How to Say Merry Christmas in Italian
The most common and direct way to say Merry Christmas in Italian is Buon Natale
Ti auguro Buon Natale, I wish you a Merry Christmas.
However, there are other expressions that are used as well.
Buone Feste corresponds to the English Happy Holidays and implies best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. You could also say, tanti auguri di buone feste, best wishes for a happy holiday season.
Slightly more formal, used in writing rather than in person: Auguri di un Natale sereno (best wishes for a peaceful Christmas). For example, if you’re sending a card to someone in Italy, you could write: "Auguro a te (or ‘lei’ if you don’t know the person well) e alla tua (‘sua’ if using lei) famiglia un sereno Natale e un felice anno nuovo (I wish you and your family a peaceful Christmas and a happy New Year).
If you want to be fancy and try a slightly longer phrase (why not?!), you could say: Ti auguro un Natale pieno di amore, pace e gioia sincera, My best wishes for a Christmas filled with love, peace and sincere joy.
So now you have a few options for how to say Merry Christmas in Italian, but what about the ‘Happy New Year’ part?
Let’s take a look.
How to Say Happy New Year in Italian
Happy New Year is Felice Anno Nuovo, as in Ti auguro un felice anno nuovo (I wish you a Happy New Year). You use ‘ti’ if you’re talking/writing to one person you know well, ‘le’ if you’re writing to one person you don’t know very well or have a formal relationship with, and ‘vi’ if you’re writing to a group of people, say a family. Le auguro un felice anno nuovo, vi auguro un felice anno nuovo.
You could also use related expressions, such as, Auguri per un felice 2022 – Best wishes for a happy 2022, or Auguri di buon anno, best wishes for a good new year.
How to Write a Christmas Card in Italian
Now let’s put together what we’ve seen so far to write a sample Christmas card so you can wish your loved ones Merry Christmas in Italian.
Caro/a/i/e (Dear – o for male singular, a for female singular, i for plural, e for female plural) – name -,
Ti/Vi (ti for singular, vi for plural) auguro Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo!
Con affetto (with love),
-Signature
The version above is the simplest. If you want something fancier, here’s another example.
Carissimo/i ____,
I miei migliori auguri per un Natale pieno di amore e pace, e per tanta gioia, serenità e salute nell’anno nuovo (My very best wishes for a Christmas filled with love and peace and for a New Year filled with joy, serenity and health).
Useful Italian Vocabulary for the Holidays
Now that you’ve learned how to say Merry Christmas in Italian, see below a list of useful words related to the holidays – le feste:
Vigilia di Natale – December 24, Christmas Eve
Santo Stefano – December 26, a national holiday in Italy
San Silvestro – New Year’s Eve
Capodanno o primo dell’anno – New Year’s Day; in Italian, we also use Capodanno to refer to the New Year’s Eve festivities, as in the most common asked question this time of the year: cosa farai a Capodanno? What are you doing on New Year’s Eve?
Epifania – Epiphany, January 6. And of course, Befana, the good witch who arrives on January 6 with sweet treats for children who behaved well, and coal for those who misbehaved. It’s a common joke for female friends in Italy to send each other messages on the day of Epifania to wish to one another, Buona Befana!
Now, without looking at your notes, how do you say Merry Christmas in Italian?
Buon Natale, cari lettori!
Christmas Card Message
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• From our family to yours, may joy, love and peace firmly rest upon you all this Christmas season.
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Christmas Message for Family and Friends
• 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 say I 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.
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Christmas Message for Fathers
• 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.
• Dad the pressures and cares of everyday life are with you throughout the year. But this Christmas season I hope you experience the gifts of peace, love, and happiness from those who love you dear.
Christmas Message for the One I Love
Christmas Message for Teacher
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• 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.
Its that time of yearВ again вЂ" the temperature is dropping, the snow is falling, and the keyboards are typing because its time to send out your Christmas cards. But before you put pen to paper, excuse us, fingers to Macbook,В you have to figure out what to say. Thats why were helping you out with 50 Christmas cardВ greetingsВ to send out this season.
Just as theres a perfect gift for everyone, we believe theres a perfect message for everyone on your (e)mailing list.В Whether youre writing to your colleague, bestie, or boss, theres a heartfelt note for each person.
Below, youll find 50 different ways to wish your loved onesВ happy holidays. Send it to all your friends and family or craft an individual message for each and every person on your list. No matter how you choose to spread the holiday cheer, theyll certainly be happy to hear from you.
Short Christmas Greetings for Just About Anyone
Design: Patrice Horvath Design
Not sure what to say this year? Did you put your Christmas cardВ writing off until twelve days before Christmas? Not to worry, these short Christmas messagesВ apply to everyone on your list. Send them one of these festive greeting cardsВ to get your notes out and delivered by the 25th:
• Wishing you a warm, glowing Christmas this year.
• Thinking of youВ this holiday season. Have a blessed Christmas and a happyВ New Year!
• May you have a jolly holiday season. Hope your Christmas is merry and bright!
• Hope all is well with you and your family. Sending thoughts and warm wishes from our home to yours.
• Grateful to have you in our lives. Hope you have a merryВ ChristmasВ and a happyВ New Year.
• Hope your holiday seasonВ is filled with friendship and festivities. Looking forward to seeing you in the new year!
• Have a happy ChristmasВ and a wonderfulВ holiday season.
• Sending merry Christmas wishesВ to you and your family.
• Spreading Christmas blessingsВ to you during this joyous season.
• May your holiday seasonВ be merryВ and bright.
• Sending Season's greetingsВ to you this Christmas.
Heartfelt Christmas Greetings for Family Members
Design: Morgan Kendall
If you wont be going home this Christmas season, send a note off to your parents, grandparents, and aunts and uncles letting them know theyre in your thoughts. You cant be everywhere this holiday season, but perhaps these holiday cardsВ will let your family know youre hoping to make it home next year.
• I wont be able to make it home for Christmas this year, but know that I love you, appreciate you, and miss you every day.
• The only present I want under my Christmas treeВ this year is one weekend with all of you. Thinking of youВ and sending my warmest wishes.
• Having family like you is the greatest Christmas giftВ anyone could ever ask for. I cant wait to make it home next year.
• Anyone who says you dont choose your family doesnt know the meaning of family. Id choose to spend every holiday with you from now until forever.
• Nothing can ever replace having a family like ours. Looking forward to spending time with you when I arrive home for the holidays.
• Sending lots of loveВ and best wishesВ from far away. Have a happy holiday season!
Funny Christmas Card Greetings to Send Your Friends
Design: Pink House Press
Your friends have loved you at your worst and cheered you on at your best. To those who have been your ride-or-dies through high school hallways, college dorms, and every new beginning in between,В wish them well this holiday seasonВ withВ these personal Christmas card messages.
• Remember when we actually stayed up past midnight for New Years? Yea, me neither.
• I love you enough to take on your student loan debt. Not really, but hoping you get some dollar bills in your stocking.
• Heres to Santa ClausВ placing a Frenchie puppy under your Christmas tree. No one deserves it more.
• I cant imagine anyone elseВ Id rather grow old and watch Golden Girls with.В Heres to another merryВ ChristmasВ and happyВ New YearВ with you by my aging side.
• Sending you warm, fuzzy wishes of good health, even after all the spiked eggnog we both know you'll drink.
• On Christmas Day, my only hope is that youВ survive your mother's long list of questions.
• There's no one I would rather spread some Christmas cheer with вЂ" i.e., watch cheesy Netflix Christmas movies with, sing Christmas carolsВ off-tune with, and drink spiked apple cider with.
Warm Christmas Greetings to Send to Colleagues
Design: Signature Greenvelope
Sometimes its difficult to find the right wordsВ to show your coworkersВ your appreciation. For those who have shared in your success, stood by your side, and alwaysВ been there to cheer you on, here are several holiday greetingsВ to send at Christmas time.
• Thank you for all your hard work this year. Have a relaxing holiday, you deserve it!
• Hope you enjoy this time of yearВ with family and friends.
• I appreciate your business and hope our success continues through the New Year.
• Have a festive holiday season. Cheers to a wonderful New Year!
• Its been a great year having you as a teammate. Have a blessed holiday and prosperous New YearВ with family and friends.
• Have a wonderful ChristmasВ вЂ" see you after the New Year!
• Have a very merry ChristmasВ and a well deserved break.
• The past yearВ would not have been possible without you. Have a great ChristmasВ with your family and friends.
Religious Christmas Greetings to Spread the Joy
Design: Veronica Linti
If you or your loved onesВ celebrate Christmas for religious reasons, the holidays can be a special time to express your faith.В Here are several religious greetings you can send out to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.
• May GodВ bless your family with hope and faith this holiday season.
• Sending thoughts and prayers to your family this Christmas.
• May your home be filled with joy, as unto us a child is born.
• Hope your home is filled with Christs magic of ChristmasВ this time of year.
• May the Lord fill your home with the spirit of ChristmasВ this holy season.
• On the first Christmas, GodВ gave us Jesus as the greatest gift. Sending Christs blessings to you and your family.
• Blessings to you and your family, may your home be filled with the true meaning of Christmas this holy night.
• We hope your family is filled with the Christmas spirit and your home is filled with the gifts of faith and love this season.
Merry Christmas Greetings for that Special Someone
Design: Robinson Creative House
This season, theres only one person you want to be cozied up next to by the fire. To the person whos keeping you warm this winter, send them one of these Christmas card sayingsВ to show how much you care.
• All I want for ChristmasВ is you.
• SantaВ baby, hurry and pick up Dominoes tonight.
• Im so glad we found each other before "Netflix and chill all winter" season started. Merry Christmas!
• I feel so grateful to have you in my life. Heres to another cozy holiday seasonВ with you by my side.
• Being with you is such a rush вЂ" you make me so blissfully happy, yet so deeply terrified to meet your parents. Happy holidays!
• With you by my side, I have no doubt this will be the best ChristmasВ ever.
• Come Christmas Eve, I hope to be unwrapping you.
• You are the best gift I could have asked for. Here's to a perfect Christmas with you by my side.
• The best gift you can give me this Christmas is saying nice things about me to your mom. Merry Christmas, Baby!
Send Greetings to Those Youre Thankful For
All too often, an entire year goes by without showing our appreciation for those around us. Christmas is such a wonderful way to celebrate, show gratitude, and spread joy with those we care about.
Whether youre sending your Christmas messagesВ to family members, coworkers, or friendsВ from college, Greenvelope is here to share your holiday message. Choose from dozens upon dozens of holiday designs, all of which can be customized. Personalize your Christmas cardВ with a photo of you or your family, add a fun note or a life update for a personal touch, or type a simple "Merry ChristmasВ and Happy New Year!"
Hopefully this gave you a little bit of holiday inspiration to spread the joy this season. From all of us at Greenvelope, Merry Christmas!