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The funny thing about Christmastime that isn't talked about enough is that—beyond all of the gift exchanges, holiday parties, and other Christmas traditions—it's a holiday that involves a lot of picture taking! Just one scroll through your social media feeds during the month of December is enough to validate this sentiment! 😂 You likely know what we're saying, too—which just means that you also face the struggles of coming up with a clever holiday caption. But this year, you don't need to! We created a list of the funniest, most cheerful Christmas Instagram captions so that you don't have to do any of the work yourself!
If you're looking for something a little more meaningful, consider a caption that takes inspiration from a classic Christmas movie or a heartwarming Christmas quote. How about using an iconic line from It's a Wonderful Life, or employing a lyric from one of your favorite Christmas songs?
Even if you don't have social media, you can use these sweet sayings as inspiration for what to write in a Christmas card. No matter what you do with them, though, it's clear: These Christmas captions for Instagram will spread tons of holiday cheer in 2023.
Cute Christmas Captions
- Christmas cookie crew.
- Simply having a wonderful Christmastime.
- Shining as bright as the star on my Christmas tree!
- Fa la la la.
- Santa’s favorite.
- Jingle bell rockin'.
- Merry Christmas, one and all!
- My favorite reindeer, right here.
- My favorite people celebrating the ho ho holidays!
- Another holiday with my faves.
- Christmas pajama day and the sweetest faces I ever saw.
- Our annual gingerbread decorating fest was a total success!
- It's Christmas every day with you in my arms.
- Caught the Christmas bug!
- My magical winter wonderland.
- Glowing under these lights.
- Merry, bright, and feeling all right.
- This is definitely not our first holiday rodeo.
- We wish you and your family a Merry Christmas!
- Happy birthday, Jesus!
- Snow fiends!
- My snow angels.
- More mischievous than an Elf on the shelf!
- Until next year, folks!
- Grateful for abundance today.
- I'll wait up for you, dear.
- You're at the top of my Christmas wish list.
- Cuter than an elf on the shelf!
- Love from our merry little home to yours.
- Current location: Our happy place.
Funny Christmas Captions
- Feelin' frosty.
- Say it ain’t snow.
- Blame the elf.
- Sleigh all day.
- Filled our holiday party quota.
- Santa rocks.
- Been an angel all year, I promise!
- Single bells, single bells, single all the way!
- Did you know? The alphabet in December has noel.
- Christmas is lit.
- It's the most wonderful time for a beer.
- We took a few elfies.
- Drop it like it's hot chocolate.
- Make it rein(-deer!).
- Consider this a petition to celebrate Christmas year-round—sign below!
- Today's to-do list: eat, drink, nap, and eat some more.
- Single and ready to jingle.
- A round of Santa-plause for my outfit, please.
- Current status: Full of enough Christmas cookies to fit in Santa's suit.
- Can I get a watt watt? 💡
- It's true: I'm a Christmas tree hugger.
- I become a morning person on December 25th.
- Don't get your tinsel in a tangle.
- Resting Grinch face.
- Dear Santa... I can explain.
- Feast mode, on.
- Really hope one of these presents barks...
- Believe in your elf.
- Sleighing it!
- Santa, can you define "nice"?
Emoji Christmas Captions
- I'm on the 😇📝
- He's making a 📝 and checking it ✌
- Rebel without a 🎅
- ✌on 🌎 and 👍 will to 👱👩
- The 🎁 are nice, but the 🍪🍪🍪 are nicer.
- Up to ❄️ good.
- Are you on the 😈 or 😇 list this year?
- Shining bright like a 🎄
- 🌰 roasting on an open 🔥
- 🎅 is coming!
- So many 🎁 under the 🎄
- Every time a 🔔 rings an 😇 gets its wings.
- Christmas magic is in the air ✨
- ✌on 🌎
- 🍪? Check. 🥛? Check.
- Dashing through the ❄️
- Not a creature was stirring, not even a 🐭
- 🏠 for the holidays.
- Captions from Christmas Movie Quotes
- "We're gonna have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas." —Christmas Vacation
- "Christmas was on its way. Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas, upon which the entire kid year revolved." —A Christmas Story
- "I believe, I believe. It’s silly but I believe." —Miracle on 34th Street
- "Looks great. Little full, lotta sap." —Christmas Vacation
- "We all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket. It’s run by a big Eastern syndicate, you know." —A Charlie Brown Christmas
- "I planned out our whole day. First, we'll make snow angels for two hours, then we'll go ice skating, then we'll eat a whole roll of Toll House cookie dough as fast as we can, and then we'll snuggle." —Elf
- "Treat every day like Christmas." — Elf
- "Christmas isn't just a day, it's a frame of mind."—Miracle on 34th Street
- "Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see." —The Polar Express
- "Next time...we will laugh more, we'll love more; we just won't be so afraid." —The Last Holiday
- "What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?" —How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- "Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings." —It's a Wonderful Life
- "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." —Scrooged
- "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." —Deck the Halls
- "If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love is actually all around." —Love Actually
Captions from Christmas Song Lyrics
- "The party's on, the feeling's here that only comes this time of year." —Paul McCartney
- "Christmas time is here." —Lee Mendelson and Vince Guaraldi
- "It hasn't snowed a single flurry but Santa, dear, we're in a hurry." —Jerry Herman
- "My world is filled with cheer and you this Christmas." —Donny Hathaway
- "What a bright time, it's the right time to rock the night away." —Bobby Helms
- "Although it's been said many times, many ways Merry Christmas to you." —Nat King Cole
- "There'll be much mistletoeing and hearts will be glowing when loved ones are near." —Andy Williams
- "Oh, all these things and more, darlin', that's what Christmas means to me, my love." —Stevie Wonder
- "Hang a shining star upon the highest bough and have yourself a merry little Christmas now." —Judy Garland
- "Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad." —José Feliciano
- "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas just like the ones I used to know." —Bing Crosby
- "Next year, I could be just as good if you check off my Christmas list." —Eartha Kitt
Captions from Christmas Quotes
- “Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance—each beautiful, unique, and gone too soon.” —Deborah Whipp
- "Christmas is the day that holds all time together."—Alexander Smith
- "It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air." —W.T. Ellis
- "Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night." —John J. Geddes
- "When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things, not the great occasions, give off the greatest glow of happiness." —Bob Hope
- "It's easy to forget that life is the greatest gift of all." —Karli Perrin
- "The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting." —Louisa May Alcott
- "Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart." —Brené Brown
- "Into this climate of fear and apprehension, Christmas enters, streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope." —Maya Angelou
- "Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you've got a Christmas tree in the living room." —Nora Roberts
- "As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year." —David Grayson
- "T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." —Clement Clark Moore
- "Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts." —Janice Maeditere
- "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 will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand." —Dr. Seuss
- "Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away." —Norman Wesley Brooks
- "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." —Charles Dickens
- "Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago." —Tom Baker
- "Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone." —Charles M. Schulz
- "At Christmas, all roads lead home." —Marjorie Holmes
Erin Cavoto is the Editorial Assistant at ThePioneerWoman.com, covering food, holidays, home decor, and more.