Christmas 2025 nail trends are here and they’re ready to slay. I’ve rounded up 40 Christmas nail designs that are about to take over your feed, your Pinterest boards, and probably your whole December personality. Whether you’re a maximalist who wants every single rhinestone, bow, and glitter particle, a minimalist who thinks one snowflake is enough holiday cheer, or somewhere in between – there’s something here that’s about to become your new nail obsession. Let’s get into it!
1. Christmas Chrome French
White French tips, gift bows, snowflake art, then chrome over everything. Chrome is massive right now and makes all the holiday details pop – we’re out here looking festive AND shiny.
2. Holiday Mix & Match
Red, green, white – the holy trinity of Christmas colors – and then we’re throwing rhinestones, bows, gold beads, and negative space cutouts. The holiday cheer is LOUD, and we love to see it.
3. Bows & Rhinestones
Red manicure with bows, gold French tips, and rhinestones – this set is the Mariah Carey of December nails. Glamorous, extra, and making everyone else look broke.
5. Festive Stripe Accents
For a modern Christmas mani, go for deep red nails with pink stripes, plus gold stars sprinkled on top. Striped nails have had us in a chokehold all year – might as well take them into the holidays.
6. Winter Wonderland Art
Your white winter-themed French with a whole plot: sheer base, abstract swoops, candy-cane inspired stripes, and delicate snowflake art. It’s giving ice princess.
7. Christmas Holly
Alternate between red chrome and milky white nails with tiny holly berry accents. It’s classic Christmas nail art, but we’re making it extra cute for December 2025.
8. Festive Plaid Details
Plaid is everywhere right now – NailTok’s losing it, Pinterest can’t get enough, and I’m fully on board too. The perfect Xmas French tip combo? Tartan with gold bows and gems for extra holiday sparkle.
9. Green & Gold Combo
Green nails + gold chrome detailing – this is for my bougie nail girlies who want to give off luxury Christmas vibes. Like, yes, I AM the gift, thanks for noticing.
10. Xmas Coquette French
Santa red nails with accent Frenchies and little red bows because our entire personality this season is just 🎀✨. Coquette girlies won Christmas and you can’t change my mind.
11. Glazed Snowflake Mani
Vanilla chrome nails with white snowflake art – perfect for when you’re over red and green and want to give your nails a classy holiday makeover.
12. Festive Red & Green
Red and green mismatched Frenchies with chrome bows and colorful rhinestones. It’s basically a Christmas tree on your fingers, and the commitment to the theme? Respect. No notes.
13. Pink Christmas Nails
For my pink girly pops who looked at traditional Christmas colors and said “no ❤️”. Light pink, glitter, white gift bow art – Christmas is a mood, not a color palette, and we’re doing it OUR way.
14. Gingerbread-Themed Art
Brown and blue combo has NO business going this hard but here we are – it’s trending everywhere and looking elite. If you’re doing gingerbread nail art in 2025, this is the way to go.
15. Candy Cane Stripes
A classic Christmas nail design we see every year, but honestly? Still cute. Red base + candy cane stripes + gold details = if it ain’t broke, slap some glitter on it and call it a day.
16. Silver Glitter French
Silver nails with blue gems – because why settle for just Christmas nails when you can ride this look all the way into NYE? Playing the long game with our nail choices and I respect it.
17. Micro Christmas Art
Green, red, and white nails with tiny mistletoe, snowflakes, and ornaments – these designs are so SMOL I might shed a tear. If you’re all about super detailed, adorable designs, this one is yours.
18. White & Silver Combo
Classic white French tips, but we dressed them up with silver snowflakes. Subtle holiday energy for my classy girlies who want to be festive without going full Rudolph.
19. Polka Dot Mani
Split your set between dark red and white full-coverage nails and French tips, then throw on some polka dots. It’s vintage holiday card meets modern nail art, and the mashup WORKS.
20. Cute Reindeer Accents
Milky pink base, white French tips, and then we’re going ALL OUT. Gold glitter, reindeer art, snowflakes, and bows. Because what’s Christmas without a little extra?
