Personalised Christmas cards
without the Royal Mail panic

Royal Mail's second class deadline usually falls around 18 December and first class around 20 December, but it shifts each year and the last few days are always chaos. If you're cutting it fine, send a digital Card Genie card on WhatsApp the same day you create it, and post a printed one as backup.

Yes. Every card you make gets a shareable link that opens full-screen on any phone. Drop it in the family group chat on Christmas Eve, paste it in a one-to-one message to the cousin in Australia, or email it to the office. No app, no account needed for the person opening it.

Our UK printed cards are dispatched next working day and posted first class, so order by roughly 19 December to land before Christmas Day. After that, send the digital version instantly and post the physical card as a New Year greeting.

The ones that land best are usually a bit daft. Recast the family as Nutcracker characters, stage everyone in front of a log cabin with huskies, or turn a summer beach holiday snap into a snow-globe version. Our prompt box takes plain English, so describe it the way you'd tell a friend.

Every household with a pet does this. Upload the dog in the jumper, write your message as if it's from them (paw prints optional), and sign it From Biscuit and the humans. The Card Genie handles the scene, you handle the signature.

Roughly, yes. A digital card skips the paper, the glitter finish that can't be recycled, and the van run from the depot. If green is the priority, send the video version and donate the stamp money. If you want the mantelpiece moment too, we print on FSC-certified card stock.