Calling all filthy animals! Christmas movies are a staple of the holiday season, bringing joy and cheer to families as they gather together for cozy movie nights. One thing that all Christmas movies have in common is their memorable quotes!
These Christmas classics are a wonderful place to find a great quote for a Christmas card or message for a friend. No matter if you like funny Christmas movies like National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase, or more heartfelt Christmas classics, there are lots of movies to get you in the Christmas spirit.
Our favorite Christmas movies always hold a special place in our heart, and Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year to watch them!
Here is the scoop on the best Christmas quotes from movies!
100 Best Christmas Quotes from Movies
These are our famous Christmas movie quotes!
1. "Where do you think you're going? Nobody's leaving. Nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. No, no. We're all in this together." - Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
2. “You guys give up? Or are you thirsty for more?” - Kevin McCallister, Home Alone
3. "What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down." - George Bailey, It's A Wonderful Life
4. "If I Can't Find A Reindeer, I'll Make One Instead." - The Grinch, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
5. "The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear." - Buddy the Elf, Elf
6. “Why, To The North Pole, Of Course! This Is The Polar Express!” - The Conductor, The Polar Express
7. "Mr. Collins, I hope you've taken down that old TV antenna. I ripped my pants on it last year." - Kris Kringle, Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
8. "Look, Daddy. Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings." - Zuzu Bailey
9. "Deb, you have such a pretty face, you should be on a Christmas card." - Buddy the Elf, Elf
10. "Maybe Christmas, perhaps...means a little bit more!" - The Grinch, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
11. "It's Christmas Eve! It's... it's the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we... we... we smile a little easier, we... w-w-we... we... 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, Scrooged
12. "Keep the change, ya filthy animal." - Kevin McCallister, Home Alone
13. "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, A Charlie Brown Christmas
14. "Down the chimney? You want me to take the toys down the chimney into a strange house, IN MY UNDERWEAR?" - Scott Calvin, The Santa Clause
15. "Christmas was on its way. Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas, upon which the entire kid year revolved." - Ralphie, A Christmas Story
16. "Oh, Christmas isn't just a day, it's a frame of mind... and that's what's been changing. That's why I'm glad I'm here, maybe I can do something about it." - Kris Kringle, Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
17. "Mother always taught me, 'Never eat singing food.'" - Rizzo the Rat, The Muppet Christmas Carol
18. "I left Flick to certain annihilation. But BB gun mania knows no loyalty." - Adult Ralphie, A Christmas Story
19. "I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me." - Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol
20. "I'm a cotton-headed ninny muggins!" - Buddy the Elf, Elf
21. "You guys are nothing but a bunch of sleazy conmen in red suits." - Howard Langston, Jingle All the Way
22. "It's Christmas, Theo. It's the time of miracles. So be of good cheer... and call me when you hit the last lock." - Hans Gruber, Die Hard
23. “Are these lobster Santa hats? Is that a thing?”- Amy, A Bad Moms Christmas
24. "You're skipping Christmas! Isn't that against the law?" - Spike Frohmeyer, Christmas with the Kranks
25. "Get outta here you nosy little pervert, or I'm gonna slap you silly!" - Uncle Frank, Home Alone
26. “If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!” - Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol
27. "I realized that Christmas is... is the time to be with the people you love." - Billy Mack, Love ACtually
28. "I planned out our whole day: First, we'll make snow angels for two hours, and then we'll go ice skating, and then we'll eat a whole roll of Tollhouse cookie dough as fast as we can, and then to finish, we'll snuggle." - Buddy the Elf, Elf
29. "Faith is believing things when common sense tells you not to." - Doris Walker, Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
30. "Yesterday, she couldn't sleep. Today, she won't eat. She's in love." - Judy Haynes, White Christmas
31. "Howdy do. This is Peter McCallister, the father. I'd like a hotel room please, with an extra large bed, a TV, and one of those little refrigerators you have to open with a key. Credit card? You got it." - Kevin McCallister, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
32. "You say you hate Washington's birthday or Thanksgiving, and nobody cares, but you say you hate Christmas, and people treat you like you're a leper." - Kate Beringer, Gremlins
33. "Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?" - Buddy, Elf
34. "Why am I such a misfit? I am not just a nitwit. You can't fire me! I quit! Seems that I don't fit in!" - Hermey, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
35. “Wanna see some magic? OK, let’s watch you disappear." - Willie, Bad Santa
36. "You put on the suit, you're the big guy." - Bernard, The Santa Clause
37. "Son of a nutcracker!" - Buddy, Elf
38. "For it was the first snow of the season. And as any child can tell you, there’s a certain magic that comes with the very first snow, especially when it falls on the day before Christmas. For when the first snow is also a Christmas snow…well, something wonderful is bound to happen." - Narrator, Frosty the Snowman
39. “No one should be alone on Christmas.” - Cindy Lou Who, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
40. "I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year." - Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol
41. “Oh my god, I shot my eye out!” - Ralphie Parker, A Christmas Story
42. "Will you please tell Santa that instead of presents this year, I just want my family back." - Kevin McCallister, Home Alone
43. "I'm gonna deck your halls, bub." - Santa Claus, Jingle All the Way
44. "And I just can’t wait until next Halloween ‘cause I’ve got some new ideas that will really make them scream. And by God, I’m really gonna give it all my might!" - Jack Skellington, The Nightmare Before Christmas
45. "Everybody likes Denny's, it's an American institution." - Scott Calvin, The Santa Clause
46. "I don't know what to say, except it's Christmas, and we're all in misery." - Ellen Griswold, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
