Christmas scrapbook titles for each part of the day
Title Christmas pages by what happened when: Christmas Eve, stockings, the walk, dinner, Boxing Day. Reuse one title for each tradition every year so the yearly book lines up.
A label saying which part of the day a page shows is more use than a slogan once the book holds ten Christmases.
Sort the photos by the time they were taken before choosing titles. The gaps show which parts of the day nobody photographed.
Put these words on a page
Add your photos and write beside them in a digital scrapbook.
Christmas page titles and labels
By part of the day
- Christmas Eve
- Stockings
- Before breakfast
- Presents
- The walk
- Christmas dinner
- Crackers
- The afternoon film
- Board games
- Boxing Day
- Leftovers
- The drive home
By tradition
- Tree up
- Advent calendar
- Wrapping night
- Carols
- The nativity
- Mince pies
- Christmas jumpers
- Pantomime
- Secret Santa
- Midnight Mass
- Christmas cards
Patterns for the yearly book
- Christmas [year]
- Christmas [year], [town or house]
- [Year]: [number] at the table
- Christmas [year] at [name]'s
- [Tradition], [year]
- First Christmas at [house or town]
Cover and spine labels
- Christmas [first year] to [last year]
- [Surname] Christmases
- Christmas book, volume [n]
- Christmases at [house name]
Follow the clock
A Christmas Day book reads best in order. Title each spread for its part of the day and the sequence explains itself.
Where things happen at fixed times, such as presents before breakfast or a walk after lunch, put the time in a small label beside the title.
Give each tradition the same title every year
If Tree up is the title in 2024, use Tree up again in 2025. Over ten years those spreads become a run to compare: the same tree, taller children.
Keep a short list of the fixed titles inside the front cover, so whoever makes next year's pages uses the same words.
Where the year goes
In a one-year book, the year belongs on the cover and the opening spread only. In a book of many Christmases, add it to every title or to a tab on the page edge.
Write the year in full. A two-digit year looks tidy but turns ambiguous once older family photos join the book.
A Christmas that was different
A year spent away, in hospital, or with fewer people at the table can take the same plain pattern: Christmas, the year and the place. Captions say the rest.
Choose the level of detail for sharing
A house name or town can locate a page without publishing a full address. Where photos cover several homes on the same day, use a place label under each group instead of one misleading page title.
Steps
Sort photos by time
Order the photos by the time they were taken, from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day, then group them into the spreads you will make.
Mark the traditions
Note which spreads show something done every year. Give those their fixed titles from last year's list, or start the list now.
Settle the year format
Decide whether the year sits on each spread or only the opening one, and write it as four digits wherever it appears.
Title the opening spread
Use Christmas and the year, plus the house or town if Christmas moves between homes from one year to the next.
Questions
What is a good title for a Christmas scrapbook page?
Name what the page shows: Stockings, Christmas dinner, the walk. A plain label stays clear when the book holds many years.
Should every Christmas page include the year?
In a book covering several Christmases, yes, or use a tab with the year. In a book of one Christmas, the cover and opening spread are enough.
How do I title a Christmas spent away from home?
Use Christmas, the four-digit year and the town or house name. For more than one home, label each photo group separately and leave full addresses off shared pages.