12 Christmas Photos for the Holidays (+ 12 FREE Christmas Templates)

On this submit I share 12 Days of Christmas Photos (and dozens of additional concepts for partaking your viewers). Plus you may obtain all the pictures in Canva and begin creating right away! Seize your free Canva Christmas Templates now!

BY DONNA MORITZ | UPDATED DECEMBER 2021

As Christmas approaches, it is vital to have your social media advertising prepped and able to go. This consists of your visible content material by way of Christmas Photos and Vacation Content material.  However what do you submit?

To provide you a serving to hand, we have accomplished redesigned and up to date this submit to provide you 12 model spanking new Christmas picture concepts and 12 Canva Templates so you can begin creating with them now for the Holidays! I then taken these templates, and posted them under for you so you may see all of them in motion.

There’s 12 classes of partaking picture “sorts” on this submit, with additional concepts for every post-type. You may apply these classes to any theme or season after the vacations are over, so you may hold creating partaking pictures!

Entry the Templates

From Nostalgia and “reminiscence” pictures to “This or That” to Cellphone Message Notifications and GIFs – there are 12 several types of vacation pictures to create for Christmas, and dozens of other choices.

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Notice: I’m permitted Canva Creator Canva Market and a Canva Verified Knowledgeable, so you may relaxation assured I’ve made these templates simple to edit. Discover out extra concerning the templates on the finish of this submit.

Let’s bounce in and have enjoyable with the Christmas Photos and the free Christmas templates!

12 Straightforward Christmas Photos (with 12 Free Canva Christmas Templates)

I am all about serving to you to create and use visible content material efficiently in your advertising. So it is sensible that these pictures are designed to encourage engagement, questions or interplay along with your viewers.  I’ve included the next for every kind of shareable Christmas picture:

1. An instance of the Christmas Picture.
2. A hyperlink to click on by way of and begin creating your personal Christmas pictures utilizing our FREE Christmas Templates.
3. Extra solutions for several types of pictures (utilizing the identical theme) which you can create utilizing the templates.

1. A Enjoyable Cellphone Message Notification Publish – 12 Days of Christmas Photos

Let’s kick this off with a cellphone message notification submit for Christmas engagement. These kind of posts are tremendous enjoyable on Instagram or Fb for encouraging dialog. You may edit this template to be something you want – get tremendous artistic with the way you edit the textual content round every notification. Get cheeky with it! After which simply swap out the picture.

You may change this Christmas picture to be about something enjoyable relating to the Holidays:

• When you’ve got a web based retailer or bodily retailer change it to one thing like (1) Making a Record (2) checking it twice (3) heading to X retailer for my Christmas Buying.
• When you’ve got a launch or a product reveal arising, make your notifications relate to the factor you’ll be sharing.
• Use it to share sentiment concerning the holidays, like within the instance above. Play with puns, humor or play on phrases like I did with the phrases “presence” and “presents”.

HOT TIP: One other kind of submit you are able to do that’s “cellphone enjoyable” is to make use of emojis.  If there may be one factor that just about ensures engagement on Instagram and Fb, it is asking for a response utilizing Emojis. I am undecided why we will not resist it, however for some cause we discover it onerous to withstand being requested to talk “Emoji” when referred to as upon to take action. Listed here are a number of concepts for emoji posts: 

1. Describe Your Christmas Lunch utilizing solely Emojis.
2. What would you’re keen on for Christmas this 12 months? Use Emojis to reply.
3. How will you be spending the vacations? Inform me through the use of Emojis.

I’m positive you may give you one thing extra artistic than these, however relaxation assured relating to Christmas pictures, but might be enjoyable utilizing cellphone, message and emoji themes to spark engagement!

Simply notice for these which can be new to Emoji’s, the Poop Emoji  will not be, in reality, a brown Christmas tree or a Hershey’s Kiss.  

2. Vacation Traditions Publish

Vacation traditions are a terrific conversation-starter.  We love the vacations and we love speaking about issues we love… so it is sensible to ask your viewers about their enjoyable, household and even quirky Christmas traditions.

Here is my Vacation Traditions Publish – this 12 months I created some Australian-themed templates. We stay in a spot with a heat local weather (Queensland, Australia) so our vacation traditions are very totally different. Therefore the content material of this Christmas Picture:

And sure, it’s so scorching we have now seafood vs scorching turkey some holidays… and we frequently go for ice-cream plum pudding vs common pudding. Or typically each!

