The One Christmas Eve Box Item They’ll Treasure Forever

Christmas Eve boxes have become a festive tradition, but let’s be honest – most of them are forgotten by Boxing Day. The novelty socks, the plastic toys, even those adorable new pyjamas eventually wear out or get outgrown.

But what if there was one item that could transform your Christmas Eve box from a pile of stuff into a tradition your children will remember forever? Something they’ll want to pull out year after year, and eventually read to their own children?

The secret isn’t about spending more or filling the box fuller. It’s about choosing one meaningful centrepiece that makes everything else in the box part of a bigger, more magical moment.

The Story Should Be the Star

Here’s the truth about Christmas Eve: your children are bouncing off the walls with excitement and teetering on the edge of complete overwhelm. What they actually need isn’t more stimulation – it’s a moment of calm, wonder, and connection with you.

This is why a personalised book should sit at the very heart of your Christmas Eve box.

When your child opens a book and sees themselves as the hero of a Christmas adventure, something magical happens. They’re not just reading a story – they’re living it. But here’s where most personalised books fall short: they simply insert your child’s name into a predictable “help Santa save Christmas” plot and call it a day.

A Tickled Moon Christmas book goes further. Our books tell genuinely original, silly, joyous stories, that happen to star your child – tales so imaginative and fun that children would want to read them even if they weren’t personalised. Stories where a lovable monster gate-crashes Christmas Eve, or a rapping wrapping reindeer gets carried away and tries to achieve World Wrapping Domination. Stories that make children giggle, gasp, and beg for “just one more read.”

When you find a personalised book like this, it becomes the Christmas Eve book. The one you’ll pull out year after year, even when they’re too old to believe in Santa but still young enough to want the tradition. It’s the book they’ll read to their own children someday, pointing to their name on the page and saying, “Look, that was me.”

That’s the kind of magic no plastic toy can replicate.

Beyond the Pyjamas: Building the Christmas Eve Box

Once you’ve got your personalised book as the centrepiece, everything else should enhance that cosy, story-filled moment you’re creating together.

New pyjamas are a Christmas Eve classic for good reason – fresh, festive PJs signal that something special is happening (especially if you get matching ones for all the family!)

Hot chocolate or a special drink turns story time into an event. The ritual of making it together, then settling down with mugs in hand, becomes as memorable as the story itself.

A reading light or battery-operated candle creates atmosphere. There’s something about soft, warm light that makes stories feel more magical.

Reindeer food (oats mixed with a little biodegradable glitter) lets your children participate in the Christmas magic. After the story, you can sprinkle it outside together. It’s a moment of wonder, of believing, of being part of something bigger.

And don’t forget ‘A Special Spell for Santa’ our enchanting, personalised Christmas poem – a free download that you can print and personalise with their own name, address, family and pets!

Creating Your Ritual

Timing matters. The sweet spot is usually after bath time, when they can get into their new pyjamas, the house is quiet, and bedtime is approaching. This is when you want calm, not chaos.

Make it a ritual: gather on the sofa or in someone’s bedroom, turn off the overhead lights, light your candle, sip your hot chocolate, and read together. No phones. No distractions. Just your family and a story.

The container you choose becomes part of the tradition too. A proper box or basket that can be reused year after year builds anticipation. Let your children decorate it with stickers, markers, and of course, lots of glitter! Their fingerprints and wonky stars make it precious.

Keep It Sustainable

In a season drowning in plastic and packaging, the Christmas Eve box can be your antidote. Everything in it should be either useful (pyjamas they’ll wear all year), consumable (hot chocolate they’ll drink), lasting (the book they’ll treasure forever), or experiential (the reindeer food that creates a memory).

Nothing should be landfill by New Year. Nothing should be forgotten by January.

The Gift That Keeps Giving

Here’s the beautiful thing about building your Christmas Eve box around a Tickled Moon personalised story: it doesn’t end on Christmas Day.

That book will come out again next Christmas, and the one after that. Long after the pyjamas are outgrown and the hot chocolate is drunk, the story remains. The tradition remains. The magic remains.

A treasured moment of peace, wonder, and togetherness on the most exciting night of the year.

And isn’t that what Christmas is really about?

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Our Christmas Stories

Ready to create your own Christmas Eve magic? Explore our personalised Christmas books and find the perfect story to make your child the hero of Christmas Eve.

Both of our Christmas stories were featured on ITV’s “This Morning” Best Personalised Gift Feature and as the Overall Best Buy in the Independent’s IndyBest “12 best Christmas Eve box gifts” feature:-

The Christmas BOO!

What happens when the Christmas BOO! shows up instead of Father Christmas on Christmas Eve?

This spotty, hairy monster is certainly not what YOUR CHILD expected in their Christmas stocking!!

But when Rudolph shows up too and they find out that Father Christmas is in trouble, well…thank goodness they’ve got the… BOO!!!

Includes Your Child’s name throughout the story and their Favourite Gift! Personalise yours here. 

The Christmas Wrapper

When the dashing Christmas Wrapper appears in a FLASH of smoke, it seems that Your Child has found the perfect answer for all their Christmas wrapping problems!

But this ambitious rapping reindeer has bigger plans on his mind…

Can YOUR CHILD stop him and save the world in time for Christmas??!

Includes Your Child’s name throughout the story and 5 Family Members, Friends or Pets! Personalise yours here.

 

Alternatively look at one of our beautiful books for 2, where you can be in a special, heartfelt story with the child, AND include all their Loved Ones.

Discover all of our Christmas personalised books here.