What to write to your boyfriend this Christmas
The Christmas messages that land are short and specific: one thing that happened this year, one thing you're looking forward to and his name. Below are 12 to copy, sorted by tone, including long distance ones. If you want it to feel like more than a text, put it inside a Christmas card he opens on his phone.
By bemypresent · Updated
The example
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Short Christmas messages for your boyfriend
These work as a text on Christmas morning or as the first line of a card. Swap in one detail only he would get, and they stop sounding like a list from the internet.
Merry Christmas to the person who makes even the dishes after dinner feel like a date. This was my favorite year, and you're the reason.
I don't need anything under the tree. I already got the guy who learned my coffee order in a week. Merry Christmas, Jake.
Merry Christmas. You're still not allowed to open presents before breakfast, but I love you anyway.
Santa asked if you'd been good this year. I said mostly, except for the thermostat. Merry Christmas.
Thank you for this year. For the long drives, the bad movies and every time you stayed on the phone a little longer. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas. Of everything that happened this year, you're the part I'd keep.
Christmas messages for a long distance boyfriend
When you're not spending Christmas together, the message is the gift. Mention the distance once, then talk about the next time you'll see each other: a date gives him something to hold on to.
This is our first Christmas with a time zone between us. I'll open my present on FaceTime at 9 AM your time, which is way too early for me. That's how much I like you.
Twelve days until I'm at your door. I'm spending Christmas with my family and thinking about New Year's with you the whole time.
I saved you a plate and a spot on the couch. They'll both be here when you get back. Merry Christmas, wherever you are tonight.
Longer messages for a Christmas card
A year ago I didn't know how you take your coffee or that you sing in the car when you think nobody's listening. Now I can't imagine a December without either. Merry first Christmas. I hope it's the first of a lot.
This year asked a lot of both of us. You never made me feel like I had to carry any of it alone. Whatever next year looks like, I want to be in the same corner as you. Merry Christmas.
We moved, we survived assembling a bed frame without breaking up and we finally took that trip to Asheville. Next year I want more of the same, minus the bed frame. Merry Christmas.
How to send it as a card he opens on his phone
A text gets read once and buried under the family group chat. A digital Christmas card on bemypresent opens like a real one: an envelope with his name, a box that unwraps with something inside and your letter at the end.
- Pick the Christmas card and write his name. It goes on the envelope and on the box.
- Choose what's in the box: a photo of the two of you, a ticket (a game, a concert), a voucher you'll make good on or a trip.
- Paste your message, up to 400 characters. One of the ones above, with your details, fits.
- Send him the link by text, or keep it for the morning of the 25th. He opens it on his phone without downloading anything.
A handwritten card is still the best option when you'll hand it over in person and he's the kind of guy who keeps them in a drawer. The digital one is for when you can't, or when you want the gift inside the box to be the surprise. For a longer letter with photos, a digital love letter gives you more room.
How to make it with bemypresent
Pick how it opens
A birthday, an anniversary, Christmas, a memory album or a box with a surprise inside.
Make it yours
Add the names, your photos and a message. You see it exactly as they will, and it saves as you type.
Publish it
Confirm your email with a code, no passwords. We send you the link and its QR code, and you'll find it in your account on any device.
Share it
By text, on WhatsApp or with the QR code printed inside a card. They open it on their phone, no app needed.
Frequently asked questions
What do you write in a Christmas card to your boyfriend?
One memory from this year, one thing you're looking forward to and a line about him that nobody else could write. Three or four sentences are plenty.
What's a cute Christmas message for a long distance boyfriend?
Name the distance once and then the next date you'll see each other. “Twelve days until I'm at your door” says more than a paragraph about missing him.
Can I send a Christmas card to my boyfriend online for free?
Yes. The Christmas card on bemypresent is made in your browser, without an account, and sent as a link he opens on his phone.
Can I schedule it to open on Christmas morning?
You can choose when to send the link yourself. If you want it locked until a date, the card can be scheduled to open on the 25th.
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