.

It's not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.”

Mother Teresa

It’s easy to feel sheepish about gift giving if it doesn’t come naturally to you, or if your partner is particularly good at it. This quote reminds both of you what really counts.

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Inspirational Christmas quotes to make the most of yuletide spirit.

Christmas inspires us to spend more time with friends and family. It inspires nostalgia. It inspires more than typical gift giving, too. Inspirational Christmas quotes sometimes tell the story of giving forgiveness instead, or of giving back to the community through donations and volunteering.

Some motivational Christmas quotes are positive—as sweet as a full cup of eggnog. Others are sad, but they encapsulate the spirit of the season when the scene around the Christmas tree is less than “perfect.”

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Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality.”

Washington Irving

This is especially true for anyone who hosts family over the holidays. Consider making an extra-large collage with this quote, and include photos of everyone in town.

Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us.”
David Cameron
Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.”

Ruth Carter Stapleton

The spirit of Christmas is seen in the time and resources we donate to those in need.

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.”
Lionel Hampton
It’s Christmas Eve. It’s the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be.”
Frank Cross (Bill Murray), Scrooged
Let us keep Christmas beautiful without a thought of greed.”

Ann Garnett Schultz

If you feel that some Christmas celebrations are too commercial, you can keep it beautiful in other ways.

Everyone can experience the joy and blessing of generosity; because everyone has something to give.”

Jan Grace

The gifts we give definitely don’t have to be items you buy. Think about how else you can be generous this year.

What is Christmas? It is the tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.”
Agnes M. Pharo
For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.”

Queen Elizabeth II

Sad Christmas quotes often point to an empty seat around the table at Christmas.

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
God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If He gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.”
Pope Francis
The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving.”

James Cash Penney

Positive Christmas quotes are helpful for anyone with “holiday fatigue.” Keep Christmas beautiful by remembering what it’s really about.

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Beautiful Christmas quotes that capture its charm and essence.

White Christmas quotes paint a picture-perfect vision of the season, and Christmas blessings quotes stir gratitude and wonder. These are unmistakable elements of Christmas. The beauty is hard to put into words, which is why we’re lucky to have this legacy of beautiful Christmas quotes from so many of history’s greats.

All you have to do is turn on your favorite Christmas song, and that familiar warmth wells up inside you. That feeling, sometimes overwhelming, also bubbles up with certain images and Christmas prayer quotes. Choose your favorites, and imagine what they can transmit in Christmas cards, posters, and banners for the big day.

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Christmas enters, streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope and singing carols of forgiveness high up in the bright air.”

Maya Angelou, Amazing Peace

Look at every element of Christmas as a metaphor for what it brings into your life each year.

Blessings sometimes show up in unrecognizable disguises.”
Janette Oke
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 Christmastime.”

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Is there anything more beautiful than childhood Christmas nostalgia?

The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.”
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.”
John J. Geddes
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”

Hamilton Wright Mabie

Even if Christmas isn’t your favorite holiday, it’s a genuine moment of shared joy when many of us become our best selves.

Christmas always rustled. It rustled every time, mysteriously, with silver and gold paper, tissue paper and a rich abundance of shiny paper, decorating and hiding everything and giving a feeling of reckless extravagance.”
Tove Jansson
For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself.”

Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

You’ll notice that more than one beautiful Christmas quote speaks of feeling like children again. That seems to be an ingredient to the magic of Christmas.

Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today’s Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday.”
Gladys Taber
Giving is not just about making a donation. It is about making a difference.”

Kathy Calvin

You can think this way about gifts you give, too. It’s not about checking people off your list, it’s about making a difference in their lives, even in a small way.

May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.”
Unattributed
It’s easy to forget that life is the greatest gift of all.”

Karli Perrin, The Gift

Not only is life the greatest gift we each receive, but what we share of our lives with others is the greatest gift we can give.

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Fun Christmas quotes for a little laughter.

Christmas song quotes inspire an instant sing-along. Funny or even sarcastic Christmas quotes inspire a shared laugh. Christmas is indubitably a magical time of year, but it’s not always focused on the profound aspects of the holiday.

