Christmas gift ideas for your wife (if you met online)

She doesn't need another necklace. If you met online, you have something better to give her: the story of how it started, written in your own words years ago. Here are Christmas gifts that use it.

The ideas

1. Your first conversation, wrapped for Christmas morning

Somewhere in an app is the first thing you ever said to each other. Our Matchbook turns that conversation into a keepsake: both of your dating profiles side by side, the prompts and photos that caught your eye, and every message from the first one. Print a card with a QR code for her stocking, or with a Matchbook, schedule it to arrive on Christmas morning with a note from you.

Get your conversation first: Hinge, Tinder, Bumble, Match. Ask for it by mid-December so it arrives in time.

2. A letter about the day you matched

Tell her what you thought when you first saw her profile, what you almost wrote instead of your first message, and when you knew. Wives never tire of hearing this part. Put it in her stocking.

3. The first date, again, this December

Book the same restaurant or bar for a night between Christmas and New Year's. Give her the booking on Christmas morning, written on a card that quotes the message where one of you suggested meeting.

4. Your first message, framed

Print the first message (or her reply) with the date and time underneath, and frame it. It sits on a shelf and starts conversations for years.

5. A map of where you met

A print of the map around your first date spot, with the date marked. Map prints look good anywhere and nobody else could give her this one.

6. A "year of us" photo book

Start with the photos from her dating profile, the ones that made you message her, then every year since.

Common questions

What's a meaningful Christmas gift for my wife?

Something about your story together: your first conversation as a keepsake, a letter about when you first saw her profile, or the first date recreated. Gifts like these get kept long after the others are forgotten.

Can I make it without her knowing?

Yes. Your own download has your side of the conversation, so you can make it on your own and give it as a surprise. She can add her side later.

Is it too late for Christmas?

Ask the app for your data by about December 15th; most arrive within a day or two. If you're later than that, you can build it by hand from screenshots and still give it on the day.

Make her's this year

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