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Let Storkie Express help with your holiday invitation wording... Storkie is the source for all your personalized Holiday Cards needs. All of the text on our custom printed Holiday Cards can be fully personalized, and as guidance we offer the following Holiday Card Wording, Ideas, Sayings, and Verses to help you choose the message that suits you best. You can use one of our Holiday wording suggestions or use your own or mix and match.

Storkie offers unique custom Holiday invitations announcements and cards that can be personalized for a wide range of Holiday occasions, including: Holiday party invitations, Holiday photo cards, Holiday greeting cards, Holiday thank you cards, and much more. Choosing the wording for holiday cards is even more exciting in iDesign as you can visualize exactly how your holiday card wording looks on your chosen design.

Choose from the following unique holiday card wording and sayings shown below, mix and match, or customize card text with your own:

Warmest Wishes for
Happy Holidays
and a Happy New Year 

Warmest Greetings of the Season
and Best Wishes for
Happiness in the New Year
with Holiday Blessings 

Peace on Earth
and Joy to all
with Love  

  With all Best Wishes
for a Joyous Season
and a very Happy New Year  

May the Spirit of the Holidays
be with you
throughout the New Year 

Wishing your friends and family a “Happy Holidays” is a great way to be inclusive of all the religious or cultural festivities of the season. Celebrate Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas and New Years in your greeting card this year by selecting the perfect holiday card sayings.

Don’t get stuck trying to figure out what to write in a holiday card. Whether you’re sending holiday cards to close friends, as a business or purely to keep in touch with old contacts, we have you covered on everything you need to know to create greetings that get noticed. Just follow our tips and tricks below.

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Step by Step: What to Write in a Holiday Card

During a hectic time of the year that is marked by special events and traditions galore, you won’t want to forget to send out your Season’s Greetings. Between sharing Thanksgiving messages around the dinner table and counting down the seconds until midnight at your New Year’s party, the best way to top off your holiday celebrations is by sending your well wishes in the perfect yet affordable holiday card.

We’ve listed steps for what to write in a holiday card to help you assure that your happy holidays messages are flawless, no matter whom you are writing to.

1. Wish the card recipient a “Happy Holidays!”  Always remember to start your greeting card with a “Happy Holidays!” sentiment or phrase. You can never go wrong by extending a warm greeting and this festive saying is the perfect way to jumpstart your holiday card message.
2. Write a short Holiday card saying. Choose a message that best suits you as well as your recipients to ensure that each greeting is special. Make sure to tailor your saying depending on who you are writing to.
3. If you’re close to the recipient you can write a personal Holiday card message. Use nicknames, inside jokes and treasured memories when writing your Merry Christmas wishes to friends, family or anyone else close to you. Taking a few extra minutes to customize these cards will surely pay off and warm the hearts of your recipients.
4. If you’re writing a business holiday card make sure your message is cheerful yet appropriate. Show your clients, customers and employees just how much you appreciate them with a sincere corporate holiday card or Christmas card message. No matter how big or small your company may be, a gratitude filled holiday card is the best way to thank those you’ve done business with. Be mindful of the words you select and make sure that your greeting reflects your business values.
5. Pick a few funny Holiday sayings to include in your greeting. Give the gift of laughter this season by sharing funny Holiday sayings with your card recipients. Select an appropriate saying that you know will reach your card recipients’ well and be mindful of jokes or phrases that may be offensive. It’s always a good idea to make those near and dear to you smile this season.
6. Use a few Holiday quotes to capture the magic of the season. Holiday quotes are very inspirational and have the power to bring the season to life through your holiday wishes. Don’t be afraid to let famous authors and poets help you craft your messages and get in the holiday spirit with a few seasonal quotes.
7. Add your signature at the end of your Holiday greeting. You took the time to create personalized holiday greeting card messages so, don’t forget to sign the card and let everyone know who it’s from. Follow proper holiday card etiquette and use these tips for how to sign christmas cards if you have any questions.

Holiday Card Wishes

A thoughtful gift is the best kind you can give this holiday season. With the perfect holiday card saying, you will not only spread joy but also, show those close to you just how much you care. In fact, crafting your personalized sentiment on one of our holiday photo cards will allow you to turn your families special memories into a keepsake to share. Use one, or two, or three of the wishes below to add some jingle to your holiday greeting.

