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
Free Animated Christmas Cards at JibJab
Beyond Elf Yourself
Free Animated Christmas Cards at Elf Yourself
Turn yourself into a dancing elf
Elf 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
Blue 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
Care2.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
In 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
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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What's Your Favorite Site With Free Animated Christmas Cards?
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Vortrek_Grafix
Dec 26, 2011 @ 3:29 pm | delete
- Jib Jab is especially cool because you can upload your own photos and crop them to fit various characters. We just did two of them. Only took a few minutes each, and we shared them with everyone we knew via email. These things are quick and simple, and very amusing! Thanx for the feedback on other free sites. This lens gets added to our favorites. Happy Holidays...
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GraceKing
Dec 2, 2011 @ 9:56 am | delete
- good idea to have animated xmas cards, I never thought it but will give it a try!
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Randoggle
Dec 22, 2010 @ 8:49 am | delete
- Great lense thanks for sharing. A revisit indeed!
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Dec 3, 2010 @ 11:43 am | delete
- I Love this lens! It is wonderful! Thank you.
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