50 Iconic Christmas Movie Quotes (2025)

White peppermint mochas are now on the Starbucks menu which can only mean one thing: the holiday season has officially arrived! I don't know about you but I am a firm believer that this is the most wonderful time of year. What’s not to love? It’s the best time to cozy up on the couch and watch all of your favorite Christmas movies with a warm cup of hot cocoa. However you celebrate the holiday season, try spreading some cheer by shouting out your favorite lines from your favorite seasonal movies. Check out this list of iconic quotes from Christmas classics like Elf and Miracle on 34th St.

Elf

"I planned out our whole day. First, we’ll make snow angels for a two hours, then we’ll go ice skating, then we’ll eat a whole roll of Toll House cookie dough as fast as we can, and then we’ll snuggle." —Buddy

"You have such a pretty face, you should be on a Christmas card."— Buddy

"The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear."—Buddy

"Bye Buddy, I hope you find your dad."—Mr. Narwhal

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The Santa Clause

"Seeing isn't believing. Believing is seeing."—Judy the Elf

"I believe in Santa Clause. I'm not a baby."—Scott

"Thanks, but I'm seeing someone in wrapping."— Judy the Elf

Miracle on 34th St.

"Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to."– Fred Gailey

"Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind." —Kris Kringle

"I'm not just a whimsical figure who wears a charming suit and affects a jolly demeanor. You know, I'm a symbol."— Kris Kringle

Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas

"What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas ... perhaps ... means a little bit more!"— the Grinch

"Blast this Christmas music. It’s joyful and triumphant."—the Grinch

"Well, in Whoville, they say that the Grinch’s heart grew three sizes that day."

Home Alone

"Guys! I'm eating junk and watching rubbish. You better come out and stop me!"– Kevin McCallister

"Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!"— Kevin McCallister

"This is extremely important. Will you please tell Santa that instead of presents this year, I just want my family back."— Kevin McCallister

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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

"I don't know what to say, but it's Christmas, and we're all in misery."— Ellen Griswold

"And we’re going to have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas."— Clark Griswold

"Nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas."— Clark Griswold

A Christmas Carol

"Yes! Yes I do! I like Christmas! I love Christmas!"—Ebenezer Scrooge

"I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year."—Charles Dickens

"God bless us, everyone!"—Tiny Tim

“But sir, Christmas is a time for giving... a time to be with one's family.”—Bob Cratchit

“There’s more gravy about you than grave.”—Ebenezer Scrooge

“Bah, humbug!”—Ebenezer Scrooge

A Charlie Brown Christmas

"I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It’s not bad at all really. Maybe it just needs a little love."—Linus Van Pelt

"I think there must be something wrong with me, Linus. Christmas is coming, but I'm not happy. I don't feel the way I'm supposed to feel."—Charlie Brown

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A Christmas Story

"You’ll shoot your eye out kid!"—Ralphie

"Christmas was on its way. Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas, upon which the entire kid year revolved."— Ralphie

"Over the years I got to be quite a connoisseur of soap."—Ralphie

Scrooged

"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."— Frank Cross

“That's the one good thing about regret: it's never too late. You can always change tomorrow if you want to.”— Claire Phillips

It's a Wonderful Life

"Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings."— Zuzu Bailey

"Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he isn’t around, he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?"— Clarence

Love Actually

"But for now, let me say. Without hope or agenda. Just because it's Christmas. And at Christmas you tell the truth. To me, you are perfect."— Mark

"Tell her that you love her. You’ve got nothing to lose and you’ll always regret it if you don’t."— Daniel

"I realized that Christmas is the time to be with the people you love."—Billy Mack

Frosty the Snowman

"I suppose it all started with the snow. You see, it was a very special kind of snow. A snow that made the happy happier, and the giddy even giddier."—Narrator

"For when the first snow is also a Christmas snow well, something wonderful is bound to happen."—Narrator

"I'm all livin'! I am alive! What a neat thing to happen to a nice guy like me."—Frosty

The Polar Express

"Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart."—Santa

"Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see."— Conductor

"The thing about trains... it doesn't matter where they're going. What matters is deciding to get on."— Conductor

Christmas with the Kranks

“You're skipping Christmas! Isn't that against the law?”—Spike Frohmeyer

“...as odd as it sounds, I didn't think to ask the butcher where the chocolate was!”—Nora Krank

Deck the Halls

“That's what Christmas memories are made from, they're not planned, they're not scheduled, nobody puts them in their Blackberry, they just happen.”— Kelly Finch

“I was 7, my dad and I moved to Alabama...and Christmas morning we ate on the floor, ate French fries and drank chocolate milk.”—Steve Finch

Jingle All the Way

“I gotta tell you, Santa, there’s something about this place that doesn’t seem quite…Kosher.”—Howard Langston

"We're not just doing this for us. We're doing it for the kids. For every kid who ever sat on Santa's lap."—Mall Santa

"Who told you you could eat my cookies?”—Howard Langston

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