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Whether you’re celebrating the festive season in person or remotely this year, creating holiday videos for social media is a thoughtful way to connect with family, friends, and colleagues no matter where you all are.
From virtual Christmas cards to gift guides and vlogmas videos, we've curated a list of unique and beginner-friendly holiday video ideas and other Merry Christmas templates for you to share in seconds.
Read on to get inspired with these Christmas videos you can create for free with Clipchamp.
Virtual Christmas party ideas
1. Video Christmas party invitation
If you’re planning a virtual Christmas party, you’ll need to send potential attendees to a meeting room link on Microsoft Teams. Share the holiday spirit this December by sending a magical virtual Christmas party invitation video. Just personalize a ready-to-use video template and send your video invite directly to smartphones or share on social media.
2. Christmas Eve virtual party
Set up your laptop, tablet, or smartphone to be together virtually this Christmas Eve. Throw on your favorite pair of festive pajamas, eat some classic holiday treats, share memorable past holidays and stories, and celebrate another magical Christmas Eve. Don't forget to add a festive meeting background for the final touch.
3. Name that Christmas tune
How well do you know Christmas songs? A little friendly competition is a great way to get your entire group to laugh, sing, and enjoy the holiday season. On a Teams party or virtual call, your host can play snippets of classic Christmas songs on YouTube, and guests can try to guess the tune. You can create teams and prizes for the winners and even screen record your competition to watch it in the future.
4. Virtual Christmas gift exchange
Secret Santa and white elephant gift exchanges are Christmas classics, but they usually require you to exchange gifts in person. This year, send an e-gift or post your present in the mail. Then have your recipient record themselves opening your gift, showing them enjoying it. You can use your smartphone or the Clipchamp webcam recorder to film for free, then edit your snippet into a fun Christmas video.
5. Christmas family slideshow
Take a sleigh ride through memory lane and share throwback photos from past family gatherings with a Christmas slideshow. Merge together videos and images from your OneDrive or Microsoft Photos, add soft background music, and save in 1080p HD video resolution for the best quality.
Personalized video and meme ideas
6. Christmas video meme
Memes are everywhere all year round. So why not create a funny Christmas-themed meme and share it with your friends? Personalize one of the unique Clipchamp meme video templates to create a funny video in seconds. Then add an AI voiceover to make your meme even funnier.
7. Virtual Christmas card video
If you want to send season’s greetings to your loved ones, valued customers, or other contacts around the globe, create a virtual Christmas card video with the AI video editor. You can make a fun virtual Christmas card that your recipients will love in seconds. Just add your images and videos, and let AI do the rest for you.
8. Say thank you with a video
It’s that time of year again to say thank you. Express your gratitude with a personal video too. Simply record a message to your employees, coworkers, students, or family members expressing your thanks for their support and hard work. Use a ready-made template for inspiration and easily add in your personal media to the video. You can then share your wholesome video straight to social media like Instagram or TikTok.
9. Personalized Merry Christmas video
Easily say Merry Christmas face-to-face this December using the Clipchamp online webcam recorder. You can record and retake your Christmas message in your web browser with no professional setup necessary. You can even adjust colors and add filters, stickers, overlays, and captions.
10. Personal Christmas storytime video
Practice your inner Charles Dickens and share your most uplifting festive tale with a personalized Christmas-themed storytime video. Use generative AI tools like Copilot to outline your narrative. Prompt Designer to create some accompanying original illustrations. Then pair your script and visuals with some Christmas themed royalty-free stock footage and music.
Festive social media video ideas
11. Create a year-in-review video
The end of the year is a perfect time for reflection of your favorite memories, and what made the past twelve months special to you. Upload your best images and videos you’ve snapped over the year and create a simple highlight video. You can post these short slideshow videos to Instagram and TikTok with trending sounds, and they might even go viral!
12. Share a Christmas recipe
Baking and cooking are some of the most popular holiday activities and traditions worldwide. From gingerbread houses to traditional roast dinners, create a recipe video that will make your viewers’ mouths water. Add on-screen instructions, ingredients, and key messages with animated text, and use royalty-free festive background music. Share your top tips, favorite recipes, and even epic fails to YouTube and Instagram.
