2. “I believe… I believe… It’s silly, but I believe.” — Miracle on 34th Street

3. “The best way to spread Christmas Cheer, is singing loud for all to hear.” — Elf

4. “I absolutely love Christmas!” — Eloise At Christmastime

5. “Merry Christmas, you filthy animal.” — Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

“You can mess with a lot of things, but you can’t mess with kids on Christmas.” — Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

7. “I look out the window and I see the lights and the skyline and the people on the street rushing around looking for action, love, and the world’s greatest chocolate chip cookie, and my heart does a little dance.” — Nora Ephron, Heartburn

8. “New York is always a good idea.”

9. “Quite simply, I was in love with New York. I do not mean ‘love’ in any colloquial way. I mean that I was in love with the city, the way you love the first person who ever touches you and you never love anyone quite that way again.” — Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem

10. “I passed through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops, and then I walked through the Lincoln Tunnel.” — Elf

11. “Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind.” — Miracle on 34th Street

12. “Who wants to spend Christmas in a tropical climate, anyway?” — Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

13. “There is no more beautiful place to be at Christmas than New York City.” — Mike Roth

14. “Being in New York is like falling in love. Over and over again, every minute.” — Rachel Berry, Glee

15. “It couldn’t have happened anywhere but in little old New York.” — O. Henry

16. “Christmas in New York is a one-of-a-kind experience.”

17. “Better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times.” — Asian Proverb

18. “Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” — Norman Vincent Peale

19. “Christmas lights all around town.”

20. “Christmas has arrived in the city.”