An online advent calendar for grandparents
An online advent calendar for grandma and grandpa brings the family a little closer every day of Advent. The grandparents open a link in their browser and find a new door, with nothing to install and no account to create. With Plus you can add photos and short videos of the grandchildren.
Create your calendar
1. Pick a template
A set fills all 24 doors with messages, vouchers, sayings and animations. Then change whatever you like.
2. Who is the calendar for?
3. The 24 doors
Tap a door to change it.
4. Preview and give
After purchase you get two links by email: your management link and the link for the recipient. Available until 24 December; the calendar stays online until 31.01.2027 and is then deleted with all content.
For many grandparents the best part of Advent is hearing from the grandchildren. With Plus for €9.99 you can put your own photos and videos of up to 30 seconds behind the doors: a drawing, a first poem, a hello from the playroom. Photos can be JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC, videos MP4, MOV or WebM. Photos are resized on upload so they load quickly on a phone.
Using it is deliberately simple. Grandma and grandpa tap the link you send them by messenger or email, and the calendar opens in the browser. There is no account and no app. If they like, they can enter their own email address on the recipient page for the reminder “Your door is waiting” and confirm it. Missed days can be caught up on at any time.
If your grandparents prefer another language, you can switch the fixed texts on the recipient page. There are 17 languages to choose from, including German, Polish, Turkish, Croatian, Romanian, Hungarian and Italian. Your own messages are written in whatever language your family uses. The grandparents template set and the Fireside Room theme give the calendar a warm frame. This is handy if you live abroad and the grandparents live in Germany.
Vouchers work well for things that tend to get lost in everyday life: a Sunday visit, help clearing the snow, an afternoon with the photo album. When grandma or grandpa taps “redeem”, you see it in your management link. It also shows you which doors have been opened. That way you know the calendar has arrived without having to ask.
How it works
What is included
- 24 doors from 1 to 24 December
- Your own message in every door
- Voucher cards with a “redeem” button, status visible to both of you
- Pixel animations with the recipient's name
- Sayings from our collection
- Six template sets, everything editable
- Four calendar pictures in pixel style
- Recipient page in 17 languages
- Management link with test view and overview
- Plus: your own photos and videos of up to 30 seconds
For whom?
Guides
Questions and answers
Can my grandparents use it on their own?
The calendar needs no app and no account, a tap on the link is enough. To be sure, you could open the first door together on your next visit or call.
Can I add photos and videos of the grandkids?
Yes, with Plus for €9.99. Photos up to 15 MB and videos up to 30 seconds and 20 MB, with up to 200 MB per calendar in total.
Is the calendar available in other languages?
The fixed texts on the recipient page come in 17 languages. You write your own messages in any language you like.
When do the doors open if we live in different countries?
Each door opens at midnight German time (Europe/Berlin), wherever you or your grandparents are.
Can the grandparents get a reminder?
Yes, if they enter and confirm their own email address. They can unsubscribe at any time.
How do you handle photos and videos?
Location data (EXIF) is removed from photos and photos are resized. The calendar pages are not listed in search engines, and there is a report button for inappropriate content.
How long does the calendar stay online?
Until 31 January 2027. After that it is deleted automatically, including all photos and videos.
Which languages are available?
The fixed texts on the recipient page come in 17 languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Czech, Turkish, Hungarian, Romanian and Croatian. The editor is available in English and German.
Which time zone do the doors follow?
German time. Each door opens at midnight in Berlin (Europe/Berlin), so for a recipient in London that is 11 pm the evening before, and in New York 6 pm.
What if I give it after 1 December?
All doors up to the current day are open right away, and the rest open day by day. You can buy until 24 December.
Is it a subscription, and can I try it first?
It is not a subscription: you pay €4.99, or €9.99 for Plus, once. Before that you can open a free preview with a watermark and without checkout, which lasts 24 hours and cannot be given as a gift.
Can I change the calendar after buying?
Yes. In your management link you can edit any door that has not been opened yet, and the test view shows you all doors in advance.
Which files can I upload?
With Plus, photos as JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC up to 15 MB and videos as MP4, MOV or WebM up to 20 MB and 30 seconds. Up to 200 MB per calendar in total.
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