Nothing makes it feel like the holidays are coming quite like Christmas music, so we have put together a list of all the best Christmas song lyrics for your next post. And if you’re looking for short Christmas quotes for Instagram, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Christmas Song Lyrics for Captions
“I don’t want a lot for Christmas.” – All I Want for Christmas Is You, Michael Bublé
“There’s glitter on the floor after the party” – “New Year’s Day” Taylor Swift
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.” – White Christmas, Bing Crosby
“Let the Christmas spirit ring.” – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee
“We can leave the Christmas lights up ‘til January” – “Lover” Taylor Swift
“And I’ll chance a dance beneath the mistletoe.” – Christmas Rappin’, Kurtis Blow
“Calendar picture, frozen landscape.” – Christmas Wrapping, The Waitresses
“At the Christmas party hop.” – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee
“Yes, it feels like Christmas.” – 8 Days of Christmas, Destiny‘s Child
“Throw your arms around the world at Christmas time.” – Do They Know It’s Christmas?, Band Aid
“Fell in love on Christmas night.” – Santa Tell Me, Ariana Grande
“Let’s hope it’s a good one.” – Happy Xmas (War Is Over), John Lennon
“Oh, I got red lights all around.” – Driving Home for Christmas, Chris Rea
“Happy golden days of yore.” – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Michael Bublé
“A-gifts I’m preparing for some Christmas sharing.” – Zat You Santa Claus, Buster Poindexter and His Banshees of Blue
“May your days be merry and bright.” – White Christmas, Bing Crosby
“Please, don’t cry no tears now, it’s Christmas, baby.” – Snowman, Sia
“Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.” – Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Michael Bublé
“So next Christmas. I’m not all alone, boy.” – Santa Tell Me, Ariana Grande
“Doesn’t it feel like Christmas?.” – 8 Days of Christmas, Destiny‘s Child
“He’d say, Merry Christmas and to all a good night.” – Christmas Rappin’, Kurtis Blow
“Raise up cups of Christmas cheer.” – Christmas Wrapping, The Waitresses
“And the whole wide world is filled with cheer.” – Christmas in Hollis, Run-D.M.C.
“Santa won’t you bring me the one I really love.” – All I Want for Christmas Is You, Michael Bublé
“‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house.” – Christmas Rappin’, Kurtis Blow
“Last Christmas I gave you my heart.” – Last Christmas, Wham!
“Merry Christmas, merry Christmas.” – Christmas Wrapping, The Waitresses
“It was Christmas Eve babe.” – Fairytale of New York, The Pogues
“They picked out a home and called it a holiday house” – “The Last Great American Dynasty” Taylor Swift
“Let them know it’s Christmas time again. Feed the world.” – Do They Know It’s Christmas?, Band Aid
“At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade.” – Do They Know It’s Christmas?, Band Aid
“I’m driving home for Christmas.” – Driving Home for Christmas, Chris Rea
“We wanna say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.” – Christmas in Hollis, Run-D.M.C.
“Dom Perignon, you brought it” – “Champagne Problems” Taylor Swift
“Everyone dancin’ merrily.” – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee
“That Christmas magic’s brought this tale.” – Christmas Wrapping, The Waitresses
“I hope you have fun.” – Happy Xmas (War Is Over), John Lennon
“Rockin’ around the Christmas tree.” – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee
“You two are dancing in a snow globe, ‘round and ‘round” – “You Are In Love (Taylor’s Version)” Taylor Swift
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” – It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, Michael Bublé
“And the bells are ringing out. For Christmas day.” – Fairytale of New York, The Pogues
“I still remember the first fall of snow” – “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” Taylor Swift
“You know Christmas? Was made for the children.” – 8 Days of Christmas, Destiny‘s Child
“Folks stayed in to party down.” – Christmas Rappin’, Kurtis Blow
“Have a holly jolly Christmas.” – Holly Jolly Christmas, Michael Bublé
“On the 8th day of Christmas, my baby gave to me.” – 8 Days of Christmas, Destiny‘s Child
“Ho ho the mistletoe.” – Holly Jolly Christmas, Michael Bublé
“Feeling Christmas all around.” – Santa Tell Me, Ariana Grande
“I go back to December all the time” – “Back To December (Taylor’s Version)” Taylor Swift
“Santa Claus is comin’ to town, oh yeah.” – Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, The Jackson 5
“‘Cause it is my favorite holiday.” – Christmas Wrapping, The Waitresses
“Have a happy holiday.” – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee
“Decorate the house with lights at night.” – Christmas in Hollis, Run-D.M.C.
