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Christmas books
A personalized Christmas book written from your own story
A personalized Christmas book turns your memories with someone into 10 illustrated chapters about them, drawn from your photos. Make one for your partner, your kids, your parents or a best friend, and preview it free before you order.
Order by Dec 8 for Christmas deliveryDec 9 for Europe, the UK, Australia and US express
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Ships in 10 business daysChristmas books for everyone on your list
Each book is written from what you share and illustrated from your photos. Pick the one that fits the person under the tree.
7 books
For your partnerYour love story, for Christmas
How you met, the trips, the inside jokes and this December, retold across 10 illustrated chapters starring you both.
From $44.99
For your partnerWhy I Love You book
Ten reasons you love them, each one written as a chapter and illustrated with the two of you. Easy to read aloud on Christmas morning.
From $44.99
Still choosing? See our Christmas gift ideas for couples.
Read the gift guide
Your year togetherCouples memory book
This year as a couple, from January to the tree, written and illustrated with the year on the cover.
From $44.99
For the kidsPersonalized kids book
Your child is the hero of an illustrated story built from their photos and the year they just had. A book for the bedtime routine of the holidays.
From $44.99
For momI love you mom personalized book
Your memories with her across 10 illustrated chapters. For the mom who says she does not need anything this year.
From $44.99
Hosting the grandparents this year? Tell their story.
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For dadI love you dad personalized book
The lessons, the jokes and the Christmases you still talk about, illustrated across 10 chapters about the two of you.
From $44.99
For a best friendFriendship memory book
Your friendship and its inside jokes, illustrated as a keepsake only the two of you would recognize.
From $44.99
How it works
Your story, illustrated, in three steps
No design skills, no writing, no blank page. Answer a few questions and read the first chapters before you pay anything.
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Where did you first meet?
In a hospitality class in Toulouse
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Share your story
Answer 10 simple questions and upload 2 to 6 photos of you both.
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Receive your storybook
Read your 10 illustrated chapters in 10 minutes. Edit the text as often as you like and regenerate images up to 30 times.
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The complete book
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Appearance of the book
Want to hold your love story in your hands? Here's exactly what your printed keepsake will look and feel like.
Quality and details
Square format (8.5" × 8.5"): Perfect proportions for two-page spreads where both of you share the page.
Durable hardcover finish: Stays beautiful page after page, even after the hundredth re-read.
Vibrant color printing: Rich, true-to-illustration color that makes every scene glow.
Premium 170gsm Paper: Thick, smooth pages that feel substantial in your hands.
24 pages of your story: Ten chapters of personalized storytelling, beautifully bound.
Matte or glossy cover: Pick the finish that fits your love story.
What our customers say
Real reviews from couples who transformed their love story into a beautiful keepsake book
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TL;DR
- A personalized Christmas book is an illustrated book written about one real person or couple, from memories you share, not a preset holiday story with a name swapped in.
- There is a book for your partner, your year together as a couple, the kids, mom, dad and a best friend.
- Every book has 10 illustrated chapters and a dedication page, in one of four art styles, drawn from your photos.
- The digital book is ready about ten minutes after you finish. For a printed hardcover by Christmas, order by December 8 for Canada, Mexico and US standard shipping, or December 9 for Europe, the UK, Australia and US express.
- You preview the first chapters free and can edit the text as often as you like before you pay.
What is a personalized Christmas book?
A personalized Christmas book is an illustrated book written about someone you love, using memories only you have. You answer a few questions and add a photo, and Love Tales writes and illustrates 10 chapters with that person, or the two of you, as the characters.
Most books sold as a custom Christmas book work differently. They are a preset holiday story, often about saving Christmas or meeting Santa, where the child's name and hair color are swapped in. They are made for young children and read the same for every family. A Love Tales book has no fixed plot: the story is yours, which is why it works for adults as well as kids.
Which Christmas book for which person
All the books share one idea and differ in whose story they tell. Choose by who should be at the center of it.
A Christmas book for couples
For couples, a Christmas book is one of the few romantic Christmas gifts that is about the relationship itself. The love story book retells how you met and what came after. The Why I Love You book turns ten reasons into ten chapters. Both are drawn from your photos, so the two characters look like you.
It also answers the first Christmas together gift question. A first Christmas has no shared traditions yet, so the book becomes the first one: how you met, your first trip, the night you knew. For a first Christmas married, add the wedding and the honeymoon. If you want gift ideas beyond books, our guide to Christmas gifts for couples covers experiences and keepsakes too.
- For a new relationship: keep it light, with five or six memories from the past months.
- For a long relationship: pick ten moments across the years, not a summary of all of them.
- For a long-distance Christmas: send the digital book on the morning you cannot spend together.
Ten Christmas memories to write about
The best chapters come from small, specific details. Use these questions as a starting point, and write the answers down the way you would say them.
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What did you do on your first Christmas together, or your first one as a family?
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Which tradition started by accident and never stopped?
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Who always burns the cookies, and who eats them anyway?
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What is the gift you still talk about, good or bad?
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Where did you spend the holidays the year everything went wrong?
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What do they always say when the tree goes up?
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Which song, film or dish means Christmas in your house?
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What happened this year that you want to remember?
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What do they do for others in December that nobody thanks them for?
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What would you tell them if you had one sentence on Christmas morning?
When to order a Christmas book
Order a printed Christmas book by the date for where it ships. The dates come from our print partner and leave room for December, the busiest month for carriers. Our shipping page lists prices and delivery times for each country.
- December 8: Canada, Mexico, and the United States with standard shipping.
- December 9: Europe, the UK, Australia, and the United States with express shipping.
Missed the date? Give the digital book
If time runs short, the digital book is one of the few last minute Christmas gifts that is still personal. It is ready about ten minutes after you finish your answers and opens on any phone, tablet or computer. You can order the printed hardcover after the holidays.
Personalized Christmas book vs other Christmas books
Most books sold for Christmas fall into four groups. The difference is who writes the story, and whether it could be about anyone else.
What makes a Christmas book a keepsake
A book becomes a keepsake when it could not be about anyone else. Three choices get you there.
- Write memories, not compliments. "You wrapped every present in newspaper because we forgot paper" is a chapter. "Best partner ever" is a card.
- Pick moments, not years. Ten small scenes say more than a summary of a decade.
- Keep the family words. Nicknames, the name for the dog and the phrase everyone repeats belong in the story exactly as you say them.
What is included with every Christmas book
Every book has 10 illustrated chapters, a dedication page and artwork in one of four styles: 3D cartoon, 2D cartoon, watercolor or manga. The printed copy is an 8.5 by 8.5 inch hardcover on 170gsm paper.
- Unlimited text edits: rewrite any line until it sounds like you.
- 30 illustration regenerations: adjust likeness, outfits, glasses and backgrounds.
- Preview the first chapters free before you pay.
- Printed delivery: 6 to 10 business days standard, 5 to 8 with express in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia. See shipping.
- 14-day money-back guarantee: see our refund policy.
Questions
Personalized Christmas books, your questions answered
It is an illustrated book written about someone you love, from memories you share. Love Tales turns your answers and a photo into 10 chapters with that person as the main character, delivered as a digital book or a printed hardcover in time for the holidays.
Give a Christmas book only you could have written
A personalized Christmas book works because it is about one person and the memories you share with them. Choose the book for your partner, your year together, the kids or your parents, gather ten small moments, and preview the first chapters before you decide.
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