Christmas brings so many memories and delightful experiences. It is the time of year when everybody winds down and enjoys time with their family and loved ones. For us in education, Christmas is also a time for creating engaging and fun learning experiences for our kids and students. 


Over the last few weeks, I have been working on a Christmas resource page where I want to include various educational activities, apps, and websites that teachers and parents can use to celebrate the holiday season. From secret Santa generators and Santa tracking apps to Christmas movies and Christmas coloring pages, Christmas celebration is always fun but can also be educational.


In this post, I share with you some of the best places where you can find and access Christmas designs and templates to use in your PowerPoint and Google Slides presentations or in your cards and posters. Whether you want to create a Christmas themed presentation where slides are vividly decorated with shining Christmas ornaments and falling snow, or whether you want to create a visually expressive Christmas card to show love and gratitude to your friends and loved ones, the resources below will help you out.

1. Christmas presentation templates by SlidesMania

SlidesMania offers a collection of beautifully designed Christmas themed PowerPoint and Google Slides templates. Simply browse through the collection and select the ones you want. Click to open it in Google Slides or download it in PowerPoint format. All of these templates are provided for free. You can also easily turn the slides into Christmas cards to share with others.

No sign up or login required. The Happy Holidays is a Christmas template that I especially like. It has green, red, and white colors and the slides are decorated with Christmas trees, ornaments, and presents. Check it out, you will probably like it, too.

2. Christmas PowerPoint and Google Slides templates, by SlidesCarnival

SlidesCarnival has this collection of amazing Christmas PowerPoint and Google Slides themes to use for various purposes. For instance, you can use them to capture special memories in a slideshow, create Christmas cards to share with others, and many more.

All of these templates are available for free download in both Google Slides and PowerPoint format. You can also use Canva editor to customize your slides and make them pop with animations, music, videos, illustrations, and beautiful fonts.

3. Christmas presentation templates, Slidesgo

Slidesgo offers access to a wide variety of professionally designed Christmas PowerPoint templates and Google Slides themes. Simply click on the template you like and it will open in a preview window where you can add it to your Google Drive or download it as a PowerPoint file.

Slidesgo templates are free to use but you must attribute Slidesgo by ‘keeping the slide where the credits appear, unless you are a Premium user’. Once downloaded, you can open the templates in Google Slides or in PowerPoint where you can customize them the way you want.

4. Christmas templates, by Canva

Canva has tons of Christmas templates to choose from. There are Christmas presentation templates, Christmas cards, Christmas themed banners and logos, Christmas posters, and many more. Go through the collection there and use the filters on the left hand side to narrow down your search by category, style, color, and theme. When you find the template you are interested in click to open it in Canva editor where you can personalize it the way you want. You can add more elements such as icons, fonts, images, shapes, and more.

5. Christmas designs and templates, by Adobe Stock

Adobe Stock is another place where you can access a huge collection of professionally designed Christmas designs, templates, cards, and slides. You can edit the designs and add your personal touch. Adobe Stock offers 10 free standard assets a month during the 30-day free trial. You can try them and see whether you like the service or not. You can always cancel your subscription before the free trial ends. Adobe Stock’s monthly subscription costs $29.99/month.

6. Christmas designs by Postermywall

Postermywall has this interesting collection of customizable Christmas design templates. You can choose among presentation slides, Christmas cards, covers, flyers, posters, Zoom backgrounds, social media visuals, and many more. Postermywall allows you to edit your Christmas designs the way you want. You can change text, background, draw on images, add media, insert photos, and add animations. Once finished, you can download and share your Christmas template.

There are two download options offered by Postermywall: the free option allows you to download your design in Basic image format (the free option is for personal use and draft prints), and there is the premium option which costs $2.99 and allows you to download your design in high quality format.

7. Christmas templates and designs from Vista

Vista offers a wide range of Christmas designs and templates to use during the holiday season. These include Christmas cards, posters, Christmas invitations, postcards, flyers, Christmas designs for social media covers and posts, and many more.

You need to open an account with Visa to access their designs. Vista editor enables you to customize your Christmas designs and templates the way you want. The site offers two subscription options: a free plan with limited design templates and design assets and a premium plan which costs $10/month and lets you unlock all of Vista’s features (including background remover, sticker makers, version history, team account, unlimited storage, and many more).

This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).