The one gift under the tree nobody can guess
Everything else gets unwrapped, admired and put in a cupboard. A song about this exact family, this exact year, gets played every December after.
From A$39 · Hear two versions before you pay · Usually ready in 3–8 minutes
Christmas songs are the most-played songs of the year, and none of them know your family. A personalised Christmas song does: the tradition nobody will drop, the year the turkey caught fire, the person who's missing from the table this time and the one who has just joined it. It is a gift for one person or for everyone at once, and it is the only thing under the tree that can't be guessed by shaking it.
Write the story — the whole family can chip in — read the lyrics, and hear two recordings before you choose. It arrives as a link, so it can't be delayed in the post and it reaches the relatives who couldn't travel. Play it after lunch; expect it to become a tradition of its own.
Hear one first
What a Christmas song sounds like
No Reason, Just Sam
Lo-Fi ChillWell, It's Character
Folk CountrySam burns the toast most every day
We laugh at floods and mop them up
Our card game's terrible, we still play
These ordinary weeks fill my cup
The ordinary weeks with you
Are the best part, that's the truth
Rating takeaways out of ten
Nowhere else I'd rather have been
Every line came from a story someone typed in. Yours will read like this — with their name, their details, in the genre you choose.
Ideas
Christmas song ideas
What actually goes in one. Pick a couple — the song only needs two or three true things to stand on.
This year, specifically
The move, the new baby, the exam, the dog. A Christmas song about the year that's ending is the one that gets played next December too.
The tradition that will not die
The board game, the walk, the argument about the pudding. It's the chorus — everyone will sing it.
The empty chair, gently
A verse for the person who isn't at the table this year. Set the mood to sentimental and it stays warm, not heavy.
From the grandchildren to the grandparents
Their names, their memories of the house, their thank-you. The gift that goes on the fridge for a year.
For the ones celebrating far away
A link travels where a parcel can't. Written in their language if that's what Christmas sounds like at their table.
Pick a direction
Choose the tone, we'll set the dials
Each option starts the wizard with the occasion, genre and mood already selected — you just tell the story.
What to write
Story prompts that make it theirs
You don't need to be a writer — answer two or three of these in plain sentences and the lyrics will do the rest.
- The Christmas tradition your family refuses to drop
- The year something went spectacularly wrong
- Who's at the table this year — and who's missed
- What you never get around to saying in the chaos
How it works
Making a Christmas song, start to finish
Step 1
Tell the story
Answer a few questions about them in plain sentences — the story prompts above are a start. Pick a genre, a voice and a mood, or take one of the Christmas tones.
Step 2
Read the lyrics
The words come back first. Change any line, swap a name, cut a verse — nothing is sung until you've said yes to every word.
Step 3
Hear it, then choose
Two full recordings of your approved lyrics, usually within 3–8 minutes, each about two minutes (one to three, depending on how much you write). Hear the first minute of both free; pay A$39 for the one you keep. It arrives as a gift page and an MP3.
The full price list, what each tier includes and who owns the song are on the pricing page.
Who it's for
A Christmas song for…
Each of these pages has its own prompts, tones and a sample written for that relationship.
Questions
Christmas questions
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