Free Animated Holiday Cards

Free animated holiday cards are a great way to please both sender and receiver. Several online card companies know this, and offer free animated holiday cards as samples of the bounty reserved for members only. The hope is, of course, that you will enjoy the cards so much, you will then pay the minimal fee for an annual subscription.

Some companies offer specific free animated holiday cards only within a week or two of the holiday to which they pertain. Others offer the cards for longer time periods.

Blue Mountain

For example, as I write this article, “Blue Mountain” offers free animated holiday cards for these holidays - to name just a few:

* April Fool’s Day
* Cinco de Mayo
* Passover
* Easter
* Mother’s Day
* U.S. Flag Day
* Father’s Day
* Fourth of July
* Veterans Day
* Christmas
* National Tuba Day
* Boost-your-brain Day
* Poinsettia Day
* National Scrapbook Day
* Others

In other words, Blue Mountain offers you free animated holiday cards for just about any holiday you can imagine. The holiday does not have to originate in North America. This company offers holiday cards for holidays of various ethnic, religious, and geographical origins. There are probably free animated holiday cards to fit holidays of which you’ve never heard.

Typical Free Animated Holiday Card

Free animated holiday cards typically have music along with the animation. The music “fits” the card in ethnic background, holiday meaning, or the “feel” of the holiday.

Some free animated holiday cards have a single page, with simple animation. Others guide the recipient through multiple pages, each animated. There may even be interaction involved.

You can personalize your animated holiday cards on some websites, adding a greeting, personal note, and your name. Some even allow you to make changes to colors, font size, and font style.

If you want to send multiple copies of the same animated holiday cards, you have that option also. This can save hours of shopping near a holiday season.

Make Your Own Animated Holiday Cards

If you would like to make your own animated holiday cards, check the software programs you have on your computer. Many allow you to make animated graphics. You can use these animations to make your own cards.

If your software does not have such capabilities, you may want to invest in something that can. Check into Adobe PhotoShop, Paint Shop Pro, Animation Shop, and similar programs.