I used Nano Banana to make my family's holiday card — here how I did it (and how it came out)

There are a lot of reasons why I’m leaning on Nano Banana this year for our family holiday card. For starters, my phone is already overflowing with thousands of photos of my kids, my husband, and — let’s be honest — a fair number of selfies.

But getting all five of us together for a single, tantrum-free, on-schedule photo? That’s the stuff of holiday miracles. Between soccer tournaments, school concerts and work deadlines, I’m lucky to be sending a card at all.

That’s why Nano Banana, Google’s playful, photo-generation AI tucked inside Gemini, has become my secret to looking like I have it all together this holiday season. It’s so easy and surprisingly realistic that this might be the first year our family card doesn’t end in tears, bribes or a generic holiday image. Here's everything yo