A happy holiday email signature for the whole team
Add one seasonal line, such as a greeting or your holiday hours, under everyone's signature at once, and take it off again in January.
What to include
- One short line: a greeting, the days the office is closed, and the day you are back.
- Dates written as weekdays and dates, such as "Monday, January 4".
- The same line for everyone, set once as the company footer.
- A plan to take the line off in the first week of January.
- A matching out-of-office reply for the days you are away.
US federal holidays this season
Dates for a holiday-hours line, from the US Office of Personnel Management. Federal offices observe these days; private companies set their own hours.
- Thanksgiving Day: Thursday, November 26, 2026. OPM federal holidays
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25, 2026. OPM federal holidays
- New Year's Day: Friday, January 1, 2027. OPM federal holidays
- Gmail shows your signature below your vacation responder reply, so a holiday line in the signature also reaches people who get your out-of-office message. Gmail Help: automatic replies
Sources checked 2 October 2026.
One seasonal line, set once for everyone
On the Up to 15 plan or larger, the owner writes the holiday line as the company footnote on Signatoro. Everyone gets their updated signature by email to paste, and an AI assistant that sends for the company picks it up on its next send. In January, the owner swaps the line back the same way.
See it rendered
Line
Four lines, no picture. The default.
| Lena Marsh |
| Account Manager, Brightwater & Co. |
| +1 312 555 0147 · lena@brightwaterco.com |
| brightwaterco.com |
| Our office is closed Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27 for Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Brightwater. |
Best for any team and any thread: text only, so it reads the same in every mail app, on a phone and with images turned off.
Mark
Logo beside a hairline, or your photo if there is no logo. Company first.
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Best for company-first mail, such as a firm, a brokerage or a shared inbox, where the logo should lead.
Portrait
Round photo, or your logo if there is no photo. Person first.
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Best for people clients meet in person, such as agents, advisors and recruiters, where a face builds trust.
Stack
One fact per line under an accent rule.
| Lena Marsh | |
| Account Manager | |
| Brightwater & Co. | |
| +1 312 555 0147 | |
| lena@brightwaterco.com | |
| brightwaterco.com | |
| Our office is closed Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27 for Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Brightwater. |
Best for long titles and several contact lines, kept easy to read on a narrow phone screen.
Compact
One line, for replies.
| Tomas Reyes · Operations Lead, Brightwater & Co. · +1 312 555 0161 |
| Happy holidays from the Brightwater team. Our office is closed December 24 through January 1, and we are back on Monday, January 4. |
Best for replies and internal mail, where a full signature in every message is too much.
Make yours from these templates
Pick a template above or start from the one below. Change the details to yours and copy the signature into Gmail, Outlook or Apple Mail. It is free and needs no account.
Questions people ask
How do I add a holiday message to everyone's email signature?
What should a holiday signature line say?
Is a holiday signature the same as an out-of-office reply?
Can the holiday line be an image?
When does the holiday line come off?
Built into every signature
- A shared company footer - logo, layout, color, font, review badge and booking button - that every member's signature follows.
- Logo and photo support, hosted so they show without attachments.