What to Say:  Greetings for All Occasions

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HOLIDAY GREETINGS

Christmas/Holiday

• Wishing you happiness and cheer during the Christmas season and always

• Have a great Christmas and a safe and wonderful new year

• Warmest holiday wishes from our home to yours

• Though we can’t be with you during this holiday season, we send our love and most heartfelt wishes for a wonderful holiday season

• Sending you our best wishes at Christmastime and always

• Best wishes for peace, health and happiness during the holidays and all year long.

• Wishing you the Christmas spirit all year long

• May the joy of the season stay with you throughout the year

• Hope the holidays find you happy and healthy

• The best part of this happy season is keeping in touch with special friends like you

• All good wishes for a happy holiday season and a prosperous new year

• In the true spirit of the season, wishing you peace and joy

• Wishing you the gifts of love, friendship and good health

• May love, hope and happiness be yours at Christmas and always

• Hope your holidays are happy days

• Just a note to say we’re thinking of you at Christmastime. Hope to see you in the New Year.

• Wishing you a happy and healthy Christmas

• Wishing you love, peace and joy during this season and always

• Have a wonderful holiday and a great new year

• Wishing you holiday fun for the whole family

• Thinking of you and sending the warmest of wishes for a very Merry Christmas

• Wishing you a most memorable Christmas

• Sending warmest wishes for a happy holiday

• Thinking of you during the holidays and always

• Our thoughts are with you during the holidays

Holiday/New Year

• Reaching across the miles to wish you happy holiday season and wonderful New Year

• May all your hopes and dreams come true during the New Year

• Happy holidays. Hope the New Year is your best every

• May love and happiness be yours at the holidays and throughout the New Year

• Wishing you the best of everything during the New Year

• Hoping your New Year celebration is the start of a wonderful year

• May your New Year be full of friends, family and fun

• Sending wholehearted wishes for the best year yet

• Sending boundless wishes for a Happy New Year

• May you have and abundance of good fortune in the New Year

• Wishing you peace, joy and happiness throughout the New Year

• May your hopes and dreams for the New Year come true

Business Appreciation

• There is no better time than the holidays to express our appreciation for your business. May the joys of the season be yours.

• The year end brings no greater pleasure than the opportunity to thank you for your business and wish you the best of everything in the year ahead.

• With much appreciation for your business during the past year and best wishes for prosperity and peace year ahead.

• Sending you many thanks for your business during the past year and many good wishes for the year to come.

• Sincerest thanks for your business and warmest wishes for a happy holiday season and a New Year of peace and prosperity.

Quotes

• Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.  Clement Moore

• A Merry Christmas to everybody! A happy new year to all the world! Charles Dickens

• May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through!  - Anon

• I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.  - Charles Dickens

• Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.  - Washington Irving

• It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.  - W.T. Ellis

• Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.  - Author unknown, attributed to a 7-year-old named Bobby

• Remember
  This December,
  That love weighs more than gold!
  - Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

• Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles.  - Anon

• For the spirit of Christmas fulfils the greatest hunger of mankind.  - Loring A. Schuler

• I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.  - Harlan Miller

• Sing hey!  Sing hey!
  For Christmas Day;
  Twine mistletoe and holly.
  For a friendship glows
  In winter snows,
  And so let's all be jolly!
   - Anon

• At Christmas play and make good cheer,
  For Christmas comes but once a year
  - Thomas Tusser

• Christmas is for children.  But it is for grown-ups too.  Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide-bound hearts.  - Lenora Mattingly Weber

• I heard the bells on Christmas Day
  Their old, familiar carols play,
  And wild and sweet
  The words repeat
  Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
  - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• Wouldn't life be worth the living
  Wouldn't dreams be coming true
  If we kept the Christmas spirit
  All the whole year through?
  - Anon

• The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. - Burton Hillis (Better Homes and Gardens

• Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today's Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday. - Gladys Tabor (Still Cove Journal)

• Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. - Calvin Coolidge

• "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." - Charles Dickens (A Christmas Carol)

• It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. - W. T. Ellis

YEAR ROUND GREETINGS

Thank You: General

• With special thanks and much appreciation.

• Sincere thanks for your extra efforts.

• Your thoughtfulness is appreciated so much more than words can say.

• With sincere gratitude for all you have done.

• You’re the best!

• You made my day!

• It was a pleasure to work with you.

• Thank you for thinking of us.

