‘Tis the season for friendly greetings and wonderful holiday wishes, so we have put together a list of short Merry Christmas messages for friends and family. And if you’re looking for short Merry Christmas quotes for messages, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Short Merry Christmas Messages
Me tolerating you is the gift that keeps on giving. Don’t ruin it this Christmas.
Yay! It’s Christmas! Let’s buy loads of stuff no one needs!
For me, the holidays start when we get together. Looking forward to talking and catching up soon!
Yule always be my favourite.
Brace your elves, Christmas is here!
Merry Christmas! I hope you receive one blessing after another this coming year.
Good luck selecting the perfect tree. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Your friendship and your love is the best Christmas gift that I’ve ever received.
It’s sure beginning to cost a lot like Christmas!
It’s people like you that make Christmas so special and meaningful. Thank you!
May you be showered with unimaginable peace and prosperity this Christmas!
Sharing glad tidings with you and yours.
We may not be together for Christmas, but I’m with you in spirit. Merry Christmas, I miss you.
Let’s drink and be merry.
Merry Christmas to my best friend. Our friendship is as magical as this lovely holiday season.
Peace, good will, and happiness for you this Christmas and every other!
May the closeness of your loved ones, family, and friends fill your heart with joy.
Merry Christmas, and may your Christmas be white!
May your Christmas be as fat, happy, and plentiful as Santa’s! Merry Christmas!
It’s all fun and games until Santa checks the naughty list—here’s hoping he doesn’t check twice!
Have yourself a Merry little Christmas, let your heart be light.
You’re the partridge to my pear tree.
Merry Christmas from one hard-working elf to another.
I hope your Christmas is cheerful and makes way for a fresh start to a new, prosperous year!
If I only had one mince pie I’d give it to you.
Wishing you a season that’s merry and bright!
May you always find the end of the tape first time.
Let’s rock around the Christmas tree!
Christmas is mostly for children. But we adults can enjoy it too, until the credit card bills arrive.
Tidings of comfort and joy to everyone.
This gift proves I know you (and your Amazon Wishlist) so well!
You’re flashier than a Christmas star, but it’s exactly why I love you.
The time for celebration and gathering is about to begin. Wishing you a Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! With many good wishes for the holiday season and the coming year.
You’re a lot like some of my Christmas tree ornaments. Bright, colorful. and a little bit cracked!
May your eggnog be spiked with plenty of rum to get you through this holiday season!
May your Christmas sparkle with moments of love, laughter and goodwill.
Merry Christmas! I hope you receive one blessing after another this coming year.
Couldn’t imagine spending all of my money on Christmas gifts for anyone else.
‘Tis the season to be jolly, and I hope you have the opportunity every day!
May this Christmas be the brightest, most beautiful Christmas of your life.
I hope your Christmas is as wonderful as you are.
Your love is the best gift I could have asked for! Merry Christmas!
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and that the coming year is full of many blessings.
Time for presents!
It’s family like you that make Christmas so special and meaningful. Thank you!
You’re my Christmas angel!
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May every little thing from your wish list come true this season. Merry Christmas!
May you find the peace and joy you’ve been looking for this Christmas!
It wouldn’t be Christmas without you. So glad to have you with me, year after year.
Don’t forget to leave cookies for Santa tonight! Trust me, I’ll know if you do.
Tidings of comfort and joy to my favourite teammate, have a great one.
Every Christmas is merrier because you’re a part of it, my friend.
Merry Crimbo. Looking forward to catching up in the New Year, once the chaos is over!
We all know what list you’re going to be on this Christmas.
Our life together just keeps getting better. I’m so grateful that I can share my Christmas with you.
Having parents like you is the best Christmas gift there ever could be.
May your eggnog be spiked with plenty of rum to get you through this holiday season.
I hope you love the present you told me to buy for you. Merry Christmas!
Joy and blessings, from our family to yours, this Christmas and every day.
Wishing you happiness and good health this Christmastime.
May the gifts of love and happiness be yours this season. Wishing you a Merry Christmas!
It wouldn’t be Christmas without you! So glad to have you in my life, year after year.
I only got you a card in case you got me one…
Sending love and merriment to your lovely clan. Happy Christmas!
Merry Christmas! Santa is giving you the gift of a frigid winter – but just for a few more months!
Here’s to a season of blessings and beyond this Christmas!
Consider my presence a gift. Merry Christmas.
Check out this list of short Christmas wishes for family. You might also like our lists of Christmas Family Quotes and Funny Family Quotes.
‘Tis the season to be jolly!
During this festive season let us take the time to slow down and enjoy the simple things.
Meet me under the mistletoe…
Christmas is magical because we’re together.
Can’t wait to deck the halls with you.
I hope this festive season will bring good luck and good health for you and your family.
Wishing you a relaxing and stress-free holiday.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
I’d eat brussel sprouts for you.
No matter how far you are, you are always close to my heart. Merry Christmas.
Hey friend, Merry Christmas! And all the best in the New Year!
Time for daily chocolate, it really is the most wonderful time of the year!
To a joyful present and a well-remembered past! We extend best wishes for the season.
Don we now our ugly sweaters… Let’s party! Merry Christmas!
Wishing you a Happy Christmas with your loved ones.
I’ll even let you warm your feet on me this winter. Love you.
When you stop believing in Santa Claus is when you start to get clothes for Christmas.
I hope you like the present you told me to buy for you.
I think you’re fab-yule-lous!
Merry Christmas, best friend! You are the soulmate I have been blessed with.
You can get away with being extra cute at Christmas, everything is so twinkly after all.
