Family Christmas Pictures Without a Photoshoot

Making Christmas pictures with PhotoForPass takes three steps and a few minutes. You do not need matching outfits, a decorated living room or a photographer.

1. Upload a family photo

Pick a recent photo where everyone is looking toward the camera, faces are sharp and nobody is cut off. A photo from your phone's camera roll is perfect.

2. Pay once

The set of 6 portraits costs $14.95. Pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay, a card or Link. There is no subscription.

3. Download your portraits

Within minutes, your 6 Christmas portraits are ready to download. Each one places your family in a different holiday scene while keeping faces recognizable. Save them, share them or print them at home or at any photo counter.

Your set covers six classic Christmas scenes, so you get variety from a single upload instead of one look repeated six times. Think of it as a Christmas background photoshoot without the backdrop, the props or the cleanup.

The scenes are designed to feel timeless rather than trendy, so the portraits still look good when you pull out the album years from now. Use the cozy ones for grandparents, the bright ones for social posts and the studio one for a frame on the mantel.

The photo you upload decides how much the portraits look like your family. Five minutes of choosing pays off.

• Faces large and sharp. A photo taken from a few feet away works better than a wide shot across a room.
• Good light. Daylight from a window or outdoors in shade beats a dim evening photo.
• Everyone visible. No one hidden behind another person, no faces cut off at the edge, and no sunglasses or hats covering eyes.
• Looking toward the camera. Profiles and heads turned away are harder to keep recognizable.
• Recent. Use a photo that shows how your family looks this year, especially for growing kids.

If your family is spread across photos, pick the one where most faces are clear. Small groups give the most faithful results.

Six portraits give you enough variety to cover the whole season. Here are popular ways families use them.

• Christmas cards. For a card with a preset greeting and your names line, order a Christmas photo card, ready to print as a 5x7.
• Framed gifts. Print the classic red studio or fireplace portrait for grandparents, godparents or a teacher.
• Social posts and profile photos. The winter wonderland, Christmas morning and holiday baking scenes are made for sharing.
• A yearly tradition. Make a new set each December and watch the kids grow across the years.
• Calendars and albums. Add the set to a holiday page in your family photo album.

Want Santa in the picture too? A photo with Santa adds Santa Claus to a photo of your kids, family or pets. See every holiday and keepsake collection in the photo studio.

A professional Christmas photoshoot and PhotoForPass portraits solve different problems. A photographer captures a real moment; our portraits give you festive pictures fast when a session is not practical.

Many families use both: a real photoshoot every few years, and portraits created from an everyday photo in between. If you can get everyone together with a good photographer, that remains a special experience. If schedules, budgets, toddlers or pets make that hard, portraits from a photo you already have are a simple alternative.

Your Christmas portraits are newly created images based on your photo, not photos taken in a studio. That is what makes six scenes from one upload possible, and it also means a few honest caveats.

• Faces are the focus. Each portrait is made to keep every person recognizable, and a clear source photo makes a big difference.
• Small details can differ. Hands, jewelry, hair edges or clothing may not match your photo exactly.
• Not for official use. These portraits are for cards, frames, gifts and sharing, never for passports or IDs.

If a portrait does not look like your family, ask for a redo (3 free redos per order). If you are still not happy, our 14-day money-back guarantee covers you.

Family photos often include children, so we treat them with the same care as passport photos. Your photo stays in your browser until you order.

After you order, it is encrypted in transit and at rest, used only to make your portraits, never sold or shared for advertising, and deleted automatically after 90 days. You can delete it sooner from My photos. Please only upload photos of people who are happy to be included, and of children you are the parent or guardian of.

You can order any time, because portraits arrive within minutes. The real deadline is how you plan to use them.

• For Christmas cards: create portraits by early December, then design and print your cards. Plan to mail cards by mid December, and order card designs by December 15 at the latest.
• For printed gifts: leave time for your photo lab or local store to print and for any framing.
• For social posts and digital sharing: order whenever you like, even on Christmas morning.