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Santa Nice List AI Trend From Your Photo
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Santa in his candlelit workshop runs a finger down a long parchment Nice List, stops, nods and blows a stream of gold sparkles across the room into a big ornate gold frame, where you come alive inside the picture, smile and wave.
- 10s
- 1 or 2 people
- 🐾 Pets too
- ♪ With sound
To make the Santa Nice List AI video, use Remake the Trend (remakethetrend.com): add one photo of yourself (two to do it with a friend, or one of your pet), see a free preview in about 15 seconds and change it up to 3 times, then get the 10-second video for $6.99 ($9.99 after your first). The Santa Nice List AI trend builds the whole scene around you from one photo; nothing to film. No app, no prompt, no sign-up for the preview.
The trend
What is the Santa Nice List trend?
A CapCut Christmas template that went round TikTok from early November 2026: Santa reads his "Naughty & Nice" list in the workshop, gold sparkles fly, and your photo appears in a gold frame with your name. A Spanish post on November 6 ("Santa está revisando su lista…", "Santa is checking his list") passed 770,000 plays. People make it of themselves, their partner, their kids or their pets.
- Other ways to say it
- santa nice list ai video · santa's nice list trend · santa checking his list capcut · lista de santa niños buenos
- Still trending?
- Yes: 27 creators posted it in the 7 days to November 12, 2026
- Added here
- November 10, 2026
What happens
- Santa runs down the list
- He finds the name and nods
- A breath of gold sparkles
- You come alive in the gold frame
Is the Santa Nice List trend still growing?
- Yes: 27 creators posted an AI version on TikTok in the 7 days to 12 Nov 2026.
The Santa Nice List sound
Your Santa Nice List video comes with sound made together with the picture: soft sleigh bells and a gentle music-box Christmas melody, no vocals, a parchment rustle, a warm chuckle, a twinkling shimmer as the sparkles fly. It isn't the TikTok track.
To match the trend, add the sound you hear on the TikTok versions when you post.
How to make it
How do I make the Santa Nice List trend?
- Add one photo
One person, face clearly visible and well lit; waist-up or full body works best. No sign-up, no app.
- See yourself in it, free
The opening shot, “Santa runs down the list”, as a still in about 15 seconds. Change the outfit or add a note and try again up to 3 times free.
- Get the video
10 seconds, vertical, with sound: soft sleigh bells and a gentle music-box Christmas melody, no vocals, a parchment rustle, a warm chuckle, a twinkling shimmer as the sparkles fly. No watermark. Your first is $6.99, then $9.99.
Captions people use
Say it's AI and name the trend: #santanicelisttrend.
- you made the nice list
- Santa checked twice
The Santa Nice List AI prompt
You don't need to write it: the page sends it with your photo. To do it by hand, make the still from the scene with an image model, give it and the moves to a video model, and add the sound in an editor.
- The scene (for the still)
- Santa Claus with a white beard and red suit sitting in a carved wooden chair in his candlelit workshop on the left, holding a long parchment scroll open in both hands, the top of it reading "NICE LIST" in red letters; on the right, on a wooden easel, a big ornate gold frame wrapped in pine garland with red bows, and inside the frame the person from the photo, from the waist up, standing still like a painted portrait in front of a decorated Christmas tree. Shelves of toys and warm candlelight behind, camera at chest height a few steps away, both Santa and the whole frame in view, shot on a phone, natural colours.
- The moves (for the video)
- Fixed camera at chest height, one continuous shot, no cuts, no zoom. {t:0}-{t:2.5}s: Santa reads down the scroll, running one finger slowly along the names, eyebrows raised; the person in the gold frame stays perfectly still like a picture, ending with Santa's finger stopping on one line. {t:2.5}-{t:4}s: Santa taps that line twice, looks up at the gold frame and nods with a warm smile. {t:4}-{t:6}s: he lifts one gloved palm and blows across it, and a stream of glittering gold sparkles flies across the workshop and swirls around the gold frame. These sparkles reaching the frame are the point of the video. {t:6}-{t:7}s: the person in the frame blinks and holds still for one second, looking out at the camera. {t:7}-{t:10}s: they come alive inside the frame, break into a big smile and wave at the camera with one hand while Santa gives a thumbs-up beside the frame, ending on that pose. The scroll keeps reading "NICE LIST", spelled exactly as written. No other on-screen text, exactly one Santa, the person stays inside the frame, no extra people, no slow motion, no logos, no watermark.
- The sound
- Soft sleigh bells and a gentle music-box Christmas melody, no vocals, a parchment rustle, a warm chuckle, a twinkling shimmer as the sparkles fly.
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FAQ
Santa Nice List Trend FAQ
Is the Santa Nice List trend free to make?
The preview is free: add a photo and see yourself in the Santa Nice List trend in about 15 seconds, then change it up to 3 times. The 10-second video is $9.99 ($6.99 for your first), paid once, no sign-up.
What happens in the Santa Nice List video?
Santa in his candlelit workshop runs a finger down a long parchment Nice List, stops, nods and blows a stream of gold sparkles across the room into a big ornate gold frame, where you come alive inside the picture, smile and wave.
What photo should I use?
One person, face clearly visible and well lit; waist-up or full body works best. Only photos of yourself, of adults who agreed to it, or of your own child as their parent or guardian.
Can we do the Santa Nice List trend as a couple or with a friend?
Yes. Pick "You + a friend" above the photo boxes and add two photos, one of each of you: the preview shows you both in it. Only photos of adults who agreed to it, or of your own child as their parent or guardian.
Can I put my dog or cat in the Santa Nice List trend?
Yes. Pick "Your pet" and add one photo of your dog or cat: it takes the person's place in the scene. A clear photo of its face works best.
Which app makes the Santa Nice List AI video?
No app: this page makes it in the browser, on a phone or a computer. Creators use image-to-video models with a written prompt; here that runs for you, with sound, and you see a free preview first.
How long is the Santa Nice List video?
10 seconds, vertical 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, 720p, no watermark.
Does the Santa Nice List video have sound?
Yes: sound made with the video (soft sleigh bells and a gentle music-box Christmas melody, no vocals, a parchment rustle, a warm chuckle, a twinkling shimmer as the sparkles fly). It isn't the TikTok track.
Is the Santa Nice List video real or AI?
It's an AI trend: a video model makes the whole scene from your photo, nothing is filmed. Say it's AI when you post.
Is the Santa Nice List trend still going?
Yes: 27 creators posted an AI version on TikTok in the 7 days to 12 Nov 2026.
What else is the Santa Nice List trend called?
People also search for it as “santa nice list ai video”, “santa's nice list trend”, “santa checking his list capcut”, “lista de santa niños buenos”.
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