Christmas Holiday Invitations

Sending out Christmas Holiday Invitations is one of the most joyful preludes to the approaching festive season. Don't you just love it when someone sends you a very carefully thought-out Christmas Holiday Invitations? And the delight is the greatest when the card is an appropriately worded one. When you send your invitations, you must make sure your guests must feel the same way too! Spending time with your Christmas Holiday Invitations is important – it is a precursor for your guests to understand what they are going to get at the party.

Christmas Holiday Invitation Wordings

It is difficult to come up with unique wordings for your Christmas Holiday Invitations. The wordings have to suit the kind of guests you are planning to invite. So here are some ideas. (All my original work!) Remember to mention the date, time and venue somewhere near the wordings.

Christmas Holiday Invitation Wording Idea # 1

This idea works if you are going to invite a small group of friends, who share a little sense of humor. It is also a good idea to use for a kids' Christmas party.

Martha will be there, Percy will be there
Rudolf will be there, even Santa will be there
At Jack and Mary's little lair
Come let us celebrate
With Christmas in the air!

Christmas Holiday Invitation Wording Idea # 2

This is another idea that you can use to invite a younger crowd.

There will be reds and greens
And lots of kids and teens
Do please come and let us celebrate
On this very special December date!

Christmas Holiday Invitation Wording Idea # 3

The following is a very staid-looking invite for an older crowd, or for a crowd that you are not very familiar with. You can use a similar kind of wording if you are new to the neighborhood and plan to convert your acquaintances into friendships this Christmas. Try the subtle approach.

We are having a small open house this Christmas at our place.
Do come in and make our festival special.
There's also a tree trimming event we wish your company for.

Christmas Holiday Invitation Wording Idea # 4

If you are planning to have a Christmas Eve party, then you can use the following wordings.

Though the season is cold, our hearts are warm
And with warm hearts we welcome those we hold dear
Come and let us bring Christmas in together
And celebrate with a lovely dinner.

Christmas Holiday Invitation Themes

You need to have some Christmassy theme on your card, or it would not look festive at all. There are some places where you can get inspirations for your themes. Check out on the Internet first. There are many websites that will allow you to download plain cards for Christmas – plain means you will have to put the wordings in; the theme will be in place. If you get a good card, download it, put in the wordings you have selected and print them out.

If you do not like the cards over the Internet, you might get what you like in a Christmas store. Many gift shops stock plain invitation cards with the Christmas themes on them, where you can put in your own wordings. You can buy these cards in stacks and they are not much expensive. You will have to keep in mind to get envelopes for them too. Most of the plain cards come with envelopes, though.

Do not like the cards in the stores either? Then you can think of drawing something yourself if you have an artistic hand. Or if you know some application like Photoshop or CorelDraw, you can make your own Christmas theme card. After that you can either print it out on your home printer, or copy the design on a disk (with or without the wordings) and give it to a professional printer. Charges will be on the basis of the number of cards you order. Again, you must remember to order for the envelopes too.

Sending Christmas Holiday Invitations

It is very important to send out Christmas Holiday Invitations at least three weeks before the date. Most people will have their Christmas plans ready by then, so it is better for you to add a line asking them to RSVP. Or, you can ask them to call you up and confirm whether they will be joining in or not.

You might think of gifting something like date-reminder tabs or frig magnets that will remind people of the date of your party. These are not much expensive – you will get them cheaply at any gift shop.

Make a note to confirm your entire guest list at least a week before the party. If someone has not confirmed by then, call them up and get their confirmation. Christmas parties tend to be expensive; hence it is better you know in advance how many guests are going to turn up.