What makes Christmas special for you?
Is it decorating the Christmas tree as the light fades outside? Is it baking cinnamon scented cookies with your kids? Or maybe you love a good classic Christmas movie with the family? Or are you all about Christmas Day, watching the kids’ open presents in the living room whilst it’s still dark outside?
Christmas is a time to be thankful for all the simple, joy filled parts of life. It’s not all about presents but living in the present and feeling grateful for all that you have.
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Whatever gives you the Christmas feeling, sharing time with family and friends is what Christmas is all about.
These Top Thankful Christmas Family Quotes can add a little extra magic to your holiday cards, Instagram feed, or just get you in the mood for the holiday season.
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Thankful Christmas Family Quotes And Sayings
Thankful Christmas Family Quotes
Christmas is the right time to say “I love you” every day.
It’s not what’s under the Christmas tree that matters, it’s the people gathered around it and the smiles on your faces.
Add a cup of laughter, a sprinkle of anticipation, a scoop of joy and dust liberally with merry songs. These are the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.
In the warmth of family, the spirit of Christmas shines brightest.
Christmas is the time to touch every heart with love and care
This Christmas, I’m grateful for the love and laughter we share.
The best gifts don’t come in a box. Thank you for being my greatest gift.
Christmas is a reminder of the joy that family brings.
Are you ready? Can you hear? The joy of Christmas is almost here.
This Christmas, I’m counting my blessings, and at the top of the list is my happy family.
This Christmas, I’m thankful for the laughter, the love, and the wonderful memories we create as a family.
The message of Christmas is looking for all that brings joy and magic into our world.
Beautiful Christmas Family Quotes
Christmas whispers secrets of love, and our family, a beautiful chapter in its story.
The magic of Christmas isn’t just in the presents we receive , but the presence of a happy family.
As the snowflakes dance and the fire crackles, I’m reminded that the greatest gift is the family by my side.
Every ornament on the tree tells a story, and every member of our family adds a unique sparkle to our Christmas tale.
The holiday season is a snow globe, and our family is the enchanting scene within, forever cherished in my heart.
Underneath the mistletoe’s gentle sway, our family’s love blooms in the most beautiful way.
Christmas is the magic that weaves its thread into our year and shines a spotlight on all that is.
As we gather round the table, we savor not just the feast but the love that makes our family complete.
The stockings may be hung by the chimney with care, but it’s our family that creates the magic in the air.
As snow blankets the world, our family’s love blankets our hearts with joy, peace, and togetherness.
Our family is the North Star that guides us through the darkest of nights, leading us to the light of Christmas.
May you always enjoy the childlike wonder of waiting for Santa on Christmas Eve.
Christmas highlights the important things in life. Love, laughter, community, magic.
Best wishes from me to you for a joy filled Christmas and a happy new year.
Famous Christmas Family Quotes
“Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from astore. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means alittle bit more.” –
The Grinch Dr. Seuss
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
A Christmas Carol- Charles Dickens
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ”
Norman Vincent Peale
“Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.”
Winston Churchill
“The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays.”
W.C. Jones
“Santa Claus has the right idea – visit people only once a year.”
Victor Borge
“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
“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.”
Edna Ferber
“The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much.”
Henry David Thoreau
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
Burton Hillis
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.”
Elf- Will Ferrell
“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
“Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.”
Margaret Thatcher
“You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.”
Maya Angelou
“Christmas, here again. Let us raise a loving cup; Peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.”
Wendy Cope
“Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day.”
Helen Steiner Rice
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know. Where the treetops glisten, and children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow.”
– Irving Berlin, “White Christmas”
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, ‘Toys not included.’”
Bernard Manning
Christmas is forever, not for just one day, for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away.
Norman Wesley Brooks
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance — each beautiful, unique, and too soon gone.”
Deborah Whipp
Short Christmas Family Phrases
Merry Christmas to our cherished family!
Families are the best gifts of all.
Home is where the heart is this Christmas.
The magic of Christmas is family.
Wishing you joy, love, and togetherness.
Blessings to our family this holiday season.
Christmas brings the gift of love to the table.
Christmas is all about love and family.
Warmest wishes to my dear family.
Our family’s love shines brightest at Christmas.
May your home be filled with love and laughter.
To family: the heart of the holiday season.
Christmas memories are made with family.
Thankful for moments shared with family.
Family + Christmas lights = Magic.
Home is where our family’s heart lives this Christmas.
Wishing you peace and joy, dear family.
May your hearts be light, and your family close.
Families make Christmas merrier.
Funny Christmas Family Quotes
The family that sings Christmas carols together probably doesn’t have Spotify.
You know you’re getting old when you start getting socks and underwear for Christmas and you’re genuinely happy about it.
Our family motto: ‘Eat, drink, and be merry – for tomorrow, we diet!
If I have to assemble one more toy, I’m declaring myself Santa’s official elf!”
This family puts the ‘extra’ in ‘extravaganza’ every Christmas!
The Christmas season is all fun and games until someone has to put on real pants.
That warm feeling isn’t just the Christmas spirit. I think you left the oven on.
Who delivers presents to cats? Santa Paws!
“There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus.”
Bob Phillips
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.”
Larry Wilde
Inspirational Christmas Quotes
“Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.”
John J. Geddes
“Remember, if Christmas isn’t found in your heart, you won’t find it under a tree.”
Charlotte Carpenter
“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
“What is Christmas? It is the tenderness of the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future.”
Agnes M. Pahro
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.”
Charles M. Schulz
“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.”
Edna Ferber
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
Charles Dickens- A Christmas Carol
“The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn’t matter what mood you’re in, or what kind of year you’ve had–it’s a fresh start.”
Kelly Clarkson
So what does Christmas time mean to you? I hope you can find the joy of Christmas within these quotes. Use them to spread good cheer and magic through the holiday season.
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Be thankful for the gifts of time you have with your friends and family members.
I am in the holiday spirit now. I hope you are too.
Happy Christmas and happy holidays to you.
Amanda x
