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All I Want for Christmas Dance: Join the TikTok Trend With Your Photos

Matching Christmas pajamas, hip sways, a hand-in-hand swing and arms up on the sped-up song: the November 2026 TikTok dance. Add a friend's photo and yours, three photos for a trio, or one for a solo or a pet.

The original All I Want Xmas Dance reel by @calysta.belleOriginal reel
  • 2 photos you add
  • 12 s clip with sound
  • 9:16 for TikTok, Reels, Shorts
  • No watermark

No prompt to write: Add your photos and tap once

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The All I Want for Christmas dance is the viral TikTok routine of November 2026: friends in matching Christmas pajamas sway, swing and throw their arms up to a sped-up "All I Want for Christmas Is You". MakeViral puts your faces into a real take of the dance from two or three photos, or makes a solo or pet version from one.

Also called All I Want for Christmas sped up dance · New Christmas Dance Alert · Ayiah Soufi Christmas dance · Christmas dance with your friends

Example

What the All I Want Xmas Dance video looks like

These are the trend's own reels, not MakeViral results: real creators and their families, each with the sped-up song. Duo and Friends put your photos into these reels in place of the dancers, so your video follows the same moves with your faces. Solo and Pet are made from your photo with the same beats. No two runs come out the same.

Original reel by @calysta.belle, 12 s

The original reel by @calysta.belle: she and her mom, in matching plaid Christmas pajamas in their kitchen, sway, swing around each other hand in hand and throw their arms up to the sped-up song. Duo copies this reel.

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Original reel by @elliesoufii, 12 s

The original reel by @elliesoufii: she dances with her sister Ayiah, who made up the dance, and their mom; two of them make an arch and she walks under it to the camera. Friends copies this reel.

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Step by step

How to make the All I Want Xmas Dance video on MakeViral

Everything runs in the browser. No editing app, no prompt to write, no watermark.

  1. Add the two photos

    Press "Create your own" and add you, on the left, then your friend, on the right. Photo 1 goes on the left of the scene, photo 2 on the right. Take them with the camera or pick them from your library.

  2. Press Generate

    The button shows the price. Seedance 2.5 puts your photos into the All I Want for Christmas dance trend clip and copies it shot by shot for 12 seconds, with the reel's original song. You write no prompt.

  3. Download or share

    The video is ready in up to several minutes as a 9:16 MP4. Download it, share it from your phone, or find it later in My videos.

Which photo works best?

Duo takes two photos: photo 1 dances on the left, photo 2 on the right. Friends takes three: photo 1 is the lead in the middle who ends in the close-up, photo 2 dances on the left and photo 3 on the right. Solo and Pet take one.

  • One adult per photo, the face sharp and turned to the camera, in good light. Selfies work; waist-up photos are best.
  • No sunglasses, no hat that hides the face, no beauty filter, and nobody else in the photo.
  • Your outfit does not matter: every version dresses you in Christmas pajamas, like the trend.
  • Pet: a sharp photo with the whole animal in view and the face clear. Fur colors and markings come from the photo.
  • Use photos of yourself, of adults who agreed, or of your own pet. Never a celebrity, a stranger or a child.

Where did the All I Want Xmas Dance trend start?

The dance started on 3 November 2026, when the creator Ayiah Soufi (@ayiahsoufi_) posted it with a friend under the caption "NEW CHRISTMAS DANCE ALERT! DC: US!!" (DC means dance credit: they made it up). The clip had 4.6 million views and 600,500 likes by 12 November, and its top comment, "Ok now this dance is actually good", had 115,900 likes. The sound is a sped-up cut of Mariah Carey's 1994 hit "All I Want for Christmas Is You", a TikTok sound first posted in November 2024 that had 112,700 videos by 12 November 2026.

Two days later she posted "GUYS KEEP DOING OUR DANCE!" (2.3 million views), then a trio and a 4-person version. Families and best friends picked it up: the creator @calysta.belle and her mom posted their take on 6 November (236,300 views), and Ayiah's older sister @elliesoufii a trio with Ayiah and their mom on 8 November. On 8 November @thedancershub4 put the takes together as "Christmas dances to do w/your friends Pt. 1" (219,200 views). AI tools followed: on 11 November a template site launched an effect called "New Christmas Dance Alert", the words of her caption.

