Christmas scrapbook ideas for a day or several years
Choose one Christmas or compare the same celebration across years. Pair photographs with cards, food and decorations, keeping the year visible on each group.
Decide whether to cover Christmas Day, December or several years before sorting cards and photographs. Keep each year's material separate at first.
Choose the gatherings you want to record. A meal, workplace event or visit to friends can be the main subject.
Make a book from these memories
Add your photos and keepsakes, then put the book together in your browser.
Choose which dates to include
For one day, follow the gathering in order. For several years, compare a repeated view such as the table or tree and keep its year beside the photograph.
- Keep each year's cards and photographs together.
- Use a divider when a new year would otherwise be hard to spot.
Use images of bulky decorations
Photograph large ornaments rather than attaching them to the album. Put a small paper keepsake beside its matching photograph.
- Pair the tree with one close ornament detail.
- Show a recipe image next to the food it produced.
- Photograph wrapping paper as a background detail if keeping it would add bulk.
Keep separate gatherings identifiable
Use separate small groups if everyone was not together. Do not imply one shared event by mixing pictures taken in different houses or on different dates.
- State the place and date when pictures come from separate visits.
- Keep private card interiors out of public page photographs without permission.
Pages to make
Preparations
Pair the unfinished table or decorations with the final result. Keep both pictures from the same year.
The gathering
Use one main group photograph with smaller images from a separate visit or call, clearly dated.
Food and familiar objects
Arrange a meal picture beside a recipe image and a close photograph of an ornament or table item.
Christmas over time
Compare the same table, doorway or tree across the years you have photographed. Put the year beneath each picture.
Questions
What belongs in a Christmas scrapbook?
Use preparations, gatherings, food, cards and decorations from the Christmas you are recording. Leave out traditions you did not take part in.
How can I make a scrapbook of several Christmases?
Choose repeated views, such as the meal table or a familiar doorway, and arrange them with clear year labels. Add a distinct event from each year.
Can I include Christmas cards?
Photograph the artwork and, if you want, the inside. Keep private handwriting and addresses out of public copies unless the sender agrees.