47. "Remember, George: No man is a failure who has friends." - Clarence Odbody, It's A Wonderful Life
48. “To me, you are perfect.” - Mark, Love Actually
49. "Please note the size and color of each item, and send as many as possible. If it seems too complicated, make it easy on yourself: just send money. How about tens and twenties?" - Sally Brown, A Charlie Brown Christmas
50. "I believe, I believe, it’s silly, but I believe." - Susan Walker, Miracle on 34th Street
51. "We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: Candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup." -Buddy, Elf
52. "You can mess with a lot of things. But you can't mess with kids on Christmas." - Kevin McCallister, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
53. "Who told you you could eat my cookies?" - Howard Langston, Jingle All the Way
54. "A toy is never truly happy until it is loved by a child." - King Moonracer, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
55. "I could use a little social interaction.” - The Grinch, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
56. "Just because you can’t see something, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist." - Charlie, The Santa Clause
57. "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, Deck the Halls
58. "Christmas is just about my favorite time. Ever since I was a little kid, I always felt like it was my own personal holiday." - Ernest Saves Christmas
59. "I'll just be hanging around the mistletoe, hoping to be kissed." - Mia, Love Actually
60. "I want my house to be seen from space!" - Buddy Hall, Deck the Halls
61. "Rudolph, with your nose so bright, won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?" - Santa, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
62. "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." - The Narrator, Frosty the Snowman
63. "If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love, actually, is all around.” - David, Love Actually
64. "It’s Christmas Eve. A time of mystery, expectations, who knows what might happen." - Drosselmeyer, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
65. "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, Miracle on 34th Street
66. "Well, in Whoville, they say that the Grinch’s heart grew three sizes that day." - How the Grinch Stole Christmas
67. "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, It's A Wonderful Life
68. “I just like to smile. Smiling’s my favorite.” - Buddy, Elf
69. "You’re what the French call ‘les incompetents.'" - Linnie McCallister, Home Alone
70. "I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho." - Hans Gruber, Die Hard
71. "God bless us everyone." - Tiny Tim, A Christmas Carol
72. "Bye Buddy, I hope you find your dad." - Mr. Narwhal, Elf
73. "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, A Charlie Brown Christmas
74. "Over the years I got to be quite a connoisseur of soap." - Ralphie, A Christmas Story
75. "As odd as it sounds, I didn't think to ask the butcher where the chocolate was!" - Nora Krank, Christmas with the Kranks
76. "Am I just eating because I’m bored?" - The Grinch, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
77. "Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see." - The Conductor, The Polar Express
78. "Oh my God! Santa, here?! I know him! I know him!" - Buddy, Elf
79. "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, Jingle All the Way
80. "I am the shadow on the moon at night, filling your dreams to the brim with fright." - Oogie Boogie, The Nightmare Before Christmas
81. "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! When I wake up, I’m getting a CAT scan! - Scott Calvin, The Santa Clause
82. "It's Christmas Eve and we are going to celebrate being young and being alive." - Miles Dumont, The Holiday
83. "If you’re worried and you can’t sleep, count your blessings instead of sheep. Then you’ll fall asleep counting your blessings." - Bob Wallace, White Christmas
84. "Everyone loves the sleigh." - North, Rise of the Guardians
85. "Well, it's time for our Holiday Cheer Meister of the Year Award! Congratulations, Mr. Grinch!" - Augustus May Who, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
86. "He is for all mankind." - Mary, The Nativity Story
87. "I don’t think anyone would criticize us for laying down our rifles on Christmas Eve." - Joyeux Noël
88. "But no-one should be sad and alone on Christmas!" - Private, The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper
89. "Jack said we should work together. Three of a kind. Birds of a feather. Now and forever!" — Lock, Stock and Barrel, The Nightmare Before Christmas
90. "This is extremely important. Will you please tell Santa that instead of presents this year, I just want my family back?" - Kevin McCallister, Home Alone
91. "Saint Nicholas is not coming this year. Instead, a much darker, ancient spirit. His name is Krampus...he is the shadow of Saint Nicholas" - Omi, Krampus
92. "Never be afraid when people can’t see what you see. Only be afraid if you no longer see it." - Jeronicus, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
93. "Christmas is just about my favorite time. Ever since I was a little kid, I always felt like it was my own personal holiday." - Ernest Saves Christmas
94. "You know, I think this Christmas thing is not as tricky as it seems! But why should they have all the fun? It should belong to anyone! Not anyone, in fact, but me! Why, I could make a Christmas tree! And there’s not a reason I can find, I couldn’t have a Christmastime! I bet I could improve it, too! And that’s exactly what I’ll do!" - Jack Skellington, The Nightmare Before Christmas
95. "I love you even when you’re sick and look disgusting" - Jamie Some More, Love Actually
96. "Just once I’d like a regular, normal Christmas!" - John McClane, Die Hard 2
97. "Blast this Christmas music. It’s joyful and triumphant." - The Grinch, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
98. "I'm eating junk and watching rubbish! You better come out and stop me!" - Kevin McCallister, Home Alone
99. “You stink! You smell like beef and cheese, you don’t smell like Santa.” - Buddy, Elf
100. "Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart." - Santa Claus, The Polar Express
Final Thoughts
That is the scoop on the best Christmas movie quotes of all time!
You can watch Christmas films all year long, but they are more fun during Christmas time when you are drinking a mug of hot chocolate on Christmas morning or carving the Christmas turkey.
Holiday movies are fun to watch, no matter the time of year. The best Christmas movies and iconic holiday films have favorite lines that you watch with your family members. So we hope you love this list of the best Christmas quotes from movies! Happy holidays!
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