120 Festive Messages For Celebrations
During joyous occasions like festivals and celebrations, we want to connect with friends and family through conveying our best wishes, gratitude and cheer. This article aims to provide a curation of messages that bring everyone together in sharing the spirit of each special day through words.
In the coming days and weeks, many celebrations will add color and meaning to our lives. From religious holidays to cultural events and seasonal festivities, there are diverse reasons for people from all walks of life to find happiness and community. However, with the hustle and bustle of preparations it is easy to forget to express our feelings properly through thoughtful notes.
This collection of 120 festive messages is grouped according to popular celebrations worldwide. Whether wishing Merry Christmas, Happy Diwali, Eid Mubarak or other meaningful traditions, short yet sweet messages are included for various mediums of communication. The aim is to make it easier for readers to quickly pick the perfect greeting to forward with their caring sentiments from near or far.
1. Happy Holiday Wishes for Friends and Family
“Here’s hoping your holidays are just perfect, filled with happiness, peace and joy. Have the merriest Christmas!” – Anonymous
” May your holidays be filled with joy, peace, love and laughter. Wishing you a very happy holiday season! Love, Your Name” – Anonymous
“May the coming year bring you peace, joy, happiness, and good health. Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!” – Anonymous
“Sending warm wishes your way for a season bright with family, fun and togetherness. Have a happy holiday season!” – Anonymous
“Surround yourself with the people who make you smile, who make feel loved and who always put a smile on your face. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season surrounded by the ones you love!” – Anonymous
“May your days be merry and bright and may all your Christmas wishes come true. Wishing you a very happy holiday season!” – Anonymous
“Hope your heart is filled with joy during this special season. Sending holiday wishes for health, happiness and good cheer your way.” – Anonymous
“Peace and joy to you throughout the holiday season and a New Year filled with happiness. Have a wonderful time with family and friends!” – Anonymous
“Wishing you much joy, happiness and love as we celebrate this blessed season. Sending warm Christmas greetings to you and your loved ones!” – Anonymous
“This festive season, may you feel His divine love deep within your heart. Wishing you a season filled with peace, joy and love.” -Anonymous
“Wishing you lots of laughter and good cheer this holiday season. Hope you have a very Merry Christmas!” – Anonymous
“May your holidays be stuffed with happiness and may the coming New Year light up your life with pleasant surprises. Warm wishes for a happy holiday season!” – Anonymous
“Spreading joy and cheer, hopes and love far and near – wishing you all of these this holiday season and more!” – Anonymous
“Wishing you days that are bright, festive and oh so merry – may all your moments sparkle just like a cherry. Have a wonderful Christmas and happy New Year!” – Anonymous
“May the magic of Christmas bring you peace, joy and love this holiday season.” – Anonymous
“Christmas is a time when you count your many blessings – hope yours are plentiful this wonderful season.” – Anonymous
“May your holidays sparkle with moments of love, laughter and goodwill. Sending best wishes for a joyous holiday season!” – Anonymous
“Have a happy holiday filled with sweet memories to last throughout the entire year!” – Anonymous
“Wishing you a season filled with joy and laughter. May all the magic of Christmas be yours!” – Anonymous
“Peace, light and goodness, all your Christmas wishes come true. Sending love this holiday, with warm thoughts of you!” – Anonymous
2. Heartfelt Christmas Greetings for Loved Ones
“May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope; the spirit of Christmas which is peace; the heart of Christmas which is love.” – Ada V. Hendricks
“At Christmas may you feel the love of family and friends in your heart and home, carry it throughout the year.”
“A heart full of love brings happiness during the holidays and throughout the year.”
“Wishing peace and joy to you and your loved ones this festive season.”
“This Christmas, may your heart and home be filled with all things bright and beautiful.”
“Sending warm thoughts and blessings of love your way this Christmas and always.”
“Christmas is a time for keeping sweet memories in our hearts and sharing our love with family and friends.”
