When writing New Year’s cards, many of us have struggled with what short message to add.
Set phrases can feel a bit bland, yet it’s hard to decide what else to write.
So here, we’ve gathered ideas for brief, heartwarming messages inspired by smiles—ones that will make the recipient grin without thinking.
From casual lines for close friends to one-liners for those you’re indebted to, we offer a variety of suggestions.
With a few small touches, your New Year’s card can truly reflect who you are!
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A one-liner to add to your New Year’s card! A collection of smile-inducing message ideas (1–10)
A year that starts with a smile and ends with a smile!
It’s often said that the first and last impressions of a year greatly influence how we feel about it as a whole.
This message encourages you to spend both the beginning and the end of the year with a smile, so you can look back and think it was a joyful year.
Starting with a smile makes you want to keep that smile going, and ending with a smile brings back strong, happy memories from the year.
Receiving this as a message inspires you to be mindful of your smile and move forward with a positive mindset.
Wishing you a gentle year where you can always wear a smile.
The more you can look back and feel that you spent a lot of time smiling, the more you can strongly feel that the year was fulfilling and happy.
This message carries a warm wish that your days be so rich and full of smiles.
Being able to smile means having a positive mindset and being kinder to others, and it encourages you to spend your days with that kind of kindness.
From the idea of always smiling, you can also feel the wish that you be gentle with yourself as well.
Let’s make lots of happy memories this year, too.
When you look back on your memories and a fun moment comes to mind, the feelings from that time return and you can feel happy, right? This is a positive message about continuing to create enjoyable memories this year as well—memories that will make you feel happy whenever you recall them.
It calls on us to spend the year savoring the fun and to turn those experiences into lasting memories.
It also emphasizes leaving behind many memories, conveying a sense of supporting one another along the way.
Let’s make it a year where smiles spread in a chain!
Happiness circulates: when you smile, a joyful feeling wells up, and that feeling brings out even more smiles.
This message carries the hope that such happiness will lead to even greater happiness throughout the year.
Smiles ripple within ourselves, but our own smile can also spark someone else’s, reflecting a spirit of mutual support.
It conveys a grand kindness—smiles that begin with you spreading to others, and from there widening until an even broader circle is filled with smiles.
May you be able to keep smiling in the new year as well.
Spending each day with a smile is important for keeping yourself and those around you in a positive mindset.
This message straightforwardly conveys the hope that you’ll continue to enjoy each day with a smile that spreads to everyone around you.
The phrase “in the new year as well” also reminds us that you’ve been smiling up to now, too.
It conveys a sense of mutual support, suggesting that your smile contributes to both of our happiness.
May this year be filled with lots of blooming smiles.
A smile is something that fills you and those around you with happiness, and its brightness is often compared to a flower.
This message carries a warm tone, calling on you to let those flowers of smiles bloom fully in the coming year.
The phrase “a lot” is a key point—not just blooming, but in abundance—evoking the image of a beautiful flower field.
It gives the impression of a colorful expression of the wish for you to spend each day with a positive outlook.
Thank you for always smiling! Let’s have another great year together.
A smile not only lifts your own spirits, but can also spread happiness to others.
This message conveys how such smiles have spread and reminds us of the importance of spending our days with a smile.
Even someone who was smiling without thinking about it will feel happy—and more motivated to keep smiling—once they realize their smile is appreciated.
Since it also speaks about the future, it comes across as a call for us to support each other with smiles going forward.