Some trees are bought in a lot, and some are cut in the cold, but every one of them ends up holding the same thing: a family’s December.
The Christmas tree has stood at the centre of the holiday for generations, from the first candlelit branches to the glowing trees in today’s living rooms.
This collection gathers 67 Christmas Tree Quotes on decorating, lights, family, nostalgia and the short lines that fit perfectly on a card or caption.
So find a quiet moment by the tree, and pick the line that feels like your own Christmas.
14 Decorating the Christmas Tree Quotes
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
Burton Hillis
Every ornament we hang is a small memory finding its branch.
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The tree stands a little taller once the last ornament is hung.
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We trim the tree together, and somehow the whole house feels warmer.
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Christmas is a box of tree ornaments that have become part of the family.
Charles M. Schulz
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
Larry Wilde
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.
Andy Rooney
Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.
Charles M. Schulz
The star goes on last, and the whole tree seems to stand a little prouder.
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A handmade ornament carries more love than a whole shop of glitter.
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We argue about the lights, we laugh about the tinsel, and the tree ends up perfect anyway.
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Some ornaments are older than the children who hang them, and loved twice as much.
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The tree looks best when every hand in the house has touched it.
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Hang the crooked ornament too. The tree remembers who made it.
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13 Christmas Tree Lights Quotes
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how lovely are thy branches.
Traditional Carol
When the lights come on, the room stops feeling like an ordinary evening.
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Sleigh bells ring, are you listening, in the lane snow is glistening.
Mel Tormé, “The Christmas Song”
Twinkle lights do what no lamp can: they make an ordinary night feel like a promise.
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A tree full of lights is a small sun we keep in the living room.
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The glow on the branches is the warmest light in the whole house.
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Rockin’ around the Christmas tree, let the Christmas spirit ring.
Brenda Lee, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
Norman Vincent Peale
Every bulb is a tiny wish, hung where everyone can see it.
Unknown
The tree lights stay on a little later on the coldest nights.
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Soft light, pine scent, quiet house: that is what December feels like.
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We string the lights slowly, because the glow is half the gift.
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When the tree is lit, even the shadows in the room feel kinder.
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13 Family Gathered Around the Tree Quotes
Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard or too sad when you’ve got a Christmas tree in the living room.
Nora Roberts
At Christmas, all roads lead home.
Marjorie Holmes
I’ll be home for Christmas, you can plan on me.
Bing Crosby, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”
There’s no place like home for the holidays.
Perry Como, “There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays”
Christmas is a time when you get homesick — even when you’re home.
Carol Nelson
The tree is where the family gathers, and the gathering is the gift.
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Presents fade, but the picture of everyone around the tree stays.
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Have yourself a merry little Christmas, let your heart be light.
Judy Garland, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
The best mornings of December start beside a lit tree and a warm cup.
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We gather around the tree the way we gather around the people we love.
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A family photo by the tree is worth a whole album of ordinary days.
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The tree holds the gifts, but the room holds the people who matter.
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Christmas morning begins the moment small feet run to the tree.
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13 Nostalgic Christmas Tree Quotes
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
Charles Dickens
The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood.
Richard Paul Evans
I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It’s not bad at all really. Maybe it just needs a little love.
Linus Van Pelt, A Charlie Brown Christmas
Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.
Edna Ferber
In my heart is a Christmas tree farm, where the people would come to dance under sparkling lights.
Taylor Swift, “Christmas Tree Farm”
The ornaments we kept are the Christmases we never want to forget.
Unknown
Every December, the tree brings back the child we used to be.
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He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.
Roy L. Smith
The tree my grandmother trimmed is gone, but I still hang her ornaments first.
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Some trees are remembered not for how they looked, but for who stood beside them.
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The pine scent in the hallway still takes me straight back to childhood.
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We keep the oldest ornaments because they hold the most Christmases.
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A Christmas tree is a small piece of the past, lit up in the present.
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14 Short Christmas Tree Quotes & Captions
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind.
Calvin Coolidge
The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays.
W. C. Jones
Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day.
Helen Steiner Rice
Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting.
Thomas S. Monson
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.
Winston Churchill
Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day. It’s a frame of mind.
Kris Kringle, Miracle on 34th Street
Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.
Chinese Proverb
The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.
Buddy, Elf
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
Meredith Willson
Lit tree, warm hearts, quiet night.
Unknown
The tree is up, the lights are on, the season has begun.
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All is calm, all is bright, all is home.
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Merry and bright, from our tree to yours.
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Keep your favourite Christmas tree quote close, for cards, captions and the quiet evenings when the lights are on and the house feels full. After all, the tree is only wood and light — the magic is who gathers around it.