• Many thanks for all you do.
   

Thank You: For Business/Order

• Thank you for your order. Continuing to serve you will be a pleasure.

• Your business is always appreciated.

• Thank you for choosing us.

• Thank you for your friendship, your business and the opportunity to serve you.

• Your business is sincerely appreciated. We look forward to continuing to serve you.

• Success is having you for a customer.

• We appreciate your business and your confidence in us.

• Thank you for your continued business. We look forward to working with you in the future.
   

Thank You: For Referral

• Thank you for the referral. Your confidence and trust in us is sincerely appreciated.

• Thank you for referring _______ to our firm. We sincerely appreciate your confidence in us.

• Thanks for thinking of me. Your referral is very much appreciated.

• Thank you for the vote of confidence.

• Many thanks for referring _______ to me. I’ll make sure he/she gets VIP service.
   

Thank You: For Time/Conversation

• Thank you for taking the time to meet with me.

• It was a pleasure talking with you. I hope we can speak again soon.

• Thanks for your time. If you need anything, don’t hesitate to call me.

• Thank you for meeting with me. If you need anything, I’m only a phone call away.

• Thanks for squeezing me in. I know how busy you are.

• Many thanks for your inquiry. I’m sure we can meet your needs.

Birthday

• Wishing you a wonderful day.

• Sincere good wishes on your special day.

• Best wishes on your birthday for good health and happiness throughout the year.

• Warmest greetings on your birthday with every good wish for the coming year.

• With friendly thoughts and best wishes for your birthday.

• Sending you sincere wishes for good health and happiness on your birthday.

• All the best to you for a very special birthday.

• May you have an unforgettable day filled with happiness.

• Wishing you life’s best!

• May this day and every day be filled with joy.

• Wishing you every happiness today and always.

• Have a sensational day!

• May all of your dreams come true.

• Warm wishes on your birthday and always.
   

Business Anniversary

• Happy Anniversary! Thank you for being a part of our success now and in the future.

• Thanks for another great year!

• You’ve made our success possible. Thank you!

• Thanks from all of us for ______ years of your business. We look forward to many more.

• Many thanks for being our customer for _______ years. We value that relationship.

• Your business is appreciated. Thank you for choosing us.
   

Welcome

• A hearty welcome from all of us.

• Welcome aboard! It’s good to have you with us.

• A very warm welcome. We’re glad you joined us.

• We’re glad you’re here.

• A warm welcome. Thank you for choosing us!

• Welcome! We look forward to serving you.

• A warm welcome from all of us. Thank you for the opportunity to serve you.
   

Congratulations

• Congratulations on a job well done.

• Hoping the best things in life will always be yours.

• This is a day to remember.

• It’s great to see good things happen for someone so deserving.

• Congratulations on a well-deserved promotion.

• Congratulations on an outstanding accomplishment.

• Your achievement is an inspiration.

• Kudos to you! You’ve earned them.

• Just want to add my good wishes to those you’ve already received.

• Bravo! You’ve accomplished great things.
   

Retirement

• With every good wish for your retirement. May this be the start of your best years.

• Congratulations on your retirement. Best wishes for a great future.

• Wishing you life's best today and always.

• Congratulations on achieving a milestone. Here's to a great future.

• Best wishes for today and every day in the future.

• Congratulations on your special day. May the future be filled with much happiness.
   

Get Well

• May every day find you feeling better!

• Thinking of you. May you feel better soon.

• Our warmest thoughts are with you. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

• We’re sick without you. Get well soon.

• Hoping this finds you well on the way to recovery.

• Take care of yourself and feel better soon.

• You are in my thoughts. If there is anything I can do, please let me know.

• You are missed! Get well soon and hurry back.
   

Sympathy

• Please accept my/our deepest sympathy

• My/Our sympathy and thoughts are with you and your family.

• Offering my/our sincerest condolences to you and your family

• With concern and caring sympathy.

• May your sorrow be eased by good memories.

• With heartfelt sympathy. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

• Hoping these words of sympathy will comfort you in your time of sorrow.

• Words are inadequate at a time like this. Please accept my heartfelt sympathy.

Keeping in Touch

• Just a note to keep in touch. Let’s talk soon.

• Thinking of you—hope all is well. Let me know if I can help in any way.

• Sorry I missed you. Hope to talk with you soon.

• Just touching base with you.

• Sending this just to say hi.