Christmas is a special time of year. It’s full of joy, love, and of course, delicious food! And whether for social media or old-school Christmas cards, it’s nice to share your thoughts. That’s why I’ve gathered 125 Christmas food quotes.
The holiday season brings families together around the dinner table. From roast turkey to gingerbread cookies, Christmas meals are a big part of the festive season.
They capture the magic of holiday cooking and eating.
These quotes come from all sorts of places. Some are from Christmas movies, others from famous chefs. You might even find a line from a Charlie Brown Christmas!
They show different ways people think about Christmas food. Some talk about Santa Claus and his cookies. Others focus on family recipes passed down through generations.
Whether you’re looking for Christmas greetings or just want to get in the spirit, these quotes will help. They might even give you ideas for your Christmas cards!
So, are you ready for a merry little Christmas full of tasty treats? Let’s dive into these mouth-watering quotes and get hungry for the holidays!
125 Christmas Food Quotes
- “During Christmas, all roads lead home, and the scent of our food guides you to our restaurant.” – Anonymous
- “May your plate be full, and your heart even fuller this Christmas.” – Anonymous
- “This season is all about feasting, and our tables are set with joy.” – Anonymous
- “In every bite, you can taste the spirit of Christmas at our tables.” – Anonymous
- “Our restaurant’s Christmas menu is the gift that keeps on giving.” – Anonymous
- “The most treasured things passed down from generation to generation are the family recipes.” – Robert St. John
- “Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.” – Samuel Pepys
- “There is nothing that makes me happier than sitting around the dinner table and talking until the candles are burned down.” – Madeleine L’Engle
- “The best meals are those prepared by loving hands.” – Ken Poirot
- “I’m eating it quick… but I’ll remember it a long time.” – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- “Christmas is the perfect time to savor the magic of our culinary creations.” – Anonymous
- “We’re spreading Christmas cheer, one meal at a time.” – Anonymous
- “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is sharing a meal with friends and loved ones at our restaurant.” – Anonymous
- “Our restaurant is where the magic of Christmas meets the art of cuisine.” – Anonymous
- “Savoring Christmas, one bite at a time, at our restaurant.” – Anonymous
- “When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach.” – Agatha Christie
- “When in doubt, ingest carbs.” – Rachel Cohn
- “There is no more sincere love than the love of food.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “You don’t need a silver fork to eat good food.” – Paul Prudhomme
- “Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together.” – Guy Fieri
- “It’s not just food; it’s a Christmas love story on your plate.” – Anonymous
- “More than meals, we serve Christmas memories at our restaurant.” – Anonymous
- “Every dish is a Christmas gift to your taste buds at our restaurant.” – Anonymous
- “May your days be merry and bright with the flavors of our Christmas cuisine.” – Anonymous
- “Celebrate the magic of Christmas with a feast that only our restaurant can offer.” – Anonymous
- “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf
- “I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.” – Erma Bombeck
- “It’s so beautifully arranged on the plate – you know someone’s fingers have been all over it.” – Julia Child
- “There’ll be parties for hosting, marshmallows for toasting, and caroling out in the snow.” – Edward Pola and George Wyle
- “It’s fruitcake weather!” – Truman Capote
- “The secret ingredient of our Christmas menu? A dash of love in every dish.” – Anonymous
- “The warmth of Christmas, served piping hot at our restaurant.” – Anonymous
- “In the hustle and bustle of the holidays, our restaurant is your cozy refuge for festive feasting.” – Anonymous
- “Christmas lights twinkle, but our dishes dazzle at our restaurant.” – Anonymous
- “A plate of our Christmas delights is the greatest gift you can give yourself.” – Anonymous
- “Best of all are the decorations the grandchildren have made — fat little stars and rather crooked Santas, shaped out of dough and baked in the oven.” – Gladys Bagg Taber
- “The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood.” – Richard Paul Evans
- “Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” – Washington Irving
- “Christmas now surrounds us, happiness is everywhere. Our hands are busy with many tasks as carols fill the air.” – Shirley Sallay
- “Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard or too sad when you’ve got a Christmas tree in the living room.” – Nora Roberts
- “We’re making your Christmas wishes come true, one dish at a time.” – Anonymous
- “At our restaurant, we believe that the true spirit of Christmas is best savored with every delicious bite.” – Anonymous
- “All I want for Christmas is food.” – Anonymous
- “Feast mode activated.” – Anonymous
- “POV: about to be in a food coma.” – Anonymous
- “Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” – Hamilton Wright Mabie
- “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” – Elf
- “I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.” – Harlan Miller
- “Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.” – John J. Geddes
- “Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together.” – Rosie Thomas
- “Pull up a chair.” – Anonymous
- “When the Christmas dinner hits.” – Anonymous
- “Christmas cookie crew.” – Anonymous
- “Pie not?” – Anonymous
- “Hot chocolate weather.” – Anonymous
- “Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.” – Larry Wilde
- “Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day; it’s a frame of mind.” – Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street
- “The light of the Christmas star to you. The warmth of home and hearth to you. The cheer and goodwill of friends to you.” – Sherryl Woods
- “Christmas enters, streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope and singing carols of forgiveness high up in the bright air.” – Maya Angelou
- “When we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans.” – Sigrid Undset
- “There’s no place like Grandma’s kitchen.” – Anonymous
- “Dinner is better when we eat together.” – Anonymous
