Christmas Greetings - What Should I Write?

Christmas Greeting Cards

The Christmas card is without a doubt the most sent greeting of the year. The most common sentence in a Christmas card is "Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" but it is okay to be a bit more creative when you write you greeting. Here are some examples:

1. Colorado Governor Bill Owens (R): "May peace, love, joy and prosperity bless your home and family this holiday season"

2. Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski (D): “PEACE - Paz, Paix, Pace, Frieden, Mir, Shalom, Heiwa, Salam, Heping”

3. South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford (R): "May we all live honorably, walk humbly, and give abundant thanks to the Lord for our many blessings this holiday season"; quotes Micah 6:8

You can also be inspired by the statements about Xmas by famous people:

1. Oren Arnold: “Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.”

2. Phillips Brooks: “Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door the dark night wakes - the glory breaks, Christmas comes once more.”

3. Larry Wilde: “Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall”.

Or a more humourous greeting:

4. Anonymous: "Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Xmas shopping when they ran out of money.”

It can also be a good idea to look at how people wrote on their Christmas cards in the old days:

1. Christmas card from 1892 : “A hearty Christmas greeting. Happy and free from care may you ever be, Merry days, jolly days, may you ever see.”

2. Christmas card from 1924 : “I wish you gladness friend of mine and so this card conveys Good will and cheer in every line for this rare day of days. Christmas Greetings to you.”

3. Christmas card from 1900: “What if the wintry winds do sweep across the garden chill, to long as in our hearts we keep Old Christmas merry still.”