It’s December and Christmas nail art has completely taken over our feeds – so I made a roundup of every style and shape because I have no chill. And now it’s time for – drumroll please – almond Christmas nails! I did the work so you don’t have to, and I’ve found festive almond-shaped manis for every aesthetic: neutral, sparkly, trendy, fun, classic – it’s ALL here. All you have to do is scroll, pick your fave, and slay. Let’s go.
1. Christmas Mix & Match
White base, plaid art, chrome stars, rhinestones in holiday colors – the almond shape gives you so much canvas space that you might as well use it.
2. Peppermint Swirl Design
I’m a simple girl. I see red Christmas nails with white peppermint swirls, I hit “save”. A classic for a reason, and the reason is that it slaps every single time.
3. Rudolph Nail Art
Pink holiday manicure with white snowflakes, glitter details and Rudolph-inspired art. This is what I call the “cute girlie Christmas” starter pack.
4. Frosty Chrome
Milky white base, opaque white snowflake art on every nail, then chrome the whole situation. Ice princess era activated.
5. Festive Stripe Art
Burgundy and pink stripes with gold stars – because striped art is huge for Christmas 2025 and we’re not about to miss our moment to be both trendy AND festive.
6. Classic Red & Green
You can’t go wrong with the traditional Christmas color combo, red and green – especially when they’re paired with gold chrome bows, rhinestones, and celestial art.
7. Snowy Ombre
White-to-pink ombre with snowflake art for the girlies who make “winter wonderland” their entire personality from November to February. I am those girlies. We’re thriving.
8. Textured Holiday Art
Red, green, and white almond nails with plaid, polka dots, star art, 3D bows AND colorful rhinestones. It’s quirky, it’s festive, it’s a full sensory experience.
9. Chrome French Mani
Classic white French tips but we’re adding gift bow art, snowflakes, then buffing in chrome powder. Almond Christmas mani for the elegant girlies.
10. Christmas Tree Art
Dark green on most nails, one sheer accent with a Christmas tree art. So simple you could DIY this (yes besties, you CAN draw a zigzag tree), but it hits every single time.
11. Christmas French Tips
Pink and red Frenchies decorated with ornaments, bows and polka dots. Almonds already have that snatched tapered tip so we’re just leaning ALL the way in.
12. Snowflake Nail Art
Icy blue nails with sweater patterns, snowflakes and glitter. This is your Elsa-core moment. Let it go? No thanks, we’re keeping this mani for the entire month of December.
13. Holly Berry Details
Milky white base with red French tips, bows and holly berry art that’s so photogenic I’m scheduling my whole Instagram feed around it.
14. Black & White
For my dramatic almond-nail girlies who refuse to do “cute”. Shimmery black nails + white nails with snow and monochrome candy cane art for accents.
15. Winter Plaid Accents
Ultra trendy plaid French tips with rhinestones, gold bows, and negative space cutouts. This set is so fire you’ll plan your entire December wardrobe around matching it.
16. Polka Dot Nails
If you’re not trying to have Christmas trees and Santa on your nails (valid), go with a red and dark red color story with polka dots and cute bows.
17. Pink Chrome
Want your tapered mani to actually stand out in a sea of red and green? Alternate white and pink, hit those accent nails with candy stripe art, then chrome everything.
18. Neutral Winter Mani
Alternate between brown and white nails, add plaid, snowflakes, and reindeer art. You get to be festive without betraying your entire neutral aesthetic. We love a compromise.
19. Colorful Xmas Nails
If you want something fun and trendy – red, pink, green and white palette, with polka dots and stripes going every direction. Chaotic good energy for the 2025 holidays.
20. Blue & White
Rotate between sapphire blue (the fanciest blue btw) and white French tips with snowflake art on your accent nails. I see you over there being all elegant and refined.
21. Christmas Bauble
Split your set between milky pink and rose gold glitter, add tiny Christmas bauble art on your feature nail. Warm tones absolutely demolishing the competition right now.
22. Gingerbread-Inspired Set
Combine light and dark taupe nails, add bow art and gingerbread detail as an accent Frenchie. We’re classy about our cookies now.
23. Rhinestone Bling
Milky base with stars and gems in holiday colors. If your philosophy is “more sparkle = more serotonin” then congratulations, you just found your December mani.
24. Short Almond Mani
Rocking short almond-shaped nails this winter? This is THE holiday set for you. Alternate between light brown glitter and milky white with polka dots and Rudolph art.
25. Cat-Eye French
Want something less in-your-face Christmassy but still festive? Pink cat-eye French tips with a bow accents. It’s giving coquette, it’s giving pretty – just wait til the light hits these.
26. Glittery Bow Art
Neutral base then an oversized gold glitter bow on each nail. This is a HUGE hit for Christmas 2025 and longer almonds are made to pull this off.
27. Silver French Tips
Silver glitter French tips with bows and blue rhinestones – sparkly perfection that works for both Christmas AND New Year’s Eve (double duty queen behavior).
28. Gold Manicure
Gold glitter nails but we’re being EXTRA extra. Candy cane swirls, snowflakes, outlined French tips. Go big or go home and we are clearly not going home.
29. Holiday Skittle Nails
A simple Christmas nail idea for your almonds – just paint each nail a different color (red, green, white, gold). Minimal effort, maximum slay – my favorite genre of mani.
30. Mismatched Mani
Ending on a fun note as we should. Silver chrome, red polka dots, white pearl stickers, black star art – nothing matches and everything works.
And that’s a wrap on Christmas almond nail ideas! Comment your faves, share this post if I helped you pick your holiday mani, and have a very merry Christmas, nail fam.🎄
