160 Christmas Instagram Captions to Deck the Halls + Your ‘Gram

No matter how old we get, we can’t deny that there’s some sort of magic that hangs in the air around Christmas. It’s hard to explain! There’s so much anticipation of the morning, the excitement of bringing joy to your friends and family by giving the perfect gift, the pleasure that comes from laying on the couch together like a pile of slugs after Christmas dinner. If you are looking for festive Christmas Instagram captions, holiday captions or even funny Christmas captions or puns….I got you!

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There’s so much prep in the month leading up to Christmas, too. I think that’s why it feels so exciting, to be honest. You’re shopping for a present that will make their eyes light up. You’re decorating the tree on a chilly night. And my personal favourite, hanging Christmas lights outside to spread the cheer. The perfect caption for your Instagram posts or social media is a must for any pics during the happy holiday season.

Sidenote: Christmas lights are amazing. In fact, they might be the best part of the holiday. That’s why some of us love having them up year ‘round. And have we even talked about hot chocolate?

Need a cute Christmas caption? I got you!

All the Captions you Need for the Christmas Season

Anyways…You’re making a list (a Close Friend’s list), you’re checking it twice (to make sure no one is on there who will betray you), you’re trimming the tree, and you’re laying out the perfect outfit for those Christmas dinner pictures. So when you’re getting ready to post, make sure your caption will warm their hearts and fill their belly with laughs the same way our favourite holiday does. It is the most wonderful time of year, filled with snow angels, Santas and festivities. Happy holidays are just around the corner!

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Christmas Instagram Captions

• Dear Santa….define “nice”
• You could say I spruce up well, right?
• Single bells, single bells, single all the way
• Christmas isn’t just a holiday. It’s a state of mind
• Don’t get your tinsel in a tangle
• Been up to snow good!
• Consider this photo my Christmas card to all of you
• Here’s why I didn’t make this year’s nice list…
• Sleigh my name, sleigh my name
• Rebel without a 🎅

• We’re lit like a Christmas tree
• Yule be sorry
• Has anyone ever actually had figgy pudding?
• Merry Elfin Christmas
• Don’t stop believin’ – in Santa
• Ho^3
• Smitten like a pair of mittens
• But wait – there’s myrrh!
• Dreaming of a white Christmas ❄️
• Who jingled your bells?

Christmas Captions & Puns for Instagram

• “Treat every day like Christmas.” — Elf
• Merry whatever!
• Fa-la-la-la-love you!
• #Sleigh
• Me every day: slay. Me in December: sleigh
• Santa Claus has the right idea: visit people only once a year
• Meet me under the mistletoe
• All the jingle ladies!
• Feliz naughty dog
• Happy holla days

• Dear Santa…I can explain
• Drink up, grinches
• Dear Santa, I’ve been good all year. Most of the time. Once in a while. Nevermind, I’ll buy my own stuff
• The tree isn’t the only thing getting lit this year
• A romance to rival any Hallmark movie ❤️
• There’s no place like home for holidays
• You could say we have great chemis-tree
• Just so we’re clear, the Grinch never really hated Christmas. He hated people, which is fair.
• Oh, baby, I’ll deck your halls like never before
• ‘Tis the season for stretchy pants

More Holiday Captions

• Ho, ho, ho? More like ha, ha, ha
• *Puts a selfie on top of the Christmas tree because I’m a star*
• I love you from head to mistletoe
• All spruced up and nowhere to go
• Lit up like a 🎄!
• Relationship status: Single and ready to jingle
• I become a morning person on December 25th
• You’re my soul Santa
• I’m feelin’ pine
• Ho-ho-home for the holidays!