21. Christmas Stamps
Milky white nails with oversized red bows and cute Christmas postage stamp art? Yeah, we’re fully leaning into that “dear Santa, I’ve been good-ish” energy.
22. Blue & White Combo
Alternate between white and sapphire blue French tips, and save the feature nails for snowflake art because we’re classy like that. Nutcracker ballerina vibes are in full effect.
23. Santa Claus French
Santa hat Frenchies because we’re unapologetically festive. My family will spot me from a mile away and immediately know they’re about to take 47 pics of my hands for content.
24. Frosty Ombre Design
Icy blue mani with dainty little snowflakes and I’m having soft-girl winter feelings about it. Dreamy, elegant, perfect for when you want to look like you just stepped out of a snow globe.
25. Christmas Tree Art
Glittery red French tips, gold christmas tree art, bows, red and white dots – if there’s any blank space left we failed. Doing the most and doing it correctly.
26. White & Gold Combo
Full glittery gold nails alternating with white Frenchies outlined in MORE gold glitter, topped with snowflake art. Is it extra? No actually, gold is a neutral in December and I said what I said.
27. Red Velvet Manicure
Red velvet-effect manicure with accent French tips and snowflakes – Christmas nails so aesthetically pleasing you’re posting 15 different angles to your story.
28. Black Christmas Nails
Not everyone wants to ditch their black polish just because it’s December and honestly? Respect. Black nails, sparkle topcoat, white bow art – Christmas but make it dark academia.
29. Snowy Ombre Mani
White to clear ombre, throw some snowflakes on there, done. That’s literally the whole recipe for making your white nails look dreamy and winter wonderland coded.
30. Peppermint Swirls
Your maximalist glittery Christmas mani. Red base with white and red peppermint swirl art that looks like those giant lollipops from the mall Santa photo setup. I could stare at these all day.
31. Glittery Pink French
Glittery pink French tips with stars and a little reindeer face – how cute is this?? I mean, the reindeer has better bone structure than me, and honestly I’m not even mad about it.
32. Neutral Holiday Nails
Beige with gold glitter and snowflakes for the girlies who want be festive but also have an aesthetic to maintain. This is how you do Christmas without leaving your neutral comfort zone.
33. Red Chrome Mani
We’re so used to cherry red chrome by now that it’s basically a neutral, but for Christmas? Go bright red and drown them in chrome powder until they’re visible from the ISS.
34. Star Nail Art
Milky white base with green star art that works for Christmas, NYE, and your star girl era. I stan a multipurpose queen who’s getting her money’s worth out of one mani.
35. Sweater Pattern
Maximalist alert. White and pink nails with textured sweater pattern art, 3D bows, candy cane swirls, snowflakes – festive Barbie-core is alive and kicking.
36. Cat-Eye Effect
We cannot skip the cat-eye trend, she’s too powerful. Do it in traditional Christmas colors with candy cane stripes and let that cat-eye depth and shine do all the heavy lifting.
37. Shimmery Purple Set
Glittery purple nails with snow globe art, because who said Christmas has to be red and green? Not us. We’re out here living our sugarplum fairy dreams and thriving.
38. Christmas Pudding Art
Shimmery brown nails with Christmas pudding art – perfect if you refuse to do bright nails but still want to participate in the holiday industrial complex. Genuinely adorable AND tasty looking.
39. Pearl French Tips
Classic red French tips + white pearl stickers everywhere. Simple but make it expensive-looking because that’s what pearls DO – they take your bold red situation and make it elegant.
40. Gold French Tips
Gold glitter French tips outlined in white plus gift bow art, because we’re ending this list the way we started – with sparkle and excellent taste.
And that’s a wrap on Christmas nail designs for 2025. Now it’s your turn – drop your faves in the comments and share this post to show us some love on socials. And of course, Merry Christmas to our TPI nail fam – may your nails be festive and your holiday drama be minimal (but like, give me the tea if it’s not). 🎄✨
