Thanksgiving is the one holiday that fits a work email without any effort. It is about saying thank you, and a business email is usually a thank-you note anyway. Swapping "Best regards" for "With gratitude" and adding one warm line to your signature takes ten seconds, and people notice it.
Below are 40 Thanksgiving email sign-offs you can copy, grouped from office-safe to playful, then signature lines, ready-made signature examples, out-of-office notes for the long weekend, tips for adding a turkey or a banner image, and how to set it all up in Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and Yahoo Mail. Thanksgiving 2026 is Thursday, November 26.
Quick picks
- Safe for any client: Happy Thanksgiving and best regards,
- Warm and sincere: With gratitude,
- For colleagues: Enjoy the long weekend,
- For friends: Lots of love and leftovers,
- For customers: Thank you for being our customer this year,
Professional Thanksgiving email sign-offs
These work with clients, managers and people you have never met.
- Happy Thanksgiving and best regards,
- Wishing you a happy Thanksgiving,
- With gratitude,
- Thankful for your partnership,
- Warm Thanksgiving wishes,
- Grateful to work with you,
- Wishing you and your family a happy Thanksgiving,
- With thanks this Thanksgiving,
- Best regards and happy holidays,
- Enjoy the long weekend,
Warm and personal Thanksgiving sign-offs
For people you know well, and for the emails where you actually mean the thank you.
- Gratefully yours,
- With a thankful heart,
- Thankful for you,
- Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours,
- Wishing you a warm and restful holiday,
- Grateful, as always,
- Wishing you a table full of good things,
- Sending warm wishes and full plates,
- Counting my blessings, including you,
- Wishing you peace and plenty,
Fun Thanksgiving email sign-offs
For coworkers and clients you already joke with.
- Have a gobbling good Thanksgiving,
- Gobble gobble,
- Stuffed with gratitude,
- Have a pie-tastic holiday,
- Lots of love and leftovers,
- Gravy regards,
- Let's talk turkey soon,
- Thankful and full,
- May your pie be big and your meetings short,
- Keep calm and gobble on,
Thanksgiving sign-offs for customers and teams
For a note to customers, a team update or a company-wide email before the break.
- Thank you for being our customer this year,
- Grateful for your business,
- Thanks for a great year together,
- From all of us at Example Co., happy Thanksgiving,
- Thankful for a team like this one,
- With thanks from the whole team,
- Grateful for your trust,
- Thank you for choosing us,
- Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours,
- We are thankful for you,
Happy Thanksgiving signature lines
A sign-off replaces "Best regards". A signature line sits inside your signature, usually between your sign-off and your name or under your contact details. One short sentence is enough:
- Wishing you a happy Thanksgiving.
- Grateful for you this Thanksgiving.
- Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Example Co.
- Thank you for a great year. Enjoy the holiday.
- Our office is closed November 26 and 27 for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving email signature examples
A sign-off is one line. A signature is the block under it. Three styles you can copy and change:
Subtle and professional
Keep your normal signature and add one line. Nobody has to play along:
Happy Thanksgiving and best regards,
Jane Smith
Account Manager, Example Co.
+1 555 0100 | example.com
Wishing you and your team a happy Thanksgiving.
Warm
Lead with the thank you, then your details:
With gratitude,
Jane Smith
Account Manager, Example Co.
Thank you for a great year together. Enjoy the long weekend.
Fun
Swap your title for a seasonal one for the week:
Have a gobbling good Thanksgiving,
Jane Smith
Account Manager (and Head of Pie this week)
Example Co.
Closed for Thanksgiving: signature lines and out-of-office notes
Many offices close on Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after. Tell people before they write to you, not after:
- In your signature, the week before: Our office is closed Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27 for Thanksgiving.
- For support or sales teams: We are closed November 26 and 27 for Thanksgiving and will reply to every message on Monday, November 30.
An out-of-office reply for the long weekend:
Thank you for your email. I am out of the office for Thanksgiving from Thursday, November 26 and back on Monday, November 30. I will reply as soon as I am back. For anything urgent, please contact [email protected].
Happy Thanksgiving,
Jane
Thanksgiving pictures, turkeys and banners for your signature
A small image next to your name, or a short banner under your signature, is the most common way to make it look like Thanksgiving. Turkeys, pumpkin pie, autumn leaves and a simple "Happy Thanksgiving" in warm orange or brown all work. A few rules keep it from breaking your email:
- Keep it small. A picture should sit beside your name, not above it. A banner should be no wider than the rest of your signature and short enough that your contact details stay on screen. Resize the image before you upload it, so it stays light and sharp.
- Do not put your details in the image. Many email apps block images until the reader allows them. Your name, title and phone number must stay real text. A banner that says "Happy Thanksgiving" is fine, because nothing is lost if it does not load.
- Use an image you are allowed to use. Your own photo, your company's artwork, or an image from a free stock site that allows commercial use.
- Make the first frame of a GIF work on its own. Some versions of Outlook for Windows show only the first frame of an animated GIF, so the turkey should already look like a turkey in frame one.
- Check dark mode. Brown text on a transparent image can disappear on a dark background. Send yourself a test on your phone with dark mode on.
How to add a Thanksgiving signature in Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and Yahoo Mail
Gmail
- Click the gear icon, then See all settings.
- On the General tab, scroll to Signature and click Create new. Name it Thanksgiving.
- Type your sign-off and signature. Use the image icon to insert a picture from Google Drive or a web address.
- Choose it as the default for new emails and replies, then click Save Changes at the bottom.
Outlook (new Outlook and Outlook on the web)
- Open Settings, then Accounts, then Signatures.
- Create a new signature, name it Thanksgiving, and add your text and image.
- Set it as the default for new messages and replies, then save.
Apple Mail
- Open Mail, then Settings (or Preferences), then Signatures.
- Select your account, click the plus button and type your signature. Drag an image into the signature box to add it.
- Choose the signature from the Signature menu for that account.
Yahoo Mail
- Click Settings, then More Settings, then Writing email.
- Under Signature, switch it on for your account and type your signature in the box.
- Your changes save automatically.
Switch back on Monday, November 30. A turkey on an email in mid-December looks like you forgot about it. If you want something seasonal for the rest of the year, a plain "Happy holidays" line works until January.
Sending Thanksgiving emails to a whole list?
A signature is for your own emails. If you are writing a Thanksgiving campaign to customers, start with Thanksgiving email subject lines and Thanksgiving email template ideas. Black Friday is the next day, and my Black Friday sending plan covers the volume ramp, mailbox provider rules and timing through Cyber Monday.
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