The holiday season is upon us! Aside from gathering with family and friends, the most wonderful time of the year also calls for bingeing Christmas classics and reciting funny and famous Christmas movie quotes. Home Alone, Elf, and A Christmas Storyare among the many holiday staples known for their memorable quotes.
Whether you need a caption for your festive Instagram snapshot, are looking for a little Christmas cheer courtesy of Buddy the Elf or could use a laugh from one of the Grinch’s (relatable) one-liners—yes, we’re eating because we’re bored!—we’ve rounded up 56 bestChristmas movie quotes.
Elf
1. “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” – Buddy
2. “I am a cotton-headed ninny muggins!” – Buddy
3. “You have such a pretty face. You should be on a Christmas card.” – Buddy
4. “I just like to smile. Smiling’s my favorite.” – Buddy
5. “Son of a nutcracker!” – Buddy
6. “SANTA! Oh my God! Santa, here?! I know him! I know him!” – Buddy
7. “He’s an angry elf.” – Buddy
8. “You stink! You smell like beef and cheese, you don’t smell like Santa.” – Buddy
9. “This place reminds me of Santa’s Workshop. Except it smells like mushrooms and everyone looks like they want to hurt me.” – Buddy
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
10. “No one should be alone on Christmas.” — Cindy Lou Who
11. “Now you listen to me, young lady! Even if we’re horribly mangled, there’ll be no sad faces on Christmas.” — The Grinch
12. “Holiday who-be what-ee?” — The Grinch
13. “Be it ever so heinous, there’s no place like home.” — The Grinch
14. “HELP ME…I’m FEELING.” — The Grinch
15. “I could use a little social interaction.” — The Grinch
16. “Am I just eating because I’m bored?” — The Grinch
17. “Cheer up, dude. It’s Christmas.” — The Grinch
A Christmas Story
18. “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.” — Santa Claus
19. “I triple-dog-dare ya!” — Schwartz
20. “Nadafinga!” — Old Man Parker
21. “Fraa-jeel-aay! It must be Italian!” — Old Man Parker
22. “Oh my god, I shot my eye out!” — Ralphie Parker
23. “Meatloaf, smeatloaf, double beatloaf. I hate meatloaf.” — Randy Parker
Home Alone
24. “Look what you did you little jerk.” – Uncle Frank
25. “Keep the change, you filthy animal.” – Gangster Johnny
26. “You’re what the French call ‘les incompetents.'” – Linnie McCallister
27. “Buzz, your girlfriend. Woof!” – Kevin McCallister
28. “This house is so full of people it makes me sick. When I grow up and get married, I’m living alone.” – Kevin McCallister
Jingle All the Way
29. “Put that cookie down!” – Howard Langston
30. “I’m not a pervert! I just was looking for Turbo Man doll!” – Howard Langston
31. “I’m gonna deck your halls, bub.” — Santa Claus
32. “It’s Turbo time!” — Howard Langston
The Santa Clause
33. Charlie: “Look! You’re flying!”
Scott Calvin: “It’s OK, I’m used to it. I lived through the ’60s.”
34. “Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! When I wake up, I’m getting a CAT scan!” – Scott Calvin
35. “I’m in big trouble.” – Scott Calvin
36. Charlie: “What’d it feel like, Dad?”
Scott Calvin: “It felt like America’s Most Wanted.”
37. “Everybody likes Denny’s, it’s an American institution.” – Scott Calvin
38. “You put on the suit, you’re the big guy.” – Bernard
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
40. “Looks great. Little full, lotta sap.” – Clark Griswold
41. “Eat my rubber!” – Clark Griswold
42. “This isn’t charity. It’s family.” – Clark Griswold
43. “Hallelujah! Holy sh*t! Where’s the Tylenol?” – Clark Griswold
44. “I don’t know what to say, except it’s Christmas, and we’re all in misery.” – Ellen Griswold
45. “Worse?! How could they get any worse? Take a look around you, Ellen! We’re at the threshold of hell!!” – Clark Griswold
46. “When Santa squeezes his fat white a*s down that chimney tonight, he’s gonna find the jolliest bunch of a**holes this side of the nuthouse.” – Clark Griswold
The Nightmare Before Christmas
47. “Just because I cannot see it, doesn’t mean I can’t believe it!” – Jack Skellington
It’s a Wonderful Life
49. “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.” – Zuzu Bailey
50. “Youth is wasted on the wrong people.” – Man on the Porch
51. “I wish I had a million dollars…hot dog!” – George Bailey
52. Clarence: “No, we don’t use money in Heaven.”
George Bailey: “Oh yeah, that’s right. I keep forgetting. Comes in pretty handy down here, bub!”
Miracle on 34th
53. “I believe, I believe, it’s silly, but I believe.” – Susan Walker
54. “Christmas isn’t just a day. It’s a frame of mind.” – Kris Kringle
55. “It’s cold outside. A man’s gotta do something to keep warm.” – Drunk Santa
A Charlie Brown Christmas
56. “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
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