120 Holiday Quotes To Spread Joy
The holiday season is a joyful time of year filled with warm memories, cheerful celebrations and laughter shared with loved ones. However, during 2020 the holidays may feel different as many have faced hardship and difficulties due to the ongoing pandemic. In such uncertain times, spreading positive messages of hope, faith and togetherness is crucial. This article aims to provide inspirational and comforting holiday quotes to lift people’s spirits.
The following article presents 120 insightful and uplifting quotes related to various winter holidays such as Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s and Kwanzaa. The quotes are grouped into broad categories including gratitude, kindness, faith, family and hope. They were sourced from numerous celebrated authors, activists, humanitarians and notable personalities from diverse backgrounds.
Whether one chooses to share these quotes on social media, through cards or letters, or simply reflect on their meaning, they remind us of the real reasons for celebration during holidays – to appreciate what we have, support our communities and look forward with optimism. Even in isolation, these quotes help bring people together virtually to find light during darker times. The diverse selection also promotes inclusiveness and understanding between different beliefs.
Fun & Lighthearted Holiday Quotes
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!” – lyrics from Christmas song by Bob Wells and Mel Tormé
“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
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” – Charles Dickens
“If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.” – Lucille Ball
“Do something for someone every day and put a smile on their face.” – Anonymous
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” – Charles Schulz
“Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” – Washington Irving
“Keep your Christmas giving small and your Christmas receiving vast.” – Unknown
“Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.” – Oren Arnold
“Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.” – Janice Maeditere
“Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” – Washington Irving
“Miracles sometimes occur, but not often enough.” – Unknown
“I think Christmas is really hard because we build it up to be this magical thing where everything is great – and that’s not really true for everybody.” – Rainn Wilson
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” – Norman Vincent Peale
“Surely Christmas is…the only time that inquisitive children believe that what their parents tell them must be true.” – Alexandra Fuller
“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” – Burton Hillis
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” – Charles Schulz
“I love that age when childhood and adolescence meet, on Christmas Eve.” – Shel Silverstein
“Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; its blessings of joy, light and peace arrive particularly when we focus on sharing them with others.” – Peter Marshall
Inspirational Holiday Messages of Hope
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu
“Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.” – Anonymous
“A hopeful person is a patient person.” – Anonymous
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” Norma Gene Thornton
“The lights are on all around town, hope is in the air as people laugh and voices cheer.” – Gretchen Precourt
“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come.” – Anne Lamott
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu
“Hope is a waking dream.” – Aristotle
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build! And I hope, somewhere in there, you dance a little and laugh a little and cry a little.” – Neil Gaiman
“At Christmas, all roads lead home.” – Marjorie Holmes
“At this season of love and hope, keep your hearts wide, your spirits high, and your hopes forever young.” – Phoebe Snow
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
“Never let your head hang down. Try to be hopeful and cheerful. Look up and thank God just for being alive, for being who you are.” – Mother Teresa
“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” – Samuel Smiles
“May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
“At this time of year we are reminded of all the good fortune that we enjoy, and look forward to bringing more and more deserved good fortune to everyone in the coming year.” – Tony Blair
“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Christmas inspires hope — hope for renewal, fresh starts and second chances after hard times. Hope for the future, hope for better days ahead.” – Mitch Albom
Classic Holiday Traditions Captured in Words
“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr
“There’s no scent like that of a pine forest on Christmas Day: the icy air, the glittering trees, the expectant children.” – Lois McMaster Bujold
“Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.” – Dale Evans
“Blessings on thee, little man,/Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan;/With thy turned-up pantaloons,/And thy merry whistled tunes;/With thy red lip, redder still,/Kissed by strawberries on the hill;/With the sunshine on thy face,/Through thy torn brim’s jaunty grace.” – John Greenleaf Whittier
“Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast nothing like a jovial, gentle, reasonably serious feeling is roused–in whose mind no pleasant associations are awakened–by the recurrence of Christmas.” – Charles Dickens
“What day is it?”, said Scrooge. “It’s Christmas Day.”, was the reply. “I haven’t missed it.” – Charles Dickens
“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” – Hal Borland
“And since Christmas wasn’t Christmas without snow, we thanked Santa for whiteChristmases.” – Garrison Keillor
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” – Norman Vincent Peale
“Deck the halls with boughs of holly, ‘Tis the season to be jolly!” – Traditional Christmas Carol
“There fell upon the earth a star, lit from within by fire of longing, inexpressible, for God and for all His hand has made.” – Ellis Peters
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” – Charles M. Schulz
“And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.” – Luke 2:8
“When Christmas is all done, some Christmas yet dwells.” -Charles Williams
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” – Norman Vincent Peale
“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” – Bob Hope
“We are all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” – Dr. Seuss
“Let your Christmas be merry and bright and may all your Christmases be white.” – Traditional Christmas Wish
“It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags.” – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ by Clement Clarke Moore
“And frost-locked, all lovely in snow laden branches.” – Christina Rossetti
Heartwarming Words for Loved Ones Near and Far
“You say goodbye, I say hello.” – Cat Stevens
“Distance means so little when someone means so much.” – Tom McNeal
“You’re always in my heart, even if you’re not by my side.” – Unknown
“True love doesn’t have a happy ending, because true love never ends.” – Unknown
“Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.” – Thomas Fuller
“The privileges of distance are not unreal. They permit loyalties which closeness often threatens.” – James Dickey
“Distance makes the heart grow fonder.” – Thomas Ford
“True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.” – François de La Rochefoucauld
“Distance is a good friend to love, but a bad master.” – Unknown
“The saddest thing about distance is that of course takes place within your own heart.” – Unknown
“The heart has its reasons whereof reason knows nothing.” – Blaise Pascal
“Love grows on the strongest roots. My love for you will endure season upon season.” – C. JoyBell C.
