Turn one Christmas photo into a 5-second video: snow, lights, a wave or a wiggle.
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Any Christmas photo; pick the motion that fits it and keep faces sharp.
Video settings
No prompt needed. Only upload photos of yourself or people who agreed to be featured; celebrity photos and film stills aren't allowed.
Watch yourself turn into Santa or an elf
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A hat, antlers or elf ears on every head
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Be Santa, an elf or a snowman in one photo
Try itAn animated Christmas photo is a short video made from one still: the photo stays the opening frame and a single motion is added, such as falling snow or twinkling lights, while the people and the room keep their look.
Still to video
The clip starts on your exact photo and only the motion you picked plays from there. Faces, outfits and decorations keep their place, so the video still looks like the picture you chose, whether you took it or made it with a Christmas template.
Browse Christmas templatesNot a filter
Many animated Christmas pictures online are clip art, and photo video makers string stills together with transitions. Here one photo stays a photo and the things inside it move: snow, lights, a wave, a pet.
Pick the motion by what is already in the photo. If the photo has nothing for a motion to act on, such as no Santa for a wave, you get a soft sparkle or snowfall instead.
Living photo · Snowfall
Living photo adds a blink, a breath and a slightly bigger smile. Snowfall drifts flakes over outdoor portraits, porches and cabin scenes, the moving snow a still photo can't show.
Pet wiggle
Your pet blinks, pants or tilts its head and the outfit moves with it, while fur markings, collar and the room stay as photographed. Pets on their own or next to their people both work.
Snow globe swirl · Ornament spin · Card sparkle
Snow swirls inside a snow globe, an ornament turns slowly on its ribbon, and gold sparkles drift across a card or printed photo. Small or curly lettering can wobble, so check a card's greeting before you send it.
Twinkling lights · Santa waves · Sleigh flyby
String lights and candles twinkle on a tree, a mantel or a lit-up house. When Santa is in the photo he turns to the camera and waves, and a reindeer sleigh can glide across the sky or past a window.
One photo makes one video. It can come straight from another Christmas template on this site or from your own camera roll.
Your photoChristmas photo
The whole scene, kept as it is: everyone in it, their clothes, pets and the room. The motion you pick is added on top; nobody is swapped or redrawn.
Works well
A clear, unfiltered photo with every face visible
Pets shown whole, eyes openAnimates poorly
Faces behind hands, scarves or sunglasses
Tiny or heavily compressed screenshots
Stickers, frames or cartoon filters on topAdd the photo
Tap Animate it under a finished Christmas photo and it lands in the slot above, or upload one from your device.
Pick a motion and generate
Choose the motion that fits the photo, change the length or resolution if you like, and check the price on the Generate button before you start.
Download and share
Save the MP4 and send it to family or post it; add a song in the app you post with if you want music.
It uses credits: 60 for a 5-second video at 768p, and 50 to 480 for other lengths and resolutions. New accounts get 10 credits at sign-up, and the Generate button shows the exact price before anything is charged.
They start exactly as photographed, because your photo is the first frame. Over a longer clip, small or turned-away faces can drift a little, so a sharp photo at the default 5 seconds keeps everyone closest to the original.
Every video you generate here comes with soft sleigh bells and room tone, but no song and no speech: Santa can wave, not talk or say a name. Add your own music when you post if you want a song.
Anywhere from 5 to 15 seconds; 5 seconds is the default and costs the least at any resolution. Short clips loop nicely on social media and keep faces steadiest.
Usually, but not always. Card sparkle is set to leave printed words alone, yet small or curly lettering can wobble for a moment, so watch the clip once before you send it; large, plain greetings hold up best.
Any photo works, but every motion is a Christmas one, so a beach photo will still get snow. Results from the other Christmas templates come over with one tap on Animate it; your own photos upload the usual way.
Yes. These are gentle motions that suit family photos with children, and every face starts exactly as photographed.
Yes, it's yours to share. If it looks realistic, turn on the AI-generated label when you post it publicly, as TikTok and other apps ask, and treat it as a family keepsake rather than proof of a visit.
Bring one photo from this season, pick snow, lights, a wave or a wiggle, and send the clip to the people in it.
