15 AI Christmas Photo Prompts That Keep Your Face

All five came through, the dog included, in matching red sweaters. It works best when everyone in your photo is already sitting together.

Turn this photo into a Christmas photo. Keep every person and pet exactly as they are: the same faces, hair, glasses, ages and expressions, so everyone is clearly recognisable. Dress them in matching red knit Christmas sweaters and seat them on a rug in front of a tall decorated Christmas tree with warm fairy lights and wrapped presents, soft evening light. Realistic photo, no text.

Made in the tall 9:16 shape for Stories. Everyone gets a winter coat and hat, and the dog gets a scarf.

Turn this photo into a Christmas photo. Keep every person and pet exactly as they are: the same faces, hair, glasses, ages and expressions, so everyone is clearly recognisable. Put them on a snowy city street at night lined with Christmas lights and a lit tree, in warm winter coats and scarves, with gentle snow falling. Realistic photo, no text.

The faces stay sharp while the room, clothes and colours move to the 1950s. For an older look, ask for more fade and grain.

Turn this photo into a Christmas photo. Keep every person and pet exactly as they are: the same faces, hair, glasses, ages and expressions, so everyone is clearly recognisable. Make it look like a 1950s family Christmas photograph on film: a vintage living room, a tinsel tree, soft faded colours and fine grain. Realistic photo, no text.

The funniest one here: the family and the dog are caught on the stairs, and Santa is seen only from behind. The prompt asks for no timestamp or numbers, which a camera look tends to add.

Turn this photo into a funny Christmas photo. Keep every person and pet exactly as they are: the same faces, hair, glasses, ages and expressions, so everyone is clearly recognisable. Make it look like a grainy night-time home security camera still: the family in pajamas on the stairs, frozen in surprise, catching Santa Claus from behind as he puts presents under a lit Christmas tree in the dark living room. Slight fisheye, cool green-grey night-vision colours, soft blur. No text, no timestamp and no numbers on the image.

The original is an autumn street photo, so this is mostly a change of season and light. Both faces and his glasses came through.

Turn this photo into a Christmas photo. Keep every person and pet exactly as they are: the same faces, hair, glasses, ages and expressions, so everyone is clearly recognisable. Put them on a snowy city street at night lined with Christmas lights and a lit tree, in warm winter coats and scarves, with gentle snow falling. Realistic photo, no text.

Swaps the coats for matching plaid pajamas and puts mugs of cocoa in their hands. A photo of the two of you close together works best.

Turn this photo into a Christmas photo. Keep every person and pet exactly as they are: the same faces, hair, glasses, ages and expressions, so everyone is clearly recognisable. Put them in matching Christmas pajamas on a sofa by a crackling fireplace with stockings and mugs of hot cocoa, warm lamp light. Realistic photo, no text.

The prompt says the stalls have no signs, which keeps made-up lettering out of the background.

Turn this photo into a Christmas photo. Keep every person and pet exactly as they are: the same faces, hair, glasses, ages and expressions, so everyone is clearly recognisable. Put them arm in arm at an outdoor Christmas market at dusk, between wooden stalls strung with warm lights, each holding a mug of mulled wine, with gentle snow falling and a tall lit tree behind them. The stalls have no signs. Realistic photo, no text.

The set is busy, so the person sits smaller in the frame, but her face, freckles and glasses stayed. Crop it if you want a close-up.

Turn this photo into a Christmas glam studio portrait. Keep every person and pet exactly as they are: the same faces, hair, glasses, ages and expressions, so everyone is clearly recognisable. Seat them on a white cube in a pastel candy-shop set: giant red-and-white and pink-and-white candy canes, a huge swirl peppermint lollipop held over one shoulder, small frosted trees with pink baubles and soft fake snow underfoot. They wear a sparkly white sequin top and smile at the camera. Bright, even studio light. Realistic photo, no text.

Cozy and cinematic. The ticket on the seat is asked to be blank so it doesn't fill with made-up words.

Turn this photo into a Christmas photo. Keep every person and pet exactly as they are: the same faces, hair, glasses, ages and expressions, so everyone is clearly recognisable. Seat them by the window of an old-fashioned steam train at night, in flannel pajamas and a warm robe, holding a mug of hot cocoa with marshmallows. A snowy pine forest passes the frosted window, brass lamps glow amber inside, and a blank golden paper ticket rests on the seat. Cozy, cinematic film look, no text.

A square that works as a profile picture. A head-and-shoulders selfie is all it needs.

Turn this photo into a Christmas photo. Keep every person and pet exactly as they are: the same faces, hair, glasses, ages and expressions, so everyone is clearly recognisable. Show them from the waist up, smiling, inside a large clear glass bauble hanging on a decorated Christmas tree, like a snow globe, with tiny snowflakes falling around them inside the glass, the bauble's gold cap and red ribbon at the top and soft tree lights blurred behind. Realistic photo, no text.

The one painted look here. Instead of keeping the photo exactly, it asks for every face to stay recognisable, so the brushwork can change the rest. The glasses stayed.

Turn this photo into a warm, nostalgic 1950s magazine-cover style painting with visible brush strokes and rich colours. Keep every face recognisable: the same face, hair, glasses, age and expression as in the photo. Show them on a wooden step stool placing a star on top of a Christmas tree in a cozy, cluttered living room, with a cat batting at a low ornament. No text, no title and no lettering.

Made from a photo of the dog alone. If people are in your photo too, they stay beside the pet in Christmas sweaters.

Turn this photo into a Christmas photo. Keep every person and pet exactly as they are: the same faces, hair, glasses, ages and expressions, so everyone is clearly recognisable. Give every pet a Santa hat and a red plaid scarf and sit them beside a decorated Christmas tree with presents and warm lights; any people stay beside them in cozy Christmas sweaters. Realistic photo, no text.

You and your dog dressed alike. The beagle kept its markings and got the same plaid as its owner.

Turn this photo into a Christmas photo. Keep every person and pet exactly as they are: the same faces, hair, glasses, ages and expressions, so everyone is clearly recognisable. Sit them side by side in front of a decorated Christmas tree, both in matching red-and-green plaid pajamas, the person smiling at the camera and the dog looking up at them, with red, green and gold wrapped gifts around them. Warm golden light. Realistic photo, no text.

The full Santa suit by the fire, and the beagle gets a small hat of its own.

Turn this photo into a Christmas photo. Keep every person and pet exactly as they are: the same faces, hair, glasses, ages and expressions, so everyone is clearly recognisable. Dress everyone in Santa Claus outfits of red velvet with white fur trim and Santa hats, by a fireplace hung with stockings; any pets wear small Santa hats. Realistic photo, no text.

Loud sweaters and party lights. Her face and the beagle's markings came through unchanged.

Turn this photo into a Christmas photo. Keep every person and pet exactly as they are: the same faces, hair, glasses, ages and expressions, so everyone is clearly recognisable. Dress them in loud, funny ugly Christmas sweaters at a festive party with colourful string lights. Realistic photo, no text.