  1. A sped-up cut of "All I Want for Christmas Is You" goes up on TikTok as an "original sound"; it later carries the dance. TikTok

  2. Ayiah Soufi posts the dance with a friend as "NEW CHRISTMAS DANCE ALERT!"; the clip has 4.6 million views and 600,500 likes by 12 November. TikTok

  3. She posts a second take, "GUYS KEEP DOING OUR DANCE!", which reaches 2.3 million views; a trio (1.4 million) and a 4-person version (1.1 million) follow on 7 and 8 November. TikTok

  4. @calysta.belle and her mom post their take in matching plaid pajamas; it has 236,300 views by 12 November. TikTok

  5. @thedancershub4 posts "Christmas dances to do w/your friends Pt. 1", a mix of takes of the sped-up dance (219,200 views by 12 November). TikTok

  6. The sped-up sound has 112,700 TikTok videos.

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The All I Want Xmas Dance prompts

You do not need these: the one-tap flow runs them for you, together with the trend clip. [Image 1] and [Image 2] are your two photos, and [Video 1] is the trend clip the video copies.

Duo

2 photos: you, on the left + your friend, on the rightSeedance 2.512 s · 720p · 9:16183 credits
Video prompt

Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot, in one continuous take: the same bright open kitchen with the white floor, the black cabinets, the steel fridge, the white bar stools, the white loft balcony and the skylight above and the tall window on the right, the same fixed phone camera, framing, timing and dance moves. The ONLY change: the woman on the left is now the person in [Image 1], and the woman on the right is now the person in [Image 2]. Both still wear the matching pink-and-green plaid Christmas pajamas from the video, barefoot. Dancer 1 (left) = the person in [Image 1], in EVERY frame: copy the exact face from [Image 1]: face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles exactly as in the photo. NO wavy shoulder-length blonde hair unless [Image 1] shows it. Dancer 2 (right) = the person in [Image 2], in EVERY frame: copy the exact face from [Image 2]: face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles exactly as in the photo. NO long straight platinum-blonde hair unless [Image 2] shows it. The same real people in every frame, from the first second to the last, so their friends instantly recognize them, also when they swing around each other hand in hand. Never morph, never drift back to the original dancers' faces, never add or remove facial hair. Do not mix the two faces: [Image 1] is only dancer 1 on the left, [Image 2] is only dancer 2 on the right, and both are back in their own places after the swing. Both change: no one from the video stays, also when only the back of a head shows. The dance, matching the reference second by second, on the beat, with big smiles. Do not invent additional moves. 0-1 s: both swing their arms up to one side and pop a hip. 1-3 s: hands at the collar, shoulder rolls and hip sways. 3-4.5 s: arms out wide, then little waves by the shoulders. 4.5-6.5 s: hands on the hips, hip sways, a clap at the chest. 6.5-8.5 s: they grab each other's hands at arm's length and swing around each other in a circle, the hair flying, then a quick spin. 8.5-10.5 s: back side by side facing the camera, hands at the collar, hip sways. 10.5-12 s: both throw their arms up high and laugh at the camera. Anatomy rules: one head per person, on that person's own shoulders. A face never appears on knees, legs, hands or clothes. Exactly two people. Natural balance, believable steps, stable ground contact. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. No extra dancers, no duplicate bodies, no extra limbs, no fused fingers, no text, no captions, no logos, no watermark.

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Friends

3 photos: you, the lead in the middle + friend 2, on the left + friend 3, on the rightSeedance 2.512 s · 720p · 9:16183 credits
Video prompt

Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot, in one continuous take: the same bright bedroom with the white walls, the gold ceiling fan, the dark wood floor and the small lit Christmas trees, the same fixed phone camera, framing, timing and dance moves. The ONLY change: the woman in the middle who starts and ends close to the camera is now the person in [Image 1], the woman on the left is now the person in [Image 2], and the woman on the right is now the person in [Image 3]. All three still wear the Christmas pajamas from the video. The lead (middle) = the person in [Image 1], in EVERY frame: copy the exact face from [Image 1]: face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles exactly as in the photo. NO long straight dark-brown hair unless [Image 1] shows it. This face is large and sharp in the close-ups. The dancer on the left = the person in [Image 2], in EVERY frame: copy the exact face from [Image 2] in the same way. NO long light-brown hair and no pink hair bow unless [Image 2] shows them. The dancer on the right = the person in [Image 3], in EVERY frame: copy the exact face from [Image 3] in the same way. NO platinum-blonde hair bun unless [Image 3] shows it. The same real people in every frame, so their friends instantly recognize them, also under the arch and in the close-up. Never morph, never drift back to the original dancers' faces, never add or remove facial hair. Do not mix the faces: [Image 1] is only the lead, [Image 2] only the dancer on the left, [Image 3] only the dancer on the right. All three change: no one from the video stays, also in the back during the close-up. The dance, matching the reference second by second, on the beat, with big smiles. Do not invent additional moves. 0-0.5 s: the lead is close to the camera and steps back into the line. 0.5-5 s: all three side by side, hip sways, hands at the collar, little waves by the face and small side steps. 5-6 s: the dancers on the left and on the right turn to each other while the lead steps back. 6-7.5 s: the dancers on the left and on the right join both hands high above their heads to make an arch, the lead behind them. 7.5-8.5 s: the lead walks forward under the arch toward the camera. 8.5-12 s: the lead dances close to the camera, a medium close-up from the chest up, mouthing the words and smiling, while the two others dance behind her with their arms up. Anatomy rules: one head per person, on that person's own shoulders. A face never appears on knees, legs, hands or clothes. Exactly three people. Natural balance, believable steps, stable ground contact. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. No extra dancers, no duplicate bodies, no extra limbs, no fused fingers, no text, no captions, no logos, no watermark.

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Solo

1 photo: you, face clearSeedance 2.512 s · 720p · 9:16152 credits
Video prompt

A fun vertical Christmas dance video: the person in [Image 1] does a bouncy Christmas pajama dance alone, like a viral phone video. One continuous take with no cuts, photorealistic, a fixed phone camera at chest height, a medium-wide shot from the knees up so the face stays large. The dancer is the person in [Image 1], in every frame: copy the exact face from [Image 1] (the face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles). The face stays the same from the first frame to the last, also during the spin, so their friends recognize them at once. If [Image 1] shows an animal, the dancer is that animal standing upright on its hind legs, with its own face, fur and markings, not a person. The dancer wears pink-and-green plaid Christmas pajamas, not the clothes from the photo, barefoot. The place: a bright open home kitchen with a white floor, black cabinets, a lit Christmas tree with warm fairy lights in the corner, soft daylight. The dance, on the beat, with a big smile: 0-1 s: the dancer swings both arms up to one side and pops a hip. 1-3 s: hands at the collar, shoulder rolls and hip sways. 3-4.5 s: arms out wide, then little waves by the shoulders. 4.5-6.5 s: hands on the hips, hip sways, a clap at the chest. 6.5-8.5 s: a big swing of the arms and one quick full spin, the hair flying. 8.5-10.5 s: facing the camera again, hands at the collar, hip sways. 10.5-12 s: both arms thrown up high, laughing at the camera; the face is large and sharp: exactly the face from [Image 1]. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. Anatomy rules: one head, two arms, two legs and five fingers on each hand. Exactly one dancer. Natural balance, stable ground contact. No extra dancers, no duplicate bodies, no extra limbs, no fused fingers, no children, no text, no captions, no logos, no watermark.

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Pet

1 photo: your pet, whole bodySeedance 2.512 s · 720p · 9:16152 credits
Video prompt

A funny vertical Christmas dance video: the pet in [Image 1] stands upright on its hind legs and dances to a Christmas song, like a viral phone video. One continuous take with no cuts, photorealistic, a fixed phone camera at the pet's chest height, a medium-wide shot of the whole animal so its face stays large. The dancer is the pet in [Image 1], whole body, in every frame: the same species and breed, head shape, muzzle, eyes, ears, fur colors, fur length, markings and body shape as in [Image 1], with the natural body volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything, so its owner instantly recognizes it. It stands upright on its hind legs like a person the whole time. The place: a bright open home kitchen with a white floor, black cabinets and a lit Christmas tree with warm fairy lights in the corner, soft daylight. The dance, on the beat, happy and bouncy: 0-1 s: the pet swings both front paws up to one side and pops a hip. 1-3 s: front paws at the chest, little shoulder rolls and hip sways. 3-4.5 s: front legs out wide, then little paw waves. 4.5-6.5 s: front paws on the hips, hip sways, a clap of the front paws. 6.5-8.5 s: one quick full spin, the ears and the tail flying. 8.5-10.5 s: facing the camera again, front paws at the chest, hip sways. 10.5-12 s: both front paws thrown up high; the face is large and sharp: exactly the pet from [Image 1]. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. Anatomy rules: one head and one tail. Two hind legs on the floor and two front legs, no extra legs or paws, no human hands. Exactly one animal. Natural balance, stable ground contact. No people, no extra animals, no text, no captions, no logos, no watermark.