“Wishing you many moments of joy, love and thankfulness during the holidays and throughout the coming year.”
“Sending wishes for a holiday season bright with hope, joy and memories shared with loved ones near and dear.”
“Our hearts are full of gratitude for your friendship throughout the year. Wishing you a magical Christmas season filled with love and laughter.”
“May your days be merry and bright and may all of your Christmases be white! Wishing you joy with your loved ones this holiday season.”
“Merry Christmas to you and yours! May your hearts be warmed by loved ones near and far.”
“May your home be filled with laughter, your heart with compassion, and your life with love this Christmas and always.”
“Our thoughts are with you and your loved ones this Christmas. Wishing you a holiday season overflowing with love, joy and cherished moments.”
“Wishing a very merry Christmas to our dearest friends! May your heart be filled with joy this festive season.”
“Christmas comes but once a year, to bring people far and near. Sending warm wishes always, carrying good thoughts your way.”
“Our hearts are full of gratitude for your friendship throughout the year. Wishing you a magical holiday season filled with love and laughter.”
“May your days be merry and bright, and may all your Christmases be white! Wishing you joyful times with loved ones near and dear this festive season.”
“Peace, love and happiness to you and yours this Christmas. Wishing your hearts will glow with gladness throughout the holidays and new year!”
3. Funny New Year’s Jokes and Quotes
“Another tequila shot for the new year! May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions.” – Lauren Conrad
“This time I’m actually going to stick to my New Year’s resolutions… then again, so I resolutions last year.” – Author Unknown
“Resolutions are promises we make to ourselves, secrets we keep from others.” – Author Unknown
“Don’t count the years, make the years count.” – Author Unknown
“My New Year’s resolution is to be nice to people who annoy me. No one else really notices them anyway.” – Author Unknown
“New Year’s eve is such an overrated holiday. Imagine getting excited about going back to work.” – Ben Affleck
“The future depends on what we do in the present.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Success seems to be connected to action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton
“Calories don’t count on New Year’s Eve or St. Patrick’s Day.” – Lauren Hutton
“I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.” – W. C. Fields
“Another year is ending, but something is pending. Face your future, leave your past, let life thrill you like the wine and last.” – Ellen Gilchrist
“Exercise? I thought you said extra fries? What a way to ruin my New Year’s resolution!” – Author Unknown
“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.” – Frank Sinatra
“If it’s true that we are what we eat, then I’m broke, exhausted and stuffed.” -Author Unknown
“There are few things more constructive than a good New Year’s resolution promptly broken!” – Kin Hubbard
“New Year’s Resolution: Eat more bacon!” – Author Unknown
“I don’t really make resolutions, but I thought of one that finally seemed attainable – visiting the month of February.” – Author Unknown
“If at first you don’t succeed… have a drink! Then continue failing.” – Author Unknown
“My New Year’s resolution is to stop procrastinating. I’ll start tomorrow.” – Hugh Laurie
“My New Year’s resolution is to be nicer to people. Not really.” – Ellen DeGeneres
4. Thoughtful Thanksgiving Messages of Gratitude
“Cherish all your happy moments. They make a fine cushion for old age.” – Booth Tarkington
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” – Cicero
“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” – Albert Schweitzer
” Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.” – Edward Sandford Martin
“It’s not happiness that brings gratitude. It’s gratitude that brings happiness.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” – Melody Beattie
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” – Charles Dickens
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, and confusion to clarity.” – Melody Beattie
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” – G.K. Chesterton
“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.” – Maya Angelou
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.” – Betty Smith
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.” – Melody Beattie
“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Counting your blessings is a very meaningful exercise: it reminds us to appreciate the good things we have in life and those people who enrich our lives in sometimes small but deeply meaningful ways.” – William Arthur Ward
“This Thanksgiving, amid all the seasonal comforts, let gratitude be our shelter and ourstrength.” – Bryant H. McGill
“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” – James Allen
5. Short Birthday Blessings for Friends
