Christmas gift for a girlfriend or boyfriend you met online

Whether it's your first Christmas together or your fifth, if you met on a dating app you've got a gift idea recorded: the way it started. Here are ideas for every stage.

Your first Christmas together

The first Christmas is tricky: too big a gift feels like a lot, too small feels like you didn't think about it. Personal beats expensive.

• Your first messages, kept. Our Matchbook turns your first conversation into a keepsake: both of your dating profiles, your prompts and every message from the start. It's thoughtful without being over the top, and it's free to start.
• A small framed print of their first message to you, with the date.
• A plan for a date they mentioned in those early messages, like the restaurant they recommended or the hike they wanted to do.

When you've been together a while

• The whole story so far. Your first conversation as a Matchbook, plus the memories since: the first trip on a map, your song, photos from every year.
• The first date, redone, booked for the week after Christmas.

How to get your first conversation

You'll need your data from the app you met on. It's free and takes a few minutes to ask for: Hinge, Tinder, Bumble, Match. Ask by mid-December so it arrives in time.

Common questions

What's a good first Christmas gift for my partner that I met online?

Something personal rather than expensive: your first conversation as a keepsake, a framed copy of their first message, or a plan for a date they once mentioned.

Can I make it without them knowing?

Yes. Your own download has your side of the conversation, so you can make it on your own. They can add their side later if they want to.

Start theirs

Make your Matchbook free, or see a demo first. More ideas: Christmas on Our Matchbook.