Christmas is a special time of year where family and friends reconnect over shared wishes and Christmas messages. Throughout the hustle and bustle of the year, many families look forward to receiving their Christmas greetings, family photos, and displaying or hanging them for the holiday season for all to admire. For that reason, it’s important to think about the relationship you have with your recipient, and take the time to craft your message carefully for your loved ones. If you’re looking for Christmas writing inspiration to help you get in the spirit, we’ve collected a list of the perfect Christmas card messages, religious Christmas card messages, and Christmas card examples and wishes for your own holiday greetings.
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Christmas cards are primarily made up of the following sections: the greeting, a personal message to express your sentiments, a chosen holiday quote or message, your signed name, and of course, your favorite family photos. All of these pieces should be carefully chosen and heartfelt. If you’re struggling to find the right message or sentiment, we’ve found some great wishes to write in your Christmas cards for any occasion or relationship. Browse our choices below:
Christmas is a time of tradition, so classic Christmas card messages are perfect for any season’s greetings. No matter how much or how little you say, you can guarantee your friends and family will appreciate the thought behind their greeting card. For specific Christmas card examples for inspiration, look to our favorite classics below to help you get started.
Merry Christmas Wishes
Sometimes a simple "Merry Christmas" is the most elegant message we can offer to our loved ones. The holiday season is all about expressing your love with Christmas wishes for loved ones. These can be short Christmas wishes for friends, or personal Christmas messages to your family members. For messages that follow this kind and simply crafted sentiment, look to the following examples:
• Tis the season to wish one another joy and love and peace. Merry Christmas.
• Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
• Wishing you a very Merry Christmas.
• The gift of love. The gift of peace. The gift of happiness. May all these be yours at Christmas.
• May Santa Claus bring everything you wished for. Merry Christmas!
• Here’s to a year of blessings and beyond. Have a Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays Messages
For those who prefer general Holiday messages and wishes, you can always use simple messages to portray the sincerest happy holiday message possible. Simple and classic holiday greetings are the best when they come from the heart and can serve as a message sent from the bottom of your heart. Here are a few classic greetings you can use:
• Best wishes for Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year.
• Warmest greetings of this festive season and best wishes for happiness this New Year.
• Wishing you a magical and blissful holiday!
• All the best to everyone this Holiday Season!
• May everything on your wishlist come true. Happy Holidays!
• Here’s to a wonderful Holiday season and a Happy New Year!
Or, for more examples, check out our resource on holiday cards messages and wishes.
Find the right Christian Christmas card messages for friends and family with the list of greetings below:
• May your Christmas be filled with the true miracles and meaning of this Merry time.
• May the joy and peace of Christmas be with you all through the New Year. Wishing you a season of blessings from heaven above.
• May your world be filled with warmth and good cheer this Holy season, we wish you a joy-filled Christmas.
• A silent night, a star above, a blessed gift of hope and love. A Merry Christmas to you and your whole family.
• I wish you the unconditional love of God in all the dreams of your heart and your everyday prayers. Merry Christmas.
• Praying you have a wonderful Christmas filled with moments you’ll always remember.
• May God bless you with a festive, loving and peaceful celebration this Christmas and all throughout the year.
Your friends are a true Christmas gift, so let them know how special they are in your Christmas letter. You can find some of our favorite examples below:
• For your Christmas time I wish you many blessings, much happiness, and even more love.
• Having you as my friend makes me feel as if it is Christmas every day. Merry Christmas.
• Christmas is a feeling true friends share with laughter and love to show that they care.
• I hope you’re all making this a Christmas to remember!
• So grateful to have a friend like you at Christmas and all year long.
• Your friendship and your love is the best Christmas gift that I’ve gotten. Merry Christmas.
• It’s friends like you that make this season so special and magical.
• Wishing you peace, joy, and all the best this wonderful holiday has to offer. May this incredible time of giving and spending time with family bring you the joy that lasts throughout the year.
Christmas if the best time of year for spending time with your loved ones, so make sure your Christmas card reflects that sentiment. Check out our examples for Christmas messages for family below:
• There is no greater gift this festive season than spending time with family all around the Christmas tree.
• You’re all so important to us. Stay safe and stay happy this holiday season!
• To all the people who are dear to me, I wish all of you nothing but the joy and happiness that this Christmas brings!
• Having family like you is the best Christmas gift there ever could be.
• At Christmas and always, what a blessing you are.
• Thinking of you with lots of love at Christmas.
• Grateful to be blessed with such a wonderful family. Merry Christmas!
• Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.
Teachers have given much of their time this year to your children, and Christmas is a great time to let them know how much you appreciate them. For message inspiration, look to our examples below:
• May this holiday season be full of surprises and cheers, simply because you deserve the best.
• Season’s Greetings from the family! Hope you all end the year on a bright note.
• Best wishes for you and your family this Christmas. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
• Have a cheerful, holly, jolly, and a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
• Thank you so much for all that you’ve done this year. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
• Happy Holidays. Wishing you every happiness this holiday season and throughout the coming year.