Peruse these fun Christmas quotes and find the ones that garner the most smiles to use in cards, posters, banners, and collages this year. You can make everything in Adobe Express—no experience required.

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I love Christmas. I receive a lot of wonderful presents I can’t wait to exchange.”
Henry Youngman
A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!”

Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

If you’re as excited about Christmas as Ebenezer Scrooge was to be alive on Christmas morning, this fun quote should go in all your Christmas cards.

No, I don't know what happened to Santa's cookies …”

Unattributed

Dog Christmas quotes like this one are perfect captions for the holiday cards sent with a picture of your pup.

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.”
Garrison Keillor
A day or two ago, I thought I'd take a ride. And soon, Miss Fanny Bright was seated by my side. The horse was lean and lank, misfortune seemed his lot. He got into a drifted bank and then we got upsot.”

“Jingle Bells”

Did you ever pay attention to the second verse of this familiar tune?

You know you’re getting old when Santa starts looking younger.”
Robert Paul
Merry Christmas, you filthy animal.”
Home Alone
What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.”

Phyllis Diller

What a perfect quote for the cards you give out at the office.

Christmas is a time when you get homesick—even when you’re home.”
Carol Nelson
Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log.”

Ellen DeGeneres

You can have fun remixing this quote with something unusual that your family always eats or does at Christmastime.

Santa Claus has the right idea: visit people once a year.”
Victor Borge
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.”

“Deck the Halls”

No one will be able to see this without singing it. Then, the joke’s on them—this song can get stuck in your head for hours.

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Short Christmas quotes that get right to the message.

Some of the Christmas card quotes and social media ideas we look for have to be short. In fact, there are times when we’re limited to 70 characters or less.

For Christmas quotes that get right to the point, these are the ones you need.

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Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.”

Edna Ferber

This Christmas quote is miraculously sweet and relatable despite its shortness.

It’s fruitcake weather!”

Truman Capote, A Christmas Memory

If you’re this excited for Christmastime, this short quote fits perfectly into social media posts.

Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together.”
Rosie Thomas, Iris & Ruby
A good conscience is a continual Christmas.”
Benjamin Franklin
For it is in giving that we receive.”
Francis of Assisi
Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.”

Winston Churchill

Stir sweet nostalgia and reflection with this quote in the center of a collage of photos from the year, or from Christmases past.

Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold.”

Josephine Daskam Bacon

This is a worthy Christmas reminder for anyone and can go in a Christmas card. People will be sure to leave it up on the mantel.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.”
Alexander Smith
The joy of brightening other lives becomes, for us. the magic of the holidays.”

W.C. Jones

Whose life do you take the greatest pleasure in brightening at Christmas?

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.”
W.T. Ellis
At Christmas, all roads lead home.”

Marjorie Holmes

This is a short and sweet message to stretch across a banner for families reconvening from multiple cities at Christmas.

Christmas is not a story of hope. It is hope.”
Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Tips to use Christmas quotes in gifts that keep on giving.

There’s no shortage of ads online or department stores filled with sales at Christmas, but some of the gifts that keep giving are the ones you custom make for your friends and family.

This Christmas, consider:

Exercise: Christmas card word association game.

If you’re unsure which Christmas quotes to use in cards and letters this year, you can play a game to get a better idea.

Start with a central word or theme that you instantly think of with Christmas. Is it “joy?” “Peace?” “Gift giving?”

Jot that word down, then, without stopping, jot down every other word that comes to mind, always based on the previous word. You might migrate from “joy” to “bananas,” but it’s all fair game.

Once you have a good list of at least 15 words, search this article for any quote that includes those words. These will be the Christmas quotes that capture what’s most important to you.

Adobe Express can help.

Adobe Express has templates and customization tools to put your favorite Christmas quotes to work. If you want to use Christmas quotes in cards, letters, posters, banners, collages, flyers, or other creative projects, Adobe Express makes it as simple as picking a template and personalizing it, or making your own idea with easy-to-use tools. Whatever message you want to transmit, Adobe Express brings it to life, no experience required.

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