What to write in a Christmas/Holiday season card?

Dear students,

Are you looking for some writing inspiration this holiday season? Do you need help creating a heartfelt Christmas message for your Christmas cards? We've got you covered! 

Here are some of the nicest messages we could gather! Have a lovely holiday season!

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Classic Christmas messages:

• May the Christmas season fill your home with joy, your heart with love and your life with laughter.
• Have a great Christmas! Take the time to celebrate your desires, values, and affections with your loved ones. Wishing you all the best.
• Whatever is beautiful, whatever is meaningful, whatever brings happiness, may it be yours this holiday season and throughout the coming year.

Funny Christmas messages:

• May your fun be large and bills be small this year. Merry Christmas!
• There’s snowbody like you!
• May your gifts be many, and your returns be few. Have a stress free holiday season!
• Christmas is a time for remembering family and trying to guess everyone’s sizes! Have a wonderful Christmas.

Christmas-inspired quotes:

• “Christmas is a time when everyone wants his past forgotten and his present remembered.” -Phyllis Diller
• “You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle three things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas lights.” -Maya Angelou
• “My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” -Bob Hope

Christmas messages for friends:

• The best present one can hope for this year is to spend time together. I can’t wait to celebrate the holidays with you my friend!
• For my special friend, I send holiday greeting wishes for fun filled holiday season. I hope you will have lots of fun adventure and exciting moments on your holiday season this year. Have a happy holiday!
• Wishing you unlimited joy and infinite fun! Hope these holidays rejuvenate you, so that you return with full on energy and enthusiasm. Take Care. Happy holidays!

Compiled by: Isabel Solano.

Source: https://www.shutterfly.com/ideas/christmas-card-wording/#what-to-write-in-a-christmas-card

NYLC's Word of the Week: FESTIVE

WORD OF THE WEEK

festive (adjective)

1.  pertaining to or suitable for a feast or festival

Example: My favorite thing about the holidays is the festive music playing everywhere you go.
 

2.  cheerful and jovially celebratory

Example: The somber atmosphere has given way to a festive mood. 

Synonyms: joyous, merry, happy, joyful, jolly, jovial, cheerful, jubilant, high-spirited

 

NYLC's Word of the Week: INNOVATION

WORD OF THE WEEK

innovation (noun)

 1.  the introduction of something new

2.  a change made to an existing product, idea, or field

Examples:

 ·   The first smartphone was a remarkable innovation.

·   These fields are about to explode with innovation and advancement.

·   This website has grown into the world’s largest open innovation platform.

What are you thankful for? - A writing exercise.

By: Isabel Solano.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. It is a day to be grateful for what we have and where we are. Gratitude is important all year round but Thanksgiving offers us the opportunity to be thankful as a family and as a community. Here at NYLC, we know we're thankful for all our wonderful students and teachers and we would love to know, what are you grateful for?

We all have something to be thankful and writing creates space for reflexion and in our case, of course, for English practice! Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving in your home country or not, this writing exercise is the perfect opportunity to put your thoughts into writing and practice your English writing skills. It is important that you practice your English by talking about what matters to you! 

We know that taking the first step is the hardest part so we have put together a series of prompts* to inspire you.  




But before you get started, here are some guidelines:

1. Write as much or as little as you'd like! There's no limit and there's no minimum. 
2. Don't overthink** it! Relax, put pen to paper*** and just start!
3. Do not worry about being perfect or about making mistakes. It's all part of the writing process. 
4. Look up the words you want to use but don't know in English. This will help you increase your vocabulary.
5. Ask your teacher to check your writing and give you feedback! They will be more than happy to help!

Now, here are the prompts:

Happy writing everyone! ❤


Make a list of 20 things you are thankful for.

Make a list of things that remind you of Thanksgiving.

Describe your perfect Thanksgiving day.

If you had a pet turkey, where would you keep it? How would you take care of it?

What does being thankful mean to you?

Write a letter to a family member and share what you are thankful for.

Make a list of foods you are thankful to have on Thanksgiving.

What is something you are thankful for this year, that is different than last year?





* prompt: idea as starting point.  
**to overthink: think about (something) too much or for too long.
***put pen to paper (idiom): To begin writing. 



Source: http://rachelktutoring.com/blog/thanksgiving-writing-prompts/