To add variety and a personal touch to your New Year wishes, exploring different English phrases can be very effective. This guide offers 15 distinct ways to express your hopes and good wishes for 2026, categorized for easy selection based on your relationship with the recipient and the formality of the situation.

Traditional, formal greetings:

1. Wishing you the very best of luck and prosperity in the coming year!

2. May the New Year bring you good fortune, great health, and happiness.

3. Here's to a New Year filled with endless good luck!

4. May all your wishes come true and your troubles be few. Happy New Year!

5. Cheers to a clean slate and a whole year of good vibes!

Fireworks from the Z121 Vietnam team during the opening of the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival 2025. Photo: Nguyen Dong.

Polite and concise New Year greetings:

6. May this year be kind to you.

7. Cheers to good health, good luck, and good people.

8. New year, new blessings.

9. May all the right doors open for you.

10. Here’s to a lucky year ahead.

Short, cheerful New Year greetings for friends:

11. Manifest that major luck!

12. This year is going to be your year!

13. Good vibes only this year!

14. Sending you all the good juju for the New Year!

15. Big wins only in the new year!

Choosing the right words can make your New Year's message more memorable. Whether you prefer a formal blessing or a cheerful wish, these 15 English phrases provide ample choices to greet 2026 with warmth and positivity.

Khanh Linh (Compiled)