157 Best Christmas Instagram Captions for 2023

'Tis the season for taking pictures! If you're like us, your camera roll is especially festive this time of year and you're likely sharing more photos too. From the fam jam trimming the tree in matching pajamas to Christmas cookie decorating, this time of year serves up a sleigh full of Instagram-worthy moments. All those holly-jolly photos deserve equally festive Christmas captions, which might lead you to ask, "What are good Christmas captions for Instagram?"

Here, we offer the ultimate list of Christmas Instagram captions that will you get through the entire holiday season, no matter what the occasion. Posting about that special someone? We've included Christmas captions for couples and flirty options, like "All I want for Christmas is you!" Decided against sending cards this year but still want to spread cheer? Post the annual family Christmas photo along with heartfelt Merry Christmas wishes for everyone.

You can go the classic route with captions like "May your days be merry and bright," keep it super short and simple by letting some festive emojis do the talking, or nod to a nostaligic Christmas movie with a favorite quote. Want to one-up your dad's dad jokes? Look snow further—you'll find plenty of hilariously clever Christmas captions too! Whatever direction you decide to go, these cute, funny phrases will help you sleigh the Instagram game this year.

Short Instagram Captions for Christmas

woman taking a selfie in front of a christmas tree

Maskot

Christmas mode: activated
Tis the season!
Time to deck the halls
Feeling holly-jolly
Dashing through the snow.
Celebrating the season.
Rocking around the Christmas tree
Ready for the first day of Christmas
Where's the mistletoe?
Cheers to the holidays!
Feeling festive.
All wrapped up with a bow.
So frosty.
Dreaming of a white Christmas
Hurry down the chimney.
Tinsel time.

Funny Christmas Captions

happy couple with dog labrador retriever waiting for the new year

Vasyl Dolmatov

Dear Santa...I can explain.
Christmas calories don't count.
Never fir-get.
Most likely to watch the same Christmas movies every year.
Me, 11 months of the year: "Slay." Me in December: "Sleigh."
Let's get lit!
Festive AF.
Might as well sleep under the tree because we all know I'm the gift in the family.
All I want for Christmas is ~~you~~ food.
Dreaming of a white Christmas (but if the white runs out, I'll drink the red).
Bah, humbug.
Forget the figgy pudding, I want cookies!
Relationship status: Single and ready to jingle.
Red wine pairs well with a crazy family.
It's the most wonderful time for a beer.
Feelin' frosty.
My Christmas spirit is whiskey.
Petition to celebrate Christmas year-round. Sign below!
Consider this photo my Christmas card to all of you.
I hope the reindeer eat the naughty list.
The Festival of Lights? More like the Festival of Carbs.
Dear Santa ... define "nice."
December isn't over yet, but I already understand how the Grinch felt.
Christmas cheer? I thought you said Christmas beer...
Feliz naughty dog.
To-do list: Eat, drink, nap.
Has anyone ever actually had figgy pudding?
'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring (except for people with kids who still believe in Santa).
I'm on the naughty list.
Most parents: Don't forget to leave out milk and cookies! Me, an intellectual: Santa told Mommy he wants wine this year.
'Tis the season for stretchy pants.
Naughty is the new nice.
Ho^3
That's a wrap! No, seriously—I finally finished wrapping the gifts.
It's beginning to *cost* a lot like Christmas...
One more cookie and I swear I'll fit in the Santa costume.
Current status: ready for a long winter's nap.
I'm on the naughty list, and I regret nothing.

Cute Christmas Captions

bernardbodo

Felt jolly, might delete later.
In our Santa era. [You might also be in your jingle era, your Nutcracker era, your ugly Christmas sweater era… you get the picture.]
Too many decorations? No such thing.
We have great chemis-tree.
It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.
May your days be merry and bright.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care.
My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others.
If kisses were snowflakes, I'd send you a blizzard.
All is calm, all is bright.
I got all spruced up for the holidays.
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
The elves did it.
Love the giver more than the gift.
Meet me under the mistletoe.
When life gives you snow, make snow angels.
Although it's been said, many times, many ways...Merry Christmas to you
My favorite color is Christmas lights.
Make it a December to remember.
I'm only a morning person on December 25th.
What happens under the mistletoe stays under the mistletoe.
One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day.
You rock my Christmas socks.
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
All I want for Christmas is you!
Snuggled up together, like two birds of a feather would be...
As you get older, your Christmas list gets shorter—because the things you really want can't be bought.

Christmas Captions Using Emojis

Maksym Azovtsev

O 🎄, O 🎄. How lovely are your branches!
🎅➡️🏠
He's making a 📝 and checking it ✌
Look ⬆️...🎅 is coming!
I'm on the 😈 📝
I'm on the 😇📝
There's ❄️ place like 🏡
Every time a 🔔 rings an 😇 gets its wings.
Rebel without a 🎅
Up to ❄️ good.
✌on 🌎 and 👍 will to 👱👩
All I want for Christmas is 🍕
To-do list: 1.🍴2.🍷3. 😴
😈 or 😇?
It was 💗 at ❄️ sight.
Lit up like a 🎄!
🌰 roasting on an open 🔥
🍪? Check. 🥛 ? Check.
Oh 🦌!
Fizz the season 🍾
🏠 for the holidays
Not a creature was stirring, not even a 🐭

Punny Christmas Captions

LuckyBusiness

Treat yo'elf.
#Sleigh.
Let's get elf'd up.
Namasleigh.
There's snow place like home.
All the jingle ladies, all the jingle ladies.
Have your elf a merry little Christmas.
Your presents is requested.
I only have ice for you.
Resting Grinch face.
The snuggle is real.
It was love at frost sight.
Believe in your elf.
I’m feelin’ pine.
But wait—there's myrrh.
It’s the most wine-derful time of the year.
He came, he thawed, he conquered.
Sleigh my name, sleigh my name.
Snow boots and ice and nothing is nice.
Rebel without a Claus.
Yule be sorry.
Birch, please.
It's s'more than a feeling.
Up to snow good.
Ho, ho, ho? More like ha, ha, ha.
But first, let’s take an elfie.
Make it rein.
Walking in a winter punderland.
Say it ain't snow!
The forecast is un-brrr-lieveable.
I'm all spruced up.
Don't get your tinsel in a tangle.
I'll be ho-ho-home for Christmas.
Me everyday: slay. Me in December: sleigh.
Dear Santa Paws, I’ve been a very good boy this year. [for Christmas dog and puppy photos]

Christmas Captions Inspired by Movie Quotes

Santa Claus sharing smart phone with children

LuckyBusiness

"Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings." — It's a Wonderful Life
"It’s a beaut, Clark." — 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
"Looks great. Little full, lotta sap." — Christmas Vacation
"I believe, I believe. It’s silly but I believe." — Miracle on 34th Street
"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 to finish, we’ll snuggle." — Elf
"The Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. Maybe Christmas, he thought ... doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps ... means a little bit more!" — How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
"Christmas was on its way. Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas, upon which the entire kid year revolved." — A Christmas Story
"Treat every day like Christmas." — Elf
"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
"You stink. You smell like beef and cheese, you don't smell like Santa." — Elf
"Merry Christmas, you filthy animal." — Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
"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
"You'll shoot your eye out, kid." — A Christmas Story
"The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear." — Elf
"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
"I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year." — A Christmas Carol

Kelly O'Sullivan

Senior Editor

Kelly O’Sullivan is the senior editor for The Pioneer Woman and manages the website’s social channels, in addition to overseeing content strategy and news.