Gift guide

Holiday Gift Idea

Looking for a holiday gift with lasting emotional value? Create a keepsake from family stories.

One person, in their own words

Learn About Me Life Story

One storyteller explores themed questions, adds photos and reviews the chapters of their own life-story book.

Best for: A parent, grandparent or loved one who would enjoy a little structure.

Once-off payment

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Holiday gifts are easy to buy and easy to forget. A story-led gift feels different because it gives your family something to return to after the season is over.

Why the holidays make this easier to start

  • Families are already talking, visiting, remembering, and sharing stories.
  • The season gives you a natural reason to ask deeper questions or gather contributions from relatives in different places.
  • It creates something that still matters after the decorations are packed away.

Why Learn About Me fits the holidays

  • Choose Life Story if one storyteller should answer guided questions in their own words, go at their own pace, and turn their answers into a book.
  • Give them a guided chapter experience that can start over the holidays and keep growing afterward.
  • Use the gift guide if you want to compare broader family gift options before you buy.

What this can help preserve

  • Stories, traditions, and memories that often surface most naturally during family gatherings.
  • A clearer sense of the person or people being celebrated.
  • A gift rooted in real stories, not generic festive shopping.

What the family keeps after the season

The result can grow into a keepsake book the family can revisit long after the season ends.

If you are still deciding, compare the two options in the gift guide.

Four simple stages

From a thoughtful gift to a book to share

  1. Choose the gift or product

    Choose Life Story for one storyteller, Tribute for a group keepsake and reveal, or Through Our Eyes for a book of people’s own credited stories.

  2. Invite the storyteller or contributors

    The Life Story buyer gives the recipient access. For Tribute or Through Our Eyes, an organiser invites people to contribute.

  3. Share the memories in your own words

    Life Story and Tribute offer guided questions. Through Our Eyes contributors write their own stories, can add a photo, and submit when ready.

  4. Review, download and share the finished digital book

    The storyteller or organiser reviews the result before downloading and sharing it. Physical printing and shipping are not included.

Give a place to begin

One storyteller explores themed questions, adds photos and reviews the chapters of their own life-story book.