The living room
A lit tree, a garland and red stockings on a white fireplace.
AI version
TikTok trend effect
Christmas Dance AI Video With a Friend
Two photos, one of each of you: 15 seconds by a lit tree, from $9.99 for your first video. Photos deleted after 7 days, never used to train AI. The TikTok Christmas dance with the trend's song, 7 credits at 480p (the smallest pack is 10 credits for $9.99).
- Two photos, one each
- 15 s, from 7 credits
- The trend’s song is on it
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Your 2 people
Two photos, one of each of you, facing the camera, full-body if you have them. Photo 1 dances on the left, photo 2 on the right, in your own clothes; the song comes with it.
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Effect
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Video
This video: 7 credits. Ready in about 5 to 15 minutes; failed generations return your credits. View pricing
Answer first
What Christmas dance AI is
Updated : new page.
Christmas dance AI is an AI video of you and a friend doing the TikTok Christmas dance of November 2026: a handshake, straight faces, hip sways, knee lifts, hands to the face and a quick spin, side by side in a living room with a lit Christmas tree and stockings on the fireplace. You add two photos; the video model takes your faces, hair and clothes from them and the dance from a credited take, and the song is on the finished clip. It is not an elf dance, where one face goes on a dancing cartoon elf: this is the TikTok duo dance, the two of you as yourselves.
On 8 November 2026 #christmasdancetrend had 863 videos and 12.5 million views; we sampled 182 Christmas dance posts by 154 different creators that day, and 79 of them were from the previous 24 hours. The earliest post we found is a joke: a duo routine posted on 2 November asked "should we make a dance??" and reached 5 million plays, and Brooke Monk's take had 8.9 million by the 8th. Our effect follows a couple's take by a lit tree move by move.
RapVideo.ai has no connection to the creators below, TikTok or CapCut.
Can I do the Christmas dance AI alone?
Not yet: this effect takes two photos, one of each dancer. We tested it with two people only, so a solo version is not on offer. How to do the dance for real, alone or together: how to do the Christmas dance trend.
Do we need matching Christmas pajamas?
No. Each of you dances in the clothes from your own photo, so matching pajamas in your photos give you the matching look; anything else works too. The tree, the stockings and the song come with the clip.
On TikTok
Christmas dance videos going around
Takes on the Christmas dance from TikTok, credited to their creators: tap a name to open the post.
- TikTokThe take our effect follows, by a lit tree@notnataliereynoldss
- TikTok“should we make a dance??”: where it started@ayiahsoufi_
- TikTokThe most watched take, in matching pajama pants@brookemonk_
- TikTokA mother and daughter dance it in the kitchen@everydaywithericksons
From TikTok, credited to the creators. Tap a name to see the post.
Three steps
How to make a Christmas dance AI video
Add two photos, one of each of you
Clear photos, facing the camera, full-body if you have them. Photo 1 dances on the left, photo 2 on the right.
Effects → Photos
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Start with a clear photo; add a second person when the effect needs one. Keep Christmas Dance selected
The editor opens on the Christmas Dance effect, 15 seconds in 9:16 on Wan 3.0. Pick 480p, 720p or 1080p.
Effects → Christmas Dance
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Christmas Dance takes two photos, one of each of you: you dance side by side by a lit tree, 15 seconds with the song. Real Effects interface. Download and post
The video model estimates about 5 to 15 minutes. Save the MP4, song included, and post your Christmas dance AI video.
After rendering
- Create video
- My videos
- Download MP4
Workflow diagram. After a successful render, open the video in My videos and download the MP4.
Inside the clip
What your clip shows
The two of you
Side by side from head to toe, in your own clothes.
The routine
Handshake, hip sways, knee lifts, hands to the face, a spin.
The song
The trend’s song, 15 seconds, on the finished MP4.
