A short New Year’s greeting to add to relatives’ cards: A collection of heartwarming ideas
When you sit down to write New Year’s cards to relatives, do you ever find yourself stuck thinking, “I just want to add a short note, but what should I write?” The words you choose can change depending on your relationship with the recipient—relatives you haven’t seen in a while, an aunt or uncle who always looks out for you, or cousins of a different generation.
In this article, we’ve gathered ideas for short messages to include in New Year’s cards to relatives.
It’s packed with ready-to-use phrases, from examples that convey gratitude to friendly messages that include brief updates.
Don’t end with a formal greeting alone—let’s start the New Year on a warm note with a heartfelt line!
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A one-line message to add to New Year’s cards for relatives! A collection of heartfelt ideas (1–10)
I hope this year will be filled with happiness again.
When do you feel moments of happiness? When you’re eating with family, chatting with friends, or losing track of time as you dive into a hobby—different scenes probably come to mind for each person.
If your life is filled with those happy moments, you’ll surely spend your time feeling many times more fulfilled.
This phrase is a message wishing that many such moments of happiness will come to that person.
Please share these words with someone special, so you, too, can be part of their happiness.
May the new year bring lots of good things to both of us.
I think there are many things we want to wish for in the New Year.
But if we bundle them all together, they might be summed up in this single phrase.
The words “good things” carry the hope that the year will be more fulfilling and that a brighter future will come.
As you wish for many good things to happen for yourself and for the other person, try adding this simple phrase to your New Year’s card.
Just seeing the words “for both of us” evokes a sense of closeness, like companions sharing joys and hardships, and it can become a source of support for the heart.
Wishing you warm, heartwarming days in the New Year.
It’s a phrase that evokes the feeling of your heart slowly filling up, like the moment you suddenly notice someone’s kindness.
Doesn’t it make the perfect message for winter and for a peaceful New Year? If you add this phrase to your New Year’s greeting, your words may help bring warm, heartening days to that person.
I hope this year will be one in which you not only appreciate others’ thoughtfulness, but also become someone who can bring warmth to someone else’s heart.
A one-line message to add to New Year’s cards for relatives! A collection of heartfelt ideas (11–20)
Wishing you peaceful and happy days in the new year as well.
If you’re sending a New Year’s card to an older relative, how about adding this short message wishing them peaceful days? When we’re young, a busy life is the norm, but as we grow older, many of us come to appreciate the quiet moments—time spent in calm or immersed in hobbies.
It’s often the small joys we can notice precisely because there are no big changes.
With the hope that such happy, tranquil times will continue to accumulate, share these words with someone dear to you.
May everyone in the family stay healthy and keep building joyful moments together.
Staying healthy is absolutely essential for enjoying life, isn’t it? If you want to stay active and do things, you first need a healthy body and mind.
So how about sending this message as a New Year’s greeting? It’s a wish for your family to stay well, and on that foundation, to enjoy many happy times and create wonderful memories.
It’s a perfect line for relatives or family friends you’re close with.
And feel free to use it in various situations beyond New Year’s cards, too.
May we cherish our family bonds in the new year as well.
Isn’t it surprising how many things we can overcome when we have the bonds of family? When you feel safe and at ease at home—the place where you spend the most time—you can find the strength to do your best outside, too.
For many people, family ties are a major source of emotional support.
So how about choosing this message as a New Year’s greeting? It’s a chance to reaffirm the importance of family and to feel renewed determination to do your part in protecting your home together.
It’s also perfect for a New Year’s card addressed not to an individual, but to a married couple in your extended family.
May the new year be filled with many warm memories.
It’s a heartwarming message that wishes for more gentle, joy-filled memories.
How about adding it as a short note on New Year’s cards to relatives and acquaintances? Everyone has their own ideas about how they want to spend the new year, but warm memories nourish the heart and become not only moments of the present, but also recollections that support your future self.
A wish for days like that will gently resonate with anyone.
It’s perfect as words to send for the New Year, so be sure to share it.