“My love for you is deeper than any ocean.” – Unknown
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” – Charles M. Schulz
“Love knows no distance; it hath wings.” – Thomas Campbell
“Your hands in mine is where I want to be, but being apart will make our hearts grow fonder.” – Unknown
“I carry your heart with me(I carry it in my heart)” – e.e. cummings
“You’re always in my thoughts, even when you’re far away.” – Unknown
“Wherever you are, my heart is with you.” – Unknown
“My love for you could wrap around the world.” – Unknown
Hilarious One-Liners to Make Friends and Family Laugh
“My New Year’s resolution is to stop making New Year’s resolutions that I never keep.” – Anonymous
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. The tax laws clearly state that certain clothing is 100% deductible.” – Anonymous
“Christmas is coming, I have no tree. All I want for Christmas is COVID-19 to flee!” – Anonymous
“I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus. Santa’s fake beard didn’t stand a chance!” – Anonymous
“Dear Santa, I can explain… The cookies and milk were just bait. The Netflix password is what I really wanted for Christmas.” – Anonymous
“What do Santa call his helpers? Subordinate Clauses” – Anonymous
“The decorations are up, the tree is lit. Please don’t make me change my mind in January – I’m not ready to admit it’s over just yet.” – Anonymous
“It’s beginning to look a lot like a holiday to do nothing in red flannel PJ pants.” – Anonymous
“Santa’s elves are just a bunch of subordinate clauses.” – Anonymous
“This Hanukkah wish list is so long I had to wrap it in tin foil.” – Anonymous
“This holiday season, give the gift that says ‘My budget wouldn’t allow anything more thoughtful.'” – Anonymous
“Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, please slap my behind and call me a turkey tat!” – Anonymous
“Nothing says ‘Merry Christmas’ like arguing over which side of the escalator to stand on.” – Anonymous
“The holidays are for enjoying family, friends and food, which means gettingtin’ fat n sassy like a holiday mood!” – Anonymous
“Christmas is here, bringing good cheer. And to all a good night, except those with no light!” – Anonymous
“Santa’s sack is laughably small, don’t be like that – after all, it’s what’s inside that counts most of all!” – Anonymous
“Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, ‘throw on PJ’s and Netflix, Christmas Day!'” – Anonymous
“It’s Christmastime in the coffee shop, how I love to watch the non-denominational cups!” – Anonymous
“I saw Mommy tickling Santa Claus underneath the mistletoe and daddy didn’t know how to feel!” – Anonymous
Wishes for Happiness, Health and Togetherness
“This season, may your home be filled with joy, your heart with love, and your life with laughter.” – Unknown
“May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, and enough hope to make you happy.” – Unknown
“May your days be merry and bright, and may all your Christmases be white.” – Unknown
“Wishing you peace, joy, and happiness during the holidays and throughout the New Year.” – Unknown
“May this holiday season bring you untold joy and a New Year full of contentment and peace.” – Helen Steiner Rice
“Happiness, good health, and prosperity be with you and your loved ones throughout this holiday season and the year to come.” – Unknown
“Peace and happiness at Christmas time and throughout the year.” – Unknown
“May your days be merry and bright. Wishing you health, happiness and love throughout the holiday season and new year.” – Unknown
“Wishing you moments of joy, hours of smiles and peaceful days throughout the holiday season and New Year.” – Unknown
“May the blessings of Christmas bring you peace, the warmth of Christmas bring you love, and the spirit of Christmas bring you joy all year through.” – Unknown
“Sending warm wishes for a holiday season filled with good health, joy and lots of love.” – Unknown
“May your days be merry and bright and may all your Christmases be white. Wishing you a holiday season filled with joy, love, and warmhearted moments you’ll cherish all year long.” – Unknown
“Wishing you a holiday season to remember, filled with the treasures of the heart – peace, joy, love and happiness.” – Unknown
“Wishing you a holiday season overflowing with happiness and warm feelings to last throughout the year.” – Unknown
“This holiday season, may your home be filled with joy, your heart with love, and your life with laughter.” – Unknown
“May the coming year bring you peace, health, wealth and prosperity – All the very best of everything money can’t buy!” – Danish Proverb
“May your days be merry and bright and your heart stay young throughout this holiday season and the New Year.” – Unknown
“Wishing you the gift of faith, the blessing of hope, and the peace of His love at Christmas and always.” – Unknown
“Wishing you moments of joy, hours of smiles and peaceful days throughout the holiday season and new year filled with good friends, warm memories and continued success.” – Unknown
“Wishing you the best of everything money can’t buy – joy, health, happiness, and love. Merry Christmas!” – Unknown
Conclusion
In summary, these holiday quotes serve as a reminder of what this season is truly about – spreading joy, love and happiness. They offer words of wisdom on embracing life’s simple pleasures, showing gratitude, and strengthening our personal relationships. As we enter this festive time of year amidst challenges and uncertainties, reflecting on these quotes may help us maintain an optimistic and caring perspective. I encourage readers to select a quote or two that resonate with them the most to hold close. Doing so can uplift our spirits and remind us of the light that prevails even in hard times, so we too may spread more cheer in our own ways.