• Wishing you all of the Hope, Wonder, and Joy that the Season can bring!
• Warmest wishes of the Season from our family to yours.
• Let us cherish family and friends this Holiday Season.
• Wishing you a season filled with warm moments and cherished memories.
• Warmest thoughts and Best wishes for a wonderful Holiday and a very Happy New Year.
• Holiday Greetings and Best wishes for a New Year of Happiness in a World of Peace.
• The gift of love, the gift of peace, the gift of happiness… May these be yours this Holiday Season.
• Hope this season is packed with fun!
• Whatever is beautiful, whatever is meaningful, whatever brings you happiness…May it be yours this Holiday Season and throughout the coming year.
• May your home be filled with all the joys of the season.
• Wishing you comfort, hope and joy for the holidays and always.
• Wishing you the gift of faith and the blessing of hope.
• With all good wishes to you and your family for health and happiness throughout the coming year.
• Have a warm and cozy holiday.
• May your Holidays be filled with joyful noise.
• From our home to yours…
• Joy! Joy! Joy!
• Let music fill the air; let joy be everywhere!
• To a joyful present and a well remembered past. Best wishes for Happy Holidays.

Business Holiday Card Messages

There’s no need to struggle with what to write in a business holiday card. The holidays are certainly a hectic time for most organizations and as a professional, it may seem like you have no time. Even through all of the chaos, it’s important to invest in thanking the important people who make it all happen. The best part? It won’t even take you that much time! Use one of our helpful business holiday card messages to build your business relationships, thank your clients and colleagues and spread your Season’s Greetings.

• Wishing you a Happy Holiday and a joyful New Year. Best wishes from your friends at [company name].
• Happy Holidays and warm wishes for 2017!
• Wishing you a wonderful holiday season.
• Wishing you a bright 2017 from your friends at [company name].
• Wishing you a Happy New Year! We hope it’s your best year ever.
• May this good cheer last throughout the year.
• We appreciate your business and wish you the best in the coming year.
• May the holiday spirit be with you and your family today and throughout the New Year.
• We’re so glad to have you as a client and look forward to serving you in the future.
• The end of the year brings no greater joy than the opportunity to express to you season’s greetings and good wishes. May your holidays and New Year be filled with joy.
• As the holiday season is upon us, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year and those who have helped to shape our business. It’s been quite a year for us all! We hope that 2017 has been just as memorable for you, your colleagues and your loved ones. We look forward to working with you in the years to come.
• During this season, we take time to reflect upon the good things we have… like our partnership with you. We appreciate working with you and hope that the holidays and the coming year will bring you happiness and success.
• As we look back upon the past year, we would like to acknowledge those who have helped us shape our business. Thanks for a great year, and we wish you all the best as you embark on 2017.
• At this special time of year, we give thanks for clients like you who have made our jobs easier and our lives more fulfilling. Thank you for being you. From all of us at [company name].
• We would like to express our sincerest appreciation for the trust you have placed in us and best wishes for the holidays.
• This holiday season, we are looking back with appreciation for your loyalty and looking forward to moving into the New Year together.

Funny Holiday Card Sayings

Pick and choose a few funny holiday card sayings to add to your greeting cards. Show off your witty personality through your holiday card this year. These chuckle-worthy messages are perfect for your fun-loving friends plus, they pair well with funny Christmas card photos!

• Know what the best thing about this card is? It doesn’t come with a fruitcake!
• It’s the holiday season. Let the overeating begin.
• Holiday cheer recipe: Combine loads of good wishes, a heart full of love and armfuls of hugs. Sprinkle with laughter and garnish with mistletoe.

Last Updated: Dec 11, 2018

The holidays are fast approaching and it’s time to send out your seasons greetings to friends, family, and more. But with the busyness of all the holiday happenings in your life, greeting cards may feel like added stress. If you’re struggling to find the right sentiment for your seasonal messages, we’ve made it easy. Browse our guide on holiday card messages and wishes to find the perfect saying for your loved ones.

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What To Write In A Holiday Card

Holiday cards are usually made up of the following parts: An introduction, holiday sentiment or message, a personal note, and a sign off with a signature. Additionally, many people choose to include a photo of them and their family in the card design itself. These photo cards are perfect for displaying and saving for years later look back on. If you’re looking for more details on what to include in your cards, we’ve broken down the sections below.

