How you can enjoy the perfect 'Appy Christmas
Whether you want to entertain the children this Christmas, send your loved ones a personalised card or create your own festive jingle – there's an app for that.
There are hundreds of applications on offer for smartphones and tablets, all of which can be downloaded at the click of a button.
Christmas can be the most stressful time of the year – and expensive too – with all the planning that has to be done, the presents that have to be bought and the visits that have to be made.So why not take a few minutes to yourself this festive season?
Make yourself a cuppa, put up your feet and use one of the thousands of apps designed to make the festive season a little easier to get through.
With apps that enable users to send personalised Christmas cards, seek out the best Yuletide recipes and select the best gifts for your loved ones, a high tech Christmas is surely the way of the future.
This year, there's even applications designed to help parents keep their children in line over the festive period.
One example is the Fake Call from Santa app, which enables mums and dads to have one-sided phone calls with the man in red and white telling him whether their little one should be a candidate for the naughty or nice list this year.
There's also hundreds of apps to keep the youngsters entertained during the festive break. Ranging from story-telling apps, giving youngsters an insight into the magical history of Christmas, through to adventure, logic and racing games to keep them happy and busy.
It's a cheap way of keeping the little ones occupied too, with most apps costing no more than £3 and many are free.
To save readers having to trawl through pages of thousands of apps, we've taken the time to select our top 10 Christmas apps to make the festive season a little easier to get through, without costing the earth, and allowing you to enjoy that cuppa.
Among these are the option to take control of The Snowman, one of the most famous of Christmas TV characters, as he and his sidekick The Snowdog fly across Britain to the North Pole.
Super Dance Elf Christmas with Friends
Santa Rescue Saga: Doctor X Christmas Adventure
Christmas Booth: Personalised Cards