Happy holidays! May your egg nog contain enough rum to get you through the Christmas season.
May the Christmas Season bring only happiness and joy to you and your family.
Let’s get very merry!
I’m so grateful for a friend like you, and not just because of the amazing Christmas prezzies.
A little more sparkle, a little less stress. This Christmas, I wish you the very best.
Merry Christmas, and may your Christmas be white!
I hope you have a cozy Christmas that chases the chill of winter away.
So glad we’re family…and so grateful for all the great Christmas memories we share.
You’re always on my nice list you wonderful human.
Christmas is full of miracles, and you’re proof of that.
You make me feel merrier than any mulled wine, can’t wait to have some festive fun with you!
You might as well go on top of the Christmas tree since you’re such a star!
You bring me so many tidings of comfort and joy, merry Christmas, I love you!
My biggest Christmas present is having you in my life, my friend.
Christmas is a race to see which gives out first—your money or your feet.
I know you are feeling grinchy, but I wish your Christmas to be merry! Best wishes to you!
Take my Christmas love and remember to bring me gifts. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to someone who makes our whole family so proud.
Time to embarrass ourselves at the Christmas party!
I hope you love the present you told me to buy for you. Merry Christmas!
I love you from my head to my mistletoes.
You’re a lot like some of my Christmas tree ornaments. Bright, colorful, and a little bit cracked!
May the calories of Christmas disappear by the New Year. Happy holidays!
Just read the card and pretend you don’t see the money right away.
There’s not enough coal for someone like you… Merry Christmas!
May the closeness of your loved ones, family, and friends fill your heart with joy.
May your cheer be high and your bills be low!
Merry Christmas! Let’s find some time to meet for a drink before the holidays end.
May your family be functional and all your batteries be included.
You’re the family I choose. Merry Christmas to my best one.
Help, I’m scared of elf on the shelf.
May the true spirit of Christmas shine in your heart and light your path.
Cosy Christmas with you is my absolute favourite.
Christmas is a great reminder of how much I love our loud and loving family.
May this season be full of light and laughter for you and your family.
May this holy season be full of true miracles.
Santa’s nearly here, hooray!
Hope the festivities are filled with fun, food and rest.
You don’t need Santa to get special presents while you have me in life. I am your all-year-long Santa.
Know what the best thing about this card is? It doesn’t come with a fruitcake!
Sorry in advance for getting too invested in charades. Happy holidays and see you very soon.
Merry Christmas to the best family, hope it’s merry and bright. See you soon.
There’s only one thing better than Christmas and that’s Christmas with you.
I hope you have a cozy Christmas that chases the chill of winter away.
Sorry we can’t be there, but we’ll be there loaded with presents soon! Merry Christmas.
Who needs presents when I’ve got you!?
This Christmas, you’re the best gift I could ask for.
What have you wished for this Christmas? As for me, I wished our friendship to last forever!
For you at Christmas time: A wish for happiness, warmth, and love.
Merry Christmas! I put so much thought into your gift that now it’s too late to get it.
Can’t wait to visit Boxing Day, save us some turkey! Lots of love.
Looking forward to all the food and fun of our family gatherings.
May you have plenty of mistletoe on hand this Christmas… and lots of good kisses too!
In this loveliest of seasons may you find many reasons for happiness. Merry Christmas!
Merry X-mas! May you be surrounded by jolly elves – and not nasty grinches- this holiday season.
Merry Christmas! May your happiness be large and your bills be small.
I wouldn’t want to spend Christmas with anyone else.
This card is an annual reminder that I exist.
We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! Stay safe and take care.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
Have the best Christmas ever.
It’s all fun and games, until Santa checks the naughty list. Merry Christmas.
Wishing you nothing but the best this holiday season.
Be naughty and save Santa a trip.
You’re the most wonderful part of the most wonderful time of the year.
Merry Christmas! May you be showered with unlimited blessings on this day.
May your Christmas shine brightly with joy and goodwill!
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Christmas Eve Quotes, Christmas Shopping Quotes, Christmas Selfie Captions, Christmas Stocking Quotes and Christmas Cookies Quotes.
Short Merry Christmas Quotes for Messages
“Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.” — Victor Borge
“The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving.” — J. C. Penney
“Christmas to me is as many people as possible happy.” — Tupac Shakur
“Christmas is a together-y sort of holiday.” Winnie the Pooh
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.” – White Christmas
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” —Elf
“Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” — Dr. Seuss
“At Christmas, all roads lead home.” — Marjorie Holmes
“Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmastime.” — Charles Dickens
“Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.” —Winston Churchill
“Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day.” —Helen Steiner Rice
”Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip.” — Gary Allan
“Christmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.” — Freya Stark
“It’s easy to forget that life is the greatest gift of all.” —Karli Perrin
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” ―Charles Dickens
“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” — W.T. Ellis
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” ―Charles M. Schulz
“Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together.” ―Rosie Thomas
“Even as an adult, I still find it hard to sleep on Christmas Eve.” – Carrie Latet
“The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much.” — Henry David Thoreau
“For children, Christmas is anticipation. For adults, Christmas is memory.” — Eric Sevareid
“This is Christmas. The season of perpetual hope.” —Home Alone
“I heard the bells on Christmas Day.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Christmas, my child, is love in action.” ―Dale Evans Rogers
“This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.” —Taylor Caldwell
“A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.” —Louisa May Alcott
“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” — Edna Ferber
“There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas.” —Charles Dickens
So that is it for our list of Short Merry Christmas Messages for Family and Friends. We hope you found the perfect one!
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Laynni Locke
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