33 Christmas Animations to Easily Add to Your Website
Tags: ui, webdev, ux, programming
Published: 2023-12-10 15:11:37

Yes, it's already that time of year. Whether you love or hate Christmas, a small Christmas CSS animation can bring a big smile to your website visitors.

In this list, you will find 33 Christmas animation and interactive art which easily can be added you your website. Most of them are CSS only, others requires a small amount of JavaScript.

## In This Article

- [CSS Snowflakes!](#css-snowflakes)
- [Snow Globes](#snow-globes)
- [CSS Santa Claus](#css-santa-claus)
- [Christmas Decorations in CSS](#christmas-decorations-in-css)
- [Interactive Christmas Animations](#interactive-christmas-animations)
- [CSS Candy Canes](#css-candy-canes)
- [CSS Snowman](#css-snowman)
- [Other Christmas Art](#other-christmas-art)
- [Bonus - Christmas Games](#bonus-christmas-games)

## CSS Snowflakes!

Let's start out with snowflakes. Decorate your webpage with animated snowflakes. Easy to add, delightful to look at.

- [Slowly drifting CSS snowflakes](https://codepen.io/chloe47632/pen/ExwgNpg)
- [Vividly cascading snowflakes using JavaScript](https://codepen.io/mark_sottek/pen/WrNqJV)
- [Intensively falling JavaScript snowflakes](https://codepen.io/ethancopping/pen/ExrGYGG)
- [CSS-based falling snowflakes](https://pajasevi.github.io/CSSnowflakes/)

{% codepen https://codepen.io/ethancopping/pen/ExrGYGG %}

## Snow Globes

Can you make a snow globe with pure CSS? Yes, here we have three stunning snow globes made with only CSS.

- [Animated snow globe with snowman inside](https://codepen.io/alvaromontoro/details/jOGLeJV)
- [Animated snow globe with holiday cottage](https://codepen.io/shezzor/pen/yLEWewK)
- [Snow globe with snowman and Christmas tree](https://codepen.io/chilliconcode/pen/rWpvOe)

{% codepen https://codepen.io/chilliconcode/pen/rWpvOe %}

## CSS Santa Claus

What would Christmas be without Santa Claus himself? The tricky thing is too choose which CSS Santa to go for!

- [Well detailed CSS Santa Claus](https://codepen.io/alvaromontoro/pen/gOwYYGJ)
- [Giggling CSS only Santa](https://codepen.io/Alireza29675/pen/KwgwMy)
- [Winking Santa Claus](https://codepen.io/EleftheriaBatsou/pen/jYrydg)
- [Running Santa animation](https://codepen.io/ksksoft/pen/PowqyNz)
- [Animated Santa in helicopter](https://codepen.io/Coding-Artist/pen/ExaXZqZ)

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## Christmas Decorations in CSS

Why not adding some small decorative Christmas inspired CSS art? My favorite is definitely the Disney-like Christmas tree, which reasonably requires a good amount of JavaScript. If you don't want to use JavaScript, you have a quite similar mesmerizing CSS only Christmas tree animation in another link.

- [Beautiful magical animated Christmas tree](https://codepen.io/chrisgannon/pen/dypvKvR)
- [Two in one, animated candy cane and reindeer](https://codepen.io/mark_sottek/pen/emdYrG)
- [Animated CSS only Christmas tree](https://codepen.io/uchardon/pen/ExvBBpL)
- [Christmas lights to place on top of website](https://codepen.io/tobyj/pen/QjvEex)
- [Retro styled pixel art Christmas tree](https://codepen.io/dodozhang21/pen/ApeaLY)
- [Spinning Christmas tree](https://codepen.io/LimeWub/pen/yQWbNW)

{% codepen https://codepen.io/chrisgannon/pen/dypvKvR %}

## Interactive Christmas Animations

Here are some interactive Christmas animation. They naturally include a bit of JavaScript since they are interactive, but some manage to get away very easily with almost no JavaScript at all.

- [Hoverable Christmas cracker with message](https://codepen.io/msamways/pen/yyegxq/)
- [Pullable Christmas cracker (click multiple times)](https://codepen.io/john_r_muir/pen/RwRObMK)
- [Interactive Christmas gift](https://codepen.io/ihatetomatoes/pen/KwMLGP)
- [Openable Christmas present](https://codepen.io/Mamboleoo/pen/PZWPZx)
- [Spinning Christmas present (click multiple times)](https://codepen.io/jankohlbach/details/yLzVbpw)
- [Spinning Christmas tree you can decorate](https://codepen.io/danwilson/pen/LYRPYpv)

![Christmas gift CSS](https://www.perssondennis.com/images/articles/33-christmas-animations-to-easily-add-to-your-website/christmas-gift-css.webp)

## CSS Candy Canes

Wanting something sweet for Christmas? Try these CSS loading and progress bars in candy cane colors!

- [Candy cane CSS only loading bar](https://codepen.io/woodwoerk/pen/XXJoMa)
- [Peppermint stick progress bar](https://codepen.io/jkantner/details/rNGYmpL)
- [Candy cane range slider](https://codepen.io/jkantner/details/yLqydxv)

![Candy cane progress bar](https://www.perssondennis.com/images/articles/33-christmas-animations-to-easily-add-to-your-website/candy-cane-progress-bar.webp)

## CSS Snowman

Do you know why it is better to add a snowman to your website than building one outside? Because it never melts. Unless your servers overheats...

- [CSS Snowman](https://codepen.io/alikhalilifar/pen/kGzLrN)
- [Cute CSS snowman](https://codepen.io/alvaromontoro/details/MWEOBPO)

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## Other Christmas Art

Couldn't decide what CSS art to use to decorate your website with for Christmas? Here's a few more links which may come handy.

- [Christmas background with dimming lights](https://codepen.io/epilande/pen/kxMrYy)
- [Bouncing Christmas gift](https://codepen.io/jkantner/pen/VwdExyy)
- [Merry Christmas message](https://codepen.io/chrisgannon/pen/VeaBVv)
- [Bouncing Elf](https://codepen.io/texxs/pen/WbxYzx)

![Animated CSS elf](https://www.perssondennis.com/images/articles/33-christmas-animations-to-easily-add-to-your-website/animated-css-elf.webp)

## Bonus - Christmas Games

It's Christmas after all, you should get some extra gifts. For you today, I have found two Christmas games you can play!

- [Santa running game](https://codepen.io/natewiley/pen/gbwWMX)
- [Christmas maze game](https://codepen.io/LantareCode/pen/QGoVmP)

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