Christmas cards for your daughter
A daughter notices everything, including how long you spent on the card. She will read the front, flip to the inside, and decide in about a second whether you actually wrote it yourself. So write it yourself, even if it is only a sentence.
Choose a design that fits who she is right now, glitter phase, dinosaur phase or too-cool-for-glitter phase included. Add something only a parent would know: the song she sings in the shower, the way she narrates her own day, the fierce little opinions. Send it as a link, schedule it for Christmas morning, and let her open it before the chaos starts.
Head Baker at the North Pole
Snow Angels
A Wish for My Daughter
Both Stockings
Car Park Carol
Hello From Both
New Traditions
Quiet House
The Handover Bag
Two Christmases
A Star for the Window
Bedtime Christmas Story
Christmas Baking Day
Christmas Morning Surprise
Dreams of Christmas
Reindeer in the Garden
Sharing the Last Cookie
Sledding Together
The Christmas Carousel
The Christmas Puppet Show
The Christmas Wish
The First Snowman
The Gingerbread House
The Little Lantern Walk
The Magic Stocking
The Night Before Christmas
The Secret Present
The Snow Globe Wish
The Toy Soldier Parade
Trimming the Tree
Cookie Crumb Trail
Elf Training Day
North Pole Post
Reindeer Licence
The Glitter Map
The Missing Carrot
The Present Detective
The Reindeer Race
The Sleigh Parking Spot
The Snowman Club
The Toy Workshop Test
The Very Tall Stocking
Missing Stocking
Present Mix-up
Reindeer Training
Christmas by the Pool
The Christmas Swim
Second Helping
10 things to write inside
Swap in their name. Change anything that doesn’t sound like you.
- sweet [first name], you are the best part of my year and every year before it. Merry Christmas, my darling girl. I love you to the moon, the stars and back again.
- sweet Merry Christmas, [first name]. I love how you see things, and how you tell me about them in great detail. Never stop. I am your biggest fan, and I will clap loudly.
- sweet Dear [first name], thank you for the cuddles, the stories and the glitter in my hair. Home feels like home because you are in it. Lots of love from me.
- sweet [first name], I hope today is full of laughing, cuddles and too many treats. You make our Christmas, and our ordinary days too. Love you, always.
- funny Merry Christmas, [first name]. Thank you for the nine hundred questions, the opinions on my outfit and the commentary on dinner. I would not change a thing. Except maybe the volume.
- funny Dear [first name], you have not stopped talking since February and it is the best soundtrack I have ever had. Merry Christmas to my favourite narrator.
- funny [first name], I have checked, and yes, it is allowed to have chocolate for breakfast on Christmas morning. I am the parent, so I made the rule. Merry Christmas, sweetheart.
- quiet [first name], I am so glad you are my girl. Merry Christmas.
- quiet Merry Christmas, [first name]. I am proud of you, every day, in every way.
- quiet [first name], you are loved, exactly as you are. Love from me, always.
Questions people ask
What do you write in a Christmas card for your daughter?
Say one specific thing you love about her, then tell her you love her. Maybe how she laughs, how she stands up for her friends, or the way she sings to herself. She will notice the effort, and a few true lines beat a page of general ones.
Is it too late to send my daughter an e-card on Christmas Eve?
No. Pick a card, write your words and send the link, then it arrives straight away. Or schedule it for Christmas morning so it is the first thing she opens. Either way, you have time.
Can my daughter open the card herself?
Yes. It arrives as a link and she opens it like an envelope on a phone, tablet or computer. For younger girls it works well to open it together, with you reading the inside line out loud.