Occasion HandbookBirthdays 11 examples

Birthday Wishes for a Grandson or Granddaughter

You have the long view and forty years of perspective. That is the card only you can write.

For a small grandchild

  1. 1 Happy birthday to my favourite five-year-old. Do not tell the others.
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  2. 2 Happy birthday. You are extremely funny and getting taller by the week.
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  3. 3 Happy birthday! Come and see me and eat all the biscuits.
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For a teenager

  1. 4 Happy birthday. You are turning into someone very interesting.
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  2. 5 Happy birthday. I am always on your side, no matter what anyone at home says.
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  3. 6 Happy birthday. Money inside. Do not tell your mother the amount.
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For a grown grandchild

  1. 7 Happy birthday. I have watched you your whole life and you have turned out exactly right.
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  2. 8 Happy birthday. Come and see me and speak up.
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  3. 9 Your grandfather would have been unbearable about you. Happy birthday.
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The long view

  1. 10 You were the baby who would not sleep and now you run a department. Life is strange.
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  2. 11 You have your mother’s determination and my mother’s temper. Both will serve you.
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Questions people actually ask

What do grandparents write in a birthday card?

Something only you remember — a first day, a childhood habit, a family resemblance. It is the one thing parents cannot write and it is why the grandparent card gets kept.