Thanksgiving messages
A few honest lines for the card on the table, the family chat or the email to a client. Pick one and add the name of something you are actually thankful for.
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Short and warm
One or two lines for a text or a card.
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Happy Thanksgiving. I’m grateful for a lot this year, and you’re near the top of the list.
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Wishing you a full table, a slow afternoon and people you love within arm’s reach. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Happy Thanksgiving. Thank you for being one of the good things in my year.
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Hope your day is warm, loud and full of seconds. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Today I’m counting what went right, and you made the count. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Happy Thanksgiving. May the pie be plentiful and the dishes be someone else’s job.
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Grateful for you today and on the ordinary days too. Happy Thanksgiving.
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For family
For the people around the table.
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Happy Thanksgiving to the people who know me best and set a place for me anyway.
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However far we scatter, this table is where I count from. Happy Thanksgiving, family.
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Thank you for the recipes, the arguments about the recipes and the love under both. Happy Thanksgiving.
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I’m thankful for a family that shows up, even when it’s early, far or inconvenient. Happy Thanksgiving.
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This year taught me not to take a full table for granted. I’m so glad to be at ours. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Mom and Dad, everything I’m thankful for started at your table. Happy Thanksgiving.
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For friends
Friendsgiving included.
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Happy Thanksgiving to the family I got to pick.
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I’m thankful for friends who feel like home. That’s you. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Thanks for another year of answering my texts and my bad ideas. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Friendsgiving or not, you’re on my list of things to be grateful for. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Save me a seat and a slice. Happy Thanksgiving, friend.
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For colleagues and clients
Professional, and still human.
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Happy Thanksgiving. Working with you is one of the things I’m grateful for this year.
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Thank you for your trust and your business this year. Wishing you and your family a happy Thanksgiving.
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To the team: thank you for the work, the patience and the good humor. Enjoy the break. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Grateful to have a colleague I can count on. Have a restful Thanksgiving.
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We appreciate you more than a busy year lets us say. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us.
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When you can’t be there
For the call, the text or the card in the mail.
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I can’t be at the table this year, so set my place in spirit and save me the leftovers. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Miles apart today, but I’m thankful for you in every time zone. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Thinking of you all around the table. Eat an extra helping for me. Happy Thanksgiving.
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This year’s Thanksgiving is a phone call. Next year’s is a hug. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Writing your own
- Say what you are thankful for by name: a person, a favor, a meal. Specific beats general.
- For work messages, keep it to two sentences and leave out anything about sales or next year’s targets.
- If someone had a hard year, skip the cheerful list and say you are glad they are at the table.