Introduction

Address the recipient by the title or name they would like to go by. If it’s a more professional relationship use the proper pronouns such as Mr., Mrs., Ms., or Dr. If the relationship is more personal, such as a family member or close friend, you can address them by the name they usually go by.

Holiday Card Sentiments or Wishes

A holiday sentiment is a vital part of any greeting card that expresses your season greetings. Make sure you take the time to pick one that matches your holiday spirit and is also appropriate for the recipient. For examples and inspiration, see our resource sections below.

Personal Note

Add a personal touch to your holiday cards. Make sure to include a message to the recipient that touches upon something they’re currently doing or an experience shared together. This makes the holiday greeting feel more special.

Sign Off and Signature

A sign off includes a final personal touch before ending the letter. Sign offs for family or close friends include options like “much love,” “hugs and kisses,” and “yours truly.” Sentiments for professional relationships include “all the best,” “sincerely,” and “signed.” Holiday sign offs include messages like “happy holidays,” “enjoy the holidays,” and “happy new year.”

Happy Holiday Card Messages

These “Happy Holiday” themed messages are the perfect basic building blocks for your holiday cards.

• Happy Holidays and a Festive New Year to you and your family.
• All the best to everyone this Holiday Season!
• May everything on your wishlist come true. Happy Holidays!
• Here’s to a wonderful Holiday season and a Happy New Year!
• May the new year bring new hopes and joys. Have a wonderful New Year and happy holidays.
• Happy Holidays. Wishing you every happiness this holiday season and throughout the coming year.
• May this holiday season be full of surprises and cheers, simply because you deserve the best. Happy Holidays.
• Happy Holidays. Thinking of you this time of year!

Family Holiday Card Messages

Make your holiday messages extra special for loved ones with these handpicked messages, tailor-fit for friends and family.

• Wish we could see all of you this holiday season! All the best for the New Year!
• You’re all so important to us. Stay safe and stay happy this holiday season!
• May the Holiday season fill your home with joy, your heart with love, and your life with laughter.
• I’m so grateful to have you in my life. Happy holidays and enjoy the New Year!
• Whatever is beautiful, whatever is meaningful, whatever brings you happiness. May it be yours this holiday season and throughout the coming year.
• Love always, smile often, and good things will always come to you. Seasonal greetings!
• Holidays are the time for for family, and I’m so lucky to be able to share them with you.
• What a special time of year, and what a special family I have with you.

Business Holiday Card Messages

You’ll spend many days out of the year with your coworkers or employees, so make sure you show them your appreciation. Acknowledge their hard work with the following messaging ideas.

Holiday Card Messages For Employees

• May your holidays be fun-filled and may you come back rested, refreshed, and healthy. Happy holidays.
• Holiday greetings and best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year.
• As the holiday season approaches, we want to thank you for your efforts. People like you are the gem of this organization. Season’s Greetings!
• Thank you for all your hard work, dedication, and positivity that helped carry us through this year. Happy Holidays!
• You’ve done an amazing job this year, and we’re so grateful to have you on our team. Now enjoy your rest time and the holidays! You deserve it!

Corporate Holiday Card Messages

• Wishing you a fantastic holiday and a prosperous New Year.
• In warm appreciation of our association during the past year, we extend our very best wishes for a happy holiday season.
• We are grateful to those who showed immense hard work and dedication in shaping our business this year. Enjoy the holiday!
• Enjoy the holiday season with your loved ones and have a successful year ahead.
• With the year almost over, we want to thank those who got us to where we are. Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year.

Business Holiday Card Messages For Clients

• We extend our warmest wishes for the Holiday Season to our clients and friends who have made our progress possible.
• The seasons greetings are for the people who helped reach us where we stand today. Cheers to all and wishing you very joyful holidays.
• Thank you all for your continued support and partnership. Looking forward to great business years ahead. Till then, enjoy and have fun! Happy Holidays!
• Happy Holidays! Thank you for your partnership this year and in the time to come.
• Now is the time of year to celebrate friendships and valued partnerships. Thank you for your continued support, and enjoy your holidays!

