Son of a Nutcracker! 90+ Funny and Iconic Quotes from Your Favorite Christmas Movies

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 Story are 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 90+ of the best Christmas movie quotes.

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Best Christmas Movie Quotes

Elf Quotes

1. "You have such a pretty face. You should be on a Christmas card." —Buddy

2. "Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?" —Buddy

3. "I planned out our whole day. First we make snow angels for two hours, and then we’ll go ice skating, and then we’ll eat a whole roll of Tollhouse Cookie Dough as fast as we can, and then to finish, we’ll snuggle." —Buddy

4. “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” –Buddy

5. “I am a cotton-headed ninny muggins!” –Buddy

6. “I just like to smile. Smiling’s my favorite.” –Buddy

7. “Son of a nutcracker!” –Buddy

8. “SANTA! Oh my God! Santa, here?! I know him! I know him!” –Buddy

9. “He’s an angry elf.” –Buddy

10. “You stink! You smell like beef and cheese, you don’t smell like Santa.” –Buddy

11. “This place reminds me of Santa’s Workshop. Except it smells like mushrooms and everyone looks like they want to hurt me.” –Buddy

Related: More Quotes from the Movie Elf

How the Grinch Stole Christmas Quotes

12. “No one should be alone on Christmas.” —Cindy Lou Who

13. “Now you listen to me, young lady! Even if we’re horribly mangled, there’ll be no sad faces on Christmas.” —The Grinch

14. “Holiday who-be what-ee?” —The Grinch

15. “Be it ever so heinous, there’s no place like home.” —The Grinch

16. “HELP ME…I’m FEELING.” —The Grinch

17. "I could use a little social interaction.” —The Grinch

18. “Am I just eating because I’m bored?” —The Grinch

19. “Cheer up, dude. It’s Christmas.” —The Grinch

20. "Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more." —The Grinch

Related: More Quotes From How the Grinch Stole Christmas

A Christmas Story Quotes

21. “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.” —Santa Claus

22. “I triple-dog-dare ya!” —Schwartz

23. “Nadafinga!” —Old Man Parker

24. “Fraa-jeel-aay! It must be Italian!” —Old Man Parker

25. “Oh my god, I shot my eye out!” —Ralphie Parker

26. “Meatloaf, smeatloaf, double beatloaf. I hate meatloaf.” —Randy Parker

27. "I can't put my arms down." —Randy Parker

28. "He looks like a deranged Easter Bunny.” —Old Man Parker

29. "Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man.” —Ralphie Parker

Related: More Quotes from A Christmas Story

Home Alone Quotes

30. "Keep the change, ya filthy animal." —Gangster Johnny

31. “Will you please tell Santa that instead of presents this year, I just want my family back.” –Kevin McCallister

32. “Guys, I’m eating junk and watching rubbish! You better come out and stop me!” –Kevin McCallister

33. "Look what you did you little jerk.” –Uncle Frank

34. "You're what the French call 'les incompetents.'" –Linnie McCallister

35. "Buzz, your girlfriend. Woof!" –Kevin McCallister

36. "This house is so full of people it makes me sick. When I grow up and get married, I'm living alone." –Kevin McCallister

Related: More Quotes from Home Alone and Home Alone: Where Are They Now?

Jingle All the Way Quotes

37. "Put that cookie down!" –Howard Langston

38. "I'm not a pervert! I just was looking for Turbo Man doll!" –Howard Langston

39. "I'm gonna deck your halls, bub." —Santa Claus

40. "It's Turbo time!" —Howard Langston

The Santa Clause Quotes

41. "Just because you can't see something, doesn't mean it doesn't exist." —Charlie Calvin

42. "Down the chimney? You want me to take the toys down the chimney into a strange house, IN MY UNDERWEAR?" —Scott Calvin

43. "We're your worst nightmare. Elves with attitude." —E.L.F.S. Leader

44. Charlie: "Look! You're flying!"
Scott Calvin: "It's OK, I'm used to it. I lived through the '60s."

45. "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! When I wake up, I'm getting a CAT scan!" —Scott Calvin

46. "I'm in big trouble." —Scott Calvin

47. Charlie: "What'd it feel like, Dad?"
Scott Calvin: "It felt like America's Most Wanted."

48. "Everybody likes Denny's, it's an American institution." —Scott Calvin

49. "You put on the suit, you're the big guy." —Bernard

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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Quotes

50. "Looks great. Little full, lotta sap." —Clark Griswold

51. "Eat my rubber!" —Clark Griswold

52. "This isn't charity. It's family." —Clark Griswold

53. "Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?" —Clark Griswold

54. "I don't know what to say, except it's Christmas, and we're all in misery." —Ellen Griswold

55. "Worse?! How could they get any worse? Take a look around you, Ellen! We're at the threshold of hell!!" —Clark Griswold

56. "When Santa squeezes his fat white a*s down that chimney tonight, he's gonna find the jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse." —Clark Griswold

57. "Save the neck for me, Clark!" —Cousin Eddie

58. “Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?” —Clark Griswold

59. “I don’t want to spend the holidays dead!” —Ellen Griswold

60. “Think you might be overdoing it, Dad?” —Rusty Griswold

Related: More Quotes from Christmas Vacation

The Nightmare Before Christmas Quote

61. "Just because I cannot see it, doesn't mean I can't believe it!" —Jack Skellington