Premium for the Advent Calendar: Video Circles, Quizzes, Music

Video circles: up to a minute of you

Round video messages, like the ones in Telegram. In a door's editor tap Video circle: the front camera opens right in the browser, you record up to a minute, and it's saved to that door. Nothing to install, and the recipient doesn't need an app either.

They tap the circle to play it, and a ring around it shows how much is left. Co-authors can record their own circles: the one below is from Anna's sister, sitting in a calendar her boyfriend made.

Voice messages

Some things sound better than they read. Record up to a minute behind any door, or upload an audio file you already have: a song you sang, a message from grandma, the sound of the sea from the place you met.

Quiz doors: answer to open

A quiz door opens only after the right answer. There are three kinds, and the one below is live — try it:

• Words. A riddle or a “how well do you know me” question. They type the answer, or pick from buttons if you add a few wrong choices. Case, accents and punctuation don't count, and several answers can be right: “at the rink / skating”.
• A number. “How many times did we watch this film?” After a miss they hear more or less, so it turns into a guessing game.
• A date. “When was our first date?” They pick it in a calendar and hear earlier or later.

Ideas for quiz questions

• For a partner: where we first kissed; what I ordered on our first date; how many countries we've been to together; the date we moved in.
• For kids: a riddle that points to where the present is hidden; how many days are left until Christmas; how many legs a spider has.
• For parents and grandparents: the year they got married; the name of their first dog; the street they grew up on.
• For friends: the song we know every word of; how many hours we spent on that train; the date of the first party together.

Background music

A music box plays a carol softly while they open the doors: Jingle Bells, Silent Night, We Wish You a Merry Christmas or Carol of the Bells (Shchedryk). You pick it in the calendar's Premium settings and can listen first, right here too.

Browsers don't let a page start sound on its own, so the music begins with their first tap, and the sound button switches it off. A song you put behind a door, from Spotify, YouTube or Apple Music, still plays as it does in a free calendar.

A gift-wrap intro with their name

The first time they open your link, the calendar arrives wrapped, with their name on the tag. One tap and the lid flies off, a little bell rings, confetti, and the music starts. It shows once on each device, and you can watch it yourself from the editor. Unwrap this one:

A memory book after the last door

When every door is open, the calendar gathers into one page: every note, photo, quiz answer, reaction and reply, with the dates. Save it as a PDF from the print window or print it on paper. Video circles and voice messages are noted in the book and keep playing in the calendar.

You can open the book any time from the editor. Here is the demo's book.

Premium styles and your own

Scratch Cards hide every door under a silver layer to scratch off with a finger. Glass Baubles hang on a fir branch and break into sparkles. Or make your own style: colours, door shape, numbers and your own photo. In the editor you can try a Premium style on before paying.

For the whole family

• Co-authors. Send an invite link and everyone fills their own doors, signed with their name: grandkids for a grandma, the whole team for a colleague.
• A password, so only people who know it can open the calendar.
• Up to 10 devices and 10 Telegram accounts, so the whole family can open it and get the morning reminder. A free calendar has 3 devices and 2 Telegram accounts.

How to switch Premium on

One payment for one calendar, no subscription. Spanish pages pay 4,99 €.

1. Make a calendar — it's free and takes about five minutes.
2. In the editor open Premium and press Get Premium — $4.99. In a door's editor the Premium extras are marked with a gold crown.
3. Pay on the Stripe page and you're back in the editor with Premium on. Everything you've filled stays as it was.

Frequently asked questions

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