Christmas Wishes & Messages

Sometimes "Merry Christmas" needs a bit more behind it. Whether it's for the card, the gift tag, a group text to the family, or the dedication page in a keepsake book, here are real words for whoever you're writing to this Christmas.

Christmas wishes for family and friends

  • Wishing you a Christmas as warm as your kitchen smells right now.
  • Merry Christmas to the people who make the ordinary days good too.
  • Hope your Christmas is full of a little magic. Loud rooms, second helpings, everyone home.
  • Sending you a Christmas full of the people you love most.
  • Wishing you all the magic of Christmas morning, and a quiet moment to enjoy it too.

Christmas messages from the kids

  • Merry Christmas! I made your present myself. Mostly.
  • I hope Santa knows you've been good too.
  • Best Christmas ever, because you're in it.
  • Thank you for making Christmas morning the best morning.

For grandparents and extended family

  • Christmas isn't the same without you at the table.
  • Thank you for every Christmas memory we've made together.
  • Wishing you a Christmas full of the traditions you started with us.
  • The best gift this year is having you close.

Short lines for cards and gift tags

  • Merry Christmas, from our family to yours.
  • Wishing you a Christmas that feels exactly like home.
  • All our love, this Christmas and always.
  • Hope your stockings are full and your table is loud.
  • Happy Christmas to one of the good ones.

A little more to say

  • Christmas looks different in every house, and that's exactly what makes it feel like yours.
  • It's not really about the tree or the lights. It's about who's standing under them with you.
  • Some years call for more than a card. If you want to put the whole story down, not just the wish, that's what a page for is.

Put the story in their stocking

If a card isn't enough this year, Christmas Star is a personalised keepsake starring your own child, a bit of Christmas magic with room for your own dedication written inside. Browse the full Christmas collection for more ways to put your family in the story this year, including books built for siblings: Personalised Books for Siblings.

It's not just a gift. It's their story, with your words in it too.