For professional settings, you should use more reserved, but still heartfelt, greetings. We’ve collected a list perfect for any office, whether it’s for a coworker, employee, or manager.
Employee Christmas Card Messages
• Good tidings we bear to you and your family! May we all have a Merry Christmas.
• Happy Holidays and all the best to you in the year to come.
• Holiday time and all the time, I so appreciate the great work you do.
• Peace, love and harmony we wish to you and may love fill your home with blessings too. Happy Holidays.
• We hope your holidays will be filled with joy and laughter through the New Year. Merry Christmas!
Messages For Coworker
• Wishing you a holiday season full of fun, and a new year filled with prosperity.
• It’s a pleasure to work with you and a joy to wish you a merry Christmas!
• Hoping that the new year brings you new opportunities and new possibilities.
• Enjoy your well deserved rest and time with family. Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year!
Messages For Boss
• Merry Christmas from all of us! Here’s to a season of success and harmony.
• We’re all hoping that you have a fantastic holiday season and a fabulous New Year.
• Warmest wishes for a happy holiday season.
• In this loveliest and happiest of seasons, may you find many reasons to celebrate. Have a wonderful Christmas!
• Wishing you a festive holiday season and a very happy new year.
Sometimes a quote conveys your holiday sentiment best. In that case, we’ve found a few favorites for the holiday season that you might love for your own Christmas cards.
• Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day. by Helen Steiner Rice
• We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill
• I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens
• Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. Norman Vincent Peale
• Christmas is the day that holds all time together. Alexander Smith
• I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, With every Christmas card I write, May your days be merry and bright, And may all your Christmases be white. Irving Berlin
• Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas . . . perhaps . . .means a little bit more!’ Dr Seuss
• Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts. Janice Maeditere
• Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind. Mary Ellen Chase
• Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. Hamilton Wright Mabie
• Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. Unknown
• From Home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other. Emily Matthews
Christmas cards should be signed by hand in either blue or black ink. Even if the rest of your card is printed, you should personally sign the card. If you’re looking for ideas on closing remarks, find examples here:
• Best wishes
• With love
• With all our love
• Happy Holidays
• Merry Christmas
• Much Love
• Hugs and kisses
• XOXO
• All the best
• Warmly
• Take care
• Yours truly
• Sincerely
• Cheers
• Lots of love
• God bless
• Your friend
Do your best to choose a sign off that is appropriate for the recipient. For example, if it’s for a professional relationship, "Take care" or "Happy Holidays" will do. For friends and family, "Much Love" and "Yours Truly" are fine.
If you’re looking for additional Christmas card resources you can read our piece on What to Write in a Christmas Card. Or you can browse our Christmas card collection to find the right card and stationary for you and your family.
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• A joyous Noel is wished for you this season. Be blessed.
• May God’s blessing be with you and yours this Christmas Season.
• Two thousand years ago, "Joy to the World, the Lord has come!" was said. May those words give you meaning and joy this Christmas season.
• Christmas is not just for little girls and boys, Christmas is more than all those toys.
Christmas is a time to reflect on the season, and remember that Jesus is the one true reason.
• Wishes are sent to you this day in hopes that your Christmas is magnificent in every way.
• The angels are singing! May you experience the music of heaven during this special time of year. A very Merry Christmas to you and your family.
• This message brings you a word of cheer to let you know it’s that time of year.A time to say I am thinking of you, and hope your Christmas is the best one too!
• May you have the same wonderment and belief that children have, fill your heart during this holiday season. Wishing you a childlike excitement this season.
• Merry Christmas wishes to you! – Santa is coming to town, so watch out and keep a lookout for those black boots as they will be making their way down your chimney before you know it.May every Nativity scene you see this season remind you of the birth of our Lord. Wishing you the peace of Christ this Christmas.
• We receive many greetings during this holiday season, but your message of hope, joy, and love, is always special to us at this festive time of year. May you and your familyenjoy many memories and lots of laughter and love!
• Christmas can be like a major snowstorm, snow blowing in every direction. Here’s hoping that when Christmas day arrives you can relax and see the sunshine coming over the horizon!
• May your heart be filled with the peace and joy that Christmas represents.
• May this Holiday season be one where you will be surrounded by those you love, by those that make you feel jolly, and by those who bring a warming touch to the season!
• From our family to yours, may joy, love and peace firmly rest upon you all this Christmas season.
• There is a magic in the air at Christmas. May the sparkles and shimmering touch your spirit.
• Christmas is a time for families to share and enjoy. I am so glad you are a part of my family! Merry Christmas
• Christmas would not be the same without friends like you. I just want to sayI wish you happiness at Christmas and all year through.
• Hope you are inspired to be extra good this year, so Santa will find you. Wishing you a jolly Christmas.
• As the light from that star illuminated the sky the night Jesus was born, may his light illuminate your life at this special time of the year.
• Our hope for you both, as you experience new beginnings in this your first Christmas together, may the bonds of marriage and friendship give you many happy and memorable years together.
