Thanksgiving cards for clients
Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 26, 2026, so we'd mail a Thanksgiving card to clients by about November 19 if you stamp it yourself. Thank clients for their business and keep the card about gratitude, with no sales offer.
When to mail Thanksgiving cards in 2026
USPS lists First-Class Mail at 1 to 5 days. If you stamp and mail cards yourself, we'd mail them by Thursday, November 19, so even the slow end of that range should land them before Thanksgiving. If a service prints and mails them for you, add its printing time. Our cards print the business day you pay (if you pay by 10 a.m. Pacific) and then take 5 to 7 business days by First-Class Mail, which is an estimate and not a promise. So we'd pay for your order with us by 10 a.m. Pacific on Monday, November 16, and skip "Mail me a sample first", which makes the order wait. The order page shows the expected arrival dates before you pay.
| Step | Date |
|---|---|
| Pay for an order of printed cards with us by | Monday, November 16, 10 a.m. Pacific |
| We'd mail cards you stamp yourself by | Thursday, November 19 |
| Thanksgiving Day | Thursday, November 26 |
If you miss those dates, send a holiday card in the first two weeks of December instead.
Sample Thanksgiving messages for clients
- "At Thanksgiving we count our clients among the things we are most thankful for. Thank you for a wonderful year." (111 characters)
- "Thank you for your trust and your business this year. We wish you and your family a happy Thanksgiving." (103 characters)
- "This Thanksgiving, our whole team wants to say thank you for working with us. We hope your table is full and your week is restful." (130 characters)
Keep offers and reminders out of a thank-you card. We'd send those in a separate email.
Thanksgiving card or December holiday card
A Thanksgiving card arrives before the December holiday mail, and a thank-you fits any client, whatever holidays they keep. A December card gives you three more weeks to build the list. Both work, and we'd pick one of the two each year.
Sending a thank-you to every client? We print each card with "Dear" and your client's first name, your note and your name, and mail it First-Class for $2.99 a card, postage included (as of November 2026). We don't print a Thanksgiving design. Our three fronts are winter holiday designs, and the Warm Wishes front reads "for the holidays and the new year". You see a proof of every card before you pay.
Make your cardsQuestions
When should I mail Thanksgiving cards to clients?
Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 26, 2026, and USPS lists First-Class Mail at 1 to 5 days. We'd mail cards you stamp yourself by November 19.
What do you write in a Thanksgiving card to clients?
Thank the client for their trust and their business this year, and wish them a happy Thanksgiving. Leave offers and reminders out.
Should a business send Thanksgiving cards or holiday cards?
Either works. A Thanksgiving card arrives before the December mail, and a December holiday card gives you more time to build the list. We'd pick one a year.
Sources
The pages we read for this guide.