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Christmas photo widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A Christmas photo widget frames a favorite picture with a short caption. Deep green, red and gold for December. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Christmas photo widget design preview: Deep green, red and gold for December. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a Christmas photo widget shows

A photo widget puts a person, place or pet on the home screen without making it the wallpaper. The frame, the crop and the caption decide whether it feels designed or just pasted in.

You pick the picture with Android's photo picker, so WidgetCraft needs no storage permission, and the photo stays on your phone. It is a free element.

How the Christmas style shapes it

Christmas widgets use pine green, berry red, cream and a little gold. A countdown to 25 December is the classic, joined by a festive clock and a gift list.

Photos: Use warm photos of lights or the tree with a cream border.
Text: Use cream text on pine green with a festive display font for the title only.

Christmas photo widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 200, background #14402B, corner radius 20
Layout	photo on the left, caption on the right
Image	190 × 160, corner radius 12, crop to fill
Text	place label, size 12, color #A9C4B0
Text	caption in two lines, Mountains of Christmas, size 24, color #FBF3E0
Shape	rule 28 × 3 in #D62828
Text	date, size 12, color #A9C4B0
Ornament	a string of five small baubles (circles alternating red and gold) hanging from a thin curved line across the top right
Font	Mountains of Christmas (import the font file), or the built-in Serif
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Christmas color palette

Pine #14402BBackground
Fir #1C5A3CSurface and tracks
Snow cream #FBF3E0Text
Frost #A9C4B0Labels
Berry red #D62828Accent

How to make a Christmas photo widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to #14402B and the corner radius to 20.
Tap Add and choose Image. Pick your photo, size it to 190 × 160 and set crop to fill.
Set the image corner radius to 12. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
Add a Text caption at size 24 in #FBF3E0 using Mountains of Christmas.
Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #A9C4B0, with a short rule in #D62828 between them.
Add the Christmas ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a string of five small baubles (circles alternating red and gold) hanging from a thin curved line across the top right.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for Christmas photo widgets

Set a countdown layer to 25 December.
Use gold sparingly for small details.
Choose a photo whose subject sits in the middle; widgets crop the edges.
Portrait photos suit 2 × 2 or tall widgets better than wide ones.
Very large images make widgets slow; let the app resize the photo when asked.
Do not use bright lime green.
Do not use the decorative font for small text.

Questions about the Christmas photo widget

What size is a Christmas photo widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 200 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Pine (#14402B) for the background, Snow cream (#FBF3E0) for the main text, Frost (#A9C4B0) for labels and Berry red (#D62828) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Photo widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the Christmas styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for xmas photo widget, holiday photo widget, festive photo widget, christmas countdown photo widget. They describe the same look as this Christmas photo widget.

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