Have Fido and Fluffy been naughty this year, or nice? Either way, you’re in luck, because PetSmart is offering FREE photos of your pet with Santa on two weekends in December. Reservations are not yet open, but we will update as soon as they are.
The offer is good at participating PetSmart locations in the United States and Canada (excluding PetSmart Groomery locations).
We are putting together a huge, day-by-day list of opportunities to get free pictures with Santa!
The free Santa visits at PetSmart locations will take place on these days in 2022:
- December 10th and 11th, 2022
- December 17th and 18th, 2o22
When you register online, you’ll choose a time slot between noon and 3 p.m.
You can either take the picture yourself with your own camera or mobile phone, or have the store take the photo (in which case the pictures will be delivered via email.)
If you download the PetSmart app, you can use fun photo filters to take really special pet photos during the event.
Reservations are required and are open NOW!
This info comes from a press release that you can view online.

Philipp was our resident office cat here at Atlanta on the Cheap. We lost him recently, but his spirit lives on.
What kind of pets can visit with Santa?
Many types of pets are welcome, in accordance to PetSmart’s pet policy. Note that your pet must be secured (leash, carrier, etc.) and vaccinated.
The following pets are specifically mentioned on the PetSmart event page:
- Domestic dogs
- Domestic cats
- Birds
- Small animals sold at PetSmart (including, guinea pigs, hamsters, chinchillas, gerbils, mice, rats, etc.)
- Small reptiles sold at PetSmartcertain (including geckos, bearded dragons, specific types of snakes, specific types of frogs)
- Other non-venomous reptiles
- Ferrets
- Rabbits
- Sugar Gliders
- Pot-bellied pigs
Visit the event web page for more info
Make a reservation
Just go here and enter your zip code. When you click on your preferred location, a button pops up on the map that says BOOK HERE — just take it from there!
Find a location
With about 40 Petsmart locations within a 40-mile radius of downtown Atlanta, there’s sure to be a location near you.
Find a Petsmart store
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Or, check out our day-by-day list of FREE pics with Santa — it’s growing by the day, as we add more photo events.