53 Santa Claus Quotes to Spread Cheer & Joy This Holiday Season

“Santa is more than just a story. The spirit of Santa is a feeling. A wondrous feeling of giving, receiving, joy, and light. Santa brings magic to the holidays.”

ANONYMOUS

“Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.”

Washington Irving

“He doesn’t care if you’re rich or poor,
he loves you just the same.
Santa Claus knows we’re all God’s children,
that makes everything right.”

Gene Autry

“This time of year means being kind to everyone we meet,
To share a smile with strangers we may pass along the street.”

Betty Black

“Santa Claus has the right idea – visit people only once a year.”

Victor Borge

“What about Santa’s cookies? I suppose parents eat those, too?”

Buddy the Elf

“A belief in Santa can soothe your soul and fill your heart with love.“

ANONYMOUS

“Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip.”

Gary Allan

“Bells are ringing, children singing, all is merry and bright.
So hang your stockings and say your prayers,
’cause Santa Claus comes tonight.”

ANONYMOUS

”The office Christmas party is a great opportunity to catch up with people you haven’t seen for 20 minutes.”

Julius Sharpe

”We celebrate the birth of one who told us to give everything to the poor by giving each other motorized tie racks.”

Bill McKibben

“Keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and receipts for all major purchases.”

Bridger Winegar

“Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.”

Kin Hubbard

“Dear Santa, I’ve been good all year. Most of the time. Once in awhile. Nevermind, I’ll buy my own stuff.”

ANONYMOUS

“What I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present.”

Don Marquis

“My husband’s idea of getting the Christmas spirit is to become Scrooge.”

Melanie White

“I was Christmas shopping and ran into a guy on the street. I noticed his watch and said that it runs slow. He said, ‘So does the guy I stole it from.’”

David Letterman

“Christmas is such a carefree, low-pressure time—that’s one of the things I love about it.”

Stephen King

“Do you know why so many people love Jesus? Without Jesus, no Christmas.”

Melanie White

“What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.”

Phyllis Diller

“The name is Bond … Santa Bond.
I’ll have an eggnog, shaken, not stirred.”

Michael Scott

“I don’t want Christmas season to end, because it’s the only time I can legitimately indulge in on particular addiction: glitter.”

Eloisa James

“Christmas is a box of tree ornaments that have become part of the family.”

Charles M. Schulz

“Thank you, Stockings, for being a long flammable piece of fabric people like to hang over a roaring fireplace.”

Jimmy Fallon

“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six.
Mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph.”

Shirley Temple

”The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other.”

Johnny Carson

”I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.”

Maya Angelou

“I haven’t taken my Christmas lights down.
They look so nice on the pumpkin. “

Winston Spear

“Ho, ho, ho—cherry nose
Cap on head—suit that’s red
Special night—beard that’s white
Must be Santa.”

Bob Dylan

“Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.”

Victor Borge

”The main reason Santa is so jolly because he knows where all the bad girls live.”

George Carlin

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

ANONYMOUS

“Of course there is a Santa Claus. It’s just that no single somebody could do all he has to do. So the Lord has spread the task among us all. That’s why everybody is Santa Claus. I am. You are.”

Truman Capote

“Christmas is a baby shower that went totally overboard.”

Andy Borowitz

“Santa Claus had the right idea. Visit people only once a year.”

Victor Borge

“It’s always good for us to pause
And think awhile of Santa Claus–
That jolly symbol we revere
When we approach the changing year.
Behind his beard so long and white,
In which our children take delight,
There beats a heart from color free
Which bids all children ‘come to me.”

Marshall M. Morgan

“Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show.
The secret lies in an inner glow.
It’s lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part.
It’s higher thought and a greater plan.
It’s glorious dream in the soul of man.”

Wilferd Peterson

“There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus;
he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus.”

Bob Phillips

“A wiffin’, sniffin’ gift, especially for you. It’s from Secret Santa, Bet you can’t guess who!”

ANONYMOUS

“Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance.”

ANONYMOUS

“It’s not a house, a car, or a boat. It’s a Secret Santa gift with a silly little not.”

ANONYMOUS

“May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through!“

ANONYMOUS

“Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.”

ANONYMOUS

“Three Wise WOMEN would have asked directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby, bought practical gifts, cleaned the stable, made a casserole, and there would be peace on earth!”

ANONYMOUS

“Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.”

Peg Bracken

“Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow,
They represent a gift of love given a long time ago.“

ANONYMOUS

“A Christmas tree, the perfect gift for a guy. The plant is already dead.”

ANONYMOUS

“This is a gift especially for you, I’m your secret Santa, bet you can’t guess who. Accept this gift with a smile on your face, And expect another one soon In its place.”

ANONYMOUS

“The magi, as you know, were wise men — wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents.”

ANONYMOUS