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    Home » DIY Christmas Crafts

    Christmas Phone Wallpaper Backgrounds

    Published by Pam Kessler | 440 words. · About 3 minutes to read this article. - 5 Comments

    During the holiday season, I have always loved to use a festive background on my cell phone to "decorate" my phone.

    I mean, I decorate just about everything else for Christmas so why not my phone.

    This year I decided to share with you some of the holiday iPhone wallpapers I've created. They'll work on Android and Windows phones also.

    They're a mixture of vintage postcards, watercolor images, and collages. A nostalgic Santa, a snowman, and some deer make an appearance.

    And of course, you might notice a little plaid and even a thermos. I pretty much had to add some of that in here. Because, hello, have you ever read my blog?

    How To Save And Use On The Phone

    While on your phone, press and hold the image you want to use as your background and click Add To Photos.

    While on your laptop or desktop, right-click the image to save and then either airdrop it to your phone or email them to yourself to then save it to your phone.

    Once saved, find the photo in your photo library on your phone and click the little box with an arrow in the bottom left, and scroll down to Use As Wallpaper.

    You can move the photo around on your screen until you have it where you want (use your fingers to make it smaller, larger, or crop) and then hit Done. Depending on your phone (I'm looking at you, Mr. iPhone), the photos might initially be more zoomed in than necessary (it started doing this on my phone with the latest 16.1 ios update in late October 2022), so don't be too surprised if they start off too magnified.

    You have the choice of using that photo for the Lock Screen Wallpaper (the screen that shows when you haven't used your phone for a while and just pick it up), the Home Screen (the photo in the background when you're using your phone where you can see all your apps) or both.

    I prefer to have my fancy backgrounds on the Lock Screen since there's not a lot interfering with the image. Plus they make me smile whenever I pick up my phone.

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    Free Christmas Wallpaper

    Plaid Greetings

    Plaid phone wallpaper background with Merry Christmas written in the middle and pinecones and pine boughs on the top and bottom.

    Watercolor Wreath

    A Christmas phone wallpaper background with a simple watercolor wreath on an off-white background.

    Sledding With A Themos

    Watercolor Christmas phone wallpaper background of a vintage sled with Christmas tree, plaid thermos and ice skates.

    Santa In The Night Sky

    Blue night sky background with Santa and his sleigh flying over a red house.

    Oh Deer

    A repeating pattern of deer used as a holiday phone wallpaper background.

    Vintage Sledding Postcard

    Vintage postcard image of children sledding used as an Christmas phone background.

    Santa Claus With Toys (green background)

    Vintage Santa Claus image used as a Christmas phone wallpaper background.

    Santa Claus With Toys (white background)

    Vintage Santa Claus image used as a Christmas phone wallpaper background.

    Pine Boughs & Happy Holidays

    Rustic Christmas phone wallpaper background using pinecones, pine boughs and the words Happy Holidays on an off-white background.

    Ice Skates Door Charm

    Holiday phone wallpaper showing pine bows and ice skates on a green chalkboard background.

    Holly Jolly Snowman

    Background for your phone featuring a winter snowman and pine tree.

    Candy Canes

    A pattern of repeating red and white candy canes with bows used as a phone wallpaper background.
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    Add some Christmas cheer to your phone with these cute vintage-inspired Christmas phone wallpapers that you can easily add to your iPhone, Android, and Windows phone.
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    1. Kathy

      December 05, 2021 at 3:07 pm

      Thanks for these, Pam. I'm using the Santa with white background on my phone and I love it!

      Reply
    2. Kristin M

      November 30, 2021 at 3:45 pm

      Thank you so much! They are all so cute but the sled with a thermos had my heart.

      Reply
    3. Laura L

      November 30, 2021 at 3:37 pm

      Thank you!! Now to pick one to use!!

      Reply
    4. Pamela

      November 30, 2021 at 3:06 pm

      I Love the idea, and as you said I Love the look of the Children's faces while riding in the Sleigh. Beautiful.

      Reply
    5. Pamela

      November 30, 2021 at 2:48 pm

      These are so lovely. Thank you. I think my favorite is the sled.

      Reply

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