The Best Celebrity Christmas Quotes

By Nellah Bailey McGough

Happy Thanksgiving! really means it’s time to start decorating for Christmas. The turkey and dressing haven't even settled in our stomachs before we find ourselves in the attic pulling out boxes of fragile ornaments and strings of lights and garland. The radio has been playing Karen Carpenter's Christmas songs since Halloween to get us into the holiday spirit. But now is the time that a really important decision has to be made. Do we take the easy route and put up the artificial tree with the lights already strung or do we shell out a hundred bucks for the real deal that will probably start losing its needles by December 15th? Half the household (better known as the kids) wants a real tree because of the familiar Christmas tree scent and, to be honest, it often looks a lot better. The other half (that would be my husband and me) don’t want to spend the money or fool with getting the tree to stand up straight. Maybe we’ll go with the fake one, and buy a can of pine scented room spray. Next we begin preparing for our company, purchasing the perfect presents, and planning the Christmas Eve, Christmas morning, and Christmas dinner menus. In other words we’re exhausted and broke. How can we alleviate some of this stress without calling off all of the Christmas celebrations? Grab a glass of eggnog (maybe with an extra shot of nog) and scroll through these quotes by some of our iconic comedians and celebrities for a reminder to slow down, laugh, and remember the reason for the season.

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You know you’re getting old when Santa starts looking younger.

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Robert Paul

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Christmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness.

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Mo Rocca

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At Christmas, all roads lead home.

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Marjorie Holmes

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If “ifs” and “buts” were candy and nuts, wouldn’t it be a Merry Christmas?

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Don Meredith

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

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Phyllis Diller

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I love Christmas. I receive a lot of wonderful presents I can’t wait to exchange.

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Henny Youngman

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One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don’t clean it up too quickly.

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Andy Rooney

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Merry Christmas, nearly everybody!

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Ogden Nash

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Sending Christmas cards is a good way to let your friends and family know that you think they’re worth the price of a stamp.

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Melanie White

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

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Johnny Carson

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Christmas Shopping: Wouldn’t it be wonderful to find one gift that you didn’t have to dust, that had to be used right away, that was practical, fit everyone, was personal and would be remembered for a long time? I penciled in “Gift certificate for a flu shot.”

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Erma Brombeck

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Santa Clause had the right idea. Visit people once a year.

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Victor Borge

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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.

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Shirley Temple

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