• Imagine if this season would stay all year, and the love people show at this time of year, would never disappear. Hope you have a great Xmas.
• It doesn’t matter how we say it – Merry Christmas or Happy Holiday or Joyeux No�l – what matters is that we remember why we say it – the birth of Jesus.
• Christmas comes but once a year, lights and trees and gifts we choose. But we take the time to express our thoughts for a Merry Christmas and hope you get lots. And let us not forget to send you best wishes for a Happy New Year too!
• Christmas Eve is a time of excitement for the children in waiting for Santa to arrive. Our hope for you this Christmas is that once the kids are tucked in their bed you will feel a special feeling that this season brings.
• As a family, we have so many memories. This year our hope is that your best Christmas memory will be blown away by the great Christmas you will have.
• With each Nativity scene I see, I am reminded of the miraculous event that occurred many years ago. And the miracles that happen today, may we all have the eyes to see them not only during this season but all year long.
• Dad, I don’t tell you enough how loved you are. You are always there no matter what. Thank you, my Father, for being the one who loves me and cares no matter what the day. So at this time of year let me especially say, I love you and thank you for always being there.
• When I think of Santa I think of you – jolly, happy, and giving all the year thru. So my hope this Christmas for you my Dad is that it is one that will make you glad.
• May the gathering of family and the laughter of friends remind you of how much you are cherished and loved not just at Christmas but the whole year through.
• Cooking and cleaning but always having time to spend with us, how you do it amazes me. During this season our hope for you is that you have time to spend just on you.
• Your love is felt by all you do. My Mom, you are special and I hope you know I care. I thank you and am grateful I have a Mother like you. So this Christmas time may God bless you.
• Mom, you make our Christmas so special by all you do.
We want you to know how much we love you.
• My sister, my friend, what would I do
If you were not in my life I would be so blue.
My message is for happiness and contentment for you
I love you my Sis remember that too.
• Merry Christmas Sis! The memories we share, the peaking and snooping we did makes us laugh today. May we continue to make memories that we can pass to our children. Love you.
• Sisters are special people in our lives. And, so often we take them for granted. So my dear Sister let me tell you so, a special person you are and my love that will always grow. Thank you for being my sister, my friend, a Merry Christmas message I do send!
• My dear brother, as they say: "you were first a brother, then a bother, now a friend." May this Christmas bring you all you wish for and more!
• Little boys and lots of toys. Snakes and ladders, you make so much clatter. May this season bring that a special thing that will make you happy and we will hear you sing.
• There is no greater gift than spending time at Christmas with you my dear brother. All the very best of the season is my wish for you.
• Just want you to know I love you, my Grandma. My longing for you this Christmas is that the light that shone so bright on that first Christmas Eve, will shine on you and bless you.
• May your special memories of Christmas continue to be made this Christmas.May your day be filled with love and happiness like the love and happiness you bring into our lives.
• My Nana, my friend. My Nana, my second Mom. My Nana who I love, who is sweet like a dove. May this Christmas be one where you will be surrounded by those you love and may grace and happiness shine on you from above.
• A saying that is true, a saying for you: "you put the grand in Grandfather" applies to you. My Gramps you are special, I love you so much. You are my special teddy bear, I will love you forever I swear!
• You play with me, you love me, you take care of me, and always watch out for me. When I am sad, you make me glad. When I am blue, you tell me, "I love you." Thanks, Grandfather for being that person on my life who I can always rely on, no matter what. Merry Christmas to you, I hope you know you are loved a lot.
• Gramps, may your Christmas be one that brings happiness and joy, surrounded by your family who loves you more and more each year.
• A husband you have been, a friend to the end.
I love you, my dear, that should be clear
A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
• I thank God for you every day. But on this Christmas day, I pray that God blesses you. You are a great husband and I know I have been blessed because God in heaven sent me the best.
• You fill my Christmas with love. You make the season bright. I knew I loved you at first sight. Merry Christmas My Husband!
• May this Christmas note be like the star that shone so bright long ago
May the brightness of my words be like the sparkle on the snow.
God sent me the best gift when he sent me you.
I love you and everything you do.
So my desire for you is a simple one but true,
a wish for happiness in all that you do.
• As each Christmas comes upon us, we’re reminded how fast time passes.
But, one thing we know for sure is that the love between us grows stronger.
• Love shines brighter at Christmas it seems. However, when I am with you love shines brilliantly. May you have a Merry Xmas and may you feel my love shining over you each and every day of the year!
• When you see the Christmas tree lights and the tinsel sparkle may it remind you of my love for you.
• Different teachers every year, but you are one that we hold dear. Now during this season of love and peace, we hope you are reminded how special you are.
• This Christmas message is one that comes with love for you.
We appreciate all you do.
A Merry Christmas is our wish for you
• Thank you for sharing, thank you for caring.May your Christmas bring many returns for all you do.
• You share your knowledge, you share your experience, you share your life with us. We appreciate you, and all you do. You deserve a great Christmas and a very Happy New Year.