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Make a Christmas photo frame
Frame a family photo with a string of lights, falling snow, a greeting and your family name, ready to text, post or print as a photo card. No sign-up and no watermark.
- No sign-up, no watermark
- Photos never leave your device
- Free, no daily limit
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This page opens on the Christmas frame. Type your family name over The Johnson Family, check the year, and pick Evergreen, Cranberry or Snowy white.
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Drag on the preview for a custom crop. The shaded edges will be removed. Need more room instead? Uncrop the photo.
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With Text selected, drag on the picture to position your caption.
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Three steps
How to make a Christmas photo frame
- Choose your family or holiday photo.
- Pick a greeting, type your family name and check the year.
- Set a card size if you will print it, then download.
Lights, snow and your family name
The Christmas frame hangs a string of colored lights across the top of the card, scatters snowflakes around the photo and runs a thin gold line around it. Under the photo are three lines: the greeting in script, your family name in capitals, and the year.
Evergreen is a deep green, Cranberry a rich red, and Snowy white a pale card with blue snowflakes for a lighter look. The greeting list has Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
The year line starts with the current year from your device's clock. If you make your cards in January for next season, just type over it. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no account to make.
Photo card sizes in pixels
If you will print the card, set its size before you download. At 300 pixels per inch, a common print resolution, these are the pixel sizes of the usual photo cards. Turn off Keep aspect ratio and enter both numbers: the Christmas card widens its margins to that exact shape, and your photo is never squashed.
For a portrait card, crop the photo to Portrait 4:5 first so it fills the window. For a landscape photo, swap the two numbers and make a landscape card.
| Card | Size | Pixels at 300 ppi |
|---|---|---|
| 4 x 6 in, the standard US print | 102 x 152 mm | 1200 x 1800 |
| 5 x 7 in, US and UK | 127 x 178 mm | 1500 x 2100 |
| A6, UK and Europe | 105 x 148 mm | 1240 x 1748 |
Printing at home or at a photo counter
Photo counters and online print services take JPG files. Download a JPG at 90 percent quality or higher, and keep the pixel size from the table above so nothing is resized on the way.
Borderless printing enlarges the picture slightly so it runs off every edge, which trims a few millimeters. The string of lights sits close to the top edge of this card, so print with a thin white margin, or ask the counter for prints with borders, and the bulbs stay whole.
Glossy paper makes the lights and colors look brighter. Matte paper hides fingerprints on a card that gets passed around the family. Christmas Day is 25 December, so order prints early in December if you plan to mail them.
Mailing your cards
In the US, a 4 by 6 inch card can go at the lower postcard price, because USPS accepts cards up to 4 1/4 by 6 inches, between 0.007 and 0.016 inch thick. A 5 by 7 inch card in an envelope travels as a letter, which can be up to 6 1/8 by 11 1/2 inches and 1/4 inch thick.
In the UK, an A6 card in a C6 envelope (114 by 162 mm) is well within the Royal Mail Letter size of 24 by 16.5 cm, up to 5 mm thick and 100 g. A 5 by 7 inch card in its envelope fits too.
Last posting dates for Christmas change every year, so check your carrier's dates in early December.
Writing the family name
To sign as a whole family, add s or es to the surname with no apostrophe: the Johnsons, the Smiths, the Patels. Names ending in s, x, z, ch or sh take es: the Joneses, the Foxes, the Sanchezes, the Churches. An apostrophe shows ownership, so The Johnson's is a common slip on cards.
If the surname is awkward to make plural, The Johnson Family or Love from the Johnson Family avoids the question. Two surnames can be joined, as in The Smiths and the Garcias, or you can use first names, as in Emma, James and Leo.
Card wording that fits the lines
Happy Holidays and Season's Greetings suit cards for friends of different faiths and for work. Keep each line short: the name line is set in spaced capitals and gets smaller past about 30 characters.
- Greeting: Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings, or your own, such as Joy to the World or Peace on Earth
- Name: The Johnson Family, Love from the Johnsons, or first names such as Emma, James and Leo
- Year line: the year, or a short line such as Our first Christmas, Est. 2019 or Merry and bright
Questions
How do I add a Christmas frame to a photo online for free?
Choose your photo on this page, and the Christmas frame is already on it. Type your family name, pick a greeting and colors, and download. It is free, with no watermark.
Do I need to sign up or install an app?
No. Everything runs in your web browser on a phone, tablet or computer. There is no account and no app, and the photo stays on your device.
Can I put our family name and the year on it?
Yes. The frame has a line for the family name and a line for the year, which starts with the current year. Type over either one, or clear it to leave it out.
What size is a Christmas photo card?
Popular sizes are 5 by 7 inches and 4 by 6 inches in the US, and A6 or 5 by 7 inches in the UK. At 300 pixels per inch they are 1500 by 2100, 1200 by 1800 and 1240 by 1748 pixels.
How do I write our family name on a Christmas card?
Add s or es with no apostrophe: the Johnsons, the Joneses. The Johnson's is a mistake on a card, because the apostrophe shows ownership.
Can I post it on Instagram or Facebook?
Yes. For the feed, crop the photo to Portrait 4:5 and set Output width to 1080, which gives a card of about 1080 by 1350 pixels. For a story, crop to Story 9:16 instead.
Can I make one for a pet or a baby's first Christmas?
Yes. Type the pet's name in the name line, or type Baby's First Christmas into the greeting box, and keep the year below.
Sources: Physical standards for letters, cards, flats and parcels (USPS Quick Service Guide 201a), Size and weight guide for letters and parcels (Royal Mail), Paper size: A and C series dimensions (Wikipedia), Image resolution (University of Waterloo Creative Studio, PDF), Printing borderless photos (Epson user guide)
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