Gift design
A Christmas Eve they step into
A snowman with no nose, Santa stuck in the chimney, and a tree they light up themselves.
A snow globe they fall into: a cottage on Christmas Eve, a snowman with no nose, Santa stuck in the chimney, four presents with your photos — and the tree they light up themselves.
It opens as a snow globe with a tiny cottage inside. They shake it — and fall in: a cottage living room on Christmas Eve, pine walls and a stone fireplace, stockings on the mantel (theirs has their name on it), snow falling past the window. But the fire's out, the tree is dark, and something is wrong.
They look round it by moving their phone, and every tap makes the next thing happen.
What happens when they open it
- 1
A snowman with no nose
The snowman outside knocks on the window and points at his face — he's lost his nose. The carrot on Santa's cookie plate is the answer: tap it, a little window pops open, and it flies out to him. POOF. Then a sneeze, and a dance.
- 2
Santa, stuck
Sleigh bells over the roof, a THUD, and two boots kicking in the fireplace. Three tugs on his scarf and he pops out onto the rug, laughing — and his sack splits. Four presents fly round the room: into their stocking, under the sleeping cat, into the tree, and up the chimney to the snowman.
- 3
Your photos, the star, your letter
Each present holds one of your photos, with a line under it if you like, and each pegs itself onto the string of lights over the sofa. Then Santa hands them the star: they put it on the tree and the light runs round the whole room. Last, a letter he says isn't from him — your message, writing itself out — and a snowball at the window with MERRY CHRISTMAS and their name in it.
Who it suits
- Family you won't be with this Christmas — open it together on a video call
- A partner or best friend in another city or another country
- Anyone who still believes in Santa a little (whatever their age)
Worth knowing
- This is a premium design. Making it needs a Google sign-in and one premium credit, and it stays online for 90 days. The person you send it to just opens the link — no account on their side.
- Photos are optional. Up to four go inside the presents, each with a line under it if you like; any present without a photo holds a Christmas picture instead.
- Turn the sound on: the sleigh bells, the fire, the snowman's sneeze and a music box are half the fun.
- On an iPhone they tap Allow once so moving the phone looks round the room. If they'd rather not, dragging does the same thing.
- Your photos stay private. The cottage is only reachable by someone holding the link.
Occasions it's offered for
- A Christmas Gift You Can Still Send on Christmas Eve
- Online Christmas Gifts You Can Send as a Link (Free)
Send this one
Write your message, get a link, send it however you'd send any link. It takes about five minutes. It's a premium design: you sign in with Google and use one premium credit, and whoever opens it needs no account.
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