- “Seconds and thirds are a Christmas dinner necessity.” – Anonymous
- “Eat, drink, and be merry!” – Anonymous
- “Too many elves in the kitchen…” – Anonymous
- “Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money.” – Unknown
- “There’s nothing cozier than a Christmas tree all lit up.” – Jenny Han
- “At Christmas, all roads lead home.” – Marjorie Holmes
- “Christmas isn’t about candy canes, or lights all aglow, it’s the hearts that we touch, and the care that we show.” – Mickey’s Christmas Carol
- “Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” – Norman Vincent Peale
- “All baked with love.” – Anonymous
- “Save room for dessert.” – Anonymous
- “Food tastes better when you eat it with your family.” – Anonymous
- “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” – Anonymous
- “Keep calm and (Christmas) feast on.” – Anonymous
- “Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” – Charles M. Schulz
- “The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays.” – W.C. Jones
- “Christmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.” – Freya Stark
- “Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.” – Margaret Thatcher
- “Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.” – Janice Maeditere
- “I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas. It brings people together while time stands still.” – Rachel Cohn
- “Remember, if Christmas isn’t found in your heart, you won’t find it under a tree.” – Charlotte Carpenter
- “We are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder
- “A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!” – Charles Dickens
- “For me growing up, Christmas was always just comforting.” – Carrie Underwood
- “Christmas magic is silent. You don’t hear it — you feel it, you know it, you believe it.” – Anonymous
- “That’s what Christmas memories are made from, they’re not planned, they’re not scheduled, nobody puts them in their Blackberry, they just happen.” – Anonymous
- “Christmas is the perfect excuse to eat more dessert.” – Anonymous
- “The calories don’t count during Christmas dinner.” – Anonymous
- “A Christmas feast is love made visible.” – Anonymous
- “Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart.” – The Polar Express
- “Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.” – Winston Churchill
- “Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves.” – Eric Sevareid
- “Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.” – B.C. Forbes
- “Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” – Alexander Smith
- “The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” – Burton Hills
- “Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
- “Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today’s Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday.” – Gladys Taber
- “Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away.” – Norman Wesley Brooks
- “Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us.” – David Cameron
- “Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” – Washington Irving
- “Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” – Edna Ferber
- “Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind.” – Calvin Coolidge
- “Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.” – Pope Francis
- “Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting.” – Thomas S. Monson
- “Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered.” – Phyllis Diller
- “A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Christmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness.” – Mo Rocca
- “Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” – Charles M. Schulz
- “Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving, and of families united.” – Norman Vincent Peale
- “Christmas is a time when you get homesick – even when you’re home.” – Carol Nelson
- “Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality.” – Washington Irving
- “Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.” – Winston Churchill
- “Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.” – Margaret Thatcher
- “Christmas is not just a time for festivity and merry making. It is more than that. It is a time for the contemplation of eternal things.” – Calvin Coolidge
- “Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want and their kids pay for it.” – Richard Lamm
- “Christmas is a time to open our hearts to God and his gifts.” – Unknown
- “What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store? What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?” – Dr. Seuss – “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”
- “Christmas is a time for families.” – Dorothy Koomson
- “Christmas is a time when you get homesick – even when you’re home.” – Carol Nelson
- “Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year – and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority.” – W.J. Cameron
- “Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.” – Ruth Carter Stapleton
- “Christmas is the season of eggnog and cookies, laughter and love, and the warmth of family gathered around the table.” – Unknown
- “The best Christmas gift is a full belly and a happy heart.” – Anonymous
- “On Christmas Eve, we are all children, eagerly awaiting the feast that Santa – or Mom – has prepared.” – Unknown
Final Thoughts
Food is a big part of Christmas. These quotes show how important it is to the holiday season.
From Santa Claus’s cookies to grand family feasts, food brings us together. It’s one of the best ways to show we’re loving others.
Remember, Christmas isn’t just about perfect meals. Some of the most glorious messes happen in the kitchen on Christmas Day!
These quotes remind us of the real spirit of Christmas. It’s not just about what we eat, but who we share it with.
Whether you’re dreaming of a white Christmas or a table full of color, food makes it special. It turns a regular day into a festive season.
So, use these quotes in your Christmas cards, Instagram caption, or at your dinner table to really capture the spirit of the season. They might become your new favorite Christmas greetings!
Food, like a good Christmas song, can warm our hearts. It helps us create memories that last long after the Christmas season ends. And sharing and caring is what the true meaning of Christmas is all about.
Let’s embrace the joy of holiday cooking and eating. After all, that’s what makes it a truly merry little Christmas!
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