Merry Christmas,

Nora

Our fifth Christmas together. Open it slowly.

Your first clue

Scratch it off. No peeking at my phone.

Pack a bag. We're going back to the coast, same little hotel, same room with the broken shutter.

A tiny version of us

Drawn from the photo on our fridge.

Counting from November 24, 2021

Together for

Since the night you lost your keys and I walked you home

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Five years of good mornings

61,742

messages sent

Nov 3, 2021 – Nov 8, 2026

34

per day, on average

10 PM

most active hour

Friday

most active day

Theo

sends the most

Who sends more

TheoNora
51.7% · 31,904 messages48.3% · 29,838 messages

When we talk

peak 10 PM

12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Words we use most

home2,214coffee1,876proud1,290beach1,105sweet980dog911soon874tired802

Top emojis

😂
2,880
❤️
2,410
🥺
1,530
☕
980
🌊
720
✨
610
🐶
450
🙈
330

Picked these for you. Digitally, so they last.

Why it's you

A few, in no particular order.

  1. 1You talk to every dog we pass, and they always seem to answer.
  2. 2You make the bed with hospital corners and pretend it's no big deal.
  3. 3When I'm nervous, you squeeze my hand twice. I never told you it works. It works.
  4. 4You still save me the last bite, even of the good cake.
  5. 5You turned a rented flat with one chair into a home in a weekend.
  6. 6You believed in my job change before I did.

…and plenty more I'll tell you in person

Spin for your Christmas present

No re-spins. I'm a man of my word.

Sunrise swimPancakes, any dayNo-phone eveningYour pick of filmBookshop spreeA night out dancingA month of laundry

How compatible are we?

Type our names. I already know the answer.

3 songs

Songs from the car

The ones we sing badly, together

  1. 01

    Yellow

    Coldplay · YouTube

  2. 02

    Banana Pancakes

    Jack Johnson · YouTube

  3. 03

    Dreams

    Fleetwood Mac · YouTube

Us, in pictures

The picnic where it rained for exactly ten minutes
Porto, getting lost on purpose
Moving day, before the boxes won
The top. You were right about the view.
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Our story so far

  1. Year one

    Lost keys

    I walked you home. We talked on your doorstep until the street lights went off.

  2. Year one

    First trip

    Porto. Three days, two umbrellas, one very small hotel room.

  3. Year three

    Pickle arrives

    A dog neither of us planned on. Best decision we never made.

  4. Now

    Still walking you home

A letter for you

Nora,

Five years ago you couldn't find your keys and I offered to walk you home. I've been trying to keep that walk going ever since. You make the hard weeks lighter and the good ones louder. Thank you for choosing me on the days I'm easy to choose, and on the days I'm not.

Theo

Pop quiz: us

Question 1 of 3

What did you lose the night we met?

November 24, 2021

The sky on the night we met

Waning gibbous

It was there for the walk home.

Until Christmas morning

Then you can open the big one.

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From the people who love you

Five years! Still the couple everyone wants at their dinner party.

Jess

So happy for you both. Bring Pickle next time you visit.

Grandma Ruth

Merry Christmas, my love

And to the next walk home. I'll bring the spare keys.

Theo