Different concepts for Vacation Custom Posts:

1. What’s one uncommon household custom you’ve gotten within the holidays?
2. What’s one factor you eat/make yearly with out fail for Christmas Lunch?
3. What’s a non-negotiable for your loved ones at Christmas Time?
4. Who cooks Christmas Lunch in your loved ones and what’s their specialty?
5. What’s your post-Lunch custom on Christmas Day (and yep, for many Aussies, it is heading to the seaside or the pool within the scorching climate, or having a sleep!). 

Ask a query about household, about custom, about values…. and you will get nice engagement out of your followers!

3. Sure or No Publish

Individuals like to state their opinion so a Sure/No alternative of reply is a simple approach to encourage engagement in your Fb Web page. The opposite profit of easy Sure/No Christmas Photos is that they solely normally require a brief reply of 1 phrase or a phrase, so persons are extra more likely to reply. It is fast! Like this sneaky query concerning the Christmas Elf on a Shelf under.

With this submit, I went with a little bit controversy, as a result of everyone knows that relating to vacation content material, the Elf can polarise mother and father!  Some mother and father, suppose Elf on a Shelf is a great deal of enjoyable they usually revel within the creativity.  For others it is not a lot enjoyable, with the problem of considering of one thing day-after-day, not to mention remembering!

Here is my tackle a Sure or No Publish. Or on this case, a “Heck Sure”, or a “Hell No” Publish

Different concepts for a Sure or No Publish?

1. Christmas Lights – are you in or out relating to adorning your own home?
2. Sweet Canes – love them or hate them?
3. Christmas Carols – Yesssssssss (hand me the microphone) or Nooooooooo (I am hiding within the cabinet). 

And naturally, should you can contact on a subject that fires individuals up with ardour, like Mr Elf right here, then it makes the dialog a little bit extra attention-grabbing! Go and create a Christmas picture with certainly one of these concepts and bear in mind to seize the Christmas templates so you are able to do it rapidly!

4. Nostalgia Publish

If there’s one factor we love to speak about it is the previous. Again within the Day. Throwback Thursday. Childhood Recollections. Any of those matters are likely to spark engagement relating to Christmas Photos. And oh sure I’ve a Free Christmas Template to go together with this too.

Here is my tackle a Nostalgia Publish.  Faucet into our childhood recollections of Christmas:

Different concepts for Nostalgia Posts: 

1. What’s your greatest Christmas current ever?
2. What was your favorite a part of Christmas as a child? Favorite decorations?
3. You are within the kitchen on Christmas Day as a child. What are you able to odor? Who’s cooking?  What’s cooking?

Meals. Household. Holidays – all of this stuff spark nostalgia in us.  Ask your viewers about this stuff and you will seemingly get responses!

5. GIF Publish

What would Christmas Photos be with out a few GIFs alongside the best way? GIFs are in all places they usually lend themselves to some enjoyable motion and eye catching pictures. You will discover them in social media posts, in messaging, on emails, and in weblog posts. Their animated enjoyable is one thing that may also be nice for having conversations round Christmas pictures. 

And in any case, typically you may say with a GIF what you simply cannot say in phrases. So remember to sometimes use them in your social media posts. Like emoji’s, GIFs are onerous to withstand utilizing when somebody encourages you to answer with them!

Here is a enjoyable little GIF I made in Canva (and sure the template is included so that you can obtain).

Enjoyable, proper? You may create GIFs very simply in Canva. Simply select or add animated parts to your design like this Christmas tree, after which once you go to publish, hit Obtain > GIF as your format. Growth!

Different concepts for a Christmas GIF Picture

If you do not have time to create your personal GIFs, Publish GIF “Questions” to your viewers on social media, encouraging them to reply with a GIF. Listed here are some examples:

1. Which TV household would you most prefer to spend Christmas Lunch with? Reply with a GIF.
2. Share a GIF that expresses your opinion of buying right now of 12 months!
3. What’s your favorite Christmas Film? Share with a GIF.
4. Share Your Favorite Christmas GIF!

If you wish to discover out extra about GIFs, learn this submit.

#6  This or That Publish – 12 Days of Christmas Photos

A little bit like Sure or No, This or That could be a alternative of two issues vs a Sure/No reply. There are millions of binary decisions you may select from, a lot of which might be switched to a Christmas theme. And we will not resister responding!

