Thanksgiving · Thankful Tree
Thankful Tree
Start a tree with one leaf, the thing you're most thankful for this year. Send it to family and friends: each one adds a leaf of their own, and the tree turns gold together.
No account needed. Everything is kept on our server under a short link, signed so names and notes can’t be changed along the way. Anyone with the link can read them.
How the Thankful Tree works
- Write your name and one thing you're thankful for. That's your leaf.
- Send the tree to your family group, team or class.
- Each person adds a leaf and sends the newer link on, up to 12 leaves. Read everyone's thanks together at the table.
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Thankful trees are a Thanksgiving tradition in many American and Canadian homes: a few bare branches in a jar, a pile of paper leaves, and everyone writes one thing they are grateful for before the meal. This version works the same way, except the family group chat can join from three states away. You plant the tree with the first leaf, send the link, and each person who opens it adds a leaf of their own. By Thursday the tree is gold.
How it works
- Plant the tree. Type your name and one thing you are thankful for, in forty characters or less. Short notes read best, the way a paper leaf only fits a few words.
- Send the link. WhatsApp, iMessage, a Slack channel or an email. The preview shows the tree and how many leaves it has.
- Each person adds a leaf. They see every leaf so far, add theirs, and send the newer link on. A tree holds twelve leaves; when it is full, anyone can plant a new one.
Ideas for using it
- The family table. Start it on Monday, read the finished tree aloud before dinner on Thanksgiving Day.
- A classroom. One tree per table group, so every child has a leaf and nobody has to read in front of the whole class.
- A remote team. A quick, kind thread for the week before the holiday, with no account for anyone to create.
- Friendsgiving. Send it with the invitation and print the picture for the host.
Save it as a picture
Download image draws the tree with everyone’s name at 1080 by 1350 pixels, the shape Instagram and most chat apps show without cropping. It is drawn in your browser and never uploaded.
Privacy
There is no account and no profile. The names and notes travel inside the link, signed so that nobody can change them along the way, and the short link points to it. Anyone who has the link can read the leaves, so share it with the people it is meant for.
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Frequently asked questions
How many people can add a leaf?
Twelve, including the person who planted the tree. When a tree is full, anyone can plant a new one and keep going.
Do people need an account or an app?
No. The link opens in any phone or computer browser, including inside WhatsApp and iMessage.
Can someone change what I wrote?
No. Every leaf is signed into the link, so a name or note cannot be edited along the way. Anyone with the link can read the leaves.
Can I use it outside Thanksgiving?
Yes. It works for any time you want a group to share what they are grateful for: a birthday, a retirement, the end of a school year.
Can I print the tree?
Yes. Download image saves a 1080 by 1350 picture with every name on it, which prints well on A5 or half-letter paper.