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In the Middle Ages, the number of Christmas Cards a person received helped determine their social status. Today, sending a card is a sign-of affection and appreciation, a way to say how grateful you are to have certain people in your life and that you wish them the best throughout the holidays and beyond.
These unique Christmas Cards range from fun and festive to elegant and sophisticated, all with a spot for you to add your own photo. Whether you want to share your faith or give your pet a moment to shine, there’s a design here that’s sure to suit your vision.
1. Sweet Script
The slanted cursive writing climbing up the right side of Sweet Script is lovely and elegant. Add two photos in various sizes along with your names and the date in block text, and you have a smart combination of design elements that suits traditionalists and creative types alike.
2. Modern Snapshots
Why choose a single photo from a bunch of gems when you have the opportunity to share more? Modern Snapshots includes not one, not two, but five photo slots, so you can include a group pic as well as candid shots, photos of your kids and pets, and whatever else comes to mind. The white background and simple text keep things streamlined, so the focus is where it belongs — on you and your family.
3. New Home Greetings
New Home Greetings helps you send holiday wishes while also announcing your big move at the same time. The main message reads “New Year, New Home,” with a few sprigs of greenery framing the text and space for your family name, new city info, and a personal picture below. Pose in front of your new abode to give loved ones a glimpse of where you’re celebrating the season from now on.
4. Joy Comes
Joy to the world, your new favorite Christmas Card has arrived! Joy Comes gives a nod to the religious aspects of the Christmas holiday courtesy of a subtle line of text proclaiming, “The Lord has come!”. Three scattered photo frames await your uploads, and you can switch out the forest green background if desired.
5. Pure Panorama
Give your favorite photo extra real estate with Pure Panorama, a Christmas Card that offers extended space for photos that need a bit more room. No need to crop out those sand dunes from your beach shoot, and you don’t have to squeeze a big family into a tiny area. This design also comes in magnet form, just in case you want your panoramic photo to live on your fridge for a few months.
6. Falling Snow
Falling Snow sidesteps Christmas greetings in favor of inclusive text and graphics that celebrate the holiday season as a whole. The combination of a crisp white background and oversized snowflakes feels both charming and modern, making this card ideal for minimalists and those who appreciate contemporary style.
7. Clear Celebration
Crisp, clean lines and a large frameless photo make our Clear Celebration design a clear winner. The sleek front of the card gives way to an equally minimalist interior where you can add a personal message and your family signature before popping your custom card in the mail.
8. Finally Together
After several holiday seasons where so many families were kept apart due to pandemic concerns and travel woes, Finally Together is a tribute to loved ones who are finally able to be in the same room. Reunion photos are perfect for this customizable card, or you can take pics during the holidays and send your card out a little late. It’ll be worth the wait.
9. Gigantic Joy
When you’re so happy you can’t contain your emotions, you need Gigantic Joy’s majorly large message to share your excitement with everyone you love. Each of the three letters in “JOY” gets the stretch treatment to allow room for a photo across the middle of this playful design. A bold red background and scattered snowflakes add to the whimsy, and simple text below spells out your family name and a short and sweet holiday message.
10. Peace Box
Peace Box is another inclusive card option, offering messages such as “Happy Holidays” and “Peace on Earth” accompanied by four photos of your choice. The geometric style of the design is fresh and modern, but there’s plenty of room for a sentimental note or even a quote on the inside of the card.
11. Vibrant Fun
Be merry and bright when you customize our colorful Vibrant Fun template. Rainbow lettering and an explosion of confetti-like polka dots dance across the front of the card, but there’s still room for three photographs and a brief mention of your family name and the date. You can customize the color scheme too; trade out the rainbow hues for greens and reds, and you instantly have a more traditional setup that still feels playful.
12. Scripted Blessings
Scripted Blessings is elegance personified. The graceful lines of the sophisticated typography are echoed in the bracketed shape of the card itself. Your uploaded photo will stretch from edge to edge, and a banner with a personal message and sign off creates the perfect finishing touch for a truly beautiful design.
13. Festive Bitmap
Beep beep boop beep. Tech fans and chic computer geeks unite in appreciation of Festive Bitmap, a Christmas Card infused with the perfect amount of science-y charm. A variety of pixel-inspired graphics sit scattered across a deep green background for a design that evokes memories of classic video games and early computer code.
14. Laurel Crowns
Lush and colorful, Laurel Crown uses an extravagant ring of winter greenery and small red berries to help highlight a photo of your choice. This fresh take on classic Christmas coloring is simply stunning, thanks in no small part to a striking black background that underscores the richness and beauty of the overall design.
15. Ivy Blessings
Time for some retro chic! Ivy Blessings is bringing back rustic charm thanks to a series of graphic swirls and eye-catching lettering that looks like it was lifted from a vintage edition of The Night Before Christmas. The bracketed sides of this Christmas Card further underscore the throwback theme, but the photo you choose will make the final decision whether this card is all vintage vibes or standing with one foot firmly in the present. Either way, it’s sure to generate plenty of compliments.
16. Hexagon Holiday
Hexagon Holiday offers a spin on traditional photo cards by swapping out the usual square photo frames for quirky hexagons. Choose two of your favorite photos, upload them to our template, then dial in the colors and text to fit your vision.
17. Festive Forest
All we want for Christmas is a bunch of adorable miniature Christmas trees, and Festive Forest has plenty of them. This Christmas Card features a horizontal orientation, space for a picture, and a bunch of mod tree graphics interspersed with dots and lines for an extra bit of charm. This is one of our designs that comes in magnets and Christmas postcard options too, so you can experiment with how you want your cards printed and delivered.
18. Mirthful Merry
Everything is holly, jolly, and bright when you have Mirthful Merry customized and ready to print. We love the way this design's clean lines play off the bold coloring of the block text, and the straightforward “MERRY” message is all you need to let loved ones know you’re happy and eager to greet the holiday season.
19. Graphic Tree
Playful design and elegant sophistication come together brilliantly with Graphic Tree. A tree-shaped picture frame (with a star on top, of course) provides the perfect place for your photograph. Use the editor to experiment with adding metallic foil, and watch the text and star topper start to sparkle.
20. Stacked Tree
With Stacked Tree, you use six of your favorite pictures to build a photo tree. Let each kiddo have their own box or include a mishmash of posed and candid images of you, your significant other, and your pets. Whatever pictures you choose, they’ll look great on top of the faux birchbark background that makes up the basis of this rustic design.
21. Howlidays
Who’s a good little fur baby? This Howlidays, your pup is finally getting its moment in the spotlight courtesy of a card that knows dogs are man's — and woman’s — best friend. From the little paw print standing in for the “o” in “holidays” to the picture you’ll upload featuring your four-legged BFF, this is a design that understands who the superstar in your family really is. Two paws up!
22. The Lord Has Come
The Lord Has Come offers those interested in a religious-themed Christmas Card a design that’s grounded in faith and full of style. Celebrate the holiday with three photos of your family, then add a personalized message on the back of the card wishing your loved ones a wonderful Christmas and a new year full of hope, happiness, and devotion.
23. FA LA LA
‘Tis the season to be jolly… well, you know the rest. So does FA LA LA, a card so festive you can actually sing out the messaging. The big, embellished lettering is fun and quirky, but it’s the wall-to-wall photo that will ultimately set the tone for the kind of Christmas Card you want this to be.
Interested in starting a new holiday tradition? Check out our selection of customizable New Year’s Cards and help your friends and family celebrate the new year, even when you can’t be there to toast in person.
