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Last updated: 01/24/2012

Where to Find the Best Free Animated Christmas Cards Online

Many sites used to offer free e-cards, but it's getting harder to find them. Even Amazon stopped offering free electronic cards. But you can still find high-quality free animated Christmas cards online at the sites below. Some of them offer all-free cards all the time, while others have a selection of both free and premium cards, and some only offer premium cards, but you can send them at no-cost if you sign up for a free trial membership. Happy holidays!

Free Animated Christmas Cards at American Greetings

Access over 4000 cards with a free trial

American Greetings is one of America's top greeting card publishers, so it's no wonder they also have a great selection of electronic cards. You'll find over 4000 ecards on their site, with new cards added every month. But they make it easy to sort through the thousands of options to find the card you want by breaking them into categories. You can browse by recipient, tone (such as funny, cute, religious, etc), and features such as "add a photo" or "add a video," or you can search by keyword. All the cards are high quality, and user ratings can tell you which ones are most popular. You'll need to sign up for a trial membership to send cards, but it's a 14-day free trial, so there's no cost as long as you cancel before the trial ends.

Free Animated Christmas Cards at Smilebox

Personalize your animated card with your own photos and message

Send Free Christmas eCards Smilebox is a service that lets you create animated cards and slideshows that you personalize with your own photos, text and choice of music. They have hundreds of designs for all occasions, and they're all free. No matter how many cards you create, it won't cost you anything as long as you don't mind having ads displayed next to your card. If you don't like the ads, sign up for the free trial. You'll get all the premium features - such as ad-free, full-screen versions of your creations and the ability to print your creations or burn them to disc - at no cost for two weeks.

Free Animated Christmas Cards at JibJab

Beyond Elf Yourself

JibJab Holiday eCardsElf Yourself is powered by JibJab, and if you'd like to see what else JibJab has to offer, check out their holiday ecards Starring You!. Like Elf Yourself, their Sendables Starring You allow you to insert your own face(s) into animated greeting cards. Scrooge yourself, star in A Farting Carol or become part of It's a JibJab Life and others.You'll need to become a member to access many of the cards, but you can get a few free, including the Christmas snowball fight card. They also have free funny ecards that aren't part of the Starring You! series that lets you add your face.

Free Animated Christmas Cards at Elf Yourself

Turn yourself into a dancing elf

elf yourself photoElf Yourself is an extremely popular site that is only available during the Christmas holidays. Sponsored by Office Max, the site allows you to upload one to five photos and become a dancing elf. This year, they've added two new dances to bring the total to five dances in which you can be the star. For a small fee, you can also download the video, or buy mugs, mousepads, cards and other items featuring your "elf self." Elf Yourself isn't your typical animated Christmas card because there aren't any "Merry Christmas" or "Season's Greetings" messages in it, but it is a fun digital creation to send to your friends and family.

Free Animated Christmas Cards at Blue Mountain

Sign up for a free 14-day trial to get access to thousands of ecards

free animated christmas cards -snowmanBlue Mountain has ecards and do-it-yourself printable cards for just about every occasion, including Christmas.

The selection and quality of animated Christmas cards here is excellent, and you'll find everything from silly cards featuring holiday characters such as elves and snowmen to heartwarming cards such as the one showing a soldier coming home to his family for the holidays.

Some of the cards are completely free, while others are usually only available through a membership. But you can get access to all of them at no-cost with a 14-day free trial.

Free Animated Christmas Cards at Care2.com

Send a free e-card and help save the rainforest

free animated christmas cardsCare2.com has some really wonderful free animated Christmas cards, and every one you send helps make the world a better place. Care2 make a donation to an environmental nonprofit to save one square foot of rainforest for every card sent. The site also donates 5% of its revenues to leading nonprofits.

One of my favorite holiday cards here is one called "King," which was designed by Camilla Eriksson and is shown here. It shows Santa Claus riding on the back of a polar bear to visit Jesus' manger. The artwork is beautiful, and I love the background music of "The Little Drummer Boy." They also have funny cards for Christmas, as well as a wide selection of cards for other occasions.

Image credit: Camilla Eriksson at Care2.com

Free Animated Christmas Cards at HD Greetings

similar to elf yourselfIn their Photo Inside category, HD Greetings has some fun animated Christmas cards. Their Elf Smash card is similar to Elf Yourself, and they also have some other clever designs that let you upload a photo or image and have it appear in the greeting card.

Free Animated Christmas Cards at 123Greetings

All free, all the time

123Greetings has been around for a long time and has stayed completely free while many other e-card sites have changed to a split model, where some of the cards are free and some are only available through membership or some other fee. But at 123Greetings, it's all free, all the time. They've got a large selection of cards for Christmas and all occasions. The site is ad-supported, so both you and your card recipient will see ads when viewing cards on the site, but they don't appear in the card itself.

Note: I've found that cards from 123Greetings sometimes get caught in the spam filter. If you're sending a card from here and your recipient doesn't get it, tell them to check their junk mail folder.

Free Christmas Music, Too!

Every day in December, Amazon will be offering free Christmas music downloads

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