Everything you need for a family countdown on the big screen: when doors open, how to set the calendar to your own Christmas, and how to keep Christmas Mode running through an evening.
One door opens each day of the calendar you have chosen. Top Shelf on the Apple TV Home Screen shows which door opens today, so you can see it before you even launch the app.
Classic carols with sing-along lyrics, a game-show Christmas quiz, recipes to make together (gingerbread cookies, real hot chocolate, sugar cookies), Christmas traditions from Germany, Mexico, Iceland and Australia, stories to read aloud including "A Visit from St. Nicholas", surprising facts and Christmas quotes, and 4K scenes such as a snowy forest, northern lights and a crackling fireplace.
December 1 to 24, all the way to Christmas Day, Orthodox Christmas from December 14 to January 7, or a date of your own. Pick the one your family celebrates.
Yes. Turn on the parental lock and the calendar settings stay the way you set them.
A Christmas window for your TV: falling snow, the carols you have unlocked so far and a live countdown to Christmas. The screen saver stays off while it runs, which makes it good for dinner, wrapping presents or a quiet evening by the tree.
Yes. Every opened door hangs an ornament on your Christmas tree, and you can open any surprise again from there whenever you like.
The village comes to life as the doors open: smoke rises from the chimneys, lamps and garlands light up, a snowman appears, and on the last day a star shines on the clock tower.
Doors 1 to 3 are free. A single in-app purchase unlocks the whole season, with no subscription and no ads. Seasons you unlock stay yours to revisit.
The app is available in 10 languages.
Any Apple TV running tvOS 16 or later. The scenes are shown in 4K on an Apple TV 4K.
A snowy village on your TV with a new paper door every day until Christmas.
Two minutes before December starts.
Counting to January 7? Why Orthodox Christmas falls in January.
Try this in Christmas Advent Calendar →The door is the easy part. The ritual is what children remember.
More ideas for the days themselves: 24 advent calendar ideas that are not chocolate.
Try this in Christmas Advent Calendar →Snow, carols and a countdown, left on without anyone touching the remote.
The game-show quiz works best with teams.
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