With the holiday season approaching, your employees are probably gearing up for their well-deserved break. You’ll want to show your employees how grateful you are for them and how valuable they have been to your company this year.
So, what better way to encourage them to enjoy this time than to send them a sincere Christmas message? We all know that engaging with your employees can have great effects on retention and productivity, so this can be a great final touch to wrap up a hard year!
Here, we’ll list 31 different message ideas that you can use as inspiration when wishing your employees a happy holiday and Christmas season. Tailor them to fit your company culture and to be relevant to the person or group receiving the message.
31 Christmas Message Ideas to Send to Your Employees
Messages from the Company to the Team
• As we sign off for the Christmas season, we want to wish everyone a happy, safe, and restful holiday filled with joy! Kick back, relax, and enjoy your time off. We hope it’s the best Christmas yet.
• On behalf of everyone at the company, I’d like to formally extend our most sincere gratitude for all of the effort you have put in this year. We recognize your outstanding contribution, excellent collaboration, and fantastic dedication to all tasks at hand. Thank you, and enjoy your Holiday season!
• As a company, we know we’d be nothing without this team’s dedication and motivation. Thank you for all of your successes this year. We look forward to seeing what more you have to offer! In the meantime, enjoy your well-deserved break with your friends and family. Merry Christmas!
• As the year comes to a close and the holidays are upon us, we can’t help but reflect on the awesome job everyone has done over the past year. Despite the year’s obstacles, you have all shown exceptional passion, dedication, and enthusiasm. Thank you for all that you do, and we hope that you all have a great festive season.
• It’s that time of year again - the holidays are almost here! We know that everyone on this team has really put their all into making the year a success. From all of us at the company, we would like to recognize your outstanding achievements and wish you a very Merry Christmas.
• In the past year, your team has shown us that despite challenges and obstacles, you are all willing and able to throw yourselves into your work. Now, we’d like to encourage you to throw yourselves into the best holiday season yet! Enjoy the Christmas season with your loved ones.
Christmas Messages from the Boss to Individual Employees
• To a trustworthy and dependable employee, I would like to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year from all of us at the company. Thank you for your continued contribution to our success!
• Santa doesn’t need to tell me that you’ve been particularly good this year! Your continued efforts and contributions have certainly not gone unnoticed. Thank you for everything that you do and will continue to achieve. Have a wonderful Christmas and holiday season.
• Working with you has been an absolute pleasure, I couldn’t ask for a better Christmas present than the opportunity to see what more you have to offer next year! Enjoy your break, rest up, and let’s get ready for the new year ahead!
• This year, you have shown that you are an incredibly valuable asset to our team! Here’s thanking you for everything you’ve done and will continue to achieve. Wishing you a joyous and peaceful Christmas with your family and friends.
• Over the past year, you have continued to deliver the very best for our company, and I want to thank you for that. I hope that the best is delivered to you this festive season - whether it be gifts or quality time, I hope you get everything you want for Christmas.
• Your presence this year has been a gift for us at the company! Thank you for working so hard, and continuously striving to achieve excellent results. Give yourself a pat on the back as you unwind this holiday.
Happy Holiday Messages to Employees
• Season’s greetings to you and your family this year. However you choose to celebrate the festive season, we hope that it is the best one yet. We can’t wait to see what you have to offer next year, but in the meantime, we hope that you will enjoy your time with your loved ones!
• Whether you’re spending your well-deserved break in the sun or snow, we want to wish you the most relaxing festive season possible. Sit back, relax, and allow yourself time to give yourself a pat on the back for all of your hard work and dedication this year. Happy holidays!
• Holidays are all about taking time to reflect on how far you’ve come - so you certainly have a lot of reflecting to do! We want to acknowledge the excellent progress you’ve made this year. You have truly proven yourself as a great asset to our team and family here at the company. So, wholeheartedly, thank you and enjoy your break!
• As the days grow colder, we know that our employees grow more excited for a well-deserved break! Here’s hoping that your holidays are filled with blessings and prosperity - just like you’ve given the company this year!
• The time of year has come to pause your work and start celebrating everything you’ve achieved. As you embark on your holidays, we hope that you are happy and merry all the way. You deserve it. So, we hope your festive season is just that - festive!
• The festive season is upon us! However you may celebrate, we as a company want to wish you the best holiday yet! You have truly earned it this year.
Short and Sweet Employee Christmas Messages
• Here’s hoping you have a wonderful Christmas and exciting New Year, and that you come back refreshed and rejuvenated for the new year ahead!
• Merry Christmas from our family at the company to yours at home. Enjoy the upcoming festivities!