Consider one thing that has two polar opposites and you’ve got a terrific place to start out.  Like searching for occasion… some individuals like to buy “in” and a few individuals like to buy “out”.  So…

Here is my tackle a This or That Publish. I stated I favored Icecream Plum Pudding already, proper?

Different concepts for a Christmas This or That Publish: 

1. Egg Nog or Mulled Wine?  Insert a drink for cooler climates for these of us within the Southern Hemisphere.
2. White Christmas or Seashore Christmas? In case your viewers is scattered world wide, it is a nice query to ask! 
3. Fruit Mince Pies or Plum Pudding?  Meals decisions will typically encourage individuals to interact and take part!  

And bear in mind, the Free Canva Christmas Templates are tremendous simple to adapt to any kind of query and even totally different holidays… do the identical at Thanksgiving, Halloween or Easter!

#7  Christmas Films Publish – 12 Days of Christmas Photos

I really like Christmas Films – even dangerous ones. So I am giving it it is personal part on this submit. Relaxation assured, I’ve additionally added an additional scorching tip for a sort of submit you may create round any theme or matter to go together with it (see under).

Here is my enjoyable Christmas Film Publish. Sure, I am a film Buff and love to observe Christmas Films in December and sure I really like espresso and sure I simply mixed the 2 of them into one Christmas Picture.

Bonus Tip: Do a ‘Finest Of’ Publish!

All of us need to add our two cents about what we predict is the “smartest thing” in any class. Christmas Photos are excellent for this. One of many all time much-debated matters round Christmas – is the perfect Christmas Film.  Everybody has an opinion.  And everybody has a favorite. So ask your viewers what their fave Christmas film is (and sure, some individuals will pipe as much as say they do not like them, and that is okay).

Different concepts for a Christmas “Finest Ever” Publish

1. Finest Christmas Cocktail … Go!
2. Finest Christmas Carol (or Finest Christmas Tune).
3. Finest Ever Christmas Current (this one combines a Finest Ever Picture with a Nostalgia Picture… Growth!).  

8.  About You Publish – 12 Days of Christmas Photos

Like all of those Christmas pictures, the dialog works greatest for engagement when it revolves round your viewers and your followers.

Asking a straight up query about them is a brilliant transfer. Once more, we simply need to really feel that we’re observed.. so many individuals will love being requested about themselves. Attempt it!

Here is my Dialog-Beginning “About You” Publish.  The thought of this submit is that you simply volunteer one thing about your self and ask them to share their very own perspective or expertise. On this case, it is one thing you’ve got carried out nicely this 12 months – be it self-care/being “form to your self” or being courageous, artistic, productive. Ask your viewers to share what they might write on a notice to Santa!

Different concepts to your Christmas “About You” Publish

1. Ask about favorite meals/drinks on Christmas Day.
2. Share one factor about Christmas that’s distinctive to your a part of the world (that folks from different nations could not learn about).
3. How do you spend your Christmas afternoon (napping, motion pictures, ???). 

9. Christmas Foodie Publish – 12 Days of Christmas Photos

Everybody loves Meals and Drink at Christmas, so we have to embrace this in our Christmas Templates! Faucet into that foodie love for engagement in your social media with Christmas Photos that begin a dialog along with your foodie followers!

Mmmm cocktails. Wine. Mulled Wine. All of the issues. Here is my Dialog-Beginning “Christmas Foodie” Publish. And who does not need to speak about cocktails, and meals too?

Different concepts for a Christmas “Foodie” Publish

1. Title Your Favorite Christmas Dessert… Go!  … or your favorite deal with that you simply solely have within the Holidays. 
2. You may solely eat 3 Issues at Christmas. What are they?
3. Title one thing uncommon (and attractive) that your loved ones eats at Christmas!

Create your personal Christmas Foodie Publish to attach along with your viewers!

10. Pay it Ahead/Giving Again Publish – 12 Days of Christmas Photos

Christmas and the Holidays are a good time to provide again and assist your fellow human being, particularly when so many individuals are doing it robust within the colder climates. And with the 12 months we have had in 2020 – plenty of native companies are struggling too.

Sharing some favorite charities or asking individuals to buy domestically is a strong gesture on Social Media. Or ask your viewers how they’re giving again or paying it ahead to assist out their favourite charity or native enterprise.

