Aunts and uncles should read Christmas gifts for a niece or nephew. For Christmas Eve, try a personalized Night Before Christmas book; for the stocking, see stocking stuffers for 3- and 4-year-olds.
A look inside
Oliver and the Christmas Workshop
Occasion: Christmas
Shown as Oliver, age band 3-7.
Spread 1
Spread 2
Spread 3
Story excerpt
On Christmas Eve, Oliver opened the last little door in his wooden calendar. Behind it was a hallway. A very long hallway. ‘Mom? Dad? Come and look!’ The doorway stretched. The hallway sparkled. Mom took one of Oliver’s hands, and Dad took the other. Together, they stepped into the Christmas Workshop.
These pages come from a made-up family. The book you make uses your names, photos, and the details you share, and its story is written fresh.
Who it's for
This guide is for a grown-up buying a December story for one child who will enjoy seeing a familiar face in a picture book. The holiday story is written for ages 3 to 7, so it is a shared read-aloud rather than a book aimed at babies or older independent chapter readers.
The example opens on Christmas Eve when a wooden calendar door grows into a hallway. Mom and Dad step through with him into a workshop of peppermint columns, giant rocking horses, and drums as round as tables. That plot is only a demonstration. Holiday safety for your order is the opposite of copying his scenes: you describe your own celebration.
Use it when you want one child at the center and a small cast around them. Siblings, a parent, or a pet can join, up to four people in all.
What gets personalized
You start with one clear photo and a first name. The holiday steps then ask which celebration you mean, how your family marks it, and what to leave out. Christmas is the setting shown here, and the same book can tell about another holiday you name. Nothing here assumes snow, Santa, or a religious lesson unless you write that in.
The three spreads here are the calendar door, the first look at the workshop, and the wobbly wooden fox with one oversized wheel. They show how a fictional repair job can carry a story. Your child's book does not inherit the fox, the calendar, or the parents shown here.
Format, price, and timing
For one child's December read, decide early whether you need paper. The cards are the book totals. Production and the courier you pick are on Pricing, and this guide does not add a separate holiday rush fee or an order-by date.
Prices
Digital book
$15
Total, plus shipping and tax
- Every page illustrated
- Downloadable PDF
Digital + softcover
$35
Total, plus shipping and tax
- Your full custom story
- Every page illustrated
- Shipping shown before payment
Digital + hardcover
$45
Total, plus shipping and tax
- Everything in Softcover
- Durable hardcover binding
- Gift-ready finish
- Shipping shown before payment
Pricing shows these same totals.
Questions
How is this different from a name-swap book?
A name-swap book prints your child's name into a fixed plot. Here the manuscript is generated from the holiday, traditions, and people you enter after checkout. The workshop shown here is an example, not a script.
Can I preview it before buying?
The preview note in the personalization section is the live rule for occasion books: you choose details before you pay, illustrations come after checkout, and you approve a proof before anything prints.
What ages is it for?
The holiday story is written for ages 3 to 7. The age printed beside the cover belongs to the example. It is a picture book an adult reads with a child.
Will a printed book arrive for Christmas?
Christmas order-by dates are published on the pricing page when they are visible there. Until then, use the production time in the format section below.