Fresh today · Tuesday, 16 June

New Wishes

A handful of wishes pulled from the cabinet this morning. Pick one up — copy, save it to your pinboard, or send it on.

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May Christmas leave its light on your doorstep long enough to guide the new year in.

Here's to a Merry Christmas that lasts longer than the leftovers and a 2024 worth the wait.

Wishing you a Christmas as warm as wool socks and a new year as bright as a struck match.

May the carols carry past December and the hope they hint at survive into January.

Here's to a season that softens you and a year that does not waste the softening.

Wishing you a Christmas of full rooms and a new year of unrushed Sundays.

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May Merry feel like a verb this December — something you actually do, not just say.

Here's to mince pies, midnight bells, and twelve months that follow through on the promise.

Wishing you a holiday that smells like pine and a 2024 that smells like fresh paper.

May the year inherit Christmas's better qualities — patience, generosity, candlelight.

Here's to a Merry Christmas worth slowing down for and a Happy New Year worth speeding into.

Wishing you a December that finds you and a January that does not lose you.

May the lights stay on, the kettle stay warm, and the calendar stay forgiving.

Here's to a holiday spent properly — with phones down and faces lit by something other than screens.

Wishing you a Christmas of small wonders and a 2024 of slightly larger ones.

May this Christmas be merry by every definition you accept and a few you've forgotten.

Here's to traditions kept, traditions broken, and brand-new ones invented around midnight.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas worth remembering and a Happy New Year worth showing up for.

May Santa be generous, the cousins be tolerable, and the new year be unexpectedly kind.

Here's to a season of long meals and a year of long memories.

Wishing you Christmas peace and new year momentum in roughly equal doses.

May the holiday hold you steady and the new year nudge you gently forward.

Here's to mulled drinks, mismatched stockings, and a 2024 that lives up to the carols.

Wishing you a Christmas that does not require performance and a new year that does not require apology.

May the year extend December's better hours into May, June, and beyond.