Seasons Greetings Messages

The “seasons greetings” sentiment is a classic for a reason. Take your pick of this message with the ideas below.

• May this season bring joy, love, and blessings to you and your family.
• Sending seasons greetings to you and your family. Enjoy this special time with your loved ones!
• May the new season usher in lots of happiness for you and your family.
• Seasons greetings! It’s friends like you that make the holidays so special and magical.
• Seasons greetings to you and your family ad you enjoy this festive time together.
• Seasons greetings from the family! Hope you all end the year on a bright note.
• Seasons greetings to you and yours from me and mine.

Holiday Wishes

Want to wish someone special a special message to match? We’ve collected some ideas that should do the trick.

• Best wishes for Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year.
• Warmest greetings of this festive season and best wishes for happiness this New Year.
• Wishing you a magical and blissful holiday!
• Wishing you and your family lots of good health, tons of happiness and plenty of prosperity in the year ahead. Happy New Year!
• Wishing you a beautiful Holiday Season and a year of good health, happiness and prosperity.
• Warmest greetings of the season and many good wishes for the New Year.
• Wishing you and your loved ones a special time of year together.
• Warm wishes and holiday greetings to you this festive season.

Perfect Holiday Quotes And Holiday Sayings

Take your pick of the following holiday related quotes to include in your card.

• “Peace, love, health and happiness to all.” -Unknown
• “Holidays – any holiday – are such a great opportunity to focus on bringing the family together.” -Lidia Bastianich
• “May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
• “The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing others’ loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of the holidays.” -W. C. Jones
• “It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future.  It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.” -Agnes M. Pharo

Holiday Card Templates And Holiday Card Message Examples

Samples are a great way to make sure that your holiday card messages cover everything you want them to. Explore our three holiday card templates below as examples for your own writing.

Holiday Card Sample #1: Holiday Quote

Dear Nancy,

In the words of Lidia Bastianich, “Holidays – any holiday – are such a great opportunity to focus on bringing the family together.” I hope that you’re able to take time to spend the season with your loved ones, as I know you’ve been extra busy this year!

All the best,

-Rachel

Holiday Card Sample #2: Family Greeting

Dear Mom & Dad,

I was just thinking about that special christmas when I was 10 that we were able to spend together in the snow. Such special memories. I’m so grateful to have you in my life. Happy holidays and enjoy the New Year!

All my love,

-Hannah

Holiday Card Sample #2: Employee Greeting

Dear Mr. Garrett,

As the holiday season approaches, we want to thank you for your efforts. We especially appreciated the extra hours you put in last month. People like you are the gem of this organization. Seasons Greetings!

Happy holidays,

-Danielle Keating, CEO

Extra Holiday Card Resources

If you’re still looking for extra holiday or Christmas related resources, we have you covered. Check out our Christmas card messages or our piece on how to write a Christmas card if you need more help with your holiday cards. Or, if you’re planning a holiday party, check out our Christmas party ideas.

It is already starting.

Cold weather, snow, bright lights, trees and sweet treats.

It is officially the season to send holiday greetings to your customers and business acquaintances.

As you start writing them, you might run into a tricky problem.

You are saying the same thing over and over and over again, so all of your greetings sound the same.

Boring.

You want everyone receiving your holiday greetings to feel special. If you write something generic and lacking personality, they’ll just think you sent them the contents of a business holiday greeting template.

Not good.

How can you avoid this fate? How can you find some more inspiration for creative greetings?

Here’s the good news I have for you: By the time you’ve finished reading this article, you’ll have the words you need to create business holiday greetings that sparkle and bring warmth to the hearts of their readers.

The Dos and Don’ts of Business Holiday Greetings

Dos are things you should do. Don’ts are things you should not do. 

This is important to know—even the most delicious spices won’t taste good if you use them incorrectly. So, there are a few things you need to know about writing business holiday greetings before I give you those 15 spicy words. Think of this as advice telling you “how to say it” and “how not to say it.”

Dos

• Begin with a seasonal expression or appropriate holiday greeting. For example, you can start a letter with “Seasonal greetings to you!” This will let readers know right away that you’re sending a holiday greeting.

• Express appreciation for the person you’re writing to (and their business) and express your wish of being of service to them in the future. This adds to the personalized touch.

