A Christmas card that arrives as something to open. Wrap your family photo and a few honest lines in a gift box they unwrap, a snow globe they shake, or a letter from Santa for the kids, and send it as a link to everyone you won't see on the 25th. No printing, no postage, no last posting date.
Pick a Christmas surprise below, add a photo and your message, and send the link in the days before Christmas or on the morning itself.
Gift Box reveal
Free to create, send and open · no signup · no app · no watermark · the link keeps working · photos and voice messages kept 30 days · Updated
This phone is a demo: pull the ribbon to watch a Christmas card unwrap.
Make one like this →Each one opens to a card with your photo and message inside.
Letter from Santa
For the kids: signed by Santa himself.
Advent countdown
One little door a day until the 25th.
Sealed until Christmas morning
Pre-set to open at 7:00 on December 25. Share it early; the countdown does the rest.
Every reveal opens to a greeting card with your photo and message.
Pick a reveal and a card design — or use the one we suggest.
Write your message and add a photo if you like.
Send the link by text — they open it on their phone, no signup.
Send one link to the family group chat and everyone opens the same card, or make a personal card for each household in about a minute. The personal ones are the cards people remember: one sentence about a moment from this year, a photo only the two of you would recognise, and their name on the card.
Choose 'Sealed until Christmas morning' and the maker opens with the unlock time set to 7:00 on December 25 in your own time zone. You share the link yourself, by text, WhatsApp or email, whenever you like. The card itself stays until you delete it; a photo inside is stored for 30 days, so a sealed photo card works best made in December.
Yes. Making, sending and opening the card are free, with no signup or app for either of you and no watermark. You get a link to send in any chat or by email.
One specific memory from this year plus a warm wish for theirs is enough. For family far away, say what you'll miss about being together. See our Christmas card messages for examples sorted by who they are for.
Yes. Set an unlock time and the link shows a countdown until then; the card opens at that time in the recipient's browser. It is not sent automatically: you share the link yourself, whenever you like.
Yes. The Letter from Santa template signs the card as Santa, with a festive envelope they open. Write it in Santa's voice and send it to a parent's phone for Christmas Eve.
Yes. The photo is revealed inside the card after the gift box, snow globe or envelope opens. The gift and its link stay until the sender deletes it; photos and voice messages are deleted 30 days after creation, and the gift then opens without them.
Pages tuned for exactly who you're sending this Christmas card to.
Free, no signup. Add a photo and your words, and send the link.
Make this cardOpen a Gift is a free website for sending a virtual gift by link: a message, an optional photo and voice message inside an interactive reveal (15 reveals, 14 card designs) that the recipient opens in their browser. It is free to create, send and open. There is no signup and no app for either side, and no watermark on the gift. Gifts are private: only people with the link can open one. The link keeps working until the sender deletes the gift; photos and voice messages are stored for 30 days, then deleted. It opens in any phone or desktop browser, straight from WhatsApp, iMessage, email or any chat.