What to Write in Christmas Cards

Writing a Christmas card message is one of the toughest parts of sending cards in Christmas Day.  You want to make sure that your recipient will not find your Christmas messages offending or too impersonal. At the same time, you also want to make sure that your greetings will make him/her smile upon receiving it. Tricky and complicated isn’t it?

So what to write in a Christmas card then? Certain factors must be considered in writing a message for every card. These are:

1. Relation to the recipient

2. Age of the Recipient

3. Recipient’s interest

Types of Christmas Card Messages

Short Christmas Messages  

You can make your Christmas greetings as short as possible. Yet, you have to make sure that it conveys your wishes perfectly. It can be around 30 to 40 words. No need to use deep vocabulary. You can make it as simple yet short. For example:

May the Christmas season

fill your home with joy,

your heart with love

and your life with laughter.

May the peace and joy of Christmas

be with you today

and throughout the New Year.

The gift of love.

The gift of peace.

The gift of happiness.

May all these be yours at Christmas.

One-liner Christmas Messages

Yes, you can express your Christmas wishes in a single sentence. It has few words but with the right selection, you can perfectly convey your thoughts. Here are some samples:

Wishing you a joyous Holiday Season and a most prosperous and healthy New Year.

May happy memories and beautiful moments surround you with joy this Christmas.

Merry Christmas and many good wishes for a new year of happiness and prosperity.

Wishing you nothing but the best this Christmas!

Christmas Card Quotes from Quotations.about.com
please find some Christmas quotes from about.com

Garrison Keillor
A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.

Norman Vincent Peale
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

Helen Steiner Rice
Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.

Winston Churchill
We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give.

Helen Steiner Rice
Peace on earth will come to stay,
When we live Christmas every day.

Christmas Card Messages from 365greetings Messages

Snow is falling,
So Season's greetings.
Have lots of Christmas cheers,
And a Happy New Year!

It's Christmas time, and everyone is happy...
Until you have to go Christmas shopping!
Hope you already got that out of the way.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Keep faith, hope and love in your heart,

And you will hold the spirit of Christmas.

May you have a great holiday season and an amazing 12 months.