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

We all have that one Christmas movie that reminds us of our childhood.
Bianca Sparacino
November 2, 2016
“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.”
— Mark, Love Actually
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“Yes! Yes I do! I like Christmas! I love Christmas!”
— Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol
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“Look, Daddy. Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.”
— Zuzu Bailey, It's a Wonderful Life(60th Anniversary Edition)
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“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
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“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, A Charlie Brown Christmas
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“Christmas was on its way. Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas, upon which the entire kid year revolved.”
— Ralphie, A Christmas Story(Full-Screen Edition)
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“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.”
— Frank Cross, Scrooged
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“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.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
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“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?”
— Kevin McCallister, Home Alone
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“Blast this Christmas music. It’s joyful and triumphant.”
— The Grinch, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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“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.”
— Buddy the Elf, Elf
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“Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.”
— The Conductor, Polar Express
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“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
“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.”
— The Grinch, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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“We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup.”
— Buddy the Elf, Elf
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“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
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“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.”
— Hero Boy, Polar Express
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“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.”
— Doris Walker, Miracle On 34th St(bw)
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“It's Christmas Eve and we are going to go celebrate being young and being alive.”
— Miles, The Holiday
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