Church Christmas graphics, from the first Sunday of Advent.

Church Christmas graphics for Advent and Christmas Eve 2026: dates, a posting timeline, real templates and sizes for a post, a Story and a service program.

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Five Christmas designs in evergreen, gold and cream: an Advent candle Story reading Peace has a name, a Christmas Eve invitation, a Christmas Eve service program cover, a cream Come home for Christmas Story and an Advent begins post.

When is Advent 2026, and when is Christmas Eve?

Advent begins on Sunday 29 November 2026 and Christmas Eve is Thursday 24 December. Announce Advent a week ahead, post a candle each Sunday and send the Christmas Eve invitation about ten days out.

  • Advent 2026 runs from Sunday 29 November, with the other Sundays on 6, 13 and 20 December. Christmas Eve is Thursday 24 December, Christmas Day is Friday 25 December and Watch Night is Thursday 31 December.
  • These are Western church dates. Some Eastern Orthodox churches keep Christmas on 7 January, so check your own calendar.
  • Seven designs cover most of the season: an Advent post, a weekly candle, a Christmas Eve invite, a Christmas Day post, a Watch Night post, a verse and a service program.
  • Sizes in Design: Square 1080 × 1080, Story 1080 × 1920 and Half-letter 5.5 × 8.5 in for a program. Design is free with any account.

Printing a Christmas Eve flyer or program?

Pick Half-letter bulletin or Letter to see the trim, the bleed, the safe area and the pixels to export for print.

Flyer print size calculator

Pick a paper size to see its bleed, safe area and the pixels to export for print.

Print resolution

Trim size

8.5 × 11 in

Size with bleed

8.75 × 11.25 in

Pixels to export at 300 DPI (with bleed)

2625 × 3375 px

Safe-area inset

0.25 in

Aspect ratio

1 : 1.29

Trim in millimetres: 215.9 × 279.4 mm. Without bleed: 2550 × 3300 px. With bleed: 2625 × 3375 px.

In Design, export the PNG at the default Maximum quality preset (2x), or export a JPG and set its scale to 2x. Design stores print pages at 150 units per inch, so 2x is 300 DPI.

Sample flyer for a fictional church

  • Bleed: art runs out here, then gets cut off
  • Trim line: where it is cut
  • Safe area: keep text inside, 0.25 in from trim

A guide, not a printer spec. Bleed of 0.125 in and a 0.25 in safe area are the values Design uses. Printers such as 4over4 ask for text at least 0.125 in inside the trim, and some ask for 3 mm of bleed. Check your printer's own template before you order. Pixels are size in inches times DPI, rounded.

Computes the trim size, the size with 0.125 in bleed, the pixel dimensions at 150 or 300 DPI, the 0.25 in safe-area inset and the aspect ratio for the print sizes Design offers or a custom size. The default is US Letter at 300 DPI with bleed: 8.5 × 11 in trim, 8.75 × 11.25 in with bleed, and 2625 × 3375 px. The preview is captioned as a sample flyer for a fictional church, with placeholder church name and address. In Design, a PNG at the default 2x scale, or a JPG set to 2x, is 300 DPI.

The sizes a Christmas plan needs.

Choose a size to see a Christmas design at that shape, drawn to scale.

A square evergreen Christmas Eve invitation with a gold star and the words Join us for Christmas Eve, candlelight, carols and the whole story, Dec 24.

Feed post: Square

1080 × 1080

The size for the invitation and the weekly Advent post. Square works in any feed, and Design can copy a finished post into Portrait or Story.

Three Christmas sizes drawn to scale: a Square post, a Story and a Half-letter program.

A Christmas posting timeline for 2026.

Six posts to make and post yourself, in the order people need them. Dates are for 2026.

  1. Sunday 22 November

    Advent and Christmas dates

    A week before Advent, one post with the Advent theme and the dates and times of your Christmas services. Add a flyer for the lobby.

  2. Sunday 29 November

    Advent begins

    A quiet post for the first Sunday with the first candle and one line of Scripture. Keep one look for the whole season.

  3. Sundays 6, 13 and 20 December

    A candle each week

    The same design with a new week and a new line each Sunday. It is easy to make once and change three words.

  4. Monday 14 December

    The Christmas Eve invitation

    Ten days out, the invitation with every service time, the address and who is welcome. Add a Story people can share.

  5. Thursday 24 and Friday 25 December

    Tonight and Christmas morning

    A Christmas Eve post with the times in the morning, and a Christmas Day post with the service time. Post early so people see them before they leave home.

  6. Thursday 31 December

    Watch Night

    If you hold one, a post for the end of the year with the time and the plan. Then thank visitors and say what is next on Sunday 3 January.

Christmas designs you can start from.

Real Christmas templates from the Design catalog, shown as they open, with the Advent date changed to Advent 2026. The service program is a sample for a fictional church, drawn for this page. Change the words, colors and photo to your own.

  • A cream Christmas Eve invitation Story reading Come home for Christmas, Dec 24, 5, 7 and 9 PM.

    Christmas Eve invite

  • A tall evergreen Advent Story with a gold candle reading Peace has a name, Light the candle, wait in hope.

    Advent candle Story

  • A square evergreen and gold Advent post reading Wait with us, Nov 29.

    Advent begins

  • A square evergreen Christmas Eve invitation with a gold star.

    Christmas Eve post

  • A square Christmas Day post with a gold star reading Glory to God in the highest, Dec 25, 10 AM.

    Christmas Day

  • A cream square verse post with a gold star reading Unto us a child is born, Isaiah 9:6.

    Christmas verse

  • A tall navy Watch Night Story reading End the year on your knees, Dec 31, 10 PM to midnight.

    Watch Night

  • A sample Christmas Eve program spread with an order of service of six moments on the left and a welcome note on the right.

    Sample: service program inside

What a Christmas Eve invitation needs.

Six things to check before the invitation goes out, each with the question to ask.

  • Every service time

    Are all the times on it, with AM or PM?

    Visitors choose a service from the invitation. Write 5, 7 and 9 PM in full, and say if one is for families.

  • The right date and weekday

    Does the date match this year?

    Christmas Eve 2026 is a Thursday. A template with last year's date is the most common mistake, so read every number twice.

  • Place and parking

    Can a first-time guest find the door?

    The address, where to park and which entrance. Add a map link for the online post.

  • Who it is for

    Does it say children are welcome?

    Families decide fast. Say whether there is a children's program and how long the service runs.

  • An online option

    Is there a livestream, and where is the link?

    Say it plainly if you stream the service, and put the link on the Story, not only on the post.

  • One look all season

    Do the Advent, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day posts match?

    One font and two colors across the season make the church easy to recognise. Set them once in your Brand Kit.

Start from a Christmas template.

Open Design with a free account, pick a Christmas or Advent template, change the words, dates and photo and download it. Make the program from a Folded bulletin and print it on the office copier.

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The Design editor with the Templates panel open beside a Square quote design headed Rooted, Week 3, with category tiles for Verses, Big Idea, Quotes, Questions, Sermon Recap and Stat Impact.

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Ready for Christmas.

Pick a template, set your dates and download it for your own posting.

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