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Santa Nice List AI Video: Santa Checks His List and Finds You

Santa unrolls his Naughty & Nice list in his workshop, smiles at the camera, and a swirl of gold sparkles opens on your own photo in a big gold frame while he says "You're on the nice list!" One photo in, a 10-second vertical clip with Santa's voice out.

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The Santa nice list video is a Christmas AI trend from November 2026: Santa checks his Naughty & Nice list in a candle-lit workshop, golden sparkles fly, and the person on the list shows up in an ornate gold frame. Here that person is you, your partner or your pet. You need one clear photo.

Also called Santa's Nice List trend · Santa checking his list · You're on the nice list

Example

What the Santa Nice List video looks like

The first video is a MakeViral result from one photo of an AI-made man, with the model's own sound. The second is the AI Santa from the trend's template clip with its own sound, not a MakeViral result: it stops where the how-to's captions start. Your video goes on to the reveal, your own photo in the gold frame.

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Made with MakeViral from one photo of an AI-made man: Santa unrolls his Naughty & Nice list in the workshop, then the photo shows up in a glowing gold frame under the garlands.

Original reel by @krjxejaig5, 10 s

The Santa part of the CapCut template clip, from @krjxejaig5's post (6 Nov 2026, 439,600 views): Santa unrolls his Naughty & Nice list, smiles and stands up. AI-made, with its own Spanish Santa voice.

Step by step

How to make the Santa Nice List video on MakeViral

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

  1. Add your photo

    Press "Create your own" and add you, face clear. Take it with the camera or pick it from your library.

  2. Press Generate

    The button shows the price. Seedance 2.5 films the Santa Nice List scene straight from your photo, with no in-between picture, for 10 seconds with original sound. You write no prompt.

  3. Download or share

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

Which photo works best?

One photo, one person or one pet, face to the camera, sharp and in good light. Your face is the payoff of the video, so it should be big and clear in the photo.

  • Human: you, your partner, a parent or a grandparent, from the chest up. You keep your own face, hair and clothes in the frame. Adults only: never a child's photo.
  • Pet: your dog or cat with the whole head, the eyes and the ears in view. It sits in the gold frame like a living portrait.
  • Duo: two photos, one face each. Photo 1 sits on the left of the frame, photo 2 on the right: a partner, a friend, or you and your pet.
  • Use your own photo or one of an adult who said yes, never a celebrity or a stranger.

Where did the Santa Nice List trend start?

The trend is a CapCut AI template. On 6 November 2026 the TikTok account @krjxejaig5 posted a how-to for it in Spanish and English: "Santa is checking his list... and guess what? You made the NICE list! It's super easy: just tap the template, upload your best photo, and let the magic happen." The clip opens on Santa in a carved armchair with a scroll that rolls across the floor, then he holds up "The Naughty & Nice List", stands, and gold sparkles swirl into a gold frame that holds the uploaded photo. By 8 November the post had 439,600 views and 6,087 likes, and its sound, first posted on 5 November, was on 9,391 videos as CapCut accounts reposted the template.

The search demand behind it is old and big: in the US, santa nice list gets about 12,100 Google searches a month, and it reached 90,500 in December 2025. The template was made for family photos. This page makes the same Santa's nice list moment for grown-ups and pets only.

  1. US Google searches for "santa nice list" peak at 90,500 for the month, and "naughty or nice list" at 74,000.

  2. The template's sound, an "original sound" by @elnegrodelamor with Santa's voice in Spanish, is first posted on TikTok.

  3. @krjxejaig5 posts the CapCut template how-to: Santa checks his Naughty & Nice list, and the uploaded photo appears in a gold frame. It has 439,600 views and 6,087 likes by 8 November. TikTok

  4. The template's sound is on 9,391 TikTok videos. The #nicelist tag has 21,280 videos and 210.3 million views.

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The Santa Nice List prompts

You do not need this: the one-tap flow runs it for you. [Image 1] is your photo: the video model takes it as a reference and films the scene straight from it, with no photo step first.

