Editing Holiday Create-a-Card (2021)

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'''''Holiday Create-a-Card''''', referred to as '''''Print & Play 2021 Mario and Friends Holiday Card Creator''''' in the title of its web page, is an [[List of miscellaneous Play Nintendo activities|activity]] on the [[Play Nintendo]] website.<ref>[https://play.nintendo.com/activities/play/2021-holiday-card-print-play/ Print & Play 2021 Mario and Friends Holiday Card Creator]. ''Play Nintendo''. Retrieved October 25, 2022. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20211128004930/https://play.nintendo.com/activities/play/2021-holiday-card-print-play/ Archived] November 28, 2021, 00:49:30 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> It is an application that allows users to design a holiday greeting card using ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]''-themed decorations.

==Overview==
[[File:PN Holiday Create-a-Card.png|thumb|left|200px|Card customization screen]]
The application features an empty canvas upon which the user can add decorations from a scrollable list. There are five tabs with decorations available: backgrounds, greetings, characters, items, and presets. Backgrounds automatically cover the canvas when selected, while greetings, characters, and items can be individually resized, rotated, and repositioned across the canvas. The presets tab offers predetermined designs for the card, which overwrite the current design when selected. The user can empty the canvas at any time by selecting the "Clear all" button.

The user can click "Next" to advance to a screen where they can opt to download their card as a PDF file (which includes instructions for printing and folding the card) or as an image file. On the same screen, the user can also choose to return to the canvas so as to resume editing their card.
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==Controls==
When a decoration is placed on the canvas, the user can select and move it around by way of a pointing device (mouse, touchscreen etc.) Upon selecting the decoration, it displays two adjacent buttons which perform different actions: one can simultaneously rotate and resize the decoration when dragged, and the other deletes it when selected. Alternatively, keyboard controls may be used:
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|Re-order
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|align=center|<span class="nounderlines" style="border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #fdfdfd; padding: 1px 1px;">'''Delete'''</span>
|Delete
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|Align left
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|Align bottom
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|Align right
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|Center horizontally
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|Center vertically
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==Decorations==
===Backgrounds===
<gallery widths=167px>
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg01.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg02.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg03.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg04.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg05.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg07.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg06.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg08.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg09.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg10.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg11.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg12.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg13.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg14.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg15.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg16.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg17.jpg
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations bg18.jpg
</gallery>

===Greetings===
<gallery>
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations greeting01.png
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations greeting02.png
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations greeting03.png
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations greeting04.png
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations greeting05.png
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations greeting06.png
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations greeting07.png
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations greeting08.png
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations greeting09.png
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations greeting10.png
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations greeting11.png
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations greeting12.png
</gallery>

===Characters===
<gallery>
PN Mario Holiday 2021 Artwork.png|[[Mario]]
PN Peach Holiday 2021 Artwork.png|[[Princess Peach]]
PN Toad Holiday 2021 Artwork.png|[[Toad]]
PN Yoshi Holiday 2021 Artwork.png|[[Yoshi]]
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations char05.png|Mario
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations char06.png|Princess Peach
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations char07.png|Toad
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations char08.png|Yoshi
</gallery>

===Items===
<gallery>
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item01.png|Gift box
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item02.png|Gift box
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item03.png|Candy cane with bow
PN Super Mushroom Holiday 2021 Artwork.png|[[Super Mushroom]] / [[Dash Mushroom]] in a gift box
NHGG 2021 Shoe Goomba Artwork.png|[[Goomba]] / [[Shoe Goomba]] in a stocking
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item06.png|Mario- and [[Luigi]]-themed stockings
PN Yoshi Egg Holiday 2021 Artwork.png|[[Yoshi's Egg]] with ribbon
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item08.png|Ornament
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item09.png|Ornament
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item10.png|[[Super Star]] ornament
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item11.png|Snowman with Mario's mustache and [[Mario Cap|cap]]
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item12.png|Snowflakes
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item13.png|Sparkles
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item14.png|Super Star
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item15.png|[[Coin]]
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item16.png|Border with [[Fire Flower]]s, [[Super Bell]]s, and Mario snowmen
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item17.png|Border with Fire Flowers, Super Stars, and Super Mushrooms/Dash Mushrooms
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item18.png|Border with golden Super Stars, snowflakes, and sparkles
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item19.png|Golden border with yellow dots
PN Holiday Create-a-Card decorations item20.png|Border with Super Stars and multicolored circles
</gallery>

==Presets==
The application has five predetermined card designs, shown below.
<gallery heights=203px widths=264px>
PN Holiday Create-a-Card preset1.png
PN Holiday Create-a-Card preset2.png
PN Holiday Create-a-Card preset3.png
PN Holiday Create-a-Card preset4.png
PN Holiday Create-a-Card preset5.png
</gallery>

==Official description==
'''''Holiday Create-a-Card'''<br>You can create your own custom holiday cards for friends and family!

==Gallery==
<gallery heights=125px widths=167px>
PN Holiday Create-a-Card thumb.png|Thumbnail
PN Holiday Create-a-Card thumb2.png|Thumbnail
PN Holiday Create-a-Card thumb2text.png|Thumbnail
PN Holiday Create-a-Card a.png|The customization screen at the start
PN Holiday Create-a-Card b.png|Review and download screen
PN Holiday Create-a-Card c.png|Window displayed upon selecting "Clear all" on the customization screen
PN Holiday Create-a-Card d.png|Window displayed upon selecting "Start over" on the review and download screen
</gallery>

==See also==
*''[[Mushroom Kingdom Create-A-Card]]
*''[[Mushroom Kingdom Create-A-Card (holiday)|Mushroom Kingdom Create-A-Card]]'' (holiday version)
*[[Holiday Create-a-Card (2022)|''Holiday Create-a-Card'' (2022)]]

==References==
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{{Play Nintendo}}
[[Category:Play Nintendo activities]]