Christmas
Star map gifts for Christmas
Christmas rewards gifts that are clearly not last-minute, and a star map reads as considered because it requires knowing something specific about the person. It is also one of the few personalised gifts that works for a parent, a partner and a sibling without changing the idea.
Which night to choose
The map is only as good as the date behind it. These are the choices that work best for Christmas.
A family date
For parents, the wedding date or the birth of their first child. For grandparents, the birth of a grandchild.
The year that mattered
A move, a first house, an emigration — dates that families narrate but never mark with anything.
Christmas Day itself
A specific Christmas the family still talks about, captioned with the house it happened in.
When to order
No December cut-off to worry about — the digital print is delivered instantly, right through Christmas Eve. If you want something to put under the tree, have it printed locally and framed; allow an afternoon rather than the days a posted parcel would need.
How file delivery works →Designs for Christmas
Every design takes any date — these are the ones that suit Christmas best.
What to write on it
Every star map carries a title line and a short message beneath the date and place. These are the lines people use most for Christmas — or write your own.
- “Christmas, 1998”
- “The Night Our Family Began”
- “Home, Under These Stars”
- “The Year Everything Changed”
Selling christmas star maps?
Print shops and online sellers use the same editor to make personalised star maps for their own customers. Every file includes a commercial licence to sell the prints.
Cry Me Art for print businesses →Christmas star maps — common questions
- When is the last day to order a star map for Christmas?
- There is no cut-off. Every order is a digital print delivered instantly, right through Christmas Eve, so there is no shipping deadline to beat. To put something under the tree, have the file printed locally and framed.
- Is a star map a good gift for parents or grandparents?
- It is one of the better options, because the meaningful dates are already known to the family — a wedding date, a first child, the year they moved. The gift does not require guessing at taste the way most do.
More answers on the full FAQ.
Other occasions
Make a star map for Christmas
Pick the night, the place and the words. See your star map before you pay.
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