Merry Christmas in cursive
This is how Merry Christmas looks in school cursive: 14 letters, and the parts to watch are that y goes below the line. Print the sheet below to practise it.
Merry Christmas written once as a model, then in grey to trace, then on empty lines to write alone.
Prints on US Letter and A4, in black and white. Free for home and classroom use.
How to write it, step by step
- Write capital M and carry its ending stroke straight into the e.
- Join the rest of the letters without lifting your pencil: e, r, r, y, h, r, i, s, t, m, a and s.
- Let the y drop below the baseline and loop back up through it.
- When the words are finished, go back to dot the i and cross the t.
- Leave a gap about the width of a small o between words.
All 14 letters, one by one
Tap a letter to see how it is written on its own.
Tips for each letter
- M
- Making the humps all the same height. In school cursive the humps of M are about even; keep them tall.
- e
- Making the loop too big, so e looks like l. The loop stays below the midline.
- r
- Rounding the top so r looks like an i or an n. The small flat step at the top is what makes the r.
- y
- Leaving the loop open below the line. Bring the tail back up so it crosses at the baseline.
- C
- Leaving off the small starting loop at the top. It is what makes it a cursive C rather than a print C.
- h
- Making the hump too narrow, so h looks like an l and an i. Give the hump some width.
- i
- Stopping to dot the i in the middle of a word. Finish the word first, then dot.
- s
- Writing it like a print s. Cursive s is a point at the top and a small closed belly at the bottom.
- t
- Making t as tall as l, or adding a loop. Cursive t is shorter than the tall letters and has no loop.
- m
- Adding a fourth hump or losing one. Cursive m has three humps (three slants down); n has two.
- a
- Leaving the top open, so a looks like u. Close the circle before you slant down.
All lowercase
merry christmas
Write it yourself
Questions parents ask
How do you write Merry Christmas in cursive?
Write capital M and carry its ending stroke straight into the e. Join the rest of the letters without lifting your pencil: e, r, r, y, h, r, i, s, t, m, a and s. Let the y drop below the baseline and loop back up through it. When the words are finished, go back to dot the i and cross the t. Leave a gap about the width of a small o between words.
How many letters are in Merry Christmas?
Merry Christmas has 14 letters: M, e, r, r, y, C, h, r, i, s, t, m, a, s.
Is Merry Christmas hard to write in cursive?
Most of it joins smoothly. The parts that need care: y goes below the line. Trace it a few times on the sheet and it soon feels natural.