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How many credits does it cost?

You pay per video in credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. The one-tap price covers the video, made in one step from your photos and the trend clip, charged once. Each version has its own price: Duo 183 credits, Friends 183 credits, Solo 152 credits, Pet 152 credits. The cheaper models are there if you run the prompts by hand in AI Video.

Video modelSettingsCredits
Duo: Seedance 2.5 (this template)12 s, 720p, copies the trend clip, one tap183
Friends: Seedance 2.5 (this template)12 s, 720p, copies the trend clip, one tap183
Solo: Seedance 2.5 (this template)12 s, 720p, straight from your photos, one tap152
Pet: Seedance 2.5 (this template)12 s, 720p, straight from your photos, one tap152

One-time packs and plans are on the pricing page. A failed video gives its credits back.

What are the All I Want for Christmas dance steps?

The routine is short, about 12 seconds of the sped-up song, and every take keeps the same beats. These are the All I Want for Christmas dance moves as the Duo reel does them:

SecondsMove
0 to 1Both arms swing up to one side, a hip pops.
1 to 3Hands at the collar, shoulder rolls and hip sways.
3 to 4.5Arms out wide, then little waves by the shoulders.
4.5 to 6.5Hands on the hips, more hip sways, a clap at the chest.
6.5 to 8.5The partners grab hands and swing around each other, then a quick spin. In the trio, two make an arch and the third walks under it.
8.5 to 12Back side by side, then arms thrown up high and big smiles.

You do not need to learn the All I Want for Christmas dance choreography or watch a tutorial: the AI plays the whole routine from your photos. If you want to film it yourself later, this beat list is the routine in a few lines.

Which version should you pick?

  • Duo (2 photos): the classic of the All I Want for Christmas dance trend. Your two faces go into a real family take of the dance: the same bright kitchen, the same matching plaid pajamas, the hand-in-hand swing. 12 seconds. Made for best friends, couples, sisters, and a Christmas dance with mom.
  • Friends (3 photos): a Christmas dance trio. Photo 1 leads in the middle, walks under the arch the other two make and ends in a close-up. 12 seconds.
  • Solo (1 photo): you dance the same beats alone in Christmas pajamas, in a kitchen with a lit tree. It is made from your photo and a written routine, so the moves are looser than in the reel copies.
  • Pet (1 photo): your dog or cat stands up and dances the routine by the tree, paws up at the end.

All four come with the trend's sped-up song, put back on after the run, and you can turn it off on the result screen. Duo and Friends copy a real take of the dance, so they look the most like the TikTok clips; most Christmas dances for 2 or for two people on TikTok are duos like this one. Press "Create your own" and pick a version; the exact price shows on the Generate button before you spend anything.

Which sound and hashtags should you post it with?

Your All I Want for Christmas dance video comes with the sped-up All I Want for Christmas Is You sound that the dance is cut to, so it is ready to post, the way the All I Want for Christmas trend TikTok clips sound. You can turn the song off on the result screen and pick the TikTok sound when you post instead. The song belongs to its owners, and MakeViral gives you no rights to it. Music rules differ from platform to platform, so check them before you use the clip in an ad or a paid post.

Hashtags: the creators use #christmasdance (74,974 TikTok videos on 12 November 2026), #newdance, #christmas and #duo or #trio. #alliwantforchristmas is far bigger (716,668 videos), but most of those posts are about the song, not the dance. The same tags work on Instagram Reels. Keep the platform's AI label on.

Caption ideas for your All I Want for Christmas dance, in the meme style of the takes: "POV: mom learned the new Christmas dance", "Christmas dances to do with your bestie", "Us every December". Or write your own.