• Wish the person you’re writing to happiness, success, health and/or prosperity. For example, you can write something like, “all the best to you in 2016.”

Don’ts

• Don’t let your holiday greeting be your only message. Such a card or letter screams “mass production” and, let me tell you, that is worse than sending no card at all. Make it personal by adding your own message to each individual person. Include details that show you know the person and their company.

• Don’t use a holiday greeting message as a sneaky way to get a point across (make people understand or believe something), lecture the group or relay office news.

• Don’t turn your holiday greeting into an aggressive sales letter.

More Holiday Greeting Writing Tips

It is not just the words you choose that will make your message sparkle. As you write your holiday greeting message consider that:

• Even though the holiday season may be joyous for you, it might not be for everyone. Santa may know who’s naughty and nice, but you can’t know who’s happy and sad. So here’s what you do—choose a message that is low-key. Express your good wishes, but make sure that it’s not gushing with cheer (overly cheerful).

• Not everyone has the same religious beliefs. Their new year may not begin on the first of January. Show respect for these facts by choosing terms that aren’t associated with religion such as “the holidays,” “this season” and “at this time of year,” and include the year in your happy new year wishes (“wishing you success and happiness in 2016”).

• While you don’t want to weigh your letter down with office news, feel free to include personal updates and important information such as a change of address.

Types of Holiday Greetings

Greeting cards, letters, email—which format choice will best suit your message? The choice is really up to you, but as with all choices each one has advantages and disadvantages.

• Greeting Cards — The good old greeting card is as much a feature of the holiday season as holiday sales and decorations. Do you love greeting cards? Then go ahead and send them. Just avoid the temptation to simply add your signature to cards with mass produced messages. Make the card meaningful by adding your own message. Better yet, buy a greeting card that’s blank inside and make your message the highlight of the card.

• Business Letters — How can you make your holiday greeting even more personal? Put it in a letter. You can make a letter as personal as you want by using different designs and graphics. Plus you can truly individualize the content. Your business associates know this and will appreciate your efforts. Oh, and don’t worry if you have bad handwriting. It’s acceptable to type your holiday greeting business letter.

• Email — Even though sending holiday greetings in an email or sending an email greeting card has become a very popular option, these digital messages lose that personal touch for some people. Does that mean it’s best to avoid using this format? By all means, no. I advise, though, using it with business associates who you usually communicate with via email and who also send e-cards to you.

Resources for Improving Your Holiday Business Greetings

I’m going to get you started in the right direction, but these aren’t the only words that you can use to add spice to your business holiday greetings. If you’re looking for more try:

• Watching FluentU English videos related to Christmas and other holidays. Worried that you don’t know enough about English-speaking culture to use these holiday greetings? FluentU shows you exactly how to use these phrases (and much more) exactly like native speakers do.

FluentU provides real-world videos like business dialogues, interviews, TV clips, news reports and more. Each video comes with interactive subtitles so you never miss a word. Just click any word or phrase and the video will automatically pause to give you a definition.

It’s the perfect way to learn natural English, and it doesn’t even feel like studying. Best of all, you can practice anytime, anywhere on your computer, iOS or Android device.

• Performing a search on the Internet using the keywords “holiday greetings.” You’ll find greeting cards and lists that will feed your creativity.

• Looking at greeting cards in stores.

• Studying the greeting cards, letters and emails you receive.

15 Meaningful Words to Use in Holiday Greetings to Business Partners and Customers

1. Blessings

A blessing is a thing that leads to happiness or helps bring good things to you. A common holiday greeting phrase using the word “blessing” is “seasons’s blessings.”

You may also see the term “to count your blessings,” meaning to stop and take time to be thankful for the good things in your life.

How would you use apply this to a business holiday greeting? Try saying something like, “This time of year compels us to count our blessings—and among them are good customers like you.”

2. Celebration

The holiday season is a time of celebration. Celebration occurs when people do enjoyable or special things in honor of the holidays. So instead of just writing, “Happy Holidays,” add your own personal holiday wishes to the phrase and show that you are celebrating this year. You might write something like, “In celebration of the holiday season…”

3. Gratitude

What do you feel when you appreciate having something? Gratitude. Since you want to send your business associates, clients or customers a holiday greeting, I’m thinking that you appreciate them and want to tell them so.

