25+ beautiful holiday email marketing templates [you can use for free]

The holiday shopping season is in full swing! And you know it’s bound to be a busy one. 

In fact, some businesses report that up to 30% of their annual sales occur during the holiday season. 


But when it comes to sending marketing emails around the holidays, how can you get noticed in very crowded inboxes? Easy – with holiday email templates that make your offer stand out.

Adding that special touch of holiday cheer to your design can be really easy with a holiday-inspired email template. That’s why the AWeber design elves created these professionally-designed templates that will help you stand out in the inbox.

You can use all of these beautifully-designed holiday templates free within your AWeber account. Don’t have an account yet, it’s super easy to get started. Create your free account today.

Christmas email templates

If you are looking for a more traditional email template, consider a Merry Christmas template. 

Additional content sections like coupons, product highlights, headlines, and buttons can be added using the drag and drop editor sidebar.

Christmas email template with Santa and Rudolph
Christmas email template with Santa and Rudolph
Merry Christmas email template with red background
Merry Christmas email template with green background
Christmas email templates that you can get for free with an AWeber account
Seasons greeting email template

Black Friday email templates

Update one of these templates with your Black Friday sale information and send it out quickly (so you can get back to fulfilling orders).

Black Friday email template using a sale GIF to draw attention
Black Friday sale email template
Black Friday email marketing template
Black Friday flash sale template used in email marketing

Cyber Monday email templates

Spend less time worrying about your Cyber Monday email design and more time on fulfilling all your orders.

Cyber Monday email template using a GIF to draw additional attention to the email
Email template used for Cyber Monday

Holiday email templates

If you’re looking for an eye-catching holiday template that stands out in the inbox, look no further than these stunningly beautiful designs.

Seasons greetings email template with snow flake GIF falling around tree
Happy holidays email template with snow flake GIF
Holiday sale email template
Holiday email template with images of gifts
Professional happy holidays email template
Holiday email template with red background
Holiday email template with green background
Holiday email template with gray background
holiday email template
holiday email template
holiday email template

Hanukkah email templates

Are you looking for a Hanukkah email template?  Celebrate the festival of lights by using our free Hanukkah HTML email template.

Happy Hanukkah email template

Kwanzaa email templates

This HTML Happy Kwanzaa email template is perfect for sending on Kwanza’s last day to engage with your customers. 

Kwanzaa email template

Small Business Saturday email template

One of the best ways to communicate with your audience and visually engage them with your brand is through eye-catching email design. So AWeber created a selection of Small Business Saturday email templates you can customize — available for free in your AWeber account.

Small business Saturday email template showing feature image of local stores
Small Business Saturday email marketing template with image of people shopping
Small Business Saturday email marketing template from AWeber

Thanksgiving email template

Thanksgiving email template
Happy Thanksgiving email template
Friendsgiving email template by AWeber
Thanksgiving email template with image of woman in Fall setting

Spice it up with a GIF

Also, check out our FREE holiday GIF guide! Adding GIFs to an email is a clever way to catch your reader’s attention or break up sections of text — both of which can lead to higher rates of engagement and conversion. And did we mention they’re free for everyone? 

Free holiday email templates

You can use all of these beautifully-designed templates in your email campaigns, free within your AWeber account. 

These HTML holiday templates are all mobile responsive, so they will look great no matter how your customers view them. 

They are perfect to:

  • Send a festive seasonal greeting
  • Inspire shoppers with a gift guide
  • Promote a holiday sale
  • Share holiday hours or shipping deadlines
  • Drive traffic to your website

Ready to start sending these holiday email templates? Log into your AWeber account now.

Don’t have an account yet, it’s super easy to get started.

Related: 10 Step holiday email marketing guide for boosting sales