The holidays are all about friendship and goodwill, which is why we have put together a list of all the best short Christmas sayings for you to share. And if you’re looking for funny Christmas captions for Instagram, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Funny and Short Christmas Sayings
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Have your selfie a merry little Christmas
The light of winter is the poetry of patience
Brace your elves, Christmas is here!
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow… somewhere else
Another Christmas already? Seriously, what the Elf?
Drink up, Grinches! It’s Christmas
May your holidays be merry and bright!
I feel better knowing Santa will also be unemployed after Christmas
Christmas with my family is what makes it special.
You are the greatest gift I could wish for this Christmas.
That warm feeling isn’t just the Christmas spirit. I think you left the oven on.
To a joyful present and a well remembered past. Best wishes for happy holidays and a magnificent New Year.
There’s pure joy in the discovery that the best presents are the people whose presence is solely for bringing presents.
Here’s wishing you the charms of
Thinking of you this holiday season with love and gladness. I’m so happy we are celebrating this joyous day together.
Best wishes to you this holiday season.
Well, hello there winter
Winter hibernation mode on
We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas and you’re welcome – that song’s now stuck in your head all day.
It’s all fun and games, until Santa checks the naughty list. Merry Christmas.
You’re never too old for a snowball fight
Winter is like fall except you need five pairs of leggings instead of one
Keeping you in our hearts this holiday season, and always!
Peace be with you this holiday season and let it envelop you all of your days.
Warmest wishes for a happy holiday season and a wonderful New Year. With lots of love.
Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year.
May your days be merry & bright this Christmas season and throughout the New Year.
Merry, Bright & Up all Night (newborn baby photo)
Christmas wishes and mistletoe kisses
Heading into a snowy wonderland
Did you hear that? It’s either the magical jingling of eight flying reindeer pulling a miniature sleigh or it’s holiday tinnitus…
Christmas isn’t about what you receive – it’s about the love that you give.
Wishing you and your loved ones peace, health, happiness, and prosperity in the coming New Year.
Love each day as if it were Christmas and you will always be joyful!
One of the nice things about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with a present.
Winter is warmer when we are laughing
Merry Christmas from one hard-working elf to another.
May goodness and light follow you this Christmas and for all your days.
We go together like winter and the sweater
Christmas cookies pretty much sum up my family.
It’s a good thing Santa didn’t see my browser history
Peace and love to warm your heart this holiday season.
I’ve never met a snow flake I didn’t like!
Gently drifting snowflakes
The greatest gift of all this holiday season is a loving family and close friends.
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
Remember when? Keep Christmas close and the memories will flood to you like a tide of joy.
Let resounding joy ring from your rafters this Christmas!
A perfect day for cuddling and snuggling
My favorite smell is Christmas tree
In the depths of winter, I finally learned that make snow angels
Find joy in the little things this Christmas.
Wishing you a white Christmas. (And when you run out of white, just open a bottle of red).
Cue the snowflakes, please
May all that is beautiful, meaningful, and brings you joy be yours this Holiday Season and throughout the coming year.
Sure, being on the Nice list gets your more presents, but being Naughty is its own reward.
Out of the silence, music. Out of the darkness, light. Out of uncertainty, Promise. Hope was born that night.
My family loves Christmas; it’s the one thing we can all agree on.
The most wonderful gift I can receive this Christmas is to celebrate with you.
May the charms of the holiday season gladden your heart and lighten your burdens.
May you be inspired by giving, changed by love, filled with peace and touched by miracles.
Hello winter. Please Be Awesome!
Today, I will sleigh Christmas!
Sure, Christmas is for kids, but luckily the holiday spirit makes children of us all.
All year, I look forward to my family Christmas celebration.
Joy to the world!
Friends are the hot chocolate in winter season
Have a warm and cozy Christmas and a New Year filled with wonderful adventures.
Noel! Peace and joy to you this
May your fun be large and bills be small this year. Merry Christmas!
Wishing you a fun-filled holiday season and best wishes for a happy New Year!
Wishing you hope, peace and lots of Christmas cookies.
As the holidays approach, it is a great time to remember those who are close to us, helping to bring love and happiness to our lives. Wishing you a happy Holiday Season.
Wishing you a sparkling holiday season and a brilliant New Year!
Keep Calm And Welcome Winter!
Wishing you peace, love, and joy this holiday season and throughout 2026.
With you, everyday is like Christmas! Although…today is actually Christmas!
