Holiday & Seasonal Post Templates

12 templates · Instagram, Facebook & X · PNG, JPEG & HTML

Updated October 16, 2026

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Holiday & Seasonal Post Templates

The last quarter of the year is packed with moments your audience is already talking about: Halloween on October 31, Thanksgiving on November 26, Black Friday and Cyber Monday on November 27 and 30, Christmas on December 25 and New Year's Eve. Seasonal posts fit naturally into the feed and get more engagement than everyday promotions, as long as they look the part.

Use Halloween Sale for spooky-season deals, Thanksgiving Thank You for a calm gratitude post before the sales start, Christmas Greeting for holiday wishes, shipping cut-offs and opening hours, Happy New Year for a midnight 2027 post or year-in-review opener, and Valentine's Day for a romantic greeting or a date-night offer on a deep rose gradient with a flowing script headline. Each is drawn entirely in CSS, with no stock photos, so it recolours to your brand, exports sharp at every size and works year after year.

The calendar does not stop at Christmas. Hanukkah lights a menorah candle by candle, Giving Tuesday fills a heart as donations come in, Lunar New Year swings red lanterns under gold fireworks for 6 February 2027, Ramadan & Eid frames an Arabic greeting in a pointed arch under a crescent moon, and National Day waves a three-stripe flag in any country's colours for independence and republic days. Each has its own moving detail in the animated export, so a greeting can double as a Reel.

Seasonal posts are best planned before the rush. Make a calendar for the main dates that matter to your audience, prepare the designs a few weeks ahead and save them to My designs so a few edits update them each year. Keep the message warm and simple, add your logo, and use the festive colour palettes the templates include. If you sell, pair a greeting post with a clear offer a few days earlier, and make a Story version for the day itself.

Halloween Sale: A spooky Halloween promo: a glowing orange moon with bat silhouettes, a dripping-style headline, the deal, sale dates and a promo code on a midnight-purple sky.

Dhanteras: A Dhanteras greeting for Wednesday 27 October 2027: a brass kalash heaped with gold coins between two glowing diyas, gold coins drifting down a deep maroon sky, "Shubh Dhanteras" in Hindi and English, a warm message, an optional offer chip for gold, silver or festive sales, your handle and logo. The date updates to the next Dhanteras by itself.

Diwali: A Diwali greeting on a night-sky gradient: a gold rangoli ring behind the headline, a row of glowing diyas along the bottom, "Happy Diwali" with an editable Hindi line, a warm message, an optional festive offer chip and your handle.

Ramadan & Eid: A Ramadan Kareem or Eid Mubarak greeting on a deep teal night: a gold crescent moon and twinkling stars, two fanous lanterns with flickering flames swaying on chains, a tall pointed arch framed in gold, an editable Arabic greeting, the headline, a message, an optional iftar-times or offer chip, your handle and logo.

Thanksgiving Thank You: A warm Thanksgiving thank-you card: falling autumn leaves, a serif "Grateful for you" headline, a short message to customers or followers and your handle on a cream background.

Giving Tuesday: A Giving Tuesday fundraising post built around a heart that fills like a jar: the amount raised counting up inside it, the goal underneath, a headline, one line on what a single gift pays for, a donate call to action, the date and your logo.

Hanukkah: A Hanukkah greeting on a deep night-blue sky: a silver menorah whose nine candles light one after another (the shamash first, in the middle), "Happy Hanukkah" with an editable Hebrew line, a warm message, an optional offer chip, your handle and logo.

Christmas Greeting: A festive Christmas card post: falling snow, hanging gold ornaments, a script "Merry Christmas" headline, a short holiday message, an optional offer line and your handle on deep evergreen.

Valentine's Day: A romantic Valentine's Day card on a deep rose gradient with floating hearts: a "with love" label, a flowing script headline, a short message, an optional offer chip and your handle.

Happy New Year: A midnight-and-gold New Year post: a giant outlined year with a gold gradient fill, CSS fireworks and confetti, a "Happy New Year" kicker, a short message and your handle.

Lunar New Year: A Lunar New Year greeting in red and gold: two silk lanterns swaying from the top corners, gold fireworks bursting behind them, a diamond-shaped 福 (fortune) charm, an editable Chinese greeting, the headline, a short wish, an optional red-envelope offer chip, a scalloped gold border and your handle and logo.

National Day: A national day or independence day greeting for any country: a three-stripe flag in your country's colours that waves from a pole with a gold finial, an optional wheel emblem (or your own uploaded emblem), fireworks in the flag colours, the occasion, a headline, a message, your handle and logo.

Templates in this category

Best Uses for Holidays & Seasonal Templates

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Halloween weekend sale (Halloween Sale)
Announce a storewide Halloween discount for October 29 to 31, 2026, with the percentage in the deal line and a code shoppers can type at checkout.
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Candy, costume and party shops (Halloween Sale)
Promote costumes, decorations or treats in the run-up to October 31, switching the headline to "Costume Sale" or "Trick or Treat" and keeping the spooky artwork.
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Jewellers and gold sellers (Dhanteras)
Announce Dhanteras offers on gold, silver and coins, such as 0% making charges or a free coin with every purchase, and post it the evening before and on the day.
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Electronics and home stores (Dhanteras)
Promote appliance, utensil and home offers on one of the busiest shopping days, with the deal in the chip and the Story size sent as a WhatsApp Status.
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Shops and brands in the festive season (Diwali)
Post a Diwali greeting with a festive offer chip around Dhanteras and Lakshmi Puja, and follow with a sale post. A warm greeting first builds goodwill before the offer.
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Offices and corporate greetings (Diwali)
Send clients and staff a Diwali message from the company page on LinkedIn or WhatsApp, with the offer field cleared and the sign-off in your own words.