• You rock my Christmas socks
• Have your selfie a merry little Christmas
• I love you a whole watt
• Icy what you did there
• Let’s get blitzened
• Resting Grinch face
• She has high elf-esteem
• Let’s take an elfie
• Treat yo’elf
• I love you more than Christmas cookies

Holiday Caption Ideas for Christmas

• Have your elf a merry little Christmas
• I love the holiday season deerly
• Believe in your elf
• Christmas cheer? I thought you said Christmas beer
• Christmas time and I’m feelin’ pine
• Christmas sweater weather is better weather
• Light her up!
• We’re doing the jingle bell wrap
• Sleighing it!
• I’m having fun fir sure

• #Sleigh
• ‘tis the season for elastic waistbands
• All I want for Christmas is you (and maybe some cookies, too)
• All I want for Christmas is you food
• A mistle-toast to the holiday season
• A round of Santa-plause, please
• All spruced up
• All the jingle ladies!
• Believe in your elf
• But first — let me take an elfie

The BEST Captions for Christmastime

• Candy canes pair perfectly with red and white wine
• Can’t wait to exchange all these presents
• 🌰 roasting on an open 🔥
• Christmas time and I’m feelin’ pine
• Claus I said so!
• 🍪? Check. 🥛 ? Check.
• Current status: ready for a long winter’s nap
• December isn’t over yet, but I already understand how the Grinch felt
• Don’t mind me, I’ll just be over here crying and watching Hallmark Christmas movies
• Drink up, Grinches! It’s Christmas

• Feliz naughty dog
• Feliz Navi-dog 🐶
• Fleece Navidad
• Gangsta wrappa
• Get the elf out of here
• Green eggnog and ham
• He’s an elf-made man
• Here comes Amazon, here comes Amazon, sliding down my driveway
• He’s making a 📝 and checking it ✌
• Ho^3

Puns, Captions and Quotes for Christmas

• 🏠 for the holidays
• Hot chocolate weather
• Hot cocoa + holiday movies + family = Christmas
• How rude-olf of you
• It’s like they WANT stockings full of coal
• It’s the most wine-derful time of the year
• I hope the reindeer eat the naughty list
• I’ll be ho-ho-home for Christmas
• I’ll never fir-get
• I love you from head to mistletoe

• I’m dreaming of a white Christmas… but if the white runs out, I’ll drink the red 🍷
• I’m on the naughty list
• I’m so egg-cited for the holidays!
• It’s beginning to look a lot like credit card debt
• It’s the most wonderful time for a beer
• It’s beginning to *cost* a lot like Christmas
• Let’s get Blitzened
• I got all spruced up for the holidays
• I hope Rudolph eats the naughty list

Caption Ideas for Christmas Photos

• One more cookie and I swear I’ll fit in the Santa costume
• Ready to make this a not-so-silent night
• Rebel without a Claus
• Rebel without a 🎅
• Red wine pairs well with a crazy family
• Relationship status: Single and ready to jingle
• Santa, I can explain
• 🎅➡️🏠
• Sleigh-ing the Christmas outfit game
• The snuggle is real

• The tree’s not the only thing getting lit this year!
• There’s ❄️ place like 🏡
• These decorations are tree-mendous
• This tree is officially lit AF
• To-do list: 1.🍴2.🍷3. 😴
• Up to ❄️ good
• We’re just like a bunch of candy canes: sweet and slightly twisted
• What happens under the mistletoe stays under the mistletoe
• You rock my Christmas socks
• You’re my soul Santa

• Let’s put the “Rum” in Pa-Rum Pum Pum Pum
• Let’s get elfed up!
• Lit up like a 🎄!
• Make it a December to remember
• Merry everything and happy always
• Mince pies before guys
• Merry elfin’ Christmas
• More peppermint, please
• Not a creature was stirring, not even a 🐭
• Oh 🦌!
• On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…

Are you excited for the holiday season, too? Let me know if you have any other Christmas captions to add to my Christmas Instagram captions list. If you aren’t already following me on Instagram, please do! Merry Christmas!

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Pin image credits: Elena Shashkina, MPH Photos, Elena Shashkina