CLASSIC NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE
Our classic seasonal cards feature high quality and tasteful embellishments. From an ornament you can hang to a Booklette™ you can flip through, the cards in this collection are designed to be treasured as a beautiful keepsake for years to come. If you’re looking for a specific holiday greeting, focus on Assorted, Holiday, Christmas, New Year, or Religious Christmas. You can choose if you want to personalize it with meaningful photos to show your loved ones what memories this year has brought you. We’ve organized the variety of formats by price, so you can see what style fits your budget. We offer a wide selection of printing types— flat, Foil-pressed, Letterpress, or Gloss-Press®. Finally, round out your classic holiday card by choosing a shape that suits you. If you want to scroll to get inspired, browse them all. All holiday cards are exclusively design challenge winners from Minted’s global community of independent artists. With this highest-quality selection, you’ll find the perfect way to send your loved ones joy this season. And, our gift to you— free custom envelopes & free recipient addressing makes sending your classic holiday cards easy.
A CLASSIC CAPTURED MOMENT
A photo is the perfect way to show your loved ones what this year has meant to you and your family. You can select to highlight your favorite, or choose to show off many more of your moments. Just click on the number of photos to start to see your vision come to life. Make it totally your own and run with your creativity! People love receiving the gift of something they can spend time with, interact with, or hang on their fridge. A classic and elegant photo holiday card is the card that will last for years to come. If you want to preview what your photos will look like on the style of card you select, you can access your photos saved in your library by logging in and seeing how your photo looks across various designs. Customize your text and photos to turn the classic holiday card into an instant hit that is uniquely your own. You can also choose from a variety of layouts for the back of the card.
THE FORMAT FOR YOU
Choosing the perfect format is a fun way to express your unique style. Each card is fully customizable and was created for you by Minted's global community of independent designers. Feeling fancy? Personalize your names and any text with foil. Don't have enough room on the front? Add a custom backer or interior to include even more photos and a more detailed message in your classic and elegant holiday card.
Shop with confidence knowing you get unlimited proofs with your own dedicated designer and can choose the type of paper you love most. Here is the format breakdown.
- POSTCARD: Send your season's greetings with Minted's personalizable and eco-friendly holiday 4.25" X 6" postcards. It comes in a Silhouette™ Shape with Standard printing on Signature paper. Choose your layout and color theme. It’s hand-lettered, and flourished calligraphy tops a full-bleed photo.
- PETITE: Minted's new Petite Holiday Cards are a smart and chic way to send this year's holiday greetings. At 4.25" x 6", Petite Cards are a smaller version of our standard holiday cards. Hand-lettered, flourished calligraphy tops a full-bleed photo. Your special photo will look great in these unique and modern holiday photo cards created for you by Minted's global community of independent designers. Choose the type of shape, paper, and color theme.
- CLASSIC: This 5” X 7” option allows you to add some sparkle this holiday season with Minted's Foil Pressed cards. Exclusively available at Minted, choose from gold, silver, rose gold, glittery gold, and glittery silver foil.
- GRAND: Coming in at a bit bigger, this 6" X 8” allows you to go simple and classic with up to 6 photos. Feeling like you want even more photos? Add a custom backer or interior to include them with a more detailed message.
- FOLDED: This 5” X 7” folded card lets you send out this year's holiday greetings with style. Your special photo will look great in these unique and modern holiday photo cards created for you by Minted's global community of independent designers. Choose the type of shape, paper, and color theme. This holiday card has full colorful minimal confetti accenting your photo.
- ORNAMENT: This unique functional ornament-shaped card is 5.25" X 5.25". It’s designed to help you send festive greetings this year with a keepsake card that friends and family will cherish. Your order will include pre-cut luxe linen ribbons (10" long) for you to tie to your ornaments.
- BOOKLETTE™: Minted’s new unique Booklette™ cards come in a 4.25" X 5.5" size and lets you share more photos and memories than ever before. With chic rounded corners, gold staple binding, and 8 pages of photos and text, Booklette™ cards are the modern annual newsletter. Note that Booklette™ cards do NOT require extra postage.
- VELLUM OVERLAY: This gorgeous 5” X 7” classic holiday card will dazzle your recipients. With translucent vellum, you’ll get a smooth, translucent paper used to create a rich layered look for fine stationery. Translucent vellum adds a rich layer of dimension to your holiday card, for a unique, luxurious look you won’t find anywhere else. Pair the custom vellum overlay with an art print or photo that your family and friends can keep as a gift; or, use the vellum to create a fun or beautiful reveal.
JUST YOUR PRINTING TYPE
Once you’ve decided on a photo and format direction, choose from 4 elegant printing types on 6 options of high quality paper to complete your custom classic holiday card look.
- FOIL PRESSED: Add some sparkle this holiday season with Minted's Foil Pressed cards. Exclusively available at Minted, choose from gold, silver, rose gold, glittery gold, and glittery silver foil.
- LETTERPRESS: Minted's letterpress holiday photo cards feature one or more beautifully letterpressed elements alongside your non-letterpressed photo and customizable text. Your design will be printed on a pure cotton, slightly-textured, 118 lb weight paper, perfect for letterpress and photo printing. The placement of each of the elements is fixed to guarantee high quality printing—which means that photos and customized text cannot be moved.
- GLOSS-PRESS® : Minted’s Gloss-Press® holiday cards use a luxurious new printing technique, exclusively available at Minted. With each unique design from our independent artists, you’ll see the beauty and subtlety of gloss, debossed on high quality paper.
YOUR CARD + YOUR WORDS
Now that you’ve chosen the perfect classic holiday cards you love, it’s time to get personal. To help, we’ve got 110 Christmas greeting card messages that will be sure to make your delivery merry and bright. The two most popular options for writing inside a card include a short greeting or an annual letter. An annual letter is wordy and it takes time but they are a great way to bring all of your loved ones up on your past year. Greetings are short and sweet and written in a cheery tone. Here are some ideas for your inspiration:
- Make a top 10 list of moments, things, or events that your family is grateful for from the past year.
- Use interior photos to illustrate some of your favorite moments and add captions to call out details.
- Do a year in review. Share family highlights in a fun newsletter-style update.
- Use rhyming to create a poem or capitalize each new line to spell out a festive word as an acrostic.
- Create a photo collage to showcase more snapshots of your family, and don’t forget the pets.
- Summarize each of your children’s stories for the year. Name some of their biggest milestones and accomplishments.
- Make family Christmas cards. Help or let your kids write in their greetings, latest and most favorite things, reminiscences with the recipients and wishes. Bonus points for cute doodles!
DIY HOLIDAY CARDS
If you’re feeling extra inspired and crafty this season, you might want to add your own personal touch to your classic holiday card. These DIY Christmas card ideas will help your unique classic and elegant Christmas cards feel even more special. We even show you how to add some DIY flair to the Minted Christmas cards you selected. All of our personalized Christmas cards have customizable backers. You won’t have to feel limited again by a card that has no room to write on the front. And if you’re looking for other DIY activities to stay in the holiday spirit, try a fun Christmas craft the whole family will love!
EVEN MORE CUSTOMIZATION
Minted also offers free recipient addressing for anyone who wants it. That means envelopes will be custom printed for you with the addresses of all of your loved ones. No more spending time on hand-writing addresses. When your cards arrive in the mail, just stuff and send them. Lastly, don’t forget to get some luxurious accessories like customized stamps to elevate your overall card presentation even further. Browse through ribbon, SkinnyWrap address labels, and envelope liners to find the accessories that will best suit your Christmas card.