Baby's first Christmas card messages
Baby's first Christmas is the card everyone on your list actually wants to read, so give it the details only you know: the birth month, the nickname that stuck, the older sibling's review of the new management. One specific detail beats a paragraph of generic joy, and relatives will quote it back to you for years.
Keep the message short — you have a newborn, and nobody expects an essay. Name the baby if you're comfortable (a first name is plenty), say what changed this year, and wish the reader something warm. Grandparents will frame this card; write the line you'd want framed.
For the photo: newborns photograph best mid-yawn or mid-grab, and nobody minds. If the baby refused the hat, the outfit, and the entire concept of sitting still, that is not a failed photo — that's the message. The outtakes back was made for exactly this year of your life.
Lines to copy
We attempted a color-coordinated photo. The baby wore oatmeal instead. Honestly, the oatmeal had better manners.
We dressed the baby as an elf. The baby had notes.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, then re-hung by a toddler with no plan whatsoever.
The house got louder by two feet this year. Big sister is still deciding how she feels about the new management.
Baby's first Christmas came with four hundred photos, three naps' worth of effort, and one perfect moment. This is it.
We wish you the kind of wonder our daughter discovered this year: everything is new, everything is interesting, milk is great.
First Christmas as a family of three. We're exhausted, we're blessed, we've never been happier.
Our greatest gift arrived in March and doesn't sleep much. Worth it. Merry Christmas from the three of us.
This year we learned that 3 a.m. feedings and 6 a.m. stockings are mutually exclusive. We choose coffee.
Someone new is under our tree this year, mostly because the wrapping paper is fascinating.
From our brand-new family to yours — may your season be merry and your naps be long.
He grew a whole personality this year, and it includes opinions about the Christmas tree. He's wrong, but he's ours.
New parents' holiday wish: warm baby, quiet dishwasher, and grandparents on speed dial. We got all three.
The milestone year: first steps, first words, first Christmas she tried to eat the tinsel. All documented.
The puppy's first Christmas cost us one strand of lights, two ornaments, and our remaining patience. So worth it.
Attempt twelve: the toddler discovered the tree skirt.
The bow tie lost. The baby won. Justice was served.
Ninety percent smiles, ten percent oatmeal.
So much to celebrate
The year's best news
First steps at last
2 · Santa visits without tears
More warm, general messages
We kept the porch light on for you all year. Come sit with us soon — the cocoa's better when you're here.
Another orbit around the sun, and the best parts were ordinary: pancakes, pajamas, the school pickup lane. We wish you more of those.
The tree is crooked, the lights are half-working, and everyone is finally home. That's our kind of Christmas.
Questions people ask
- What should a baby's first Christmas card say?
- Three things: the baby arrived, the household changed, and a warm wish for the reader. One line each. The details — weight, month, middle name — are what make relatives call you, so spend them freely.
- Do I have to include the baby's name?
- No. 'Our family grew by two feet' communicates everything, and some families wait to share names publicly. If you do use a name, a first name is plenty for a card.
- How do we sign a card from a baby?
- Sign from the whole family, or sign from the baby for the joke — 'Dictated but not read.' Both are on this page; pick the one that sounds like your house at 3 a.m.
Put it on a card in ten minutes
Make your card