When it comes to Christmas, the mood is pretty much set. The music is festive, the food is Instagram-worthy and the more DIY the décor, the better. While the season to be jolly comes around every year, it’s always fun to shake up the aesthetics while keeping everything under budget and on track.
Hark! Christmas apps!
From Pinterest to Christmas radio, these free applications will have you on top of it all and fest to impress in no time.
Christmas without a countdown is no Christmas at all. Jettisoning the chocolate and taking the advent calendar digital, this calendar allows you to count down the days till Christmas, unwrap a cute little gift and set an HD image as your wallpaper. Especially nifty in its festive season prompts, get ready for technology to motivate you to start a Secret Santa pool amongst your friends while linking you to offbeat carols such as Sia’s ‘Santa’s Coming for Us’ from her recently released Christmas album ‘Everyday is Christmas’ (2017).
This awesome little app from Hivedi is pretty much Christmas anyway you like it. Offering a wide selection of Christmas themed online radio streams including streams that are entirely Christmas jazz, rock, R&B, classical and even Polish, Christmas Radio makes you the master of the mood with an easy scroll through over 100 online radio stations.
Nothing says awkward like one too few gifts under a perfectly decorated tree. To avoid the embarrassment of hastily wrapping your favourite scarf while your third cousin smiles hopefully at the dwindling haul, download Christmas Gift List from engApps. A festive and functional place to store your gift ideas, set budgets and tick off your perfect purchases, this app is all about making sure Santa stays in everybody’s good books.
Wishing your loved ones well is a Christmas hallmark and customised cards are always a win. Download InfoTech Solution’s app and decide on the occasion, your wishes and then pick a card design. The apps editing studio allows you to change the font, colours and backgrounds for a Christmas DIY project you can do right on your phone and sharing your “ho, ho, hos!” via email or social media is as easy as can be.
If we’re talking Christmas inspiration, Pinterest is king. From delicious recipes and simple DIY décor to stocking stuffer ideas for every member of your family, Pinterest is where your humble Christmas dreams go to die and be reborn as something sweeter.
Explore Christmas pins under the themes of baking, decoration, DIY, crafts, gifts and cards to streamline your searches according to your needs. Oh and be sure to search ‘free Christmas printables’ to download gift tags that are beautifully designed, free and ready to print. Download Pinterest for table, décor and food inspiration to suit any taste.
All the above mentioned applications are fun, free and available on Android or iOS.
Cheers to an “App-y Christmas!” and a wonderful new year.
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