With the clock ticking down the hours until Santa arrives, here are some last-minute holiday apps to load on your iPhone or iPad as you go out caroling, do last-minute shopping or visit your friends and family:
Santa’s Big Helper ($.99): This has a number of features, and if you’re looking for one good Christmas app, this is the one to grab. It has a Santa tracker, a naughty/nice list, the ability to write to Santa for those last-minute Christmas wishes, ask questions and more.
FOOD52 Holiday Recipe & Survival Guide ($3.99): If you need a guide to hosting a holiday party or a good recipe for a family gathering, this app is great for doing everything from making pie to crafting a gingerbread house. There are eight suggested menus that will make fighting the crowds at the grocery store a bit easier, and you can follow community links to get help from other people. And if it’s too late to take advantage of the app this Christmas, it’ll be on your iPad for the next holiday season. For other cooking apps, take a look at Epicurious (free) and How to Cook Everything ($9.99 for full app, free for essentials), which are always great go-tos for recipes.
A Charlie Brown Christmas ($.99): We took a look at this iPad app in November, and it turns the classic Peanuts special into an interactive storybook that brings a new dimension to the story. If A Charlie Brown Christmas is part of your Christmas Eve traditions, then it’s worth the download and is currently on sale for $.99.
Christmas Carols ($.99): You’re out singing Christmas carols tonight and suddenly forget the words to “The First Noel.” Instead of humming along awkwardly, pull out this app and look up the lyrics to a number of carols. It might not help you carry a tune, but you’ll at least know the words.
Cards (Free): It’s Christmas Eve. You open your mailbox to find a Christmas card from your great aunt, and you realize you’ve not only forgotten to send her one, but you’re out of Christmas cards and she doesn’t use the Internet. Pull out your iPhone, grab a photo of your Christmas tree and quickly use this app to create a last-minute Christmas card. It won’t get to your great aunt until next week, but it’s the thought that counts … right? You also might enjoy the new Postcards on the Run, which was one of our Daily iPhone apps this week.
Last-minute apps for Christmas Eve originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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