The colour of springtime is flowers, the colour of winter is snow
December is the most wonderful time of the year
It’s a beautiful day to go outside in the snow and remind myself why I stay inside
When it comes to opening presents, Christmas in this family is messy.
May the true spirit of Christmas fill your heart and your home with joy today and into the coming year.
Now that Santa’s done delivering gifts, it’s time to be naughty
Best wishes for a joyous Christmas and a New Year filled with love, happiness and prosperity.
Laughter fill your home on this joyous holiday. Be comforted, be content, and give love.
Dear Santa…can you please define nice?
May the light of the holiday season fill your heart, and may the music fill your soul. Happy holidays.
Making spirits bright
Hello winter! Be Good To Me!
May the holiday season bring only happiness and joy to you and your loved ones.
Joy and love to you and yours this holiday season!
You know you’re getting old, when Santa starts looking younger.
Live every second, every minute, every day and every week of December as if it is your last one.
Since my family is so big, we have to super-size our Christmas celebrations.
Snowy hair, don’t care. It’s Christmas!
I smell presents!
You know those commercials where the present is a brand new car with a big red bow? Yeah, we’re not doing that.
Looking a lot like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Christmas presents are nice, but being with family is the best gift of all.
My family is always prepared for Christmas with lots of love, and of course, batteries.
All is calm, all is bright
Everything is simply more meaningful at Christmas. I’m so glad you are here to help me rejoice and feel the love of the season.
Wishing you a blessed Christmas and happiness in the New Year.
We hope you’re having a simply wonderful Christmastime! Best wishes to you and yours.
If love is the reason for the season, I have a lot to be thankful for.
My tree is set to sparkle
Christmastime!
Nobody loves Christmas more than me, and I love you even more than Christmas… or at least it’s close.
A snow day is a little gift from the universe
Christmas with my family is my happy place!
Winter landscapes are the best landscapes
Dear Santa…I can explain
Every Christmas, I wrap my family in love!
If you listen carefully, the silence of snow falling is beautiful
We want you to have the happiest holidays ever. (Don’t feel too special though, we gave this card to a lot of people).
My ideal Christmas Eve is sitting by the fireside with my family, sipping hot chocolate, gazing at the Christmas tree, and feeling the love.
We’re all like snowflakes—unique and one of a kind
Decking the halls with my family is my favorite thing in all the world!
Santa is real, if we believe. Bringing you the gift of a little magic this Christmas Eve.
Wishing you holidays filled with fun and laughter, and very best wishes for a prosperous new year.
May the splendor of the season warm your days and nights.
Best Wishes for a Happy Holiday Season and a Joyous New Year.
It’s not what’s under the Christmas tree, it’s who’s gathered around it.
Christmas is too sparkly… said no one ever
Sharing this season together is the greatest gift of all.
May this holiday season be filled with laughter, joy, and peace.
Season’s greetings and best wishes for the New Year.
Christmas is all about the family!
May the holiday season fill your home with joy, your heart with love, and your life with laughter.
As the tree is evergreen, let the spirit of Christmas ever warm our hearts.
Here’s my resting Grinch face
Sweet as a Christmas cookie
Christmas adds to the warmth of a family love.
Get your fat pants ready. It’s Christmastime!
It’s all fun and games ’till Santa checks the naughty list
Joyful, merry, and blessed
Allow peace into your heart this Christmas, and may the new year be a time to rejoice.
Wishing you and your family a wonderful Holiday Season. With lots of love from the [insert your family name]’s.
May the lights of the season fill you with warmth and joyous spirit.
Be naughty, save Santa the trip
Sing, dance, rejoice in song – and treat yourself and others with kindness this Christmas.
May you find peace this holiday season and glorious love in the new year.
Wishing you joy, peace and good health this Holiday Season.
Let the magic of Christmas bring you back to when you were a child, and let that innocence be a balm to your worries.
All I want for Christmas is to be with my family.
Peace on Earth, good will toward all.
Hope, joy, love, and gladness – let all these be your guide this holiday season.
I like Santa Claus because he only visits once a year. Every guest should follow his example
The story of Christmas is a story of love.
Sending warm wishes of peace and happiness this Holiday Season and into the New Year.
My family knows how to sparkle at Christmas!
The snuggle is real
We may not be together for the Holidays, but I’m with you in spirit. Happy Holidays, I miss you!
Good tidings to you and happy Christmas for today and all the Christmases to come.
Only a few more shopping days left until your loved ones find out you have no idea what they like.
Our favorite part of the Holiday Season is thinking of you, who makes this time so special. Wishing you love and happiness this season and into the New Year.
