Christmas is the time for celebration and parties. The festive spirit of the season is so infectious that it is tough to be grumpy during this time of the year. Christmas is a time of reverence and prayers too, but the seriousness never overshadows the jovial essence of Christmas. The popular commentators of our times have always managed to see the amusing side of our society and culture, of which Christmas is an irrefutable contributor. Christmas seems to bring out the best or worst, as you wish to look at it, of human behavior and society; be it our ever-growing penchant for commercialism and competitiveness, conformity to a certain lifestyle under various pressures, etc. And many have given us some tasty food for thought with their observant remarks regarding this phenomenon. If you ever need to use an icebreaker for a conversation or just lighten up proceedings, these witty utterances are sure shot winners. Go through some of these witty Christmas quotes given below and make sure there is no shortage of smiles this Christmas.
Witty Christmas Sayings
Spread the cheer and make everyone laugh by sharing some the witty Christmas quotes by famous personalities given in this article.
Witty Christmas Quotes
- Christmas is the Disneyfication of Christianity - Don Cupitt
- In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called it 'Hanukkah' and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy Hanukkah!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!' - Dave Barry
- Were it not for the shepherds, there would have been no reception. And were it not for a group of stargazers, there would have been no gifts - Max Lucado, God Came Near
- Christmas is a race to see which gives out first - your money or your feet – Anonymous
- Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas - Johnny Carson
- The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin - Jay Leno
- Even before Christmas has said Hello, it's saying ''Buy Buy'' - Robert Paul
- From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it - Katharine Whitehorn
- Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven - W. C. Fields
- Let me see if I've got this Santa business straight. You say he wears a beard, has no discernible source of income and flies to cities all over the world under cover of darkness? You sure this guy isn't laundering illegal drug money? - Tom Armstrong
- Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people once a year - Victor Borge
- Anyone who believes that men are the equal of women has never seen a man trying to wrap a Christmas present - Anonymous
- I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white man would be coming into my neighborhood after dark - Dick Gregory
- Santa Claus wears a red suit, he must be a communist. And a beard and long hair; must be a pacifist. What's in that pipe that he's smoking? - Arlo Guthrie
- There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmastime. Mature, responsible grown men wear neckties made of holly leaves and drink alcoholic beverages with raw egg yolks and cottage cheese in them - P.J. O'Rourke
- Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the next year - P. J. O'Rourke
- Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously? - Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes