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 won’t be going home this Christmas season, send a note off to your parents, grandparents, and aunts and uncles letting them know they’re in your thoughts. You can’t be everywhere this holiday season, but perhaps these holiday cards will let your family know you’re hoping to make it home next year.
• I won’t 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 can’t wait to make it home next year.
• Anyone who says you don’t choose your family doesn’t know the meaning of family. I’d 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.
• Here’s to Santa ClausВ placing a Frenchie puppy under your Christmas tree. No one deserves it more.
• I can’t imagine anyone elseВ I’d rather grow old and watch Golden Girls with.В Here’s 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 — 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 it’s difficult to find the right words to show your coworkers your appreciation. For those who have shared in your success, stood by your side, and always been there to cheer you on, here are several holiday greetings 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!
• It’s been a great year having you as a teammate. Have a blessed holiday and prosperous New YearВ with family and friends.
• Have a wonderful Christmas — 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 Christ’s 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 Christ’s 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, there’s only one person you want to be cozied up next to by the fire. To the person who’s keeping you warm this winter, send them one of these Christmas card sayings to show how much you care.
Send Greetings to Those You’re 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 you’re sending your Christmas messages to family members, coworkers, or friends 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 card 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 Christmas 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!
Christmas is a special time of year where family and friends reconnect over shared wishes and Christmas messages. Many families look forward to receiving their Christmas greetings and family photos and display or hang them for the holiday season. For that reason it’s important to take the time to craft your message carefully for your loved ones. If you’re looking for Christmas writing inspiration, we’ve collected a list of perfect Christmas card messages and wishes for your own holiday greetings.
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• Classic Christmas Greeting Card Messages
• Religious Christmas Card Greetings
• Christmas Messages For Friends
• Christmas Messages For Family
• Christmas Messages For Teachers
• Business Christmas Card Greetings
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• Signing Christmas Cards
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Christmas cards are primarily made up of the following sections: the greeting, a personal message, a chosen holiday quote or message, your signed name, and 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 Christmas wishes 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. For specific inspiration, look to our favorite classics below.
Merry Christmas Wishes
Sometimes a simple “Merry Christmas” is the most elegant message we can offer to our loved ones. 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, 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.