Family, friends and the neighbours from the road each record a story about them. At the party you give them a book of every message.
Gathering is free. You won't need a card.
We are enabling over 1 million people to say it. Share the stories, love and gratitude. Your voice is what makes the world's greatest gift.
Put in the birthday person's name, then send the link to the guests.
Friends and family can capture a memory by voice, video, writing or photos, wherever they are in the world. It's easy on any phone and nobody needs an account!
We write out every voice note and gather it all into a podcast you can play and a beautiful book you can hold.
Make a new WhatsApp group for the guests and post the link there. Say twice that it's a surprise!
Friends who are working that night or living abroad record from wherever they are.
Agree one cover story with everyone. The person minding the birthday person on the day needs to know it too.
Guests can film a video instead of a voice note. You choose whether the book takes voice, video, writing or all three.
Tell them one thing about them that the rest of the room doesn't know.
"Mary, it's Síle. I had the invitations hidden in the hot press for a fortnight."
"Happy birthday Granny. I knew about the party since the summer and I kept it a secret the whole time."
"Mary, it's me. I've been trying to get you out of the house since four o'clock, and I told you it was the car."
"Mam, I'll be home on the twentieth of December and I've booked us lunch in Kenny's. Happy seventieth."
The printed book takes about three weeks to reach you. If you're starting later, the podcast link and the book online are ready the day you order.
We gave a book of stories about Mam to her for Christmas and she said it was the best gift she had received. There were some stories she had never heard! She felt really surrounded by love.
Want to write your own questions? Start a blank book
Guests record through the link you send them, and every message comes to you. The birthday person hears nothing until you play it.
Their own memory of the birthday person. If they're stuck, the three questions in the book give them a start.
As many as you like. There's no limit on how many people record.
Yes. We post the printed book to Ireland, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, every EU country, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland.
Yes, if you turn chip-in on. Everyone who records can put money towards the book and saves their card. Their cards are charged when you go to pay, and it comes off what you pay. If you don’t finish paying, their money goes back within a week.
Start the book now and invite people whenever you're ready.
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