Christmas trend: Step-by-step guide to turn family pictures into animated holiday cartoons

A festive digital trend is gaining popularity this Christmas season, with people converting everyday family photographs into cheerful Christmas-themed cartoons using simple prompts and tools.

Steps to create a Christmas cartoon

Step 1: Select a family photograph you want to transform into a Christmas cartoon.

Step 2: Upload the chosen photo to Nano Banana Pro.


Step 3: Open Sora 2, upload the same image, and use prompts to generate the first set of animated scenes.

Step 4: Use a prompt that shows a family gathering for a warm Christmas photo. Include scenes of a child eagerly shaking a gift under the tree, a father asking the child to wait for a photo for the grandmother, and the father tying a red bandana around the family dog. No music is added.

Step 5: Use a second prompt to generate additional scenes showing the family posing as the child shouts “cheese,” the dog jumping around, and the photo being clicked.

Step 6: Add scenes of an elderly woman holding the framed photo as a gift, a father placing a Christmas ornament on the tree, a mother taking freshly baked cookies out of the oven, and a child enjoying cookies with milk. No music is added.

Step 7: Merge both sets of scenes into a single video or remove any scenes as desired to complete the Christmas cartoon.