Sending Christmas cards is a lovely tradition, but it may get a little burdensome if you have a lot to send. This is particularly true if you struggle to come up with the correct words to include in your Christmas card.

Sending Christmas cards is a lovely ritual, but if you have a large number to send, it may get daunting. This is especially true if you can’t think of what to write on your Christmas card.

If you’re confused about what to put in your Christmas cards this year, check out our collection of over 50 sample holiday card messages, festive greetings, and the greatest Merry Christmas wishes for pals. So choose someone from the list and write them a message to express your feelings for them.

Holiday Card Wishes For Friends

50 Best Holiday Card Messages for Friends
  • The gift of love, the gift of peace, the gift of happiness—may these be yours this holiday season.
  • Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a very happy New Year.
  • Let us cherish family and friends this holiday season.
  • Whatever is beautiful, whatever is meaningful, whatever brings you happiness—may it be yours this holiday season and throughout the coming year.
  • Wishing you comfort, hope, and joy for the holidays and always.
  • May your home be filled with all the joys of the season.
  • Wishing you a season filled with warm moments and cherished memories.
  • Holiday greetings and best wishes for a New Year of happiness in a world of peace.
  • Whatever is beautiful, whatever is meaningful, whatever brings you happiness—may it be yours this holiday season and throughout the coming year.
  • Warmest wishes of the season from our family to yours.

Short and Simple Holiday Greetings

50 Best Holiday Card Messages for Friends
  • Merry Christmas and many blessings in the new year.
  • Merry everything and be happy always.
  • Hoping your holidays are filled with love, family, and happiness.
  • Hope you get everything you want under the Christmas tree this year!
  • Happy holidays and happy 2023! Make it the best year ever.
  • Best wishes for a new year filled with love, happiness, and success.
  • Happy holidays from our house to yours.
  • Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
  • Wishing you the happiest of holidays and a fantastic New Year.
  • May the wonder and magic of Christmas fill you with delight.

Friendly holiday greetings & messages

50 Best Holiday Card Messages for Friends
  • This time of the year, I really wish I had enough airline miles to visit you. Actually, as long as I’m throwing out Christmas wishes my friend, I wish we could buy the whole plane.
  • There’s supposed to be this whole “magic of the holiday” thing, so channel your inner wizard, get on your broomstick, and come visit me.
  • Seasons greetings! Wishing you all the joy, peace, and love that this time of year brings.
  • Happy holidays! Sending you love, light, and laughter for good memories and a bright and healthy 2023.
  • Happy holiday greetings to you and yours! Here’s to a cheerful present, a well-remembered past, and a prosperous year ahead.
  • Greetings to you during this bright time of year! May you experience the light of laughter, the warmth of love, and the joy of gratitude this season and beyond.
  • Holiday greetings to you and the ones you spend it with! May this time of year shine light on your blessings and bring new ones in the year to come.
  • Happy holidays! We hope this year’s season fills you up with the things that mean most to you and energizes you for a happy and healthy new year.
  • I just came up with a brilliant plan: Pencil me in on your office holiday party invitation, then expense my flight so I can visit you this Christmas.
  • If I could get one holiday wish this year, I’d take us back in time to when we were in college with zero responsibilities and a month-long Christmas break. Hope you get the break you deserve this Christmas.

Classic Christmas Card Lines

50 Best Holiday Card Messages for Friends
  • We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
  • Merry Christmas with lots of love!
  • From our home to yours, we hope you have a happy holiday season and a prosperous New Year!
  • Wishing you and yours a happy holiday season and all the best for the New Year!
  • Wishing you peace and joy this holiday season and in the New Year.
  • Have a holly jolly Christmas!
  • May your days be merry and bright. Happy holidays from all of us!
  • Wishing you love, light, and laughter for Christmas and the New Year too!
  • May your heart be filled with all the joys of the season.
  • Season’s greetings, from our house to yours!

Funny Holiday Card Sayings

50 Best Holiday Card Messages for Friends
  • I can’t tell if it’s the joyous holiday season or the spiked eggnog, but there’s no one else I’d rather be single and not mingling with through the winter.
  • Merry Christmas to someone who’s definitely on my “nice” list!
  • Hope this holiday season decks your halls with lots of merriness!
  • ‘Tis the season to get tipsy! Cheers to a wonderful Christmas!
    It’s all fun and games until Santa checks the naughty list.
  • Don’t get your tinsel in a tangle.
  • Eat, Drink, and Be Merry. Repeat as needed and have an awesome holiday!
  • An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.
  • Hope your holiday’s filled with plenty of ho-ho-ho!
  • This Christmas let’s try to keep things in proper perspective. After all, credit cards do have their limits.
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