Christmas Message for Someone Who Lost Their Mum
Gentle Christmas messages for someone who lost their mum: lines for a friend, colleague, partner or sibling, plus what to say on the day and after.
If someone you love lost their mum this year, the best Christmas message for them is short, warm and honest. Say her name if you knew it. Say you are thinking of them. Don't ask them to cheer up, and don't expect a reply.
Below you'll find messages you can copy or adapt: for a close friend, a colleague, a partner, a brother or sister, and for someone whose mum died only weeks before Christmas. There are also lines for WhatsApp, for a card, and for the days after, plus a few things that tend to hurt, even when they're meant kindly.
Change the words so they sound like you. A plain message in your own voice will always mean more than a perfect one borrowed from somewhere else.
What makes a good Christmas message for someone who lost their mum
Christmas often runs through mums. She was the one who cooked the rice and stew for forty people, hid the presents, called everyone on the morning, or simply sat in her chair while the house filled up. So the first December without her can feel louder and emptier at the same time.
A good message does a few small things well: