You've found the perfect Christmas card for your boyfriend. Now comes the hard bit: what do you actually write inside? Whether you've been together six weeks or sixteen years, here are some ideas to get you started, from properly soppy to slightly too rude for the family to see.

Soppy Christmas messages for your boyfriend

• "My favourite thing about Christmas is spending it with you. Love you more than mince pies (and that's a lot)."
• "All I want for Christmas is you. And maybe a new pair of slippers. But mostly you."
• "Thank you for making this year so much better. Here's to many more Christmases together."
• "Home is wherever you are, especially when you're under a blanket with me watching Elf."

Funny Christmas messages

• "Merry Christmas to the person who eats all the Quality Street but leaves the coconut ones. Still love you."
• "Thanks for putting up with me all year. Your present is me not mentioning the washing up until January."
• "You're my favourite thing to pull at Christmas."
• "I'd share my last pig in blanket with you. That's true love."

Rude Christmas messages (keep this one away from his mum)

• "Forget the turkey, you're the only thing I want to stuff this Christmas."
• "Nice baubles. Merry Christmas."
• "You've been very naughty this year. Keep it up."

For your first Christmas together

• "Our first Christmas together. Already my favourite one."
• "I didn't know Christmas could get any better. Then I met you."

For your husband

• "Another year of you, me and arguing over who forgot the batteries. Wouldn't change it for the world."
• "Merry Christmas to my husband, my best friend and my favourite person to do absolutely nothing with on Boxing Day."

Tips for writing his card

• Mention something from this year. A trip, an in-joke, the time he set the oven on fire. Specific beats generic every time.
• Match the card. A rude front with a soppy message inside is a brilliant combination.
• Keep it short. Two or three lines that sound like you are better than a paragraph that doesn't.

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