Human

1 photo: you, face clearSeedance 2.510 s · 720p · 9:16126 credits
Video prompt

A magical Christmas clip, photorealistic and cinematic, in warm candlelight and gold, vertical 9:16: Santa checks his Naughty & Nice list in his workshop, golden sparkles fly, and the reveal shows who made the nice list. The one on the nice list is the person in [Image 1]: 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), so their friends recognize them at once. The face stays the same from the first frame to the last. Never morph. They keep their own hair and the clothes from [Image 1]. If [Image 1] shows an animal, the portrait shows that animal, with its own face, fur and markings. 0-2 s: a wide shot of a cozy wooden workshop at night: shelves of wooden toys, toy trains and nutcrackers, warm candles, pine garlands and fairy lights, a big carved wooden armchair. Santa Claus, an old man with a full white beard, round rosy cheeks, small round glasses and a red velvet suit and hat with white fur trim, sits in the armchair and unrolls a very long parchment scroll that falls down and rolls across the floorboards. 2-5 s: a medium shot. Santa holds the scroll up in both hands; at the top it says "THE NAUGHTY & NICE LIST" in old serif letters, with rows of small handwritten lines and check marks below. He runs a gloved finger down the list, stops, looks up at the camera over the scroll, smiles warmly and nods. 5-7 s: Santa stands up, chuckles and opens one hand: golden sparkles rise from the scroll and swirl around him in a bright spiral of light that fills the frame. 7-10 s, the reveal: the light clears on a large ornate gold picture frame with a pine garland, red bows and tiny fairy lights, standing in a cozy Christmas room with a lit tree and wrapped presents. The frame fills most of the screen, and the camera pushes in slowly. Inside the frame, as a living portrait from the chest up, is the person from [Image 1]: the face large, sharp and softly lit, exactly the face from [Image 1]. They look into the camera, smile and give a small happy wave. Gold sparkles drift down around the frame. Audio: a soft music box Christmas melody with sleigh bells. Santa's warm, deep voice says: "Let's see who made the nice list this year... Ho ho ho!" At the reveal a magic shimmer, and Santa says: "You're on the nice list!" No singing. Exactly one person in the frame. Exactly one Santa, and no other figures in the workshop: no helpers, no crowd. The only words on screen are the list title on the scroll: no names or words under the frame, no subtitles, no logos, no watermark.

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Pet

1 photo: your pet, face clearSeedance 2.510 s · 720p · 9:16126 credits
Video prompt

A magical Christmas clip, photorealistic and cinematic, in warm candlelight and gold, vertical 9:16: Santa checks his Naughty & Nice list in his workshop, golden sparkles fly, and the reveal shows which pet made the nice list. The one on the nice list is the pet in [Image 1]: the same species and breed, face, eyes, ears, muzzle, fur colors, fur length and markings as in [Image 1], with the natural body volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything. It stays the same pet from the first frame to the last. Never morph. 0-2 s: a wide shot of a cozy wooden workshop at night: shelves of wooden toys, toy trains and nutcrackers, warm candles, pine garlands and fairy lights, a big carved wooden armchair. Santa Claus, an old man with a full white beard, round rosy cheeks, small round glasses and a red velvet suit and hat with white fur trim, sits in the armchair and unrolls a very long parchment scroll that falls down and rolls across the floorboards. 2-5 s: a medium shot. Santa holds the scroll up in both hands; at the top it says "THE NAUGHTY & NICE LIST" in old serif letters, with rows of small handwritten lines and check marks below. He runs a gloved finger down the list, stops, looks up at the camera over the scroll, smiles warmly and nods. 5-7 s: Santa stands up, chuckles and opens one hand: golden sparkles rise from the scroll and swirl around him in a bright spiral of light that fills the frame. 7-10 s, the reveal: the light clears on a large ornate gold picture frame with a pine garland, red bows and tiny fairy lights, standing in a cozy Christmas room with a lit tree and wrapped presents. The frame fills most of the screen, and the camera pushes in slowly. Inside the frame, as a living portrait, is the pet from [Image 1], sitting upright on a red velvet cushion, its head and chest large and sharp and softly lit. It looks into the camera, tilts its head, blinks and perks up its ears; a dog wags its tail. Gold sparkles drift down around the frame. Audio: a soft music box Christmas melody with sleigh bells. Santa's warm, deep voice says: "Let's see who made the nice list this year... Ho ho ho!" At the reveal a magic shimmer, and Santa says: "You're on the nice list!" No singing. Exactly one pet in the frame. Exactly one Santa, and no other figures in the workshop: no helpers, no crowd. The only words on screen are the list title on the scroll: no names or words under the frame, no subtitles, no logos, no watermark.

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Duo

2 photos: you, face clear + your partner, friend or petSeedance 2.510 s · 720p · 9:16126 credits
Video prompt

A magical Christmas clip, photorealistic and cinematic, in warm candlelight and gold, vertical 9:16: Santa checks his Naughty & Nice list in his workshop, golden sparkles fly, and the reveal shows the two who made the nice list. The one on the LEFT in the frame is the one in [Image 1], and the one on the RIGHT is the one in [Image 2]. For a person, copy the exact face from that photo (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), with their own hair and the clothes from that photo. If an image shows an animal, that one is that animal, with its own face, fur, markings and natural body proportions, not a person. Never blend their faces. Each face stays the same from the first frame to the last, so their friends recognize them at once. 0-2 s: a wide shot of a cozy wooden workshop at night: shelves of wooden toys, toy trains and nutcrackers, warm candles, pine garlands and fairy lights, a big carved wooden armchair. Santa Claus, an old man with a full white beard, round rosy cheeks, small round glasses and a red velvet suit and hat with white fur trim, sits in the armchair and unrolls a very long parchment scroll that falls down and rolls across the floorboards. 2-5 s: a medium shot. Santa holds the scroll up in both hands; at the top it says "THE NAUGHTY & NICE LIST" in old serif letters, with rows of small handwritten lines and check marks below. He runs a gloved finger down the list, stops, looks up at the camera over the scroll, smiles warmly and nods. 5-7 s: Santa stands up, chuckles and opens one hand: golden sparkles rise from the scroll and swirl around him in a bright spiral of light that fills the frame. 7-10 s, the reveal: the light clears on a large, wide ornate gold picture frame with a pine garland, red bows and tiny fairy lights, standing in a cozy Christmas room with a lit tree and wrapped presents. The frame fills most of the screen, and the camera pushes in slowly. Inside the frame, as a living portrait from the chest up, the two sit side by side, close together: [Image 1] on the left, [Image 2] on the right, both faces large, sharp and softly lit. They look into the camera, smile and give a small happy wave. Gold sparkles drift down around the frame. Audio: a soft music box Christmas melody with sleigh bells. Santa's warm, deep voice says: "Let's see who made the nice list this year... Ho ho ho!" At the reveal a magic shimmer, and Santa says: "You're both on the nice list!" No singing. Exactly two in the frame, one from each photo. Exactly one Santa, and no other figures in the workshop: no helpers, no crowd. The only words on screen are the list title on the scroll: no names or words under the frame, no subtitles, 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 scene photo and the video, charged once. One video is 126 credits, so the smallest one-time pack that covers it is $13.99 for 150 credits, with no subscription. The cheaper models are there if you run the prompts by hand in AI Video.

Video modelSettingsCredits
Seedance 2.5 (this template)10 s, 720p, straight from your photos, one tap126

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

What does each version make?

VersionPhotosWhat happens in the 10 seconds
Human1 photo of youSanta unrolls the long scroll, finds a name and smiles at the camera, gold sparkles swirl around him, and the light opens on a gold frame by a Christmas tree with you inside, smiling and waving. Santa says "You're on the nice list!"
Pet1 photo of your dog or catThe same Santa scene; the gold frame shows your pet sitting up, tilting its head and blinking at the camera.
Duo2 photosBoth of you side by side in one wide gold frame, and Santa says "You're both on the nice list!" Photo 1 is on the left.

Every version is vertical 9:16 at 720p, with its own sound: Santa's warm voice, sleigh bells and a soft music box tune. It does not carry the template's Spanish sound; add a trending sound when you post if you want it.

