19 Classic Christmas Movie Quotes That Will Get You So Ready For The Holidays

“We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup.”

— Will Ferrell, Buddy the Elf, amazon.com

“It came without ribbons, it came without tags. It came without packages, boxes, or bags. Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas (the thought) means a little bit more.”

— Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman, The Grinch, Jim Carrey, imdb.com

“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.”

— Kristin Davis, Kelly Finch, amazon.com

“Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.”

— Tom Hanks, The Conductor, amazon.com

“First we’ll make snow angels for two hours, then we’ll go ice skating, then we’ll eat a whole roll of Tollhouse Cookie-dough as fast as we can, and then we’ll snuggle.”

— Will Ferrell, Buddy the Elf, amazon.com

“Blast this Christmas music. It’s joyful and triumphant.”

— Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman, The Grinch, Jim Carrey, imdb.com

“This is extremely important. Will you please tell Santa that instead of presents this year, I just want my family back. No toys. Nothing but Peter, Kate, Buzz, Megan, Linnie, and Jeff. And my aunt and my cousins. And if he has time, my Uncle Frank. Okay?”

— Macaulay Culkin, Kevin McCallister, amazon.com

“We're kicking off our fun old-fashion family Christmas by heading out into the country in the old front-wheel-drive sleigh to embrace the frosty majesty of the winter landscape and select that most important of Christmas symbols.”

— John Hughes, Clark Griswold, Chevy Chase, imdb.com

“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. For a couple of hours out of the whole year we are the people that we always hoped we would be.”

— Bill Murray, Frank Cross, amazon.com

“Christmas was on its way. Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas, upon which the entire kid year revolved.”

— Jean Shepherd, Ralphie, amazon.com

“Look, Charlie, let’s face it. We all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket. It’s run by a big Eastern syndicate, you know.”

— Lucy Van Pelt, Lucy, amazon.com

“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.”

— Edmund Gwenn, Kris Kringle, amazon.ca

“Look, Daddy. Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.”

— Karolyn Grimes, Zuzu Bailey, amazon.com

“Yes! Yes I do! I like Christmas! I love Christmas!”

— Reginald Owen, Ebenezer Scrooge, amazon.com

“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.”

— Andrew Lincoln, Mark, amazon.com

“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.”

— Jimmy Durante, Narrator, amazon.com

“At one time most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I’ve grown old the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe.”

— Daryl Sabara, Hero Boy, amazon.com

“I was wrong when I told you that, Susie. You must believe in Mr. Kringle and keep right on doing it. You must have faith in him.”

— Elizabeth Perkins, Doris Walker, amazon.com

“It's Christmas Eve and we are going to go celebrate being young and being alive.”

— Jack Black, Miles, amazon.com