The holidays are all about sharing the joy and engaging with friends and family, so we have put together a list of all the best merry Christmas wishes for friends for your next post. 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.
Merry Christmas Wishes for Friends
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Couldn’t imagine spending all of my money on Christmas gifts for anyone else.
Merry Christmas! I put so much thought into your gift that now it’s too late to get it.
May your family be functional and all your batteries be included.
You bring me so many tidings of comfort and joy, merry Christmas, I love you!
So glad we’re family…and so grateful for all the great Christmas memories we share.
Wishing you a Happy Christmas with your loved ones.
Cosy Christmas with you is my absolute favourite.
May you be showered with unimaginable peace and prosperity this Christmas!
Merry Christmas! Santa is giving you the gift of a frigid winter – but just for a few more months!
Have the best Christmas ever.
Christmas is a race to see which gives out first—your money or your feet.
Happy holidays! May your egg nog contain enough rum to get you through the Christmas season.
Tidings of comfort and joy to my favourite teammate, have a great one.
Christmas is a great reminder of how much I love our loud and loving family.
You’re the partridge to my pear tree.
Every Christmas is merrier because you’re a part of it, my friend.
Joy and blessings, from our family to yours, this Christmas and every day.
Tidings of comfort and joy to everyone.
I’m so grateful for a friend like you, and not just because of the amazing Christmas prezzies.
When you stop believing in Santa Claus is when you start to get clothes for Christmas.
Who needs presents when I’ve got you!?
May this season be full of light and laughter for you and your family.
You might as well go on top of the Christmas tree since you’re such a star!
Don’t forget to leave cookies for Santa tonight! Trust me, I’ll know if you do.
You’re the family I choose. Merry Christmas to my best one.
It’s all fun and games until Santa checks the naughty list—here’s hoping he doesn’t check twice!
I love you from my head to my mistletoes.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! Stay safe and take care.
In this loveliest of seasons may you find many reasons for happiness. Merry Christmas!
You’re the most wonderful part of the most wonderful time of the year.
You can get away with being extra cute at Christmas, everything is so twinkly after all.
May the gifts of love and happiness be yours this season. Wishing you a Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Meet me under the mistletoe…
May the true spirit of Christmas shine in your heart and light your path.
Wishing you a season that’s merry and bright!
Yay! It’s Christmas! Let’s buy loads of stuff no one needs!
There’s not enough coal for someone like you… Merry Christmas!
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You make me feel merrier than any mulled wine, can’t wait to have some festive fun with you!
Know what the best thing about this card is? It doesn’t come with a fruitcake!
Don we now our ugly sweaters… Let’s party! Merry Christmas!
This card is an annual reminder that I exist.
We all know what list you’re going to be on this Christmas.
Just read the card and pretend you don’t see the money right away.
Merry Christmas, and may your Christmas be white!
It’s all fun and games, until Santa checks the naughty list. Merry Christmas.
What have you wished for this Christmas? As for me, I wished our friendship to last forever!
Merry X-mas! May you be surrounded by jolly elves – and not nasty grinches- this holiday season.
Let’s rock around the Christmas tree!
May your eggnog be spiked with plenty of rum to get you through this holiday season.
For me, the holidays start when we get together. Looking forward to talking and catching up soon!
May this Christmas be the brightest, most beautiful Christmas of your life.
You’re flashier than a Christmas star, but it’s exactly why I love you.
I’ll even let you warm your feet on me this winter. Love you.
‘Tis the season to be jolly, and I hope you have the opportunity every day!
May every little thing from your wish list come true this season. Merry Christmas!
Christmas is magical because we’re together.
Good luck selecting the perfect tree. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas! I hope you receive one blessing after another this coming year.
You’re a lot like some of my Christmas tree ornaments. Bright, colorful. and a little bit cracked!
I know you are feeling grinchy, but I wish your Christmas to be merry! Best wishes to you!
Your friendship and your love is the best Christmas gift that I’ve ever received.
Can’t wait to visit Boxing Day, save us some turkey! Lots of love.
A little more sparkle, a little less stress. This Christmas, I wish you the very best.
‘Tis the season to be jolly!
Peace, good will, and happiness for you this Christmas and every other!
We may not be together for Christmas, but I’m with you in spirit. Merry Christmas, I miss you.
I wouldn’t want to spend Christmas with anyone else.
I hope your Christmas is cheerful and makes way for a fresh start to a new, prosperous year!
I only got you a card in case you got me one…
This gift proves I know you (and your Amazon Wishlist) so well!
May your cheer be high and your bills be low!
To a joyful present and a well-remembered past! We extend best wishes for the season.
Merry Christmas from one hard-working elf to another.
May this holy season be full of true miracles.
It’s people like you that make Christmas so special and meaningful. Thank you!
Sending love and merriment to your lovely clan. Happy Christmas!
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and that the coming year is full of many blessings.
Merry Christmas! May you be showered with unlimited blessings on this day.
Hope the festivities are filled with fun, food and rest.
For you at Christmas time: A wish for happiness, warmth, and love.
Your love is the best gift I could have asked for! Merry Christmas!
Christmas is full of miracles, and you’re proof of that.
Wishing you happiness and good health this Christmastime.
During this festive season let us take the time to slow down and enjoy the simple things.
Be naughty and save Santa a trip.
Have yourself a Merry little Christmas, let your heart be light.
Let’s get very merry!
Here’s to a season of blessings and beyond this Christmas!
Time for presents!
My biggest Christmas present is having you in my life, my friend.
May the calories of Christmas disappear by the New Year. Happy holidays!
Let’s drink and be merry.
