How to send a holiday video card to your whole list, with each person's name in it

Make one funny video card, add your list, and everyone gets their own card with their name in it ("For Sarah" ... "Happy holidays, Sarah!"). Up to 10 people $1 more, 25 for $2, 100 for $3.

You can make one holiday video card and send everyone on your list their own copy, with their name in it. Make the card once, then paste or upload the list. Sarah's card opens with "For Sarah" and ends with "Merry Christmas, Sarah! Love, the Cohens", and Dave's says Dave.

Holly Jolly Family video card, scene 2: dancers with a ? where your face goes (send holiday card to list)
Holly Jolly Family · 4 people. Your faces go where the ? is.

How it works

  1. Make the card. Pick one, add your photo, and watch the free preview. Holly Jolly Family fits four faces, so the whole household can be in it.
  2. Type your From name ("the Cohens"). The To name is filled in for each person from your list.
  3. Buy it ($1.99) and make a share link.
  4. Add your list in the "Send it to a whole list" box. One person per line, name then email. You can also upload a CSV or a contacts file (.vcf), or on Android, pick from your contacts.
  5. Pay for the personal cards and you're done. Up to 10 people is $1, up to 25 is $2, up to 100 is $3. (The regular email box sends the same card, with the one name you typed, to up to 5 people free.)
Latke Party video card, scene 2: dancers with a ? where your face goes (send holiday card to list)
Latke Party · 3 people. Your faces go where the ? is.

What each person gets

  • A subject line with their first name: "Sarah, the Cohens sent you a card."
  • A still from your card, the card's big line ("Merry Christmas!"), and your note if you wrote one.
  • A button to watch it. Their card plays in any browser, no app, with their name at the start and on the closing banner.
  • Replies come to your email, if you typed it in.
Merry & Bright video card, scene 2: dancers with a ? where your face goes (send holiday card to list)
Merry & Bright · 4 people. Your faces go where the ? is.

Getting the list out of where it lives now

  • iPhone contacts: in Contacts, tap Lists, long-press All Contacts, choose Export, and upload the .vcf file.
  • Google Contacts: contacts.google.com, Export, vCard.
  • A spreadsheet or Outlook: export or save as CSV. Any columns work as long as one has the email; a "Name" column is used if there is one.
  • Last year's Christmas card list on paper: type it in, one person per line. Twenty names take about five minutes.

You'll see the count and the price before you pay, and the same email address is only sent once even if it appears twice.

New Year's Eve Party video card, scene 2: dancers with a ? where your face goes (send holiday card to list)
New Year's Eve Party · 4 people. Your faces go where the ? is.

Dates to plan around this season

Hanukkah starts at sundown on Friday, December 4. Christmas is Friday, December 25. Send a few days early, while people are still checking email.

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Questions

Can I send one ecard to a lot of people?

Yes. On Tangy Limes, after you buy the card and make a share link, paste or upload your list. Each person gets their own copy with their name in the card and in the email: $1 for up to 10 people, $2 for 25, $3 for 100. The same card without names goes to up to 5 people free.

Does everyone see their own name?

Yes, inside the card: "For Sarah" while it starts, and "Merry Christmas, Sarah!" on the closing banner, signed with your From name. Their first name is in the email subject too.

What list formats work?

One person per line as "name, email", a CSV from a spreadsheet or Outlook, or a contacts export (.vcf) from iPhone or Google Contacts. On Android Chrome you can also pick straight from your contacts.

Will it land in spam?

Each person gets a single email, sent one at a time to one address, with no attachment. Tell people to watch for it, especially work addresses.

Make one now

Pick a card, add your photos, type the names. $1.99, no subscription, no account.