Christmas card messages to send with flowers: 60 ideas

For your parents

• “Mom, Dad, Merry Christmas. Your house is still the place that feels most like home.”

• “For your Christmas table, until we show up with dessert. Merry Christmas!”

• “Mom, thanks for the mountains of cookies, and for everything else. Merry Christmas.”

For your grandparents

• “Merry Christmas, Grandma. We're saving you the middle spot in the family photo.”

• “Merry Christmas, Grandpa! Get the cards ready, I want my rematch on the 25th.”

For siblings and cousins

• “Merry Christmas, little sis. This year, you're making the toast.”

• “To the cousins in Lausanne: Merry Christmas, and see you at New Year's!”

• “Merry Christmas, my love. The best gift I get is coming home to you.”

• “Our first Christmas together. Here's to many more.”

• “For you, to tide you over until our candlelit dinner. Merry Christmas.”

• “Merry Christmas, [Name]. Thank you for this year, moving day included.”

• “Apart for Christmas, but you're on my mind every minute. I love you.”

• “Merry Christmas! Here's to all the quick drinks that turned into dinner this year.”

• “Happy holidays! Let's pick a date for the January fondue as soon as you're back.”

• “Merry Christmas, [Name]. This year wouldn't have been the same without you.”

• “To the friend who picked up every single call: Merry Christmas, and thank you.”

• “Merry Christmas to the whole crew. Can't wait for the next game night!”

Sign with the company or team name and keep the tone simple. If you don't know whether the person celebrates Christmas, “happy holidays” works for everyone.

For clients and partners

• “Thank you for your trust this year. Everyone at [company name] wishes you happy holidays.”

• “Wishing you a restful holiday season. We look forward to working with you again in 2027.”

• “With our thanks for a year of working together, and our best wishes for the one ahead.”

For coworkers

• “Thanks to the whole team for this year. Happy holidays, and get some rest!”

• “Merry Christmas, [Name]. Thanks for holding down the fort right up to the last day.”

• “For your last Christmas before retirement: thank you for all these years. The office won't be the same.”

Living abroad with family in Switzerland? The bouquet is delivered to their address in Switzerland, with your card: send flowers to Switzerland from abroad.

• “Merry Christmas from New York. The flowers are getting there before I do. See you in February.”

• “This year, the bouquet is taking my seat at the table. Merry Christmas, everyone.”

• “Save me a slice of the Yule log. I'll eat mine over video call.”

• “Six hours behind, but I'll raise a glass with you at midnight, Swiss time. Merry Christmas!”

• “Mom, Dad, Merry Christmas. Put a few cinnamon stars aside for me, I'll be home as soon as I can.”

After a death, the holidays make the absence feel even bigger. Skip “merry” and wishes for happiness, and name the person who died if you knew them. A short note that doesn't ask for a reply is often the kindest.

• “Thinking of you this first Christmas without [Name].”

• “These holidays will feel different. We're right beside you.”

• “[Name] would have had the decorations up by now. We loved them dearly, and we're thinking of you.”

• “If you'd like some company over the holidays, our door is open.”

• “Something gentle for the days ahead. With all our love.”

For more words of comfort: what to write with sympathy flowers.

Keep the jokes for people who share your sense of humor.

• “Merry Christmas! These flowers have one big advantage over the tree: no needles on the floor.”

• “I looked for a gift that wouldn't end up in a drawer. Here it is. Merry Christmas!”

• “I promise not to talk politics at dinner this year. Merry Christmas!”

• “I skipped the ugly Christmas sweater this year. You're welcome.”

• “Good news: no batteries, no assembly required. Merry Christmas!”

For someone with faith, Christmas is first of all the celebration of Christ's birth. These wishes fit if you share their faith or know them well.

• “May the peace of Christmas fill your home and your heart.”

• “Merry Christmas! May the light of Bethlehem brighten every one of your days.”

• “As we celebrate the birth of Christ, we hold your family in our prayers. A blessed Christmas to you.”

• “May the Child in the manger bring you hope and gentleness. Merry Christmas.”

• Tone: write the way you usually talk to the person. For a client, keep it a little more formal.

• Group card: list the first names (“Lea, Mark, Ines and Paul”) or write “The whole [team name] team.” For a company, the business name saves the recipient from wondering who sent the flowers.

• Inspiration: at the message step, a menu offers a few ready-made lines. Add one line of your own, and the card becomes yours.

• Proofreading: the text is printed exactly as you write it. Check the names, and the year in your wishes: 2027, not 2026.

• Order as soon as you know the date: the order calendar lets you choose the delivery day in advance. Around Christmas and New Year's, only the dates open in that calendar can be booked.

• Usual timing: in the canton of Geneva, order before 2 p.m. for same-day delivery, Monday to Saturday. Elsewhere in Switzerland, order by 4 p.m. the day before for delivery Tuesday to Saturday. There is no delivery on Sundays.

• Address: many people head to family or the mountains over the holidays. Send the flowers to wherever the person will be on the date you choose.

• Subscription as a gift: give it as a gift card, printed at home or sent by email, or with a first bouquet delivered. They then choose their own delivery dates: give a flower subscription.

• What's in season: to see what is blooming right now, read December flowers in Switzerland.

For a bouquet made with the flowers that arrived this week, take a look at our seasonal bouquets.