AI video effect · Holidays
Christmas Card: your photo as a living Christmas card
Upload a photo, press Generate, and post it anywhere.
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What Christmas Card does
Your photo becomes a living Christmas card. A glowing tree and a crackling fire sit behind you, snow drifts past the window, and you wave hello in a red festive sweater inside a gold holly frame.
Your photo as a living Christmas card
Turns your photo into a moving Christmas card: a glowing tree, a crackling fire, snow drifting past the window and you waving hello in a festive sweater, framed in gold holly. A waist-up photo works best.
Still looks like you
The video opens on your exact photo, so the face, hair, outfit and surroundings carry through the whole effect.
Made for holiday cards and posts
A festive five-second clip for greetings, family chats and seasonal posts, made from a photo you already have.
How to make a Christmas Card video
- Upload a photo, or pick one from your library.
- Press Generate. There is no prompt to write; the effect is already set up.
- Your 5 second HD video plays right on the page. Save it to your library or download it.
Tips for the best photo
- Use a waist-up photo with your face and shoulders clear.
- A big smile carries the whole card.
- Plain backgrounds swap out cleanly for the living room scene.
Ideas for using it
- A family Christmas greeting for the group chat.
- A holiday post for your followers.
- A season's greetings clip from a small business.
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Christmas Card FAQ
Can I send it as a card?
Yes. Download the clip and send it anywhere: messages, email or social.
Does the card have writing on it?
No. The gold holly frame stays clean, so you can add your own message.
Do I need to write a prompt for Christmas Card?
No. Christmas Card is a ready-made effect: upload a photo and press Generate. The directions for the motion, camera and lighting are already built in.
How long is the Christmas Card video?
Every effect makes a 5 second HD video that matches the shape of your photo, portrait or landscape, ready to post anywhere.
Does the video have sound?
Yes. Each clip comes with matching ambient sound effects. It does not add music, so you can lay your own track over it in any editor.
Can I use a photo of someone else?
Only photos of adults, of yourself or of people who agreed to it. Every upload goes through the same safety checks as the rest of PixelDojo.