How it’s different

Why These Templates Instead of Canva-Style Ones

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Real HTML and CSS, not a locked image
Canva-style templates only give you an image. These are plain HTML and CSS you can copy, download as a .html file or fork into My Code, then reuse on a website, in an email or in your own design system.
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Private by design
Text and photos never leave your browser. Images are drawn locally on a canvas, so client photos and unreleased product screenshots stay on your device.
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Every size from one design
Layouts use relative units, so one design exports as an Instagram portrait post, a square, a Story, a 16:9 X post, a LinkedIn image and a Pinterest pin, or all six at once as a ZIP.
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Free, with no account or watermark
No sign-up, no premium-only templates, no watermark and no download limits. Edits are saved in your browser for next time.
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Text that always fits
Long headlines shrink step by step instead of overflowing, and Story layouts keep text clear of Instagram’s buttons. Most template editors leave both to you.
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Versioned templates
Each template has a version number and an update date, and the exported HTML records which version you used, so you can tell when a design changes.

Got questions?

Frequently Asked Questions

Halloween (Oct 31), Thanksgiving (Nov 26), Black Friday (Nov 27), Cyber Monday (Nov 30), shipping cut-offs (mid-December), Christmas (Dec 25) and New Year's Eve (Dec 31). This library has a template for each.

Yes. Dates and years are ordinary text fields, and your colours and fonts are saved in your browser, so next year each post takes a minute to update.

Yes. Save your design to My designs and change the year, the offer and the wording each season. Because the templates are HTML, it is easy to change dates and colours without starting again.

No. There are templates for Diwali, Hanukkah, Lunar New Year, Ramadan and Eid, Giving Tuesday, national and independence days, Valentine's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. Change the colours and words for Holi or a local festival.

A thank-you or greeting post that credits your customers or team, with a short, personal line, works well. It builds goodwill without asking for anything and is easy to make into a Story as well.

Halloween Sale: A spooky Halloween promo: a glowing orange moon with bat silhouettes, a dripping-style headline, the deal, sale dates and a promo code on a midnight-purple sky. Dhanteras: A Dhanteras greeting for Wednesday 27 October 2027: a brass kalash heaped with gold coins between two glowing diyas, gold coins drifting down a deep maroon sky, "Shubh Dhanteras" in Hindi and English, a warm message, an optional offer chip for gold, silver or festive sales, your handle and logo. The date updates to the next Dhanteras by itself. Diwali: A Diwali greeting on a night-sky gradient: a gold rangoli ring behind the headline, a row of glowing diyas along the bottom, "Happy Diwali" with an editable Hindi line, a warm message, an optional festive offer chip and your handle. Ramadan & Eid: A Ramadan Kareem or Eid Mubarak greeting on a deep teal night: a gold crescent moon and twinkling stars, two fanous lanterns with flickering flames swaying on chains, a tall pointed arch framed in gold, an editable Arabic greeting, the headline, a message, an optional iftar-times or offer chip, your handle and logo. Thanksgiving Thank You: A warm Thanksgiving thank-you card: falling autumn leaves, a serif "Grateful for you" headline, a short message to customers or followers and your handle on a cream background. Giving Tuesday: A Giving Tuesday fundraising post built around a heart that fills like a jar: the amount raised counting up inside it, the goal underneath, a headline, one line on what a single gift pays for, a donate call to action, the date and your logo. Hanukkah: A Hanukkah greeting on a deep night-blue sky: a silver menorah whose nine candles light one after another (the shamash first, in the middle), "Happy Hanukkah" with an editable Hebrew line, a warm message, an optional offer chip, your handle and logo. Christmas Greeting: A festive Christmas card post: falling snow, hanging gold ornaments, a script "Merry Christmas" headline, a short holiday message, an optional offer line and your handle on deep evergreen. Valentine's Day: A romantic Valentine's Day card on a deep rose gradient with floating hearts: a "with love" label, a flowing script headline, a short message, an optional offer chip and your handle. Happy New Year: A midnight-and-gold New Year post: a giant outlined year with a gold gradient fill, CSS fireworks and confetti, a "Happy New Year" kicker, a short message and your handle. Lunar New Year: A Lunar New Year greeting in red and gold: two silk lanterns swaying from the top corners, gold fireworks bursting behind them, a diamond-shaped 福 (fortune) charm, an editable Chinese greeting, the headline, a short wish, an optional red-envelope offer chip, a scalloped gold border and your handle and logo. National Day: A national day or independence day greeting for any country: a three-stripe flag in your country's colours that waves from a pole with a gold finial, an optional wheel emblem (or your own uploaded emblem), fireworks in the flag colours, the occasion, a headline, a message, your handle and logo.

Portrait post 1080×1350 (4:5), Square post 1080×1080 (1:1), Story / Reel 1080×1920 (9:16), Landscape post 1600×900 (16:9), LinkedIn image 1200×627 (1.91:1), Pinterest pin 1000×1500 (2:3). Every template adapts to each size, and "All sizes (ZIP)" downloads them together.

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