A Christmas special starring your own Characters
Not a Santa template or a card. Make a Character from your photo, your pet or a few words, and the AI Director writes them a short Christmas story: the dinner that goes wrong, the tree that will not stand up, the gift nobody can explain.
Make your Character free and get its Christmas Story as a picture-only Slideshow. A narrated Slideshow with music is 40 Credits on a plan (web). Real video comes with a plan.
Free: make your Character and its Story as picture-only Slideshows. Real video comes with a plan.
How to make an AI Christmas video
To make an AI Christmas video here, make a Character from a photo or a few words, then ask the AI Director for a Christmas story. It writes the Scenes and draws them as a picture-only Slideshow, free. On a plan, a narrated Slideshow with music is 40 Credits, and each 5-second Clip is 25 Credits.
Updated November 2026 · Free to start · Slideshow Stories on the web
Sample Clips
Real Clips from fictional sample series. Same Cast from shot to shot.
Biscuit & Pickles He did it
Rainy Day Bakery Raindrops
Unit 4B He labeled the egg
Example from one of our house series, not a holiday Story. Made with H3 Turbo, the default Clip model in Character App.
Why a Christmas special beats a Christmas template
Most AI Christmas video makers give you one thing: a talking Santa, a snowy card, a face on a dancing elf. It is fun once. A Christmas special is different because it has a person in it you recognise and a small story that lands: the hero who promised to cook, the tree that falls over twice, the gift that is clearly a regift. Here the Character is made once and kept, so the same face shows up in every Scene and in next year's special too.
What you get, free and with a plan
Be clear on this before you start, because it decides what you can post.
Free
One Character a day and one house-written Story a day, drawn as a picture-only Slideshow. Free does not export video.
Narrated Slideshow · 40 Credits
Up to 5 slides with narration and library music, on the web, with a plan. Export it as a 9:16 or 16:9 MP4 to post yourself.
Filmed Clips · from 25 Credits
With a plan, film any Scene as a 5-second H3 Turbo Clip for 25 Credits, or a 5-Clip Episode (0:25) for 125, plus any Scene pictures the Story draws. The price is on the button before you press.
A holiday special for a show you already make
If you already have a World with Characters in it, the Christmas special is just another Episode. Ask the Director for a Christmas Episode and it keeps your Characters, your places and what already happened. The roommates finally decorate; the office rivals get stuck at the party. Same faces, holiday sweaters.
Then a New Year's Eve Episode
The same Characters can come back a week later for New Year's Eve: the countdown that starts early, the resolution that lasts four minutes. Same Character, no re-describing, a second Story. If you want the warm, cosy version for a kid at bedtime, the bedtime stories page is the one for that.
What it is not
So nobody is surprised: there is no personalised Santa message for a child, no card printing or sending, and no free video export. Characters are always adults; anyone else in it, only with their OK. You post or send the result yourself.
8 christmas video ideas to start from
Premises the AI Director can write for you. Make your Character first, then type one in, or your own.
- 01Toast OnlyThree days before Christmas, our hero volunteers to host the whole family dinner and has never cooked anything bigger than toast.
- 02The Leaning TreeA real tree, a tiny apartment and a stand that was clearly made for a smaller tree.
- 03Secret Santa SabotageThe office Secret Santa goes wrong when two coworkers draw each other and both plan revenge gifts.
- 04The RegiftA fruitcake has been regifted around the same friend group for six years, and this year it comes home.
- 05Snowed InFour roommates get snowed in on Christmas Eve with one working outlet and three phone chargers.
- 06Lights ContestTwo neighbours escalate a holiday lights rivalry until the whole street can see it from the motorway.
- 07CountdownOn New Year's Eve the group starts the countdown four minutes early and refuses to admit it.
- 08The Ugly SweaterOur hero accidentally wins the ugly sweater contest at a party where nobody else was joking.
Three steps, in the Studio
- 1
Make your Character
A photo of you (17+), your pet, or a few words. Pick an Art style, check it, press Keep. A free account's very first Character comes alive with a 5-second idle, free.
- 2
The Director writes Christmas
Ask for a Christmas Story, or type your own idea. The AI Director writes it as Scenes with your Character in each one.
- 3
Watch it as a Slideshow
Free: a picture-only Slideshow. With a plan: narration and music for 40 Credits, or film the Scenes as Clips, and export an MP4.
Tiles use pictures from our house shows: the Slideshow slides are from Rate Limited.
Questions, answered
Still curious? The guides go deeper.
Is there a free AI Christmas video generator here?
Making the Character and the Christmas Story is free, as a picture-only Slideshow. Real video, narration and MP4 export come with a plan. We would rather say that here than at the end.
Can I make a Christmas video starring me?
Yes. Use a clear photo of yourself (you must be 17 or older) and pick an Art style: cartoon, 3D, clay, painted, or close to real. Friends or family can be in it only with their OK.
Can my dog or cat star in it?
Yes. One clear photo makes your pet a Character. The Christmas pet story page has ideas made for pets.
How long is it and what does it cost?
A narrated Slideshow Story is up to 5 slides for 40 Credits (each extra slide is 8). A filmed Clip is 5 seconds for 25 Credits on H3 Turbo; a 5-Clip Episode (0:25) is 125, plus any Scene pictures the Story draws. The Creator plan is $39.99 a month for 1,600 Credits, about 64 HD H3 videos or 40 Slideshow Stories.
Can I send it as a Christmas card?
With a plan you can export an MP4 in 9:16 or 16:9, or make a private watch link, and send it however you like. There is no card printing or sending in the app.
Can I make a personalised Santa message for my child?
No. Characters are always adults, and we do not make Santa messages for children.
More genres
Every genre- On Christmas Eve, the family dog is certain the stranger coming down the chimney is a burglar and builds an elaborate trap.Christmas pet storyYour actual pet, starring in their own Christmas special.
- A big-city consultant is sent to close a small-town Christmas tree farm and gets snowed in with its stubborn owner.Holiday movieYou, in the holiday movie you have watched forty times.
Family movieYour family, cast as themselves.
Cast for this genre
Plan it as a full season with the AI series maker.
Guides for this genre
- Make a sitcom about yourselfMake a multicam sitcom where the lead is you and the scene-stealer is your pet — one candid photo and one line of premise gets you a styled Cast, a World that looks like your living room, and a first Scene in about ten minutes.
- Plans and the free tierFree: make your Character and its Story as picture-only Slideshows.
- Write a 60-second episodeSixty seconds is a complete episode if you stop treating it like a short film.
It starts with your Character.
Free: make your Character and its Story as picture-only Slideshows. Real video comes with a plan.