24 Meaningful Quotes To Help You Celebrate Christmas

As we swing into the Christmas holidays, we thought we would bring together some meaningful quotes to celebrate Christmas. These are the quotes that resonate with us and the values we hold here at People Development Magazine. From famous and perhaps not-so-famous people, we love every one of these meaningful quotes. You will notice some share buttons at the top and the side of the page, and we would be grateful if you feel inspired to share and bring some well-needed Christmas Joy to your network and your connections.
Thank you, and we wish you a very Merry Christmas!
We love this meaningful quote because Dickens, in his wisdom, encouraged us to “be” in the Christmas spirit all year round. If we could incorporate the attributes of Christmas into our being, then we would truly be living a wonderful life!
You could be forgiven for thinking this is a little like the Chris Rhea song “Driving Home for Christmas”. But we think there is a deeper meaning here. When you are in the true spirit of Christmas, you are residing in your higher self. So you feel abundant, loving, happy, giving and generous. Those states of being are available to us at all times, and when we are in them, we are truly at home. We are in our true state of being. It is who we are.
This meaningful quote caused me to remember reading an article about Nigella Lawson; the author knew her well. He observed that it was like Christmas every day when visiting Nigella’s home. I marvelled at the idea that the energy someone emitted was such that the vibration of giving, love and happiness, which denotes Christmas, was present at all times. And yet, it can be done. Our state of being is a choice. Often, we don’t realise that is the case, and we get bogged down with the daily influences of the world. But what if we did make that choice to recreate the spirit of Christmas every day? It would indeed create magic over this World. Everything would indeed be softer and more beautiful.
There you have it, the central theme of Christmas. It’s the time when you put yourself to one side and think about and love others. The whole dynamic around giving presents, like holiday Jewelry gifts and celebrating together, is just about love. The reason Christmas seems to be becoming more commercialised is that we forget it’s about loving others. Buying gifts becomes a chore, and tensions around families getting together become the predominant factor. Yet in both these scenarios, if we remember it’s all about love, then those responses simply become inappropriate.
Again this meaningful quote is about Christmas is about love. Indeed the conspiratorial tone is endearing. To think the season is engaging the whole world in a conspiracy of love rings so true. It is the season where grievances and judgment should be put aside. It’s the season when people must come together and practice their loving nature.
Christmas time is family time. It is the time when we are grateful for the people in our lives. This meaningful quote makes the point that without the people we love around us, any gift which might appear under the Christmas tree will count for nothing. While it’s nice to give and receive, the real gift is that of connection and relationship.
We are what we think. If you don’t believe in something, then it’s not likely to present very prominently in your life. Christmas is not so much an event, but it is a state of being. It’s a feeling rather than something out there that happens to us. If we truly experience Christmas, inside, then we realise the meaning of Christmas is what we tell ourselves what it means to us.
While we all can relate to Christmas as being a time of rejoicing, we don’t often think about it as a time to reflect. But really if like many Christmas is a time when you feel good about yourself and others, then reflecting on that can be insightful. The truth is we learn best about ourselves and others in a very positive way when we feel good!
So Dr Seuss is making the point here that Christmas is much more than buying gifts and Christmas-related purchases, it means so much more. The meaning of Christmas, whatever that may be for you or others can have a very deep and special meaning.
The sweetness of Christmas is clear to everyone when in that loving, inclusive and magical vibration. Comparing that feeling to candy is a lovely analogy, and most of us can resonate! The truth is we all wish that the spirit or sweetness of Christmas could last forever. And it can! It’s all just a state of mind.
Say Christmas, and you are talking about love. Love is about unconditionally regarding others in a positive light and being a giver. Receiving at Christmas is also an important part of the Christmas love package. Without receiving, there would be no giving. Christmas is a sacred time because our hearts are allowed to expose the love that is always there but can be covered up in the day-to-day grind of living.
If there is one aspect of Christmas which should be maintained no matter what your religious beliefs or level of consciousness about loving yourself and others, it is that of bringing people together. Being alone at Christmas can be excruciating for some of us and we need to do all in our power to connect and help others who are lonely.
Christmas Eve and all the presents are around the Christmas Tree. Santa Claus has been! Knowing that those people who will receive those gifts will be excited, joyful and grateful is one of the most satisfying feelings in the world. The joy of giving and the giving of joy is essential at Christmas.
Christmas is the time for joy! This can be hard for many of us. We are often suffering because we are in hardship or we have lost people we love, or people we love are going through hell. But if we can just raise for a moment our spirit to acknowledge happiness and joy are available to us, then we have climbed out of the status quo. So no matter what the situation we must acknowledge Christmas is the time for joy.
Whether you are religious, spiritual or not, Christmas can be a magical time. The message of goodwill to all men. The act of giving. Being generous to people less fortunate creates certain magic which is difficult to deny. With some simple intention, we all can create a feeling of magic during this Christmas season.
If we could bottle Christmas spirit, I wouldn’t be opening that bottle up every month I’d be taking some daily! Christmas can be the “most wonderful time of the year” and wouldn’t we all like to feel that every day? There is a school of thought though that we live in a world of contrasts. – If we didn’t experience the dark, we wouldn’t appreciate the light. I don’t know about you, but I’d take my chances!
We all get caught up in buying, planning and giving presents at Christmas, whether it’s to our family, communities or even strangers. If we can just pause from the business of it all and take the time to make sure our hearts are wide open. This isn’t always easy. Life can sometimes create situations where to protect ourselves, our hearts are closed. But opening up your heart is like building a muscle, it has to be practised often.
At the centre of our being is our heart. And it is putting Christmas at the centre of our hearts which creates the “air” of Christmas in this meaningful quote. Whatever we feel, whether it be Christmas joy or dark depression, those vibrations travel through the air and are felt by others. In that way, we are always influencing our environment. Christmas is a great opportunity to influence for the good.
The world is usually such a busy place. Of course in the year of COVID, many of us have slowed down. For some of us, it meant we were able to spend more time with our children and family. For others, it’s meant forced separation and the passing of time without seeing people we love. Whatever the situation, we must have begun a deepening appreciation of the time we have. So the gifts of time and love are the dearest anyone can give or receive.
The majority of us look at the World and wish for World peace. World peace will never come unless we can practice peace in our hearts. Finding peace in our hearts means, acceptance, inclusivity, forgiveness and intention for joy. Christmas reminds us whether it’s in our hearts or throughout the World, peace is a possibility.
This meaningful quote is the crux of the Christmas spirit. It’s difficult to love another while nursing a grievance, no matter how small, against them. It’s difficult to give to others when our hearts are filled with resentment or judgment. Truly developing a giving and forgiving nature is not easy, but it is the road to our true self.
Who can remember being a child and getting excited about Santa Claus and the presents he would bring? Who can remember the innocence of being completely accepting of whatever it was our parents were about? Whether your experience was a joyful one, or a difficult one, as a child you were innocent. As the years pass, we lose our innocence and our childlike approach. But Christmas encourages us to find it again.
Christmas truly is like glue. No matter what happens at this time of the year, we go back to the roots of our most fundamental connections We meet up with our relatives and friends, those that are most dear to us. Throughout the year we can be living different lives, but Christmas binds us in a way that no other occasion does.
So we are on Christmas Eve, and many of us in the World are expectantly awaiting the joy and the pleasure of Christmas Day. For some, it might not be such a joyous occasion, but from us here at People Development Magazine, whatever your situation, we wish you HOPE!
So here are our 24 meaningful quotes for Christmas. We do hope you enjoyed reading them. What quotes epitomise Christmas for you?
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR READERS!
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