“We were all in the mood so we had a little food.” – Christmas Rappin’, Kurtis Blow
“A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.” – Happy Xmas (War Is Over), John Lennon
“Picture perfect, shiny family. Holiday, peppermint candy” – “Midnight Rain” Taylor Swift
“In my heart is a Christmas tree farm” – “Christmas Tree Farm” Taylor Swift
“Soon they’ll have the nerve to deck the halls” – “Champagne Problems” Taylor Swift
“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid.” – Do They Know It’s Christmas?, Band Aid
“Under the mistletoe, watching the fire glow, and tell me ‘I love you’” – “Christmas Tree Farm” Taylor Swift
“Santa, tell me if he really cares.” – Santa Tell Me, Ariana Grande
“Soon the bells will start.” – It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, Michael Bublé
“’Tis the damn season” – “’Tis the damn season” Taylor Swift
“It’s Christmastime and we got the spirit.” – Christmas in Hollis, Run-D.M.C.
“I can hear those sleigh bells ringing.” – All I Want for Christmas Is You, Michael Bublé
“Laughter fills the air. And everyone is singing.” – All I Want for Christmas Is You, Michael Bublé
“What a bright time, it’s the right time. To rock the night away.” – Jingle Bell Rock, Bobby Helms
“You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear voices singing, ‘Let’s be jolly.’” – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee
“Make my wish come true. You know that all I want for Christmas is you.” – All I Want for Christmas Is You, Michael Bublé
“‘Let it Snow’ is blasting out.” – Santa Tell Me, Ariana Grande
“So happy Christmas.” – Fairytale of New York, The Pogues
“You start to talk about the movies that your family watches every single Christmas” – “Begin Again (Taylor’s Version)” Taylor Swift
“Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin’ feet.” – Jingle Bell Rock, Bobby Helms
“Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock.” – Jingle Bell Rock, Bobby Helms
“But I’d never steal from Santa, ’cause that ain’t right.” – Christmas in Hollis, Run-D.M.C.
“And Santa put gifts under Christmas trees.” – Christmas in Hollis, Run-D.M.C.
“Where the treetops glisten and children listen.” – White Christmas, Bing Crosby
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Winter Couple Captions, Winter Sayings, Inspirational Christmas Quotes and Christmas Family Captions.
Classic Christmas Song Quotes for Instagram Captions
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know.” — Irving Berlin
“What a bright time, it’s the right time, to rock the night away.”– Jingle Bell Rock
“Holidays are joyful, there’s always something new. But ev’ryday’s a holiday, when I’m near to you.”– Merry Christmas, Darling
“Oh the fire is slowly dying. And, my dear, were still good-bye-ing. But as long as you love me so, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.”– Let it Snow
“Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King.”– Joy to the World
“I won’t ask for much this Christmas. I won’t even wish for snow. And I’m just gonna keep on waiting, underneath the mistletoe.”– All I want for Christmas is You
“Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.” —“’Let it Snow”
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know. Where the treetops glisten and children listen, to hear sleigh bells in the snow.”– White Christmas
“Last Christmas, I gave you my heart, but the very next day, you gave it away. This year, to save me from tears, I’ll give it to someone special.”– Last Christmas
“Oh, what a laugh, it would have been, if Daddy had only seen, Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night.”– I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
“Christmas Eve will find me, where the lovelight gleams. I’ll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams.”– I’ll be Home for Christmas
“Merry Christmas baby, sure do treat me nice. You bought me all those good ole presents, I love you baby, rest of my life.”– Merry Christmas Baby
“I’ll have a blue Christmas without you. I’ll be so blue just thinking about you. Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree, won’t be the same dear, if you’re not hear with me.”– Blue Christmas
“O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how faithful are thy branches?”– O Christmas Tree
“Come and trim my Christmas tree, with some decorations bought at Tiffany. I really do believe in you, let’s see if you believe in me.”– Santa Baby
“Jingle Bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way! Oh what fun it is to ride, in a one horse open sleigh.”– Jingle Bells
– 12 Days of Christmas
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, toys in ev’ry store. But the prettiest sight to see, is the holly that will be on your own front door.”– It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
“Grandma got run over by a reindeer, walking home from our Christmas eve. You can say there’s no such thing as Santa, but as for me and Grandpa, we believe.”– Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
“He sees you when you’re sleeping, he knows when you’re awake. He knows when you’ve been bad or good, so be good, for goodness sake!”– Santa Claus is Coming to Town
“Silent night! Holy night! All is calm! All is bright!”– Silent Night
“The mood is right, the spirits up. We’re here tonight and that’s enough. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time.” – Wonderful Christmas Time
“May your days be merry and bright.” — White Christmas
“Silver bells, silver bells, it’s Christmas time in the city. Ring-a-ling, hear them ring, soon it will be Christmas day.”– Silver Bells
“There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found, for when they placed it on his head, he began to dance around!”– Frosty the Snowman
“Away in a manger, no crib for a bed. The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.”– Away in a Manger
“Hark now, hear the angels sing, a King was born today.”
