*In our best Noddy Holder voice* It’s Chriiiiissssstmas (Picture: Getty)

It’s finally that day. You’ve made it to the end of your advent calendar and that means it’s Christmas!

Whether you woke up at the crack of dawn to see if Santa had been or you’re enjoying a leisurely, slow morning, Christmas Day should be enjoyed however you please.

After fun, family time, festive gift giving and of course Christmas dinner favourites, you might want to send your friends a social media message.

Or perhaps you forgot to send that last card (it’s okay, you can blame it on the Royal Mail strikes!) – and need to text a Christmas message to a distant family member ASAP.

Whatever the case, these Christmassy quotes and greetings should solve the problem.

The best festive quotes for Christmas

‘Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values’ – Thomas S. Monson

Whether you’re religious or not, there’s a Christmas quote here to use (Picture: Getty)

‘Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection’ – Winston Churchill

‘I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year’ – Charles Dickens

‘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 is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace’ – Pope Francis

‘Christmas is the day that holds all time together’ – Alexander Smith

‘Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart’ – Washington Irving

‘And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time’ – Jesus Christ

‘Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone’ – Charles M. Schulz

Christmas is all about family, hospitality and connection (Picture: Getty)

The best festive short greetings to send on Christmas Day

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.

Happy holidays! Hope you enjoy the festive season with your loved ones.

May this Christmas end the present year on a cheerful note and make way for a fresh and bright New Year. Here’s wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

You make the stars shine brighter and the winter days warmer just by being in my life. Merry Christmas to my favourite person in the world.

May you feel all the love and joy I have for you throughout this festive season and all year round. Having you as my friend brings me great joy.

Celebrate the wonder and the joy of the festive season. Merry Christmas!

If you need a last minute greeting, try these (Picture: Getty)

To a joyful present and a well remembered past. Best wishes for happy holidays, and a magnificent New Year.

This festive season is so much more than Christmas parties and gift giving. May your Christmas be filled with the true miracles and meaning of this beautiful time

It was so wonderful to spend the holidays with you (in person!) this year. Have a very happy Christmas.

‘Tis the season to be jolly.

Christmas is about more than the gifts. It’s about the food. Just kidding! Merry Christmas.

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