Here is an instance of a submit that encourages your neighborhood to buy native this 12 months and begin a dialog. Publish it to your social media and ask them within the feedback the place they are going to be “buying native” this 12 months.

Different concepts for a Christmas “Giving Again” Publish:

1. Inform us how you might be giving again this 12 months? Encourage the sharing of easy concepts for serving to others. 
2. Publish behind the scenes of any charitable work your workforce is doing and encourage your followers to share their photographs too.
3. Share your favorite charity’s web site.

Create your personal Christmas Charity Publish to attach along with your viewers!

11.  Picture Publish – 12 Days of Christmas Photos

Everybody likes to share an excellent picture – it is what social media is constructed on.  Asking your viewers to share a photograph round a selected matter might be a great deal of enjoyable.  Particularly once you throw a photograph competitors into the combination. And Christmas pictures!

You may both ask your followers to share a photograph within the feedback below a Fb Publish or maybe share a photograph in an Instagram story with a hashtag and tagging you – so you will discover their posts.

Here is my Picture submit about Ugly Christmas Sweaters with a twist to incorporate the Southern Hemisphere and our T-shirt sporting methods: 

Different concepts for a Christmas “Picture” Posts: 

1. Publish a photograph of your snowman!
2. Share a foodie submit of your meals/Christmas cocktails/treats.
3. Publish a photograph to indicate how totally different Christmas is in your a part of the world (ie snow, seaside).

Create your personal Christmas Picture Publish (or Picture Contest) to attach along with your viewers.  Click on right here to discover a template and create a picture in minutes. 

12.  Quote Publish – 12 Days of Christmas Photos

Quotes Quotes Quotes. You may’t go previous a terrific quote at Christmas time, so in fact we have included a quote template for you.

I created this submit with my all-time favorite quote about Christmas:  

Different concepts for a Quote Christmas Picture: 

1. Share a quote and ask your followers to share their very own favorite quote beneath your submit.
2. Share a piece of a Christmas Carol and ask your viewers to share their favorite.
3. Share quotes out of your favorite Christmas motion pictures and ask your followers to guess what film you might be quoting from.

Create your personal Christmas Quote Photos!

Remaining Sizzling Ideas

1. Click on by way of on any of the hyperlinks under the photographs above to begin creating your personal utilizing the templates!  Use my concepts and last designs as inspiration.  Swap out your textual content, font and picture to create a brand new design.
2. Do not simply create one picture – create an entire sequence of pictures like I did – 12 days of Christmas Photos in reality! It is faster, extra enjoyable and you will be set for Christmas posts for the subsequent couple of weeks should you batch them!
3. For those who ask your viewers a query, do not be afraid to reply it your self. YOU set the tone by beginning the dialog. Even when it appears a bit odd to reply your personal query, you might be setting the instance and displaying you need to have interaction. It is like being the primary individual to bounce… as soon as someone dances, everybody does. A bit like this man:

Use the Templates:

1. Use the unique template as it’s. Publish and submit to your profile and also you’re good to go… or:
2. Change it up – that is what I’ve carried out with most of the pictures above.  Simply click on on the background picture and alter it to your personal picture or select a brand new picture in Canva. Then change the textual content and/or font to create a very customized set of Christmas Photos. Add your personal fashion to it and have enjoyable.
3. Use one of many extra concepts I’ve listed for every picture kind or template. Once more, you may simply swap out the textual content and picture to create a very customized design.

With the free Canva Christmas templates above, and the handfuls of extra concepts on this submit, you may create Christmas Photos for days!

Oh and be happy to steal my concepts. That is the entire level of the Christmas templates and this submit.

Over to You

That is a wrap.  Now you’ve gotten the concepts AND the instruments, you may unfold a little bit Christmas Spirit in your Fb Web page and social media.   

What Christmas Photos will you create utilizing these solutions and templates?

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Donna is a Visible Content material Strategist and founding father of Socially Sorted, listed by Forbes as a “Prime 5 Social Media Weblog You Have to Know About”. Donna helps manufacturers leverage the facility of visible storytelling and content material technique of their enterprise. Her content material has been featured in publications akin to Forbes, Inc. & Entrepreneur and she or he is a speaker and coach on visible content material for the advertising and tourism industries internationally.