Do that with a phrase like this, “I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your business over the past year.”

Include the phrase in a sentence like this, “As we at (the name of your company) look back over 2015, we remember with sincere gratitude our friendly and faithful customers. Customers like you.”

You can also use the word “grateful” and write something like, “We are grateful for friendly and faithful customers like you.”

4. Happiness

Happiness is the feeling of pleasure and excitement that you have because of your life or general situation. While the holiday season isn’t reserved for happiness, it is a time when people tend to wish people happiness.

Here’s how. You can write, “Everyone here at (the name of your company) sends you best wishes for happiness, health and prosperity throughout 2016.”

Or, you can write, “I hope the New Year brings you health and happiness.”

Here’s yet another option, “We send our warmest wishes for health and happiness.”

5. Health

The state of being free from illness is health. Wishing people health during the holiday season is common and often goes with the word “happiness.”

Just take a look at the sentences under “happiness” to see how often the two words are used together.

If you want to say something a bit different try this, “We wish you the gifts of love, friendship and good health.”

6. Joy

What is the word for feelings of great happiness? Joy.

Spread wishes of joy by spicing up your business holiday greetings with a phrase like “small daily joys.” All you have to do is add it to your wish for a year of health and happiness.

You can also use the word joy to talk about the season, “May the beauty and joys of the season stay with you during the whole year.”

7. Peace

The opposite of war is peace. Partner this word with “happiness” as in “Wishing you a new year of peace and happiness.”

You can also use this word in a greeting like this, “Wishing you the gifts of the season—Peace, Joy and Hope.

8. Pleasure

When you have a feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction you are feeling pleasure.

Try spicing up this sentence that I already gave you: “This Holiday Season we wish to extend our warmest greetings and best wishes for a New Year full of happiness and health.”

Here’s my recommendation for using the word “pleasure” in this sentence: “It’s our pleasure this Holiday Season to extend our warmest greetings and best wishes for a New Year full of happiness and health.”

9. Prosperity

Ahh, prosperity. Something that many people strive for. Oh, let me back up. What’s prosperity? It’s what you have when you’re successful, usually because you’ve made lots of money.

These are business greetings after all, so it’s common to wish people prosperity.

Use this word in a phrase like this: “May your year be filled with happiness, health, and prosperity.”

You can also wish that people “have aprosperous new year.“

10. Rejoice

When you show that you are happy about something, you are rejoicing. You are celebrating job.

Open your greeting with a phrase like, “As we rejoice in the magic of the holiday season…”

Then follow that happy idea with your personal message.

11. Remembrances

Remembrance is the act of thinking back about a person, thing or event. How can you use this in your holiday greetings?

Well, you can use another form of the word and say, “Remembering you this holiday season.”

12. Season

While you might think of spring, summer, autumn and winter when you hear this word, English speakers also use it to talk about particular periods of time during the year in general. You know, like football season, baseball season or beach season. Well, as you’ve seen, we often talk about the holiday season as well.

You can use this word in phrases like:

“All the best of the season.”

“Compliments of the season.”

“Magic of the holiday season.”

“Season’s greetings.”

“Wishes for a joyous season.”

“Have a wonderful holiday season.”

Just take your pick!

13. Serenity

Serenity is a feeling of calm and peacefulness.

Add this word to wishes of joy and health by writing, “We’re wishing you joy, health and serenity this holiday season.”

14. Success

A person achieves success when they meet their goals. The goal may be to obtain wealth, respect or fame. You can also achieve personal success and professional success that is measured by something important to you personally.

Wishing your business acquaintances success is similar to wishing them prosperity.

Vary your holiday greeting by sending wishes of continued success.

Write something similar to this, “Wishing you a season of joy and continued success in 2016.”

15. Wishes

In holiday greetings, English people use the word “wishes” or some form of it to say that we want whatever follows the word to happen to the person to whom we are writing.

For example, you can write, “wishes for a joyous season,” “wishing you happiness and health,” “wishing you continuing success” or anything similarly positive. What do you wish for your business acquaintances? Just put it after the word “wish.”

Those are the 15 words we have for you this year.

Good luck writing your own holiday greetings!

Here’s wishing you a happy holiday season and continued success with your English language learning in 2016.