Snowy Christmas and winter backgrounds

Snowy Christmas backgrounds are winter scenes — snow-covered pine forests, frosted windows, a frozen lake, the northern lights over a lit tree. These are free 1920 x 1080 images, and the plainer ones work all winter, not just in December.

8 free backgrounds · 1920 x 1080 · works in Teams, Zoom and Google Meet

Peak season is December to February. Pages like this need to be live and indexed by early November to catch it.

Cabin living room with a fireplace and Christmas tree, looking out at a snowy pine forest — Cabin Window onto a Snowy Forest
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Bay window with frost patterns on the glass, a candle and a book on the sill and snowy trees outside — Frosted Window onto a Snowy Garden
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Frozen lake with a jetty, a snow-covered cabin among pines and snowy mountains in soft sunlight — Frozen Lake and Winter Cabin
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Green northern lights over a snowy valley, a lit Christmas tree and a cabin by a river — Northern Lights over Snowy Christmas Trees
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Path through a snow-covered pine forest with tiny warm lights in the trees — Snow-Covered Pine Forest with Lights
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Snowy garden at night with glowing lanterns, lit trees, an arch and a bench in falling snow — Snowy Christmas Garden with Lanterns
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Log lodge lit for Christmas in deep snow, with pines and snowy mountains at dusk — Snowy Mountain Lodge at Christmas
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Quiet snowy path between heavy snow-laden pine trees under a pale winter sky — Snowy Pine Forest Path
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Picking one that works

These are the only images in the Christmas set that last past New Year. The frozen lake and the snowy forest path carry no decoration at all, so they suit a winter call in January or February as well as one in December.

Outdoor scenes have one advantage on a call: a big sky and an even horizon give the cutout a clean edge to work against, so your outline holds better than it does over a cluttered room.

Whatever you choose, the setup is the same in every app: Teams, Zoom and Google Meet each hide the option in a different menu, and all three want the same 1920 x 1080 file.

Common questions

Can I keep using a snowy background after Christmas?

Yes, and that is the point of this page. The frozen lake, the snowy forest path and the frosted window have nothing Christmas-specific in them, so they work through the rest of the winter.

Can I use these as a Teams or Zoom background?

Yes. Download the image, then add it as a custom background: in Teams under Effects and avatars, in Zoom under Background & effects, in Google Meet under Apply visual effects. The how-to guides on this site walk through each one.

Will these work as a phone wallpaper?

Only partly. Every image is 1920 x 1080 landscape, built for a screen that is wider than it is tall. A phone set to portrait shows a narrow strip from the middle, so pick one with the interesting part in the centre, or use it on a laptop, desktop or tablet instead.

Picking one that works

Common questions

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