90 Hello December Quotes and Sayings

December is here and everything changes.

The year is ending. Winter is settling in. There’s this mix of excitement and exhaustion that only December brings.

It’s the busiest month but also the most reflective. You’re rushing around while also thinking about everything that happened this year.

Starting December with intention helps. A moment to pause before the chaos really kicks in.

These hello December quotes capture that feeling. They’re about welcoming the last month with gratitude and maybe a little bit of hope.

Famous December Quotes

“In cold December fragrant chaplets blow, and heavy harvests nod beneath the snow.” — Alexander Pope

“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.” — James M. Barrie

“December, being the last month of the year, cannot help but make us think of what is to come.” — Fennel Hudson

“I heard a bird sing in the dark of December, A magical thing, And sweet to remember: ‘We are nearer to spring Than we were in September.'” — Oliver Herford

“When dark December glooms the day, and takes our autumn joys away.” — Walter Scott

“The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon.” — John Greenleaf Whittier

“A bare tree stands with roots on both ends in December days.” — Kiran Bantawa

“He had been walking for a long time, ever since dark in fact, and dark falls soon in December.” — Charlotte Riddell

“By December an elastic skin of ice reached out hundreds of miles into the sea, rolling with every wave.” — Will Chancellor

“December has the clarity, the simplicity, and the silence you need for the best fresh start of your life.” — Vivian Swift

“Let all the failures of your past year be your best guide in the New Year.” — Mehmet Murat Ildan

“May and October, the best-smelling months? I’ll make a case for December: evergreen, frost, wood smoke, cinnamon.” — Lisa Kleypas

“In drear-nighted December, too happy, happy brook, thy bubblings ne’er remember Apollo’s summer look; but with a sweet forgetting, they stay their crystal fretting, never, never petting about the frozen time.” — John Keats

“And last December drear, with piteous low-drooped head. In a voice of desolation crying out, ‘The year is dead. And so, with changeful gear, with smile or frown or song, the months, in strange variation, are ever gliding along.” — Edgar Fawcett

“December’s wintery breath is already clouding the pond, frosting the pane, obscuring summer’s memory.” — John Geddes

“Once the inner connection is more real than anything outside, there is no difference between the season of life and the season of the year.” — John C. Lilly

“How did it get so late so soon?” — Dr. Seuss

“This looks like a December day, it looks like we’ve come to the end of the way.” — Willie Nelson

For a bigger collection, see these December quotes for end-of-year reflection.

Winter Quotes to Welcome December

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” — Albert Camus

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck

“Nothing burns like the cold.” — George R.R. Martin

“It is growing cold. Winter is putting footsteps in the meadow.” — Roman Payne

“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” — Hal Borland

“It seems like everything sleeps in winter, but it’s really a time of renewal and reflection.” — Elizabeth Camden

“Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.” — Elizabeth Bowen

“Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.” — Pietro Aretino

“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” — Victor Hugo

“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” — Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail.” — Montenegrin Proverb

“Great power lies in falling snow.” — Laurie Halse Anderson

“Every mile is two in winter.” — George Herbert

“How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!” — Thomas Wentworth Higginson

“Welcome winter. Your late dawns and chilled breath make me lazy, but I love you nonetheless.” — Terri Guillemets

“In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.” — Ben Aaronovitch

“Snow flurries began to fall, and they swirled around people’s legs like house cats. It was magical, this snow globe world.” — Sarah Addison Allen

Want more reflective reading? Try these inspirational December quotes.

Hello December Sayings

Hello December, be kind.

Hello December, let’s finish the year strong.

Welcome, December. Last chapter, best chapter.

Hello December, bring on the cozy.

Hello December, please be gentle with me.

Hello December. Let’s make this one count.

Hello December, fill my days with warm drinks and good people.

Goodbye November, hello December. Time for a fresh page.

Hello December, bring peace to every home.

Hello December, I’m ready for warm blankets and slow mornings.

Hello December Quotes for Gratitude

Hello December, show me what the last 31 days can do.

Welcome, December. Let’s end the year with gratitude.

Hello December, let the magic begin.

Hello December, may every day bring a small reason to smile.

Hello December, I’m grateful for how far I’ve come this year.

Hello December, slow down and stay a while.

Hello December, bring on the hot cocoa and long talks.

Hello December, let’s wrap up this year with love.

Hello December, be the happy ending this year needs.

Hello December, you’re the reward for getting through the year.

Want something short enough for your home? Try these December letter board quotes.

Hello December Quotes for Family

Hello December, may our table be full and our hearts fuller.

Hello December, thank you for bringing everyone closer.

Hello December, keep my family safe and together.

Hello December, may our home be filled with laughter and calm.

Hello December, I’m thankful for the people who make this house feel like home.

Hello December, give us long evenings and longer conversations.

Hello December, may my parents stay healthy and my children stay happy.

Hello December, bless the ones I love with peace.

Hello December, let’s make small memories that last.

Hello December, I’m grateful for the family I get to share you with.

Looking for more ways to welcome the month? Read these happy December wishes.

Hello December Quotes for Husband and Wife

Hello December, I’m grateful to spend another month beside you.

Hello December, with you, even the cold feels warm.

Hello December, my favorite person to share quiet evenings with.

Hello December, thank you for giving me someone to come home to.

Hello December, let’s end the year the way we began it, together.

Hello December, I’d choose slow mornings with you over anything.

Hello December, grateful for every ordinary day with you.

Hello December, may our love grow quieter and deeper.

Hello December, one more month of tea, talks, and you.

Hello December, thank you for being my calm in the busiest month.

Want shorter lines to share? Try these short December quotes.

Hello December Captions for Instagram

Hello December ❄️

December mode: on.

Cozy season, officially.

Hello December, hello sweater weather.

Last month, best month. ✨

Hello December ✨ Let the countdown begin.

Lights up, cocoa out. ☕

Hello December, I’ve been waiting for you.

Quiet nights and warm tea. ☕

Fresh month, fresh start.

Hello December. Making memories, one cozy night at a time.

31 days of magic. ✨

Wrapping up the year with gratitude. 🤍

Hello December, be generous with me.

Finishing the year like I mean it.

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