Christmas Eve Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Christmas Eve.
Top Quotes
“Christmas Eve . . . eat only fish.”
“The shortest night of the year is Christmas Eve — from sundown to sun up.”
“Finally, on Christmas Eve, the fifth candle is lit, representing Christ, the light of the world.”
“It's a good idea to send the kids to bed early on Christmas Eve. It gives fathers a few more hours to play with their toys.”
“Who is the good natured, plump man who goes all over the world on Christmas Eve working miracles?” Our ten year old son answered, “Henry Kissinger!” —”
“Oh, joy, Christmas Eve. By this time tomorrow, millions of Americans, knee deep in tinsel and wrapping paper, will utter those heartfelt words. “Is this All I got?””
“The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on Christmas Eve in an old house, a strange tale should essentially be...””
“A government snooper in my house on Christmas Eve! I could spit! This is my property! I have a deed! I have something that says! CLAY. Are you going to put Mike through to New Zealand? CHRIS. What is it? Did Mike say something on the Radio.”
“Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart... filled it, too, with melody that would last forever.”
“It was he who, in living flesh and blood, a great sheepskin coat covering him and an immense white beard bushing his stern old face, appeared on Christmas eve in the old town and gave the children their Christmas gifts, unless they had been very very naughty.”
“So fair a fancy few would weave
In these years! Yet, I feel,
If someone said on Christmas Eve,
Come see the oxen kneel
In the lonely barton by yonder comb
Our childhood used to know
Hoping it might be so.”
“According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those who are born on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but are preserved until the end of time.”
“Two or three boys of the community where she lived, would dress up in the oldest rags they could find on Christmas Eve. They would also blacken their faces, get a big stick or whip, and then with their pockets full of nuts and candy they would roam from house to house in the community on Christmas Eve”
“Buying the Christmas tree. ... Why can't they make Christmas presents to fit the wrapping paper? BEN. ... Mr. Hertzog and his wife are checking up on an old economic theory that on Christmas Eve you can buy any tree in town for a dollar.”
“A Visit from St. Nicholas
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.”
“This antipathy to Christmas coupled with the custom of playing cards and chess on Christmas Eve continued unabated in the United States by many Hasidic groups, who brought with them from Europe longstanding attitudes towards Christmas Eve.”
“...the night of Christmas Eve is also when Santa Claus and his many variants are believed to travel the world, leaving behind presents. Although in many countries people open presents on Christmas morning, some open them on Christmas Eve—this includes Canada's Quebec province, as well as [[Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Portugal.”
“The office was closed in a twinkling, and the clerk, with the long ends of his white comforter dangling below his waist (for he boasted no great-coat), went down a slide on Cornhill, at the end of lane of boys, twenty times in honour of its being Christmas-eve, and then ran home to Candem Town as hard as he could pelt, to play at blindman's-buff”
“In Spanish and Latin countries, Midnight Mass is referred to as the Mass of the Rooster, after the legend that says the only time a rooster ever crowed at midnight was at the moment of Christ’s birth.. The Polish Midnight Mass is called Mass Pasternak (Mass of the Shepherds), in commemoration of the shepherds present in accounts of the first Christmas.”