HTML & MJML

Merry Christmas Greetings Email Template

Send warmth instead of a discount code with this Merry Christmas greetings email template built for genuine connection. A serene green-and-cream design leads with a festive headline, a heartfelt thank-you letter, a signed sign-off from the team, and a tasteful holiday-hours note. Use this email template for Christmas greetings, season's greetings, customer appreciation campaigns, and small business holiday outreach. Brands that pause the promotion drumbeat for one sincere message earn goodwill, loyalty, and open rates that outlast the entire holiday season — proving relationships beat markdowns.

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About the Merry Christmas Greetings Email Template

Brands that skip the sales pitch at Christmas and lead with genuine gratitude are rare — and remembered. This Merry Christmas greetings template gives small businesses, agencies, and customer-facing teams a beautifully composed way to say thank you without a discount code in sight. The serene green-and-cream design, heartfelt letter format, and team sign-off work together to make recipients feel seen, not sold to, strengthening loyalty heading into the new year.

When to use this template

Send this template between December 20–24 to land in inboxes during peak Christmas anticipation. It suits established customers at the retention or loyalty stage — people who already know your brand and deserve a moment of pure appreciation before the new year resets the marketing calendar.

A boutique retail shop thanking loyal customers after a busy holiday shopping season
A small marketing agency sending warm wishes to long-term retainer clients
A local restaurant letting regulars know holiday hours with a heartfelt note
A SaaS company pausing product messaging to acknowledge its user community at Christmas
A freelance designer expressing personal gratitude to collaborators and brand partners
A family-owned e-commerce brand closing the year with a genuine letter from the founders

Subject line ideas

A little note from all of us this Christmas
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas 🎄
No deals — just a heartfelt Merry Christmas
To you, from us: Happy Christmas

Best practices for christmas emails

Write the thank-you letter in first-person plural so it reads as a genuine team voice, not a marketing department
Name a specific thing your customers helped you accomplish this year to make the gratitude feel earned and concrete
Keep the holiday-hours section visually separated so it informs without interrupting the warmth of the main message
Use the team sign-off with real first names rather than a brand logo to reinforce the personal, human tone of the template
Resist adding a CTA button — this template's power comes from the absence of an ask, so let the letter breathe on its own

Template anatomy

How the Merry Christmas Greetings Email Template template is laid out, top to bottom:

section (1 column) containing text block.
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section (1 column) containing social row, social link, text block.

Components used

Built from the following MJML elements:

11 text blocks3 social links1 social row

Color palette

Colors used across the Merry Christmas Greetings Email Template template:

#f4f1ec

#fdfbf7

#14532d

#ffffff

#bbf7d0

#3f3f46

#b45309

#78716c

#f5fbf6

Typography

Font stacks declared in the template:

Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif

MJML source code

A preview of the MJML markup for the Merry Christmas Greetings Email Template template. Open it free in EmailBuilder.ai to get the complete source and start customizing.

<mjml>
  <mj-head>
    <mj-title>Merry Christmas Greetings Email Template</mj-title>
    <mj-attributes>
      <mj-all font-family="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif"></mj-all>
      <mj-text font-size="14px" line-height="24px"></mj-text>
    </mj-attributes>
    <mj-preview>Merry Christmas from all of us 🎄 A heartfelt thank-you — no sale, just warmth.</mj-preview>
  </mj-head>
  <mj-body background-color="#F4F1EC" width="600px">
    <mj-section background-color="#FDFBF7" padding="32px 36px 24px 36px">
      <mj-column>
        <mj-text color="#14532D" font-size="18px" letter-spacing="3px" align="center" padding="0px"><strong>WILLOW &amp; PINE</strong></mj-text>
      </mj-column>
    </mj-section>
    <mj-section background-color="#14532D" padding="52px 36px 46px 36px">
      <mj-column>
        <mj-text font-size="100px" line-height="64px" align="center" padding="30px">🎄</mj-text>
        <mj-text color="#FFFFFF" font-size="42px" line-height="50px" align="center" padding-top="30px"><strong>Merry Christmas</strong></mj-text>
        <mj-text color="#BBF7D0" font-size="16px" letter-spacing="1px" align="center" padding="16px 0px 0px 0px">from everyone at Willow &amp; Pine</mj-text>
      </mj-column>
    </mj-section>
    <mj-section background-color="#FDFBF7" padding="40px 44px 16px 44px">
      <mj-column>
        <mj-text color="#3F3F46" font-size="16px" line-height="28px" align="center" padding="0px 0px 18px 0px">As the year winds down and the lights go up, we wanted to pause and say the thing that matters most: thank you. For every order, every visit, every kind word — you made this year one to remember.</mj-text>
        <mj-text color="#3F3F46" font-size="16px" line-height="28px" align="center" padding="0px 0px 18px 0px">Whatever this season looks like for you — a full house or a quiet one — we hope it's warm, generous, and exactly what you need.</mj-text>

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