When
you write a Christmas card, you have to think carefully who you’re
sending it to. Is it a customer?(cliente) Is it a colleague?(colega) Is it a
close relative? (pariente cercano) Is it one of your best friends? The message you write
will vary depending on how close your relationship is with that
person.
For
example, if you want to send a Christmas card to someone you don’t
know very well, you may decide to write a typical formal message like :
Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year
Sending you best wishes
for a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
These greetings might sound a bit too distant
and cold for a close relative or friend of yours. In those cases, you
may want to go for (escoger) something warmer, like:
May your
Christmas be bright with joy and happiness
Thinking of you
and wishing you the joys of this beautiful season
Wishing you a
bright and beautiful Christmas
May this joyous
season bring you peace, love and happiness throughout the coming year
May your Christmas holiday be the perfect Christmas
Wishing you a
shiny and happy New Year
If you’re looking for something more
informal, what about one of the following?
Have
a wonderful Christmas!
Whoopee! It’s
Christmas!
Hope your holidays are
jolly (alegre )
days!
Hope all your
wishes come true in 2014!
When
you write an informal card, you can use the symbols that stand for
“Hugs and kisses”,(abrazos y besos) XOXO
, where the Xs mean “kisses” and the Os are “hugs”.
The expressions we have seen so far are
standard, but remember that you can always personalise your messages
a bit more by expanding your Christmas greeting with a short
paragraph dedicated to the person you’re sending the Christmas card
to. The personal touch ( toque personal) will surely be appreciated!
LANGUAGE NOTE : You will often find the word may
in a message at Christmas time. Instead of using may
to express possibility, here it’s a subjunctive, which expresses
wish or desire. Note
that in Spanish we use que
with a similar function: “Que
pases unas felices fiestas”, “Que
se cumplan todos tus deseos en el 2014”.
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