Christmas Eve Quotes: Here Are 17 Inspirational Sayings To Share During The Holidays

Christmas Eve marks a special time during the holiday season that allows families to spend quality time together before diving into Christmas Day festivities.

Before immersing yourself in all things holly and jolly, consider reflecting on the importance of this special time of year.

The quotes below compiled from Wise Sayings and Greeting Card Poet will surely ignite the spirit of Christmas in the biggest grinch and spread joy in hearts everywhere.

Here are 17 to share ahead of the holiday.

"Peace on earth and mercy mild are still possible. On Christmas eve, all things are possible." — Gregg Easterbrook

"Remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under a tree." — Charlotte Carpenter

"It's Christmas Eve! It's the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be." — Bill Murray

"I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year." — Charles Dickens

"Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart...filled it, too, with melody that would last forever." — Bess Streeter Aldrich

"It's not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving." — Mother Theresa

"Christmas Eve ought to be a very joyful evening to us in all its associations, in all the truths which it naturally brings to the soul." — Henry Ward Beecher

"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas." — Calvin Coolidge

"Christmas Eve is the most special day just the way it is." — J.H. Alexander

"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

"What Eve is like the Christmas Eve?... In any land, A day so grand - So pure as Christmas Day." — Louis Charles

"Christmas is the day that holds all time together." — Alexander Smith

"​​Although sometimes things past seem done and gone / On Christmas Eve all Christmases are one." — Burt Porter

"It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air." — William Thomas Ellis

"On Christmas eve the bells were rung; On Christmas eve the mass was sung; That only night in all the year, Saw the stole priest the chalice rear." — Sir Walter Scott

"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love." — Hamilton Wright Mabie

"There was the holy hush in the gray twilight that comes only on Christmas Eve. There were the big flakes of snow that fell as they never fall except on Christmas Eve." — John Fox Jr