• Season’s greetings and happy holidays to you! Have the very best time possible, and we’re excited to see what the new year brings.
• We hope your holidays are festive, merry, happy, and jolly - all rolled into one unforgettable and well-deserved break!
• You’re a gift to the company, so we hope you get everything that you want this Christmas. Happy holidays!
• There’s nothing quite like the festive season, and there’s no employee quite like you. Enjoy your well-deserved break and remember to keep it festive!
• Joy to the world, the time has come! We hope you enjoy your holidays!
• Hard work really does pay off - it’s holiday time! We hope you have a wonderful festive season.
Festive Messages for Employees
• Christmas is a beautiful time of the year, filled with love and the spirit of giving. You’ve given so much to our company this year, so it’s only fitting that we offer you our warmest wishes this festive season. You are a gift to the company, and we hope that your Christmas bonus reflects our gratitude for your hard work this year.
• We know how hard you’ve worked this year, and we want to thank you for a job exceptionally done. Here’s hoping you have a fantastic Christmas and a wonderful New Year - you deserve it!
• A very merry Christmas from us and our family to you and yours! Here’s hoping the holiday season brings you peace, joy, and love.
• A very happy holiday from us to you! We trust that it will be full of joy with family and friends and that you’ll take this time to recharge. Thanks for all you’ve done this year, we appreciate all your hard work and dedication!
• This Christmas, I hope you spend just as much time enjoying your holiday as you have spent working hard this year! Your excellent work ethic and dedication are admirable and we hope you enjoy a well-deserved break this holiday season.
It’s Time to Craft the Perfect Christmas Message!
We hope we’ve given you enough inspiration to write your own Christmas messages for your valued employees, or at least provided you with a template that you can tweak to fit your company culture! If you’re on this page, you clearly care about engagement and keeping your employees happy.
So, how else can you improve your employee engagement? Well, you could always try PerkUp and send your team an awesome holiday reward. This is a great way to give your global team choice, while also giving your employees a reward experience that feels special.
Christmas is a magical time. It tends to bring back happy memories of family gatherings and charming traditions that have been passed down through the generations. Christmas carols, gift exchanges and family feasts are just some of the enduring traditions that make the season one of the world’s favorite holidays. Christmas means something different to every person and family, but everyone appreciates a simple card or a messagecard through the mail for the holidays can be a refreshing change for the recipient that can increase their happiness if they might be feeling stressed out. Here are some wonderful Christmas messages that you can send this holiday:
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Inspirational Merry Christmas Wishes and Messages for your Friends and Family
• There is nothing more magical than decorated trees, lights, presents, family and friends to brighten up your life. Merry Christmas!
• Give and receive love this holiday season and you will surely have a joyous Xmas. Best wishes to your family this season and always. May Christmas spread cheer in your lives!
• The best present one can hope for this year is to spend time together. I can’t wait to celebrate the holidays with you.
• May God’s blessing shine down upon you and your family this holiday season. Sending love from our family to yours.
• This is a joyous season to take a step back from our busy lives and enjoy time with our loved ones. Best wishes to you and yours.
• Enjoy the magic this holiday season by listening to music and celebrating the occasion with the people that you care for most.
• Blessed are those who choose to give and share this Christmas. You have been so generous to so many in Christmases past. May your generosity be returned ten-fold this Christmas and throughout the coming year.
• Season’s Greetings! Be sure to take some time out of your busy life to enjoy the magic of the holidays this season.
• May the blessings of the season fill your life with joy and hope that happy times and good fortune are headed your way this coming year.
• May this Christmas be a fitting ending to a successful year for you. May the New Year bring fresh hopes and bright beginnings.
• May the blessings of Christmas fill your life today and through the coming years.
• The presents are fun, but what really matters is being with your closest family and friends to celebrate this joyous occasion.
• Poinsettias on the table and a wreath on the door are reminders that Christmas is near. Wishing you a beautiful Christmas.
• Sending thoughtful wishes your way this Christmas season. May the treasures and traditions of Christmas fill your heart with hope and happiness.
• Don’t spend the holidays alone. Find a friend, family or other loved ones and enjoy their time and fellowship this season.
• Wishing you and your family health, happiness, peace and prosperity this holiday season and in the coming New Year. May the magic of Christmas fill your heart all year long.
• May the holidays bring you new inspiration and joy. Wishing you all the happiness of the season in the new year.
Merry Christmas Wishes for Friend
• You gifted me with your friendship many years ago. This Christmas, I thank you for being my rock of strength in good times and in bad. You deserve all the goodness and goodwill that the Christmas season brings.
• A friend like you is what makes Christmas special to me. Nothing makes me happier than sharing this season with you and I can’t wait for Christmas to get here.
