10 Windows Phone Holiday Music Apps and Games
As seen on 10 Windows Phone apps perform “Jingle Bells”
Christmas Bells Free
Age Range: 4–99+ years old
This is a great application for learning to play and sing Christmas songs. Each of the thirteen bells here plays a different note. Tap on them to create your own melody, or select a Christmas song to be played automatically from a list of five. Once you select a song, the app will guide you on how to play it by highlighting the bells you need to tap. The lyrics of the song also appear on top of the screen as you play along. Master all five songs, and impress your friends and family when it’s time to sing Christmas carols.
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Holiday Musicbox
Age Range: 3–99+ years old
This application turns your phone into a Christmas music box. It plays music-box versions of five very popular Christmas carols: “Silent Night,” “First Noel,” “O Christmas Tree,” “Jingle Bells,” and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” Playback can be set to repeat, so if you absolutely love any of these songs, you can listen to it over and over again. And best of all, no winding is required!
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Xmas Tambourine
Age Range: 3–99+ years old
Xmas Tambourine is a very simple app that provides great musical accompaniment when you’re singing Christmas carols. Tap on the virtual tambourine to make a quick sound, or tap on the yellow circle on right to make consecutive sounds. Despite its simplicity, the app has very engaging and vibrant graphics. It’s a great app to share with your little ones.
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Sleigh Bells Ring
Age Range: 2–99+ years old
This is WPGirl’s favorite Christmas music app! All you need to do is shake your phone to make sleigh bell sounds. It also includes a recording of Santa’s famous “ho ho ho” chuckle, which can be played by simply tapping a button. It’s perfect for singing “Jingle Bells” and many other Christmas carols. Watch WPGirl’s video review, or read The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and The Beautiful of this app by clicking on the link below.
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Toy Xylophone
Age Range: 2–99+ years old
Toy Xylophone is a wonderful app all year round, but its developer did such a great job including Christmas songs in the app’s extensive playlist that I could not help mentioning it here. This virtual xylophone can play by itself, highlighting the keys that play the notes of your favorite Christmas songs. Learn to play the xylophone by studying the order of the highlighted bars, or just sit back and listen to your favorite song. Children will love playing tunes with this adorable virtual toy. Get the full scoop by reading our review.
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Christmas Lyrics
Age Range: 9–99+ years old
Among the Windows Phone music apps that include the lyrics of beloved Christmas carols, Christmas Lyrics has the best design. Its graphics completely get you into the holiday spirit! Twenty-five songs are currently available in this application, but the developer plans to add more as Christmas approaches. This is a simple idea executed correctly.
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Holidays Slurpy
Age Range: 3 – 5 years old
I recently discovered the educational Wimzoo games, and it was a pleasant surprise to find holiday versions of those in Holidays Slurpy. Little ones can greatly improve their critical thinking skills just by playing this app. Parents can guide their through all the exercises or turn up the volume so that kids can clearly hear and follow the audio instructions by themselves. WPGirl had such an amazing time testing this app, she actually paused playing after about 10 minutes said to me “Mommy I really like this app, we should write a review!” The Wimzoo games have definitely made it to my favorite-apps list, so watch out for their full reviews on Windows Phone Parent in the future.
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Sleigh
Age Range: 5–99+ years old
This game app is so much fun! It’s just like Penguin but with a Santa theme. It has nice music, simple controls, and cute graphics. Background designs even change as you progress through the game. The gameplay is easy to understand yet challenging to master. And if you’re curious to know how you compare with players from the rest of the world, you can check out the global leaderboard and see your profile name making it to the top of the list. This is a good game for older children as well as adults.
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Tiny Christmas Tree
Age Range: 5–99+ years old
Decorate your very own miniature Christmas tree on your phone with Tiny Christmas Tree. You can choose from many different ornaments and decorations, and once you finish decorating, you can admire your tree as you listen to “O Christmas Tree” playing in the background. This application is perfect for those who love decorating Christmas trees or those who, for one reason or another, won’t get a chance to decorate their own Christmas trees this year.
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Happy Xmas Game
Age Range: 9–99+ years old
This is a great arcade game with a nice Christmas twist. Here you play Santa Claus, and your challenge is to deliver gifts despite the presence of angry clouds creating storms and launching lightning bolts at you. On top of all that, you must keep the happiness bar full and avoid black smoke coming out of the chimneys you pass by. But don’t worry. As Santa, you get the magical ability to transform dangerous angry clouds into harmless happy clouds. I picked this game because I like how the developer transformed an old game concept into a creative, highly entertaining Christmas adventure. The uplifting music is also a very big plus.
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