May your day be as special as you are – Author Unknown
Hope your birthday is filled with wonderful surprises and joyful smiles. Wishing you the happiest of birthdays! – Author Unknown
Wishing my dear friend joy, happiness and love on your special day. Hope you have a wonderful birthday! – Author Unknown
Count your life by smiles, not tears. Count your age by friends, not years. Happy birthday! – Author Unknown
Thoughts of appreciation and care, warm birthday wishes I send to share. All of life’s blessings for a dear friend like you – a very happy birthday to you! – Author Unknown
Friends are like stars – you don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there. Happy birthday to my shining star friend! – Author Unknown
To my dear friend, I wish you a day as special as you are and a year filled with great joy and wonder. Happy birthday! – Author Unknown
Wishing you a day as special as you are. Celebrate who you are and all that you do. Have a very happy birthday, my wonderful friend! – Author Unknown
Here’s hoping that all your birthday wishes and dreams come true. Enjoy your special day – you really deserve it too! – Author Unknown
Though we may be far apart on this special day, my thoughts and best wishes are sent your way. Happy birthday to you, my very best friend! – Author Unknown
Birthdays are meant for making memories, not just for receiving gifts. Thank you for the wonderful memories we’ve shared. Happy birthday! – Author Unknown
You light up my world with your smile and your charm, I’m blessed to have a friend so kind and so warm. Here’s hoping your birthday is all that you wish – with happiness, good cheer and happiness’s kiss! – Author Unknown
To a friend so dear, with gratitude and cheer, I wish you a day that’s happy and bright. Enjoy your birthday with all of your might! – Author Unknown
Friends are the family we choose for ourselves. So happy birthday to the friend who chose me! – Author Unknown
Wishing my good friend happiness times ten, and all the best that a birthday can bring! – Author Unknown
All of life’s best things come without price, like true friendship and good advice. Thanks for being such a great friend. Happy birthday! – Author Unknown
You light up my world with your smile and charm. Thank you for being a friend, true and warm. Here’s to my friend on your special day, may it be filled with joy in every way! – Author Unknown
Today is your day so strut and smile too. The sweetest person I know is turning [age] you! – Author Unknown
I have a friend both kinds and true, so on your special day let me say – Happy Birthday to you! – Author Unknown
Wishing you a day of fun, love, and laughter. Enjoy your special day to its fullest, my friend!
6. Inspiring Messages for Religious Celebrations
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time-waking and sleeping. It doesn’t change God-it changes me.” – C.S. Lewis
“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.” – James Keller
“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” – Saint Augustine
“Come to the feast of faith with an empty spirit, so you may receive the gifts of the spirit.” – John O’Donohue
“Faith is like electricity. You can’t see it, but you can see the light.” – Unknown
“God’s truth points us to the light, but we choose whether to go toward it or away.” – Unknown
“Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.” – Martin Luther
“Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.” – Augustine of Hippo
“Faith is always challenged by doubt. The space between faith and certainty is where religious life happens.” – Harvey Cox
“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.” – Swami Vivekananda
“Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and from the future of nations.” – Christian Nestell Bovee
“The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.” – Frank W. Noble
“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.” – Tony Robbins
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“A strong person is someone who feels deeply and loves fiercely. A strong person is not the person who doesn’t cry, but the person who cries in private and keeps pushing through difficulties with compassion, courage and grace.” – Criss Jami
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face… You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” – Napolean Hill
Conclusion
Celebrations and festivities offer important opportunities to share meaningful insights with loved ones. The quotes provided give thoughtful perspectives on topics like gratitude, community, spirituality and personal growth. As we enjoy time with family and friends over this festive season, I encourage readers to reflect on the messages that most resonate with their values and experiences. Selecting one to remember and pass on to others can spread inspiring ideas that strengthen our relationships and remind us of life’s bigger picture, beyond the surface enjoyment of celebrations. Wishing all who reflect on these words fulfillment and consciousness as we head into the new year.
