Burns Night card messages and Burns supper invitation wording

Looking for Burns Night card messages or Burns supper invitation wording? Both are here, ready to copy: invite lines for 25 January, toasts, funny messages and short warm wishes.

Burns Night falls on 25 January, the birthday of Robert Burns. Most cards sent around it are supper invitations — haggis at seven, bring whisky, poetry optional — so the invite wording comes first.

Copy any of them straight in, or use one as an opener and finish it in your own words. Every card is blank inside with proper room for the details.

Burns supper invitation wording

• Burns Night at ours, 25 January. Haggis at seven, whisky from six, poetry when we're brave enough. Shop this card
• You're invited to our Burns supper. Bring an appetite and a poem you can just about remember. Shop this card
• Haggis, neeps and tatties, 25 January. Kilts encouraged, not enforced. Shop this card
• Burns Night supper — 7pm, our place. There will be whisky. There will be bagpipes on a speaker. Shop this card
• Please join us for a Burns supper on 25 January. Address the haggis, address the whisky, address nothing else. Shop this card

Burns Night toasts

• Here's tae us. Wha's like us? Gey few, and they're a' deid. Shop this card
• To Rabbie Burns — a poet, a romantic and a menace. Slàinte. Shop this card
• To absent friends, present whisky and the haggis that gave its all. Shop this card

Funny Burns Night messages

• Happy Burns Night. Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie — anyway, more whisky? Shop this card
• Here's to a night of haggis and questionable Scottish accents. Shop this card
• Happy Burns Night to someone who only knows the first line and shouts it louder to compensate. Shop this card
• Slàinte mhath. That's about the extent of my Gaelic, so let's eat. Shop this card

Warm Burns Night wishes

• Happy Burns Night. Raising a glass to good food, old poetry and better company. Shop this card
• Wishing you a warm Burns Night and a very generous dram. Shop this card
• Here's to Rabbie, and to you. Slàinte. Shop this card
• Have a wonderful Burns supper — save me a bit of the haggis. Shop this card

Short Burns Night lines

• Happy Burns Night! Shop this card
• Slàinte mhath. Shop this card
• Here's tae us. Wha's like us? Shop this card
• Haggis, whisky, poetry. In that order. Shop this card

Cards for friends

For the ones who'll turn up for the whisky.

Candles and gifts

A small thank you for whoever cooks the haggis.

Where to shop next

• What is Burns Night?
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Frequently asked questions

When is Burns Night?

25 January every year, the birthday of the poet Robert Burns. It is not a bank holiday.

Do people send Burns Night cards?

Mostly as supper invitations. A blank card with the date, time and what to bring does the job, and doubles as a thank you to the host.