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60+ Christmas Wishes For Friends – Sweet, Funny & More

Are you looking for Christmas greetings for your friends? We’ve gathered the best wishes and quotes to ensure they feel truly cherished.

To make your search easier, we categorized our Christmas wishes into:

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  • Heartfelt Christmas Wishes for Friends
  • Funny Christmas Wishes For Friends
  • Short & Sweet Christmas Wishes For Friends
  • Christmas Wishes For Old Friends
  • Christmas Wishes For New Friends
  • Christmas Wishes For Long-Distance Friends
  • Religious Christmas Wishes For Friends
  • Non-religious Wishes For Friends
  • Conclusion

Heartfelt Christmas Wishes for Friends

A group of women friends laughing with santa

Share the warmth and love of the season with these heartfelt Christmas wishes for your friends!

  1. Merry Christmas! I’m so grateful for your friendship and all the memories we’ve created together. Here’s to many more!
  2. Wishing you a holiday season filled with love, laughter, and the warmth of cherished friendships. You mean the world to me!
  3. May your Christmas be wrapped in love and filled with joy, knowing you have a friend who cares deeply for you.
  4. This Christmas, I’m thankful for friends like you who make every day brighter. Wishing you peace and happiness!
  5. Merry Christmas! May the spirit of the season fill your heart with joy and your life with blessings.
  6. Here’s to a holiday season that brings you as much happiness as your friendship brings to my life. Cheers!
  7. Wishing you a Christmas surrounded by loved ones and filled with beautiful moments. I cherish our friendship!
  8. Merry Christmas! May your days be merry and bright, and may you always know how much you are loved and appreciated.

Funny Christmas Wishes For Friends

Humor ties us together, and these wishes will surely light up your friends’ faces with broad grins.

  1. May your Christmas be like good wine – better every year and too much is just right!
  2. Wishing you a Christmas where your family actually agrees on what movie to watch. Miracles happen!
  3. Here’s to a holiday season filled with questionable decisions and too much eggnog. Cheers!
  4. Wishing you a Christmas where your pets are well-behaved, and you can keep your secrets from Santa.
  5. May your Christmas be filled with more joy than the amount of fruitcake you have to eat!
  6. Merry Christmas! Remember, calories don’t count during the holidays—unless you’re counting gift receipts!
  7. Hope your holiday is as fabulous as your ability to dodge family questions about your love life!
  8. Wishing you a Christmas so merry, you forget you just did all your shopping at the dollar store!
  9. May your Christmas be filled with laughter, love, and no one asking you why you’re still single!

Short & Sweet Christmas Wishes For Friends

We’ve compiled a list of short and sweet Christmas wishes you can share with your friends to spread the holiday cheer. 

  1. Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a delightful Christmas.
  2. May your Christmas sparkle with moments of love, laughter, and goodwill.
  3. Wishing you a festive season full of happiness and cheer.
  4. May this Christmas end the year on a cheerful note and make way for a fresh and bright New Year.
  5. A season of joy, a world of hope, and endless blessings—Merry Christmas!
  6. May your Christmas be wrapped in happiness and tied with love.
  7. Here’s to a season filled with warmth, comfort, and good cheer!
  8. Wishing you a Christmas filled with the true spirit of the season.

Christmas Wishes For Old Friends

We’ve pieced together messages that brim with warmth, nostalgia, and fondness, perfect for stirring up old memories.

  1. Remember when we were excited about Santa? Now we get excited about free parking. Merry Christmas to my forever young friend!
  2. May your Christmas be as fun and exciting as our teenage escapades, but with less grounding!
  3. This Christmas, let’s eat, drink, and be merry – or as we called it in our 20s, ‘Tuesday.’
  4. Wishing you a holiday season filled with as much joy as the time we thought bell-bottoms were cool.
  5. Here’s to a Christmas as memorable as our most infamous high school shenanigans!
  6. May your Christmas cheer be as loud as our old mixtapes. Remember those?
  7. Wishing you a Christmas as epic as our old road trips, but with fewer wrong turns!
  8. This Christmas, may your hairline and waistline not expand as much as our old yearbook signatures.

Christmas Wishes For New Friends

Now, turning our attention to those newfound friendships, let’s fashion some Christmas wishes that’ll express our budding camaraderie and shared joy in this festive season.

