First Christmas together
A gift for your first Christmas together
There is only one first Christmas: the first tree you chose together, the first time you met each other's families, the first argument about the lights. Keep it on a brick on the Wall of Forever, and give them the link on Christmas morning.
Write your brick
What to give for your first Christmas together
A first Christmas together gift shouldn't be too big or too serious. It should feel like the two of you: a little sentimental, a little funny, and very specific. Ornaments with your names and the year are the classic choice, and they come out of the box once a year.
A brick is the same idea, kept all year. Your two names, "our first Christmas", the year, and a photo of the slightly lopsided tree. It lives on an endless wall people visit from their phones, and next December it will still be there.
How to give it on Christmas morning
Write the brick yourself, then print its QR card — as a gift tag, a wallet card or a postcard. Hang it on the tree, put it in a stocking, or tie it to the present you're giving anyway. They scan it, and there is your first Christmas, written down.
Prefer to send it? It arrives by email a few minutes after you pay, so you can send it at breakfast. For more ideas on giving words as a QR code, see the QR love letter.
The QR card
A gift tag for the tree
Nothing on the card but the code and one line — For you, Open me first, Our first one. Nothing gives it away until they scan it.
What to write
Our first Christmas
Your two names and the year. Enough on its own.
The tree
Where you bought it, how far you carried it, why it leans.
Meeting the family
The aunt who asked when you were getting married. On day one.
The new tradition
The film, the walk, the breakfast you will do every year from now on.
A photo
In matching jumpers, if you must.
Next year
One line about the second Christmas.
Two names and a date
If you'd rather keep it simple, make it a digital love lock: your two names, your date and a photo, on a brick nobody can cut off. Buying for another couple this Christmas? See Christmas gifts for couples.
Write your brick
Your names, the year and the first Christmas you will remember. You add who it is for on the next step.
What is a good first Christmas together gift?
Something small and personal that marks this year: your names, the date and a memory from your first Christmas.
Can I hang something on the tree?
Yes. If you write the brick yourself, print its QR card as a gift tag. They scan it to open the brick.
When does it arrive if I send it by email?
A few minutes after you pay, so you can send it on Christmas morning.
Can others see it?
The wall is public, so anyone could come across the brick. Write what you would be glad for others to read.
Will it still be there next year?
Yes. The brick keeps its place on the wall indefinitely, paid once.
How much is it?
From €5 for a single brick, paid once.
Your first Christmas, kept
Two names and this December, on a wall that stays.
Write your brick