Snowfall and winter give us more reasons to cuddle
Apologizing in advance for the things I say this winter
I spent a long time choosing the perfect Christmas card that will look good in your garbage.
May the peace and joy of the holidays be with you today and throughout the new year.
A snowflake is winter’s butterfly
Sweet and twisted. Does that make me a candy cane?
Let the magic of Christmas bring love and peace to you and to the world.
My favorite part of Christmas is family.
The true meaning of the holidays is having a friend like you.
Break out your fat pants and ugly sweater – it’s December!
Counting snowflakes instead of sheep tonight
Wishing you a merry Christmas and peace throughout the year.
The most wonderful part of Christmas is spending time with family and friends. May your holidays be full of joy and good cheer.
You had me at ho ho ho
Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day.
There is nothing quite like Christmas – the celebration, the decoration, and the pure excitement. Follow your joy this holiday season and in the new year.
Christmas break to-do list: Eat, drink, nap
A fresh coat of snow makes the world look like it’s covered in glitter
Be sure to keep the mas in Christmas… as in, mas regalos por favor! (Translated from Spanish for: more presents please!)
Hope this Holiday Season brings you many great memories and wonderful reasons to smile.
The house grows warmer when my family arrives on Christmas day.
All I want for Christmas is…food!
Feel the peace and love of Christmas in your heart this holiday season.
When the magic of Christmas fills the air, we hope you find it everywhere. Merry Christmas!
Leave a little sparkle wherever you go this December
May Christmas warm your heart the whole year long!
A little more sparkle, a little less stress. These holidays, I wish you the very best.
Dear Santa: This isn’t what it looks like
A winter night to remember
With love and good tidings to you this Christmas and a joyous new year!
May the magic and wonder of Christmas stay with you throughout the New Year.
Don’t say anything, but I think I just saw that creepy elf on the bookcase actually move.
Live every day like it’s Christmas
Sending wishes to you and yours for a beautiful Holiday Season and a peaceful New Year.
Add a little confetti to each day of December
All I want for Christmas is you… and cookies… and hot chocolate
At Christmas, all roads lead home.
Merry Christmas! May all the joys of this happy season be yours this holiday and into the New Year.
Remember this December that love weighs more than gold
To a healthy, happy, and peaceful New Year.
The Christmas cheer is real in our family.
May you and those you love find true happiness and peace this Christmas and into the new year!
Santa has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.
Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered.
All about that winter white
I love my family, especially at Christmas.
There’s snow business like snow business
When life sends a blizzard, make a snow angel
Keep Calm and jingle all the way.
Let your heart be light this December
Eat, drink, and be merry
Christmas has me feeling extra Santa-mental
Insert fruitcake joke, add ugly sweater = The best xmas card ever made. You are welcome.
Isn’t it amazing to think that people are celebrating Christmas just like this, around the world, all at the same time… but none of them have you!
If you warm me with your holiday spirit, I promise to inspire you with my holiday cheer. We’ll be disgustingly full of happiness together.
I put the ho in ho, ho, ho!
Christmas is a good excuse to send cards to all my favorite people. Congratulations on retaining your position on my list this year.
Have a magical Holiday season!
May the holiday season bring you special moments and happy memories.
Christmas all year long.
I want a fat bank account and a slim waist for Christmas this year. You better not mix those two up, Santa!
Make it a December to remember
Christmas is a special time when doubts and fears are melted away with love and hope. We love you and wish you all the best this holiday season.
Dear Santa, before I try to explain … just how much do you already know?
Fairy lights on Christmas night
At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.
This Christmas, just remember, while we aren’t blood relatives, we are family.
This holiday season let us treasure what is truly important in all our lives, the reason for the season: Cookies.
Health and happiness from my family to yours.
December, the Friday of the months
Goodbye fall. Hello winter.
Santa, stop here. We have cookies.
Christmas warms the soul and tickles the heart – I’m so glad we can celebrate together!
Joy, peace, and love unto you and your family this Christmas.
So that is it for our list of Funny and Short Christmas Sayings. We hope you found the perfect one for you!
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Short Christmas Letter Board Quotes, Christmas Wishes for Friends, Funny Christmas Letter Board Quotes and Short Christmas Quotes for Cards.
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Laynni Locke
Laynni has been sharing her travel adventures and day-to-day life on Routinely Nomadic social media for over 15 years and appreciates the importance of finding the perfect quote or caption to showcase those experiences. Putting her extensive writing and education background to good use, Laynni has become passionate about researching and curating comprehensive lists of all the best quotes and captions for every occasion.