I know it’s not yet Thanksgiving, but it’s never too early to start thinking about Christmas.

Top Keywords

I used the Google Adwords Keyword Suggestion tool to come up with a list of keywords related to ‘christmas’ and associated search volume. I’ve listed the Top 25 in the table below. Not all of them translate directly to microstock but I think there are some good image ideas in the list.

Christmas Related Keywords (via Adwords)

Global Searches for Christmas

In addition to using the adwords tool, I also plotted search results for ‘christmas’ on Google Trends. The chart below shows global search volume by week for the term ‘christmas’ in 2008. The vertical axis shows the volume relative to the average for the time period.

Global Searches for 'christmas' (via Google Trends)

Top Cities & Countries

The graphs below show the Top 10 Countries and Top 10 Cities. 4 of the top 10 cities are in the UK and the Top country for searches is the Philippines. These data are also from Google Trends. I had expected results to be more in line with population for the top countries & cities so the lists were surprising.

Top Countries

Top Cities

I hope you found these useful. Please let me know if you’re starting to see any movement in your Christmas related imagery.