Christmas cards for your boyfriend
A boyfriend card has a job to do. It needs to be warm enough that he knows you mean it, and light enough that he doesn't panic if it's early days. Somewhere between "I like you very much" and "I've already told my mum about you" is about right.
Use your own words. Mention the thing he does, the joke you share, the way he ate half your chips and called it sharing. Send it as a link by email or text, and schedule it for Christmas morning if you want to be the first message on his phone.
Partner Medal
A Note for Your Pocket
After a Long Year
All These Christmases
Christmas Looks Good on You
Do Not Open Until Christmas
Home for Christmas
Little Traditions
Next Christmas, Too
No Grand Plans
Our Kind of Christmas
Save Me a Dance
The Best Bit
The Christmas Truce
The Long Way Home
The Note
The Seat Beside Mine
The Unwrapped Present
Under the Mistletoe
Our First Christmas Together
Two Trees, One Lounge Room
One Lit Apartment
Just Us This Year
Your First Christmas as a Dad
Some Assembly Required, Dad
Silent Night
The Agreement
Keeping the Peace
My Favourite
The Organised One
Footprints in the Snow
The Gift Guide
10 things to write inside
Swap in their name. Change anything that doesn’t sound like you.
- sweet [first name], you made this year a lot better than I expected it to be. Merry Christmas. I'm very glad it's you.
- sweet Merry Christmas, [first name]. I love how you listen, even when I'm complaining about something small. Thank you.
- sweet [first name], wherever you are on Christmas Day, I'll be thinking about you. And about whether I got your present right.
- sweet [first name], I like who I am around you. That's the whole message. Merry Christmas.
- funny [first name], I've met your family and I've survived. I think that means we're serious. Merry Christmas.
- funny Dear [first name], I got you something good. If you didn't get me something good, I'll be extremely polite about it and then hold it over you forever.
- funny [first name], you're lovely, you're funny, and you steal the blanket. We'll discuss the blanket in the new year. Merry Christmas.
- quiet Merry Christmas, [first name]. I'm happy with you.
- quiet [first name], thank you for this year. I'm looking forward to more.
- rude [first name], you gorgeous idiot, I like you far more than is sensible. Merry bloody Christmas.
Questions people ask
What do you write in a Christmas card to a boyfriend?
Think of one small moment from the year with him in it and write about that. It could be a trip, a dinner that went wrong, a night he looked after you. Say you're glad of it. A specific memory shows more feeling than a pile of big words.
Is it too soon to say "love" in a Christmas card to a new boyfriend?
If you're not sure, leave the word out and say what's true: that you're happy, that you like him, that you're glad of him. A card is written down and can be read again, so choose words you'd also say out loud.
Should I send my boyfriend a card if we're not together on Christmas Day?
Yes. It's a good way to be there when you can't be. Send it as a link by email or text and schedule it for Christmas morning, so he opens it before the family takes over his phone. Add a line about when you'll next see him.