“On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: a partridge in a pear tree.”
“But I’d never steal from Santa, cause that ain’t right. So I’m going home to mail it back to him that night. But when I got home I bugged, cause under the tree, was a letter from Santa, and all the dough was for me!”– Christmas in Hollis
“Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy, do you hear what I hear?”– Do You Hear What I Hear?
“A very Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Let’s hope it’s a good one, without any fear.”– Happy Xmas (War is Over)
– Mary’s Boy Child
“Christmas time is here, happiness and cheer. Fun for all that children call, their favorite time of year.”– Christmas Time is Here
“Rocking around the Christmas tree, have a happy holiday. Everyone dancing merrily, in a new old-fashioned way.”– Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
“There’ll be parties for hosting, marshmallows for toasting and caroling out in the snow.”– It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
“Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? In the lane, snow is glistening. A beautiful sight, we’re happy tonight. Walking in a winter wonderland.”– Winter Wonderland
“Joy to the world, the Lord is come, let earth receive her King.”– Joy to the World
“Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa la la la la, la la la la. Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la, la la la la.”– Deck the Halls
“Have yourself a merry little Christmas. Let your heart be light. From now on your troubles will be out of sight.”– Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.” – White Christmas
“Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows.”– Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
“Good tidings we bring to you and your kin. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.”– We Wish You a Merry Christmas
“Christmas won’t be the same without you. Christmas won’t be the same if you go. You’re all I need to see, standing by my Christmas tree. ‘Cause Christmas won’t be the same without you.”– Christmas Won’t be the Same Without You
“’Tis the season to be jolly!” — “Deck the Halls”
“And so, I’m offering this simple phrase to kids from one to 92. Although it’s been said many times, many ways, Merry Christmas to you.”– The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
“I really can’t stay (but baby, its’s cold outside). I’ve got to go away (but baby, it’s cold outside).”– Baby It’s Cold Outside
Short Christmas Quotes for Captions
“Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.” — Kin Hubbard
“Let us keep Christmas beautiful without a thought of greed.” — Ann Garnett Schultz
“Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.” — Peg Bracken
“Christmas to me is as many people as possible happy.” — Tupac Shakur
“Christmas day is a day of joy and charity.” — Phillips Brooks
“Baby it’s cold outside.” — Dean Martin
“I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story.” – Fred Rogers
“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” — Edna Ferber
“The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays.” — W.C. Jones
“Christmas is a together-y sort of holiday.” Winnie the Pooh
“Christmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.” — Freya Stark
”The main reason Santa is so jolly because he knows where all the bad girls live.” — George Carlin
“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” — Benjamin Franklin
“Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” — Dr. Seuss
“Christmas isn’t just a day—it’s a frame of mind.” — Miracle on 34th Street
”Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip.” — Gary Allan
“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” — W.T. Ellis
“At Christmas, play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.” — Thomas Tusser
“‘White Christmas’ is the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ of Christmas songs.” ― Stewart Stafford
“I believe… I believe… It’s silly, but I believe.” — Miracle on 34th Street
“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” — Roy L. Smith
“The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood.” ― Richard Paul Evans
“Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.” — It’s a Wonderful Life
“Aren’t we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa.” — Bart Simpson
“Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.” — Victor Borge
“Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmastime.” — Charles Dickens
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” — Edward Pola & George Wyle
“Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day.” — Helen Steiner Rice
“Love the giver more than the gift.” — Brigham Young
“Christmas is a box of tree ornaments that have become part of the family.”— Charles M. Schulz
“Christmas day is the children’s, but the holidays are youth’s dancing-time.” — Booth Tarkington
“Christmas works like glue. It keeps us all sticking together.” — Rosie Thomas
“Christmas can’t be bought from a store. Maybe Christmas means a little bit more.” — Dr.Seuss
“At Christmas, all roads lead home.” — Marjorie Holmes
“I heard the bells on Christmas Day.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
So that is it for our list of Christmas Song Lyrics and Quotes for Captions. We hope you found the perfect one!
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Laynni Locke
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