Christmas cards for your mum
Mum has been doing Christmas for you since before you could hold a cracker. She remembers the allergies, the aunt who won't sit near the other aunt, and the year the pudding caught fire. This is one card where it's fine to be a bit soft.
Write her something she can keep in the drawer with the rest. A card with your own words inside is the kind she'll read twice and not mention. Send it to her phone or inbox, or schedule it for Christmas morning, while she's still in her dressing gown having words with the turkey.
Eating Properly
Thank You for the 3 am Visits
It's Me. Obviously.
Who Rang on Sunday
Nan's Third Plate
Last Prawn
Thumbs Up
The Mum
Best Seat in the House
The Wrapping Paper
Next Year’s Host
Four Minute Voice Note
Santa Takes Credit
Midnight Window
The Family Group Text
The Hot Drive Home
Next Christmas I'll Be There
Some Assembly Required
Thank You, Host
Grandmother’s Magical Recipe
One Lit Apartment
The Christmas Group Chat
One Nice Photo
Lower Your Expectations
Filled with Family
Full Circle
Kitchen Table
Your First Christmas as a Mum
Your First Christmas as Grandparents
Rules Are for Parents
Party of One
Porch Light
A Small Kindness
First Cup of Tea
Family Traditions
First Christmas in the New Home
First Christmas With a Kitten
First Christmas With a Puppy
Somewhere in the Boxes
Keep Your Weird
Midnight, No Pressure
No Grand Reinvention
No New Personality Required
No Resolution Police
Same Laugh, New Calendar
The Airport Reindeer
The Gift Card Summit
The Holiday Doorbell
10 things to write inside
Swap in their name. Change anything that doesn’t sound like you.
- sweet Merry Christmas, [first name]. Thank you for all the Christmases you made look easy when they weren't. It took me far too long to notice, and I'm sorry about that.
- sweet [first name], I'm still your kid at Christmas, whatever my licence says. Thank you for letting me be. Love you.
- sweet I hope someone makes you a cup of tea this year and doesn't let you near the dishes, [first name]. If nobody does, I'll turn up and start an argument about it.
- sweet [first name], everything good about my Christmas started with you. The ham, the carols, the stubbornness. Thank you for all of it.
- funny [first name], I've inherited your habit of buying far too much food and saying "it'll keep". It does not keep. Merry Christmas anyway.
- funny Dear [first name], this card is proof I remembered without being reminded three times. Merry Christmas. Please frame it.
- funny [first name], I promise not to say "that's not how you do it" about the stuffing this year. I will think it, loudly. Love you.
- quiet Merry Christmas, [first name]. I'm glad you're my mum.
- quiet [first name], thank you for everything. I mean it. Have a gentle day.
- rude [first name], you've given me a lifetime of unsolicited advice and I'd still ring you first. Merry Christmas, you meddling legend.
Questions people ask
What do you write in a Christmas card for your mum?
Start with one real thing she did, not a general thank you. The lift home in the rain, the phone call you didn't have to make. Then say you noticed. Mums rarely need a long message. They need one line that proves you were paying attention.
Is it okay to send my mum an e-card instead of posting one?
Yes, as long as you write something yourself. The card arrives as a link by email or text, so tell her to expect it if she's wary of links. You can schedule it for Christmas morning, so it's waiting when she picks up her phone.
What if my mum and I don't see eye to eye at Christmas?
Keep it short and true. You don't have to pretend everything is fine. A line like "I'm glad you're my mum" or "thank you for what you did" is enough, and it's easier to read than a long apology. The quiet cards suit this well.