🎄A last-minute Christmas gift that does not look last-minute

The shipping deadlines have passed — or are about to. A star map is built around a date that matters to them, downloads the moment you pay, and can be printed and framed the same afternoon. Nobody will guess you made it on the 23rd.

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Custom star map in the Glow Red style titled Our first Christmas

From idea to wrapped, in one afternoon

  1. About 10 minutes: make the map

    Open the editor and type the date, the time and the city. Pick a style and write a title. The finished map appears on screen before you pay anything.

  2. One minute: download it

    Pay by card and the high-resolution PNG downloads right away. No account, no confirmation email to wait for, no tracking number.

  3. Same day: print it

    Upload the file to a photo counter — many Walgreens, CVS and Staples stores print photos and posters the same day; check your local store — or print an 8 × 10 in at home on matte photo paper.

  4. Wrap it

    Slip it into a store-bought 8 × 10 or 11 × 14 in frame, or roll the print and tie it with a ribbon. A framed sky under the tree looks planned for weeks.

Which date, for whom

The date is what makes it personal. If you are stuck, these almost always work:

Your parentsThe day you were born — the day they became parents.GrandparentsThe day their first grandchild arrived.Your partnerThe night you met, or your first date.Mom or DadYour birthday, told from their side.Your best friendThe night you met, or a trip you still talk about.Someone grievingThe birthday of the person they miss.

No time to print at all?

Give it on screen. Send the file to their phone on Christmas morning with a note, or give the couple wallpaper: the same sky split into two matching phone wallpapers, $4.90 for both. Print the big version together after the holidays — the file is yours to reprint whenever you want.

See the couple wallpaper →

Sizes and prices

One payment, sales tax included. For a frame under the tree, HD covers up to 12 × 15 in.

Standard
$9.90 USD
  • For phones, texts and an 8 × 10 in frame
  • 2,000 × 2,440 px PNG
  • No watermark
  • Instant download
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Recommended for framing
HD
$19.90 USD
  • Prints sharp up to 12 × 15 in
  • 3,000 × 3,660 px PNG
  • No watermark
  • Instant download
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4K
$29.90 USD
  • For a big frame: 20 × 24 in and beyond
  • 6,000 × 7,320 px PNG
  • No watermark
  • Instant download
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Fast, but not generic

Most last-minute gifts are fast because they are generic. This one is fast because nothing has to travel. The sky is calculated for your exact date and place — 865,000 real stars, the planets where they really were and the Moon in its real phase — and checked against NASA’s ephemerides.

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Questions people ask in December

You still have time

Think of the date. Type it in. See the sky before you pay.

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