Personalised Christmas video: your family as a cartoon that moves
A family photo, a Pixar or Disney style, a Christmas setting — and the AI turns it into a short animated video, with sound. Five seconds that replace the greeting card.
Free account · first video from €1.99, no subscription
The greeting card, in motion
The family photo as a cartoon makes a lovely card. Animated, it can do more: snow falls, fairy lights twinkle, the children turn to the camera and smile. Ten seconds of animated film in which you are the characters — on WhatsApp or iMessage, as a story, or on the TV on Christmas Eve.
Two ways in. From a photo: the animate a photo tool produces 5 to 10 seconds, with ambient sound (Seedance) or without (Kling Turbo). From text: Gemini Omni invents the scene you describe — characters, setting and a short spoken line — in 8 seconds. That second route is the one chosen by the person whose idea inspired this page: his children, in Pixar style, in front of the Christmas tree.
Three steps, three minutes
1. Pick a photo — or describe the scene
From a photo: a sharp portrait of the family, the children or the couple, faces well lit. Without a photo: describe the characters and the setting ("two children in front of the tree, red jumpers, a warm living room") — the AI invents them.
2. Choose the style and the scene
Pixar 3D for the warmth of an animated film, Disney for the magic, comics or watercolour for something of your own. Say what moves: falling snowflakes, twinkling fairy lights, a wave, a smile.
3. Generate the video, then share it
One to two minutes later the clip is ready — 5 to 10 seconds with ambient sound, or 8 seconds with a short spoken line. Download it and send it on WhatsApp or iMessage, as a story, or in your Christmas greeting video.
A real video, made with ToonZap
No editing, no effects added afterwards: a photo, a description of the motion, and the result exactly as the tool delivers it. The Christmas setting is yours to describe.
Four ideas that work
Greetings from the whole family
The group photo redrawn in Pixar 3D and animated: snow falls, lights twinkle, everyone turns to the camera. The greeting video the grandparents will watch ten times.
The children in front of the tree
The use case that inspired this page: children in cartoon style in front of the tree, a smile, a gesture. With Gemini Omni (text → video) the scene can even carry a short line spoken by the characters.
The gift or baby announcement
A parcel that opens, a puppy jumping out of the box, a hat that reads "big brother soon": five seconds of video tell what a card can only hint at.
The video message that speaks
For a photo that says "Merry Christmas" — your own, with your voice or one of 21 AI voices — the talking avatar is the right tool: at least 60 credits, lip-synced, up to 28 seconds.
What it costs, no surprises
- The account is free and comes with 40 credits: three photo → cartoon conversions (12 credits per image). It does not cover a video.
- A 5-second video costs 55 credits: the Pack Start (€1.99, 55 credits, no subscription) pays for exactly one.
- The Pack Mini (€4.99, 150 credits): one cartoon and two 5-second videos, or one 8-second Gemini Omni clip with sound and dialogue (77 credits) plus a cartoon.
- A refused or failed generation is refunded automatically. Pack credits never expire.
Frequently asked questions
What does a Christmas video actually cost?
The account is free and comes with 40 credits — enough to turn the photo into a cartoon three times (12 credits per image), but not for a video: a 5-second clip costs 55 credits. The Pack Start (€1.99, 55 credits, no subscription) pays for exactly one 5-second video; the Pack Mini (€4.99, 150 credits) covers one cartoon and two videos, or one 8-second clip with sound and dialogue (77 credits) plus a cartoon.
Does the video have sound? Can the characters sing?
From a photo, Seedance 1.5 Pro generates the video with ambient sound and, at best, a short spoken line. For a line spoken or hummed by the characters, use text → video with Gemini Omni (8 seconds, sound and dialogue generated): you describe the characters and the scene, the AI invents them — so it is no longer your photo. Real multi-voice singing is not guaranteed: these are video models, not a recording studio.
Can the AI refuse my children's photo?
Yes, it happens: image models apply their own rules to children's faces, without always saying which, and ToonZap never works around a refusal. The credits of a refused generation are refunded automatically. If the photo is refused, describe the scene as text ("two children, aged 6 and 9, Christmas jumpers, in front of the tree"): the video is invented, without their faces, and goes through.
What length, what format?
5 or 10 seconds from a photo (Kling Turbo or Seedance), 8 seconds as text → video (Gemini Omni, in 720p). MP4 export. Choose the format before you start: 9:16 portrait for WhatsApp, iMessage and stories, 16:9 for an edit or the living-room TV.
How early should I start?
The video itself takes a few minutes. Christmas 2026 falls on a Friday: do your attempts a week earlier — a refusal, a setting to tweak, a style you do not like — rather than on the evening of the 24th.
This year, the greetings move
Create your account, turn the photo into a cartoon with your welcome credits, then animate it with a pack — the first video costs €1.99.
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