  1. As we deck the halls, here’s to our new friendship adding more sparkle to the season. Merry Christmas!
  2. In the spirit of the season, I’m grateful for the gift of your friendship. May your Christmas be as wonderful as you are!
  3. Here’s to our new friendship being the best present under the tree this year. Wishing you a joyous Christmas!
  4. May this Christmas mark the beginning of a long, happy friendship filled with holiday cheer and shared memories.
  5. Celebrating this festive season with a new friend like you makes it all the more magical. Merry Christmas!
  6. Our friendship may be the latest addition to my life, but it’s already one of the best. Happy Holidays!
  7. Wishing you a Christmas as bright and promising as the future of our friendship.
  8. Here’s to the warmth of friendship lighting up this festive season. Merry Christmas to my new friend!
  9. May our newfound friendship add a special glow to your holiday season. Merry Christmas!

Christmas Wishes For Long-Distance Friends

Let’s take this opportunity to remind our long-distance friends that they’re in our hearts and thoughts, and that the spirit of Christmas binds us, no matter how far apart we might be.

  1. Across the miles, our friendship shines bright like a Christmas star. Wishing you a season filled with warmth and cheer.
  2. Distance can’t dim the light of our friendship. Merry Christmas to a friend who’s always close at heart.
  3. Sending you love from afar this Christmas. May your days be merry, bright, and filled with the joy of our enduring friendship.
  4. Though we’re miles apart, the Christmas spirit unites us. Wishing you happiness and love this festive season.
  5. May the magic of Christmas bridge the distance between us. Thinking of you and sending warm wishes your way.
  6. Even though we’re celebrating apart, you’re always present in my heart. Merry Christmas, dear friend.
  7. Our friendship is a gift that keeps giving, no matter the distance. Wishing you a Christmas as wonderful as you are.
  8. Though we’re not together, the memories of Christmases past bring us closer. Wishing you joy and peace this holiday season.
  9. As the snowflakes fall, they remind me of the uniqueness of our friendship. Merry Christmas to my dear friend, wherever you are.

Religious Christmas Wishes For Friends

A Christmas greeting card saying "Merry Christmas"

Shifting our focus to religious Christmas wishes, our friendship’s unique bond can be further strengthened by sharing messages that resonate with our shared faith and spiritual beliefs. 

  1. May the light of Christ’s love illuminate your Christmas, bringing peace and joy to your heart and home.
  2. Celebrating the miracle of Christ’s birth with you in spirit. May His blessings be abundant in your life this Christmas.
  3. In the joy of Jesus’ birth, may you find renewed hope and endless joy. Have a blessed and Merry Christmas.
  4. As we honor the holy birth, may your Christmas be graced with His love and peace. Wishing you a season filled with heavenly blessings.
  5. May the divine presence of Jesus Christ fill your home with love and your life with grace this Christmas.
  6. Rejoicing in the birth of our Savior, may His peace and love reign in your heart this Christmas and always.
  7. Let the story of Jesus’ birth bring you renewed faith and happiness. Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year.
  8. May the spirit of Christmas fill your life with God’s peace and the joy of Jesus’ love.

Non-religious Wishes For Friends

Moving on, let’s dive into the non-religious Festive wishes that we can share with our friends, spreading cheer and warmth during this festive season. 

  1. May the holiday season fill your home with joy, your heart with love, and your life with laughter. Wishing you a very Happy Holidays!
  2. Wishing you a festive season filled with warmth, comfort, and good cheer.
  3. Happy Holidays! May your celebrations be merry, your heart be light, and your season bright.
  4. Season’s Greetings! Wishing you a joyful holiday season and a prosperous New Year.
  5. May the magic of the holiday season stay with you throughout the coming year.
  6. Wishing you a season filled with sweet moments and happy memories. Happy Holidays!
  7. Cheers to a wonderful holiday season and a New Year of peace and happiness.
  8. May your holiday season be all wrapped up with cheer and filled with celebration for the New Year.

Conclusion

Christmas is the season of love and joy. Let your wishes light up the holiday spirit of your loved ones. Have a happy holiday!

Seth Cannon

Seth is an English-major turned stand-up comedian. When he’s not touring comedy clubs, he loves putting his creativity to use writing puns and card greetings for all occasions (not just funny ones). Many of his punny works can be found in a card store near you.

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