Want more Christmas dances to do? The Christmas pajama dance is the other viral routine of November 2026, a deadpan Deck the Halls dance first posted by the same creator.

What goes wrong, and how do you fix it?

ProblemFix
A face looks less like the photoUse sharp, front-facing photos in good light, one person per photo, then run it again.
Two faces swap in the swing (Duo)It can happen when partners turn around each other. Run it again; photos with clearly different hair help.
Long blonde hair shows up on someoneThe dancers in the reels have it. The prompt bans it unless the photo shows it; run it again.
A face in the back looks small (Friends)Three people share the frame; the lead's close-up at the end is the big face. Put the person who matters most in photo 1.
The moves look loose (Solo, Pet)Solo and Pet are made from a written routine, not from a reel. Duo and Friends follow the real dance more closely.
The video model refuses a photoSome photos get refused. The credits come back; try another photo.
FAQ

All I Want Xmas Dance trend questions

What is the All I Want for Christmas dance?
It is a viral TikTok dance from November 2026: two or three friends in matching Christmas pajamas do a short routine of hip sways, waves, a hand-in-hand swing and arms up to a sped-up cut of "All I Want for Christmas Is You". Creator Ayiah Soufi posted it first on 3 November 2026, and her clip had 4.6 million views by 12 November.
Who made the All I Want for Christmas is you dance trend?
Ayiah Soufi (@ayiahsoufi_) and a friend made it up and posted it on 3 November 2026 as "NEW CHRISTMAS DANCE ALERT! DC: US!!". She asked people to keep doing it two days later, and families and friends did: the Ayiah Soufi Christmas dance now has duo, trio and 4-person takes. It is not the TikTok Christmas pajama dance to Deck the Halls, which she also posted that week.
What song is the All I Want for Christmas dance TikTok trend on?
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey (1994), sped up. The TikTok sound is an "original sound" first posted in November 2024, and the All I Want for Christmas is you dance TikTok takes use it. Your MakeViral clip comes with the same sped-up seconds; you can turn them off on the result screen. The song belongs to its owners.
How do I make an All I Want for Christmas AI video?
Press "Create your own", pick Duo, Friends, Solo or Pet, and add your photos: two for Duo, three for Friends, one for Solo or Pet. Press Generate; the button shows the price first. You get a 12-second All I Want for Christmas AI video with the song (an All I Want for Christmas is you AI template with no prompt to write), and it waits in My videos when it is ready.
Can I do the dance with my friends from photos?
Yes. Duo puts you and one friend in the dance, and Friends puts three of you in it. It is the easy way to do the Christmas dances to do with your friends that fill TikTok this season, even when your friends live far away: each person can send a selfie.
Is there an All I Want for Christmas dance tutorial?
Creators post step-by-step tutorials of the All I Want for Christmas dance routine on TikTok. With MakeViral you skip the tutorial: the AI plays every step from your photos. The beat list on this page shows the steps if you want to learn it too.
Can my dog or cat do the All I Want for Christmas dance?
Yes. Pick Pet and add one sharp photo of your pet. It stands up on its hind legs in a kitchen with a lit Christmas tree and dances the same beats: hip sways, paw waves, a spin and paws up at the end. It is made from the photo, so the moves are looser than in the Duo reel.
Is this the Mariah Carey Christmas AI video?
No. Some sites make a Mariah Carey Christmas AI video that puts you in her music video or her 1994 concert. This page is the TikTok dance: you and your friends do the routine in Christmas pajamas. It never uses the singer's face, video or concert.
How long is the video and what format is it?
Every version makes about 12 seconds, vertical 9:16 at 720p, as an MP4 with the sped-up song and no watermark. Duo and Friends follow the reel's own frame and timing; Solo and Pet follow the same beats.
Which AI models make the videos?
Top-quality AI video models, including Seedance 2.5. Duo and Friends put your faces into a real take of the dance, so they keep its moves, room and camera. Solo and Pet are made straight from your photo with the routine written out. A run can take up to several minutes.
Will the people from the original reels be in my video?
No. Duo and Friends replace every dancer of the reel with the people from your photos, also in the back. Use photos of yourself and of adults who agreed, never a celebrity, a stranger or a child.
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