How does MakeViral make it, and what does it cost?

One step, with no picture in between. Your photo goes straight to top-quality AI video models, including Seedance 2.5, with a prompt that builds Santa's workshop, the Naughty & Nice list, the sparkle swirl and the gold frame, and keeps your face as it is in the photo. It takes 5 to 15 minutes.

Each video costs credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. If a video fails, the credits come back. You write no prompt and need no app: this Santa nice list generator runs in the browser on your phone or computer.

What goes wrong, and how do you fix it?

ProblemFix
The face in the frame looks a little differentUse a sharp, bright photo with the face big and straight to the camera, and run it again. The face is small in a far, full-body photo.
The words on the scroll look oddAI video draws long text loosely. The title usually reads "The Naughty & Nice List"; the names under it are only decoration. Run it again for a cleaner scroll.
The frame comes in before Santa stands upThe timing can move by a second. Run it again if the reveal comes too early.
Your pet changes color or shapeUse a photo with the whole head in view and no strong color light on the fur.

All Santa nice list videos made here are AI-made. If you share one, saying it is AI keeps the comments friendly.

FAQ

Santa Nice List trend questions

What is the Santa nice list AI video trend?
It is a Christmas video trend from November 2026: Santa checks his Naughty & Nice list in his workshop, gold sparkles swirl, and a photo appears in a gold frame to show who made the nice list. It started as a CapCut template that @krjxejaig5 posted on TikTok on 6 November 2026.
How do I make a Santa nice list video with my photo?
Press "Create your own", pick Human, Pet or Duo, add your photo and press Generate. In 5 to 15 minutes you get a 10-second vertical Santa nice list AI video in which Santa reads his list and you appear in the gold frame.
Can I make it with a child's photo?
No. This page makes the trend with adults and pets only. Use your own photo, a partner, a parent or a grandparent, or your dog or cat.
Is this the CapCut Santa nice list template?
It is the same idea, made without CapCut. The Santa nice list CapCut template uses a fixed Santa clip and drops your photo into a frame; here the whole 10 seconds are made new for each video, and the frame shows you as a living portrait that smiles and waves. You do not need the Santa nice list template or an app.
What is the difference between the Santa naughty or nice list and the nice list?
They are the same list. In the story, Santa keeps one Santa naughty and nice list and checks it twice before Christmas. In this video the scroll says "The Naughty & Nice List" at the top, and the reveal always puts you on the nice side.
Can I get a nice list video from Santa that says my name?
Santa says "You're on the nice list!" in the video, but not a name: the Santa claus nice list video on this page is about the photo reveal. For a video in which Santa says the name you type, use Santa caught on camera on MakeViral.
Can my dog be on the nice list?
Yes. Pick Pet and add a photo of your dog or cat. Santa checks his list, and your pet shows up in the gold frame, sitting up and looking at the camera. It is a moving twist on the naughty or nice dog list posts: a dog nice list video instead of a printed certificate.
Is there a Santa naughty or nice list video for couples or friends?
Yes, the Duo version. Add two photos and Santa finds you both: the two of you sit side by side in one wide gold frame. It works for a person and a pet together too.
How long is the video, and does it have sound?
10 seconds, vertical 9:16, as an MP4 file at 720p. It has its own sound: Santa's voice, sleigh bells and a soft music box tune. It does not use the template's Spanish sound.
Is there a Santa nice list app or generator?
You need no app. This Santa nice list generator runs in the browser: it works as a Santa naughty or nice list generator that always lands you on the nice side. Add the photo, press Generate, and download the nice list video when it is ready.
Can I post my Santa nice list video on TikTok?
Yes. Download the MP4 and post it with the trend's tags, for example #nicelist and #naughtyornice, and a line like "Santa checked his list, and I'm on the nice list." A Santa nice list 2026 post fits any day until Christmas, and the Santa nice list trend started in early November.
Does the scroll show a real list of names?
No. The santa nice list scroll is decoration made by AI: the title says "The Naughty & Nice List", and the names under it are made up. The only real face in the video is the one from your photo.
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