Merry Christmas Wishes: 70+ Messages for Family and Friends

Christmas wishes are the ones you send by text, post on the day, or write in a hurry across thirty cards. They need to be warm, short, and not identical to everyone else’s. Here are 70+ original messages.

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Merry Christmas wishes for anyone

1. Merry Christmas! Wishing you a wonderful day.
2. Happy Christmas — hope it is a good one.
3. Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year!
4. Wishing you joy, rest, and excellent food.
5. Merry Christmas! Enjoy every minute.
6. Season’s greetings and warmest wishes.
7. Wishing you a peaceful and happy Christmas.
8. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
9. Have a wonderful Christmas and a brilliant new year.
10. Merry Christmas! Hope Santa is generous.
11. Wishing you all the best this Christmas.
12. Happy Christmas! Eat well, rest well.

For family

1. Merry Christmas! Nothing beats all of us in one room.
2. Happy Christmas to my favourite people.
3. Merry Christmas! Grateful for this family every year.
4. Wishing you a Christmas as warm and chaotic as usual.
5. Merry Christmas! Save me a seat and the last roast potato.
6. Happy Christmas! Thank you for another year of everything.
7. Merry Christmas — cannot wait to see you all.
8. Wishing you the loveliest Christmas. Love from all of us.
9. Merry Christmas! You lot are the best part of the year.
10. Happy Christmas! Here is to another year together.

For friends

1. Merry Christmas! Hope it is exactly as lazy as you want it.
2. Happy Christmas! Drinks in the new year — I am not asking.
3. Merry Christmas to one of my favourite people.
4. Wishing you a Christmas with zero obligations.
5. Merry Christmas! Thanks for another excellent year.
6. Happy Christmas! Let us actually see each other in January.
7. Merry Christmas! Hope you get everything on the list.
8. Wishing you a brilliant Christmas and a better new year.
9. Merry Christmas! Still my favourite person to complain with.
10. Happy Christmas — see you on the other side of the food coma.

For your partner

1. Merry Christmas, love. My favourite person, my favourite day.
2. Happy Christmas! Every year with you is the best one yet.
3. Merry Christmas, love. Here is to another year of us.
4. Wishing you the loveliest Christmas — you make all of it better.
5. Merry Christmas! Still the best gift I ever got.
6. Happy Christmas, love. Bed, food, films. Perfect.
7. Merry Christmas! I would spend every one of them with you.
8. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas, my favourite.

For colleagues

1. Merry Christmas and best wishes for the new year.
2. Wishing you a restful Christmas — you have earned it.
3. Season’s greetings! Thank you for a good year.
4. Merry Christmas! Enjoy the break properly.
5. Happy holidays! Looking forward to the new year.
6. Merry Christmas from all of us here.
7. Wishing you a lovely Christmas and a strong start to the year.
8. Season’s greetings and thank you for everything this year.

Religious Christmas wishes

1. Wishing you a blessed Christmas and a peaceful new year.
2. May the joy of the season fill your home this Christmas.
3. Wishing you and your family a blessed and happy Christmas.
4. May this Christmas bring you peace, hope, and joy.
5. Wishing you the blessings of the season.
6. May your Christmas be filled with love and light.
7. Blessings to you and your family this Christmas.
8. Wishing you a holy and happy Christmas.

Short Christmas wishes and texts

1. Merry Christmas!
2. Happy Christmas!
3. Season’s greetings!
4. Merry Christmas, love.
5. Have a lovely one!
6. Wishing you joy!
7. Merry Christmas and love to all.
8. Happy holidays!
9. Enjoy the day!
10. Merry Christmas — much love.
11. Hope it is a good one.
12. Merry Christmas to you all!

For someone alone or struggling at Christmas

1. Thinking of you this Christmas. Here if you want company or quiet.
2. Wishing you a gentle Christmas — no pressure at all.
3. Thinking of you today especially. Sending love.
4. Merry Christmas — the door is open if you fancy it.
5. Thinking of you. Christmas is not easy for everyone and that is alright.
6. Sending love this Christmas. Call any time, genuinely.

Make it less generic

1. Name one thing from their year. It takes four seconds and changes the card entirely.
2. Mention the plan. “See you on Boxing Day” beats any greeting.
3. Vary the base line. If you are writing thirty, use three different openings.
4. Send early to the people who are alone. Christmas Day is the busiest and loneliest day to receive a message.

Send it — anywhere, on the day

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Christmas wishes FAQ

What is a good Merry Christmas message?

“Merry Christmas! Wishing you a restful one and a brilliant year ahead.” Warm, complete, and appropriate for nearly anyone.

What do you text on Christmas Day?

Keep it short and send it early — inboxes fill fast. “Merry Christmas! Hope it is a good one” is plenty.

What do you write for someone spending Christmas alone?

Offer presence without pressure: “Thinking of you — here if you want company or quiet.” Then follow up on the day itself.

What is a non-religious Christmas wish?

“Season’s greetings and warmest wishes” or “wishing you joy, rest, and excellent food.” Both avoid assuming anything.

How early should you send Christmas wishes?

Cards by the first week of December; messages on Christmas Eve or the morning itself. See what to write in a Christmas card.

What do you say instead of “Merry Christmas”?

“Season’s greetings,” “happy holidays,” “wishing you a lovely break,” or simply “thinking of you at this time of year.”

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