If your wardrobe is a sea of black clothing, rejoice: The term “goth Christmas” is officially trending according to Google Trends’ December reporting, and I’m personally jumping on the bandwagon this holiday season. It may feel mandatory to thread bits of red, green, and blue into your wardrobe at this time of year, but let’s be honest—the “festive” color schemes aren’t the easiest to make chic. Most people opt to incorporate this palette into their manicures instead, asking for cherry-red nails or silver and gold nail art, but chic dressers everywhere are now implementing this aesthetic with deeper, vampier sets ahead of the holidays.
Nearly black manicures have been a staple for most fall and winter nail roundups for the past, well, how long have we been publishing these stories? However, we somehow forget that these edgy hues are options for the lighthearted celebrations that pepper December. Who has time to run to the salon to swap their holiday nails for sleek black New Year’s Eve tips, anyway?
I rounded up the save-worthiest sets to send to your manicurist ahead of the holiday rush. From blackened greens to shadowy plums (and of course, a healthy dose of black polishes), these are the coolest “goth” nail ideas to re-create this season.
6 Goth Christmas Nail Ideas
Midnight Moon
Celebrity manicurist Julie Kandalec previously told Who What Wear that she’s “loving moon manis” for winter 2025. The nail artist recently painted this half-moon design on actress Lucy Boynton’s nails, and I’m itching to re-create this look for the holidays.