May the closeness of your loved ones, family, and friends fill your heart with joy.
Santa’s nearly here, hooray!
This Christmas, you’re the best gift I could ask for.
There’s only one thing better than Christmas and that’s Christmas with you.
May you always find the end of the tape first time.
It wouldn’t be Christmas without you! So glad to have you in my life, year after year.
Merry Christmas to someone who makes our whole family so proud.
May your eggnog be spiked with plenty of rum to get you through this holiday season!
Sharing glad tidings with you and yours.
It’s sure beginning to cost a lot like Christmas!
May you have plenty of mistletoe on hand this Christmas… and lots of good kisses too!
May you find the peace and joy you’ve been looking for this Christmas!
Sorry we can’t be there, but we’ll be there loaded with presents soon! Merry Christmas.
You’re always on my nice list you wonderful human.
Merry Christmas! I hope you receive one blessing after another this coming year.
Wishing you nothing but the best this holiday season.
Wishing you a relaxing and stress-free holiday.
Time for daily chocolate, it really is the most wonderful time of the year!
May the Christmas Season bring only happiness and joy to you and your family.
I hope this festive season will bring good luck and good health for you and your family.
Our life together just keeps getting better. I’m so grateful that I can share my Christmas with you.
I hope you have a cozy Christmas that chases the chill of winter away.
No matter how far you are, you are always close to my heart. Merry Christmas.
I hope you have a cozy Christmas that chases the chill of winter away.
I think you’re fab-yule-lous!
I’d eat brussel sprouts for you.
You’re a lot like some of my Christmas tree ornaments. Bright, colorful, and a little bit cracked!
I hope your Christmas is as wonderful as you are.
Hey friend, Merry Christmas! And all the best in the New Year!
Merry Crimbo. Looking forward to catching up in the New Year, once the chaos is over!
Christmas is mostly for children. But we adults can enjoy it too, until the credit card bills arrive.
Sorry in advance for getting too invested in charades. Happy holidays and see you very soon.
Merry Christmas to my best friend. Our friendship is as magical as this lovely holiday season.
May your Christmas sparkle with moments of love, laughter and goodwill.
Take my Christmas love and remember to bring me gifts. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! Let’s find some time to meet for a drink before the holidays end.
Consider my presence a gift. Merry Christmas.
You don’t need Santa to get special presents while you have me in life. I am your all-year-long Santa.
Help, I’m scared of elf on the shelf.
I hope you like the present you told me to buy for you.
Having parents like you is the best Christmas gift there ever could be.
Merry Christmas, best friend! You are the soulmate I have been blessed with.
May your Christmas shine brightly with joy and goodwill!
It’s family like you that make Christmas so special and meaningful. Thank you!
If I only had one mince pie I’d give it to you.
Brace your elves, Christmas is here!
Merry Christmas! With many good wishes for the holiday season and the coming year.
You’re my Christmas angel!
Looking forward to all the food and fun of our family gatherings.
Merry Christmas, and may your Christmas be white!
I hope you love the present you told me to buy for you. Merry Christmas!
Yule always be my favourite.
Merry Christmas to the best family, hope it’s merry and bright. See you soon.
I hope you love the present you told me to buy for you. Merry Christmas!
Me tolerating you is the gift that keeps on giving. Don’t ruin it this Christmas.
Can’t wait to deck the halls with you.
May your Christmas be as fat, happy, and plentiful as Santa’s! Merry Christmas!
Time to embarrass ourselves at the Christmas party!
It wouldn’t be Christmas without you. So glad to have you with me, year after year.
Merry Christmas! May your happiness be large and your bills be small.
May the closeness of your loved ones, family, and friends fill your heart with joy.
The time for celebration and gathering is about to begin. Wishing you a Merry Christmas!
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Short Christmas Letter Board Quotes, Christmas Couple Captions, Short Christmas Sayings and Christmas Quotes for Cards.
Merry Christmas Quotes for Messages to Friends
“Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” — Dr. Seuss
“This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.” —Taylor Caldwell
“At Christmas, all roads lead home.” — Marjorie Holmes
“Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together.” ―Rosie Thomas
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” ―Charles M. Schulz
“Christmas to me is as many people as possible happy.” — Tupac Shakur
“It’s easy to forget that life is the greatest gift of all.” —Karli Perrin
”Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip.” — Gary Allan
“I heard the bells on Christmas Day.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.” – White Christmas
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” ―Charles Dickens
“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” — Edna Ferber
“Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.” —Winston Churchill
“There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas.” —Charles Dickens
“The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much.” — Henry David Thoreau
“Christmas is a together-y sort of holiday.” Winnie the Pooh
“The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving.” — J. C. Penney
“A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.” —Louisa May Alcott
“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” — W.T. Ellis
“Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day.” —Helen Steiner Rice
“Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.” — Victor Borge
“For children, Christmas is anticipation. For adults, Christmas is memory.” — Eric Sevareid
“Christmas, my child, is love in action.” ―Dale Evans Rogers
“Christmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.” — Freya Stark
“Even as an adult, I still find it hard to sleep on Christmas Eve.” – Carrie Latet
“This is Christmas. The season of perpetual hope.” —Home Alone
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” —Elf
“Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmastime.” — Charles Dickens
So that is it for our list of Merry Christmas Wishes for Friends. We hope you found the perfect one for you!
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Laynni Locke
Laynni has been sharing her travel adventures and day-to-day life on Routinely Nomadic social media for over 15 years and appreciates the importance of finding the perfect quote or caption to showcase those experiences. Putting her extensive writing and education background to good use, Laynni has become passionate about researching and curating comprehensive lists of all the best quotes and captions for every occasion.