4 Creative Ways to Design a Festive Website
So, you want to create a festive website or give your existing one a little holiday flare? There’s no need to spend a lot of time or money on this. Here’s how BeTheme will help.
- Hanukkah
- Kwanzaa
- Christmas
- Boxing Day
- New Year’s
Tip #1: Use a Page Builder That Makes it Easy to Swap in Festive Content
Unless you’re running a business like the Christmas Tree Shops, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to have holiday imagery up all year long. The only problem, though, is that it can be a real pain having to go in, find a new theme, and then redesign your site around it… For only a month or two. That issue is easily resolved with BeTheme, which comes with over 600 pre-built websites and two page builders — Muffin and Elementor. Because there are so many pre-built sites available, you can easily switch to a non-festive website once the holiday season is over. In order to swap out this design with a festive website, you’d first have to reset your theme (which Be provides instructions on how to do). Then, install the new site you want to use. Like BeXmas:![](https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/cdn-origin/uploads/2020/12/1.gif)
Tip #2: Effortlessly Switch From One Holiday to the Next
Let’s be honest, the winter holiday season can feel a little nuts — not just because your business has to keep up with the change of pace, but because your website has to keep in step with what’s going on. So, let’s say you have an ecommerce site that changes frequently for upcoming sales, holidays, events, and so on. For this, you could use the BeMall pre-built site (all year long, mind you):![](https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/cdn-origin/uploads/2020/12/2.jpg)
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Tip #3: Use Small Animations to Bring the Holidays to Life
Holidays should be a time to lift spirits. Having a website that’s able to satisfy your customers’ needs during the holiday season will certainly help. You might also want to think about adding small animations to your design, too. The animations themselves don’t have to be festive, but you can use them to call attention to holiday-themed content. Take, for instance, BeParty:![](https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/cdn-origin/uploads/2020-12-01/4.gif)
Tip #4: A Little Hint of Seasonal Flavor Can Go a Long Way
Holiday celebrations aren’t always big blowouts. Unless your entire business is going all-in on the holidays (or it’s a totally holiday-themed business), there’s no reason your site should have to go all out either. Sometimes a more understated approach is best. In that case, you’d keep your normal branded elements, imagery, and content in place on the website. But to make it feel a little more festive, you could infuse your site (at the very least, the homepage) with slight seasonal or festive touches. For instance, let’s say you’ve built a website for a popular ski resort. Your website might look like the BeSnowpark site does normally:![](https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/cdn-origin/uploads/2020/12/5.jpg)
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Get Your Festive Website for Christmas, New Year’s, and More
There are many science-backed reasons why a festive website is a good idea. Holiday decorations, in general, stir up positive feelings of nostalgia for many people. They can also help alleviate some of the stress that’s built up over the course of the year:![](https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/cdn-origin/uploads/2020-12-01/7.gif)
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