The holidays are coming up, and I’m excited to share my new Christmas newsletter templates for 2026!
As always, I had so much fun creating this year’s designs. You’ll see some newsletter designs inspired by country cottage charm sprinkled with the spirit of the Christmas season! I also created other styles, from whimsical designs to minimalist and elegant.
Whether you have a year full of adventures to share or simply want to catch up with family and friends, I hope you’ll find a design that feels just right for telling your family’s story.
Explore the New Christmas Newsletter Designs for 2026
This newsletter features a winter woodland design theme. It has a place for a family photo and six more photos that you can use for family updates and other news to share.
Perfect for: sharing updates for each member of your big family or for sharing many photos of your favorite events
This newsletter features a cozy green gingham Christmas theme with a scrapbook-style design. I’ve included plenty of photo boxes for all those special moments you want to share. But if you prefer fewer photos or even a text-only newsletter, you can easily delete photo boxes you don’t need.
This newsletter is also available as a two-page layout in the shop.
Perfect for: sharing lots of photos from this year
Okay, so I got a little obsessed with the gingham look and couldn’t resist using it again, which led me to design this charming family newsletter!
This newsletter is also available as a two-page layout in the shop.
This family newsletter design is so elegant, with its blush color theme, red bow, and sparkles. You can always add more photos or delete ones you don’t need. This design can be printer-ink-friendly if you plan to print your newsletter at home.
This newsletter is also available as a two-page layout in the shop.
Perfect for: an elegant family newsletter with lots of topics to share
This minimalist and elegant newsletter is perfect for sharing your year in a timeline format. Arrange your family updates in the order they happened, or organize them by month or quarter. Those green flags can be deleted. You can also duplicate them to create more. This design is also printer-ink-friendly.
Perfect for: creating a timeline of favorite moments (see more photos of what you can do with this template in my Etsy shop)
I’m amused at how my brain goes from designing something minimalist and elegant to creating something whimsical and fun like this one! Anyway, this newsletter is a delightful way to share your family’s favorite memories and highlights from the year!
Perfect for: a fun and lighthearted way to share your family’s year
I’ve always wanted to try scrapbooking, but somehow never got around to it. So, designing this newsletter, in some way, fulfilled my scrapbooking dreams! I used vintage papers and stickers that I would’ve loved to use if I’d made a scrapbook of my own year. I hope you love it as much as I do!
Perfect for: those who enjoy scrapbooking (you can add more photos to this newsletter)
Share your Family's Year in Your Own Way
One of the things I love about family Christmas newsletters is that every family’s story is different. Some years are filled with travels, milestones, and big changes. Other years are about the little everyday moments that made life special.
That’s why I try to create different Christmas newsletter designs and layouts, so you can choose one that works for the stories and photos you want to share.
I hope these editable Christmas newsletter templates make putting together your family’s year in review a little easier and a lot more enjoyable.
I may still add a few more designs to this year’s collection. If I do, I’ll update this post. You can also subscribe to my email newsletter for new designs and updates from my Etsy shop, The Fourth Bud.
As always, it means so much to me when a family chooses one of my templates to share Christmas greetings and updates with loved ones. I love knowing that something I created becomes a small part of your family’s holiday tradition.
Has one of these designs caught your eye? Click on the images to see more photos and details in my Etsy shop.
You can also browse the entire collection at The Fourth Bud on Etsy.
Happy newsletter writing!
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