Free Christmas Newsletter Templates

With Christmas fast approaching, time-savvy people are starting to look into the annual Christmas newsletter to send to family and friends. With so many free templates available, it is quick and easy to get the Christmas newsletter checked off the to-do list. Here are the top ten free templates for Christmas newsletters.

Microsoft.com contains a number of free templates for Christmas newsletters, but only a couple of them do not look like templates. The Family Christmas Newsletter template contains the option for photos to be included in two locations. It is a one page template for a Christmas newsletter, available for Microsoft Word 1997 or later. With one small Christmas-related photo and the option to include year and family name at the bottom, this template for a Christmas newsletter demonstrates what it is without overwhelming the audience with Christmas spirit. There is a side bar with a place to put bulleted special events and a caption from the main story. Within this template for a Christmas newsletter, you can also read the text included for some interesting advice on creating a Christmas newsletter. Some potential drawbacks include not a huge amount of space to write about your family's year and the inability to remove the side bar easily if you do not wish to include the bulleted special events or caption. The major draw for me in this free template for Christmas newsletters is the ability to include photos.

If you would like a bit more space to write, but fewer photos and a less formal looking presentation, Microsoft.com also has another free template for a Christmas newsletter for Microsoft Word 1997 or later called Holiday newsletter (with Santa's sleigh and reindeer). Differences between this template for a Christmas newsletter and the first listed include side bar on the left instead of the right, different colors, slightly more emphasis on Christmas art, and only one smaller photo. The side bar also includes places to indicate news for individual family members, particularly if the amount of space in one page is not sufficient for your family's Christmas newsletter and you run multiple pages. Potential drawbacks include only one photo spot (you could easily add another in the side bar, though), no place to put year and family name (again, you could add this, if you have some Word ability), and assumption that you will run many pages.

Perhaps my favorite free template for Christmas newsletters is only available to those who have Microsoft Publisher 2007. With more emphasis on Christmas art and text boxes that I feel to be more relevant to our family's Christmas newsletter, the Holiday Family Newsletter (Snowman design, 2-pp) is one of my favorites. The main section allows for a short blurb about the year, and there is another box with headings of "Our Vacation" and "Plans for the New Year." This Christmas newsletter template also includes space for a photo, as well as a place for year and family name to be noted. However, this is another template without much room to write, and Microsoft Publisher 2007 is not standard software on many computers.

If you're looking to write in a card format, you can include your Christmas newsletter within the templates found here. These are pdf templates, so the Christmas newsletter can be handwritten within. A benefit of this format is that the Christmas newsletter will appear more personalized. However, a drawback to this method is that everything will need to be handwritten, which may prove time prohibitive for many people.

For those not wishing to include photos in their Christmas newsletter, or who would prefer to send actual photos, the Family holiday newsletter template provides a quick template with a lot of room to write. With just a couple of clip art images, the bulk of this newsletter template is text. Instead of a monotonous page of text, this Christmas newsletter template breaks up the main text with several boxes and images.

A very simple template with text, Christmas images and room for one photo, plus a header that allows for family name and year is also called Family holiday newsletter. This template works for Microsoft Word 2007 and has a very cut-and-dry appearance, which I strongly enjoy. There is not a lot of room for text, but the text is not broken up in any way, so a lot of text would lead to the audience not necessarily reading everything within. There is also no need to create bulleted lists of special events or come up with the ideal quote from your newsletter in this template.

If you prefer to send e-mail Christmas newsletters, Microsoft Outlook 2007 has a great template here. This template is pretty similar to the family holiday newsletter template above, but is meant to be e-mailed to friends and family members. Photos can be included and space is given for an overview and a year in review. This template is great for people who wait until the last minute, but there are those who feel that e-mailed newsletters are not as personal.

If you just want to write your letter without any special pull outs or photos, Christmas stationery can provide a great alternative to a proper Christmas newsletter template. The Holiday stationery (with snow scene) template can be used as a Christmas newsletter template that does not overwhelm and provides plenty of room to write.
Available for Microsoft Word 1997 or later, this template is very streamlined and light in color.

For those preferring to steer clear of snow scenes, the Holiday stationery (with poinsettia) provides a great alternative. The fun and alternative stationery still looks good enough to send out to family and friends with your Christmas newsletter, and is available for Microsoft Office 1997 or later.

Finally, for those looking for a wide array of options, Blue Mountain provides limited stationery for free that can be used to create a free Christmas newsletter template. Those wishing to purchase a Blue Mountain membership have access to more options, but there are still nine options with a lot of diversity between them. Any of these can be used to create a free Christmas newsletter template easily.

Whatever your needs, the Internet has a variety of free Christmas newsletter templates. Good luck!