Christmas and holiday messages for coworkers

Short message: Christmas and holiday versions

Merry Christmas, and thanks for a great year on the team.

Happy holidays, and thanks for a great year on the team.

Short message: Christmas and holiday versions

Wishing you a restful Christmas and a calm inbox.

Wishing you a restful break and a calm inbox.

Short message: Christmas and holiday versions

Merry Christmas to the colleague who makes Mondays easier.

Happy holidays to the colleague who makes Mondays easier.

Short message: Christmas and holiday versions

Enjoy every minute of your Christmas time off.

Enjoy every minute of your time off this season.

Warm message: Christmas and holiday versions

Thank you for all your help this year, especially with DETAIL. I hope your Christmas is relaxing and full of good food.

Thank you for all your help this year, especially with DETAIL. I hope your holidays are relaxing and full of good food.

Light message: Christmas and holiday versions

May your Christmas include zero status updates, plenty of cookies and one very long nap.

May your holiday break include zero status updates, plenty of treats and one very long nap.

Professional message: Christmas and holiday versions

Wishing you a merry Christmas and a strong start to the new year. It's been a pleasure working with you.

Wishing you happy holidays and a strong start to the new year. It's been a pleasure working with you.

Warm message: Christmas and holiday versions

You made this year better for everyone around you. Merry Christmas, and thank you for being so easy to work with.

You made this year better for everyone around you. Happy holidays, and thank you for being so easy to work with.

Team message: Christmas and holiday versions

Thank you for the effort, patience and good humor you brought to work this year. Have a merry Christmas and a real break.

Thank you for the effort, patience and good humor you brought to work this year. Have a happy holiday season and a real break.

Heartfelt message: Christmas and holiday versions

This year asked a lot of all of us, and you handled it with grace. Thank you for DETAIL and for always being willing to help. I hope your Christmas is peaceful and your new year starts well.

This year asked a lot of all of us, and you handled it with grace. Thank you for DETAIL and for always being willing to help. I hope your holidays are peaceful and your new year starts well.

Client message: Christmas and holiday versions

As the year closes, thank you for your trust and partnership. Working together on DETAIL was a highlight for our team. We wish you a merry Christmas and a bright, successful new year.

As the year closes, thank you for your trust and partnership. Working together on DETAIL was a highlight for our team. We wish you a happy holiday season and a bright, successful new year.

Warm message: Christmas and holiday versions

Some coworkers become the people you look forward to seeing every day. You're one of them. Merry Christmas, and I hope the new year brings you plenty to celebrate.

Some coworkers become the people you look forward to seeing every day. You're one of them. Happy holidays, and I hope the new year brings you plenty to celebrate.

Make the words yours

Use the Christmas version for coworkers you know celebrate Christmas, and the holiday version for everyone else or for a card the whole team signs. Both say the same thing.

Keep it about work and goodwill: a thank-you for help with DETAIL and a wish for rest. Skip comments about gifts, money or anyone's personal life.

For a group card, choose a short line so everyone has room to add a name and a few words of their own.

Ways to sign the card

Happy holidays from NAME

Merry Christmas from NAME

With thanks and good wishes, NAME

See you next year, NAME

Cheers to a great year, NAME

Season's best, NAME

When Christmas falls

Christmas Day, December 25, is a US federal holiday. In 2026 it falls on a Friday.

If your team exchanges cards, hand them out or send them in the last working week before the holiday.

Use the message in your own card

Copy the wording into a card or a message you send yourself. Replace NAME with your name and DETAIL with the project or piece of help you want to mention; remove any brackets that remain.

Choose only words you are comfortable sending. This page supplies message ideas, so keep personal names and memories in the card or document you are preparing.

A few useful answers

What do you write in a holiday card for a coworker? Thank them for something specific from the year and wish them a restful break. One or two sentences is enough.

Should I write 'Merry Christmas' or 'Happy holidays' to coworkers? Use 'Merry Christmas' when you know the person celebrates it, and 'Happy holidays' for everyone else or for group cards. Every message here has both.

What should I avoid in a work holiday card? Comments about someone's looks, personal life, religion or money, and inside jokes that only part of the team will get.