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A digital advent calendar, one gift a day

Make a digital advent calendar for your boyfriend or girlfriend, with one little surprise behind each door and tomorrow's kept shut until tomorrow. It runs 24 days by default or any number you like, and it's ready by December 1 if you start this week.

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Free to make. No card until you send it.

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Advent Calendar

What to put on it

Starting points. Keep what sounds like you, skip the rest.

  • Day 1: the story of the first time you saw them
  • Day 6: a promise of hot chocolate and their pick of movie
  • Day 13: a clue about a weekend you've planned for January
  • Day 24: the longest note, saved for Christmas Eve
  • Running late? Start on December 13 with just 12 doors

How a digital advent calendar works

The Advent calendar section adds a set of doors to your page, one for each day. Each day a new door opens with a little gift inside, and tomorrow's stays shut no matter how hard they tap. It runs for 24 days by default, December 1 to Christmas Eve, but you can set any number of days, so a 12-day version or a two-week countdown before you see each other works too. They open the same link every day, and the page becomes a small daily ritual through December.

What to put behind each door

Small things work best, because there are a lot of doors. Mix the kinds: a memory from your first month, a reason you love them, a promise (hot chocolate tonight, I'm buying), a joke only they'll get, a song title for later, a clue toward something bigger. Give weekends something more generous, since they'll have time to enjoy it. Build toward the end. Day 24 can carry the longest note, or a hint about the present waiting under the tree. If writing 24 at once feels like a lot, write a handful each evening.

Start in November, finish on Christmas Eve

If you're reading this in November, you have time to do it well. Build the page this week, publish it before December 1, and send the link with a note: one door a day, no cheating. Since you can edit after publishing, you don't need every door written on day one. Around the calendar, add a short letter that explains the idea, Our story or a photo trail for the year you've had, and love coupons they can save for the holidays. Long distance? Add a countdown to your next visit.

The sections we'd start with

Already ticked when you start from this page. Swap any of them: there are 18 to choose from.

  • Advent calendar

    24 little gifts, one opening each day until Christmas. Tomorrow's stays shut, however hard they try.

  • Photo trail

    Your photos along a path, each hiding a surprise to scratch, shake or peel.

  • Your song

    A retro TV and a videotape: they tap the tape and your song starts.

  • Gift to unwrap

    They pull the ribbon to reveal the surprise: tickets, a trip, a promise.

Free to make. €4.99 a month to send.

Build the whole page and see it exactly as they will. Pay only when you're ready to send it. Cancel anytime.

While you make it

Free

  • Build the whole page
  • See it exactly as they will
  • Keep your draft as long as you like
  • No account, no card
When you send it

Plus

€4.99/month

  • Your own link: coupleswebsite.com/your-names
  • Up to 20 photos and 30 moments
  • 3 sections of your choice
  • A QR code to print or tuck into a gift
  • No branding on the page
  • Edit it anytime, cancel anytime
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Extra sections and extras €0.99/month each.

Questions about a page for your advent calendar

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Can the advent calendar have fewer than 24 days?

Yes. It's 24 days by default, but you can set any number of days, so a late start in mid-December or a short countdown before a visit both work without leaving empty doors.

Can they open tomorrow's door early?

No. Each door opens on its own day and the next one stays shut until then, however many times they tap it. That keeps the daily surprise intact right up to the last door.

Do I have to write all the doors before sending?

No. Publish with the first few ready and fill in the rest as December goes on. Edit whenever you want: a 6-digit code by email gets you back in, no password involved.

How much does a digital advent calendar cost?

Building it is free, and so is the preview. To share it, a Plus subscription runs $4.99 a month and covers three sections: the calendar plus two more. If you cancel after the holidays, the page is only on a break and comes back when you subscribe again.

Is an advent calendar only for Christmas?

It doesn't have to be. Any number of days works, so you can count down to a birthday, a wedding or the day they move to your city. Christmas is simply the classic choice.

Ideas & guides

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More ways to use it

Start from the page closest to what you have in mind. Everything changes as you write.

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Make the thing they keep

Fifteen minutes tonight, a link they open tomorrow. Free until you send it.

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