The Christmas dance routine, second by second
We watched the take the effect follows every half second. Your 15 seconds keep its moves, its camera and the living room; photo 1 dances on the left, photo 2 on the right:
| Seconds | What the two of you do |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 | You face each other side-on, shake hands and turn to the camera together. |
| 2 to 4.5 | Side by side, straight faces, a small sway to the beat. |
| 4.5 to 6.5 | Hands at your waist, hips swaying left and right. |
| 6.5 to 8.5 | Knee lifts, one leg then the other, hands on your hips. |
| 8.5 to 10.5 | Hands to your faces, laughing, a little hop on the spot. |
| 10.5 to 12 | Fists up and arms rolling in front of your chests. |
| 12 to 13 | A quick spin each, on the spot. |
| 13 to 15 | Back to the camera, arms rolling, dancing to the end. |
This Christmas dance effect at a glance
| This clip | |
|---|---|
| Photos | Two, one of each dancer |
| Price | 15 seconds for 7 credits at 480p, 12 at 720p or 24 at 1080p; 9:16 only |
| Kept from your photos | Your faces, hair, clothes and shoes |
| From the take | The living room, the tree, the still camera and every move |
| Sound | The trend’s song, 15 seconds, added to the finished clip |
| Your photos | Deleted 7 days after the render, never used to train AI |
| Tested | Rendered by us on 9 November 2026 from photos of two AI-made people, a woman with straight blonde hair and a man with short brown hair, at 480p. Both kept their own faces, hair and clothes for all 15 seconds and hit every beat of the take: the handshake, the hip sways, the knee lifts, the hands to the face and the spin. Two earlier test renders on the way did not swap both dancers, and we changed how the clip goes to the video model before this one. The clip at the top is that render |
Christmas dance AI here or in CapCut
| This Christmas dance AI | CapCut templates | |
|---|---|---|
| Where | In the browser, on a phone or computer | In the CapCut app |
| What you add | Two photos | Photos, after opening a template from a TikTok post |
| The dance | 15 seconds, the take we follow | Whatever the template you open was made from |
| Cost | 15 seconds for 7 credits at 480p, 12 at 720p or 24 at 1080p | Set by CapCut |
CapCut tutorials for the Christmas dance trend were on TikTok by 7 November. Make the Christmas dance AI video here if you would rather not install an app.
Tips for a better Christmas dance video
- Full-body photos work best: your legs and socks are in every frame, and what your photos hide is filled in by the model.
- Wear the same thing in both photos for a matching look: matching pajamas, red sweaters or Santa hats. Whatever you wear in the photo is what you dance in.
- Clear faces, facing the camera, in good light; the camera stays wide the whole time.
- Put the taller person in photo 2 if you want to match the take, where the taller dancer is on the right.
- Your own photos, or a friend who said yes. Faces of famous people and of children are not for this.
The moves step by step, for real or with AI: how to do the Christmas dance trend. The song everyone uses: the Christmas dance trend song. More for two: I love the Smiths AI, Chipmunks dance AI or all 50 AI video effects.
What is the Christmas dance trend on TikTok?
A deadpan duo routine from November 2026: a handshake, hip sways, knee lifts, hands to the face and a spin, danced to DJ Izzy Duzzit’s Deck the Halls mashup. The earliest post we found is from 2 November, a joke that became the dance of the season.
How do I make a Christmas dance AI video?
Add two clear photos, one of each of you, on RapVideo.ai, keep the Christmas Dance effect selected and press Make the effect. Download the MP4; the song is already on it.
Which site makes a Christmas dance AI video from photos?
RapVideo.ai, on this page: two photos, a 15-second 9:16 MP4 with the song, made in the browser on a phone or computer, no app needed.
Can my friend and I be in the same Christmas dance AI video?
Yes, that is the only way it works: one photo of you and one of your friend. You dance side by side, each in your own clothes.
What does Christmas dance AI cost?
15 seconds for 7 credits at 480p, 12 at 720p or 24 at 1080p on Wan 3.0, always 15 seconds in 9:16. Packs start at 10 credits for $9.99, and a failed render gives its credits back.
Is there a free Christmas dance AI video?
No. The only free part of RapVideo is one 2-second watermarked preview per Google account, of the default Hotel Lobby video, the Bulin 47 Freestyle or Tiny Desk; everything else is paid with credits.
Deck the halls
Your Christmas dance AI video, from two photos
15 seconds by the tree, song on, from 7 credits.