13. Post an inspirational holiday quote
Inspire your followers and spread joy this holiday season with an uplifting quote video for social media. Add your favorite Christmas quote to an on-theme festive background, use sound effects, and personalize with custom colors and title overlays.
14. DIY Christmas home decor
From paper trees to baubles, create a family-friendly video showcasing quick and easy DIY Christmas decor ideas. Use the speed selector to slow down your tutorial to make your instructions easier to comprehend. You can also use the picture-in-picture effect to overlay a webcam recording of yourself so you can clearly show the instructions in action.
15. Christmas movie list
Whether your favorite Christmas movie is Will Ferrell's Elf or the '80s classic A Christmas Story, create a list of your all-time favorites to share on social media. Inspire others with a slideshow video of the best Christmas movies. Just use colorful backgrounds, Christmas music, and overlay with animated text.
16. Christmas gift guide
Do you love giving gifts and want to share your thoughtful Christmas present ideas? In a quick gift guide video, share your shopping hauls, where to purchase, and gift ideas for your parents, partners, pets, and friends! You can even resize your video to share on TikTok and Instagram.
17. Christmas get ready with me video
Dust off your favorite hand-knitted sweater and matching socks to create a Christmas-themed get ready with me video. Share your expert hair styling and makeup tips using smooth scene transitions to change clips while narrating your festive story using the voice recorder.
YouTube Christmas video ideas
18. Vlogmas
'Tis the season to participate in the annual vlogmas festivities. Create vlogs everyday in December to create entertaining YouTube videos. If you're not sure on some vlogmas ideas, share your activities decorating for Christmas, putting up the Christmas tree, and wholesome baking and cooking. Don't forget to add your Christmas intro and outro video as well.
19. Product review video
If your favorite brands have released a Christmas gift pack, create a product review video to share with your loyal followers. From skincare and makeup to jewelry and food, share your thoughts in a fun unboxing style review video. Decorate your review with extra finishing touches like sound effects, transitions, and Christmas stickers.
20. Advent calendar haul video
Show and tell the chocolates, perfumes, and product minis of the day by transforming a shopping haul template into an advent calendar haul video. Recreate the style of unboxing videos and use the video resizer to share it on vertical social media platforms.
Corporate Christmas video ideas
21. Festive greetings from the CEO
Dedicated messages from the CEO can be both professional and fun. Assemble your leadership team and fellow senior executives to share the holiday spirit in a fun and quirky festive greetings video to customers via email. For a colleagues and stakeholders' version, sneak in a bit of business as usual and use the screen recorder to reference your company values and annual milestones.
22. Holiday party slideshow video
Deck the halls with jolly videos and create a holiday party slideshow video to display in your living room or guest room TV. Use this fun template and replace the photos and videos with your personal footage. Then save using the OneDrive integrationin Clipchamp, so you can easily access it on your laptops or Smart TV.
23. Christmas sale video
Announce your holiday season offer to the masses with this Christmas sale template filled with glitter and tinsel. Swap and move around the Christmas themed photos, videos, and music from the Clipchamp royalty-free stock library. Add your offer details and customize the text with perfect fonts for social media ads.
24. Christmas virtual meeting background
Decorate your next Microsoft Teams meeting with festive cheer by making a corporate Christmas virtual background. Grab some Christmas themed videos from the Clipchamp stock video library and share the festive spirit with your colleagues. You can also add a logo to your background video.
25. Holiday trading hours video
Help your customers to remember your holiday opening and closing times with a memorable and catchy social media post. Customize all your business holiday video ideas with your business logo, font, and color by using the brand kit tool. You can even use Copilot AI to try and write a Christmas jingle!
Now that you’re full of Christmas video ideas, it’s time to start creating your very own festive masterpiece. Then once you’re a pro, explore other upcoming holiday video ideas like New Year’s and Lunar New Year. Create charming holiday videos today with Clipchamp for free or download the Clipchamp Windows app.