• Friends make the holiday season fun and festive. I can’t wait to party and deck the halls with you this Christmas.
• As you celebrate this miraculous occasion called Christmas, I would like you to know that you are an exemplary friend and that I feel extremely lucky to have you in my life. Merry Christmas.
• No matter the amount of gifts I get this Christmas, your friendship is the greatest one of them all. Merry Christmas my dear friend.
• ‘Tis the season to wish one another joy and love and peace. These are my wishes for you, Merry Christmas dear friend, may you feel the love this special day.
• May you feel all the love and joy I have for you throughout this holiday season and all year round. Having you as my friend brings me great joy.
• My dearest friend, there may be plenty of miles separating us. But truth is, in spirit, you are right here next to me besides that Christmas tree with the rest of the gifts. Because you truly are a gift to my life. Merry Christmas.
• Spending this season with the people you care for makes it even more special. We are glad we get to spend it with you!
• Spending the holidays with people you care about, is what makes them so amazing. Thus, spending my holidays with you will be the best experienced I’ve ever had! Merry Christmas!
• We hope all of your dreams and wishes come true this holiday season and that you see the same results throughout the coming new year.
• This is the time of year to take a step back from the stresses of life and enjoy the little things. We hope you enjoy them with loved ones.
• Wishing you safe travels this holiday season and always from our family to yours. Have a merry Xmas and a happy New Year.
• May your family be blessed with love from the ones that matter most this holiday season and throughout the coming year.
• I am dreaming of white Christmas with every card I write. May your days be merry and bright and May all your Christmases be white.
• I hope Santa is good to you this year because you only deserve the best. Merry Christmas from our family to yours.
• May this joyous season bring laughter and joy to you and to the ones that matter most in your life.
• We hope this season ends on a joyful note and continues into a safe and prosperous New Year for you and your family.
• May your inner child come out this holiday season so you may truly enjoy and appreciate the small things in life that so often get overlooked.
Merry Christmas Wishes for Family
• There is no such thing as the bond between family members. And it only gets stronger each time we get to spend time together on such an amazing occasion! Merry Christmas!
• Christmas is the time to give gifts to your family and let them know how much you care about them, so that’s what I’m doing.
• What can be better than opening presents, eating food and singing Christmas music? Doing all those things with family like you.
• I would like to thank you for always being there for me as I was growing up. You truly are the best father I could have wished for. I love you.
• There is no greater gift this holiday season than spending time with family all around the Christmas tree.
• Wishing all my family members peace and love this holiday season. May you feel the joy in your home that you bring to me.
• I’m wishing you blessings and joy this Christmas. I am so happy to call you a member of my family and I cherish spending time with you.
• Having siblings like these, no matter how annoying they may get, truly are the best present I could have ever received. Merry Christmas!
• It is the family that makes holidays like these worth waiting for. I truly do not know what I would have done without you. Merry Christmas!
• You were always the party animal in our family. So I am sure that you will find a way to make this holiday one to be remembered. Merry Christmas!
• Dear mother, I would like to sincerely thank you for always being here for me as I was growing up. You truly are the only reason I have become the person I am today. Merry Christmas!
• Decorate every empty space in your home to remind you the magical season that this truly is. Merry Xmas to you!
• A little smile, a word of cheer, a bit of love from someone near, a little gift from one held dear, best wishes for the coming year.
• May you find hope and peace this joyous season and may the coming year be your most successful year yet.
• ‘Tis the season for good food, family, friends, presents and fellowship. May yours be filled with each this season and throughout the year.
• May your spirit be renewed during this joyous season with the love of the family and friends that you care about most.
• Here’s to hoping that you find happiness, peace and good will this holiday season and throughout the coming New Year. May your Christmas sparkle and shine. Celebrate this holiday like a child. Have a great Christmas.
• Take nothing for granted and be thankful that you have such great family and friends to spend this joyous season with. Wishing you a delightful holiday season.
• Take a few moments this season to appreciate the true meaning of Christmas and what makes it so magical and joyous.
• This holiday season, try to appreciate the true meaning of Christmas and share the meaning with the ones that are closest to you. Fill your heart with the warmth that is the closeness of your family, friends and loved ones this holiday season and forever.
• Even though we don’t see or talk to each other too often, I wish you nothing but the best this season and for the coming New Year.
• Don’t dwell on the past too much. Use this time of year to reflect on the good things in life that mean the most to you.
• Smile often, love always and good things will find a way to enter your life to give you a true sense of happiness.
• Christmas is the time of giving and sharing, it is the time of loving and forgiving. May the miracle of Christmas fill your heart with warmth and love.
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