Free Christmas tools
Christmas Tools
Small, useful tools for the festive season. Plan your gifts, pick a film, tick off the shopping list or learn a tradition you have not seen before. No sign-up, no clutter.
Christmas Quiz
Find your Christmas personality with a short, friendly quiz.
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Gift Finder
Filter gift ideas by recipient, budget and style in seconds.
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Christmas Checklist
Tick off gifts, food and decor. Your progress is saved on your device.
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Advent Calendar
Open a small festive prompt for each day from December 1 to 24.
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Christmas Facts
A random fact generator and a long list of real, sourced trivia.
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Movie Picker
Pick a Christmas film by mood, with snack and activity pairings.
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Traditions Explorer
Browse Christmas customs, foods and gift-givers country by country.
Open toolHow to get the most out of the tools
Each tool is built to do one job in under a minute. The quiz, gift finder and movie picker ask a small set of questions and hand you a friendly result. The checklist, advent calendar and traditions explorer save what you tick or open in your browser, so you can come back later without an account. None of them ask for an email and none of them sell your data.
- Planning a family Christmas? Start with the checklist, then use the gift finder.
- Hosting friends? The quiz and movie picker double as easy party openers.
- Learning with kids? Pair the advent calendar with the traditions explorer for a country a day in December.
Trusted external Christmas tools
A few free, official services we recommend alongside the tools on this page. All of them are run by well known organisations and have been around for years.
- NORAD Tracks Santa
Live Santa tracker run by the North American Aerospace Defense Command since 1955.
- Google Santa Tracker
Interactive map plus 24 days of games, coding puzzles and short learning videos.
- USPS Operation Santa
Adopt and answer real letters to Santa from families across the United States.
- Royal Mail letters to Santa
Free address for UK children to write to Father Christmas and get a reply.
- Canada Post: Write to Santa
Long running Santa letter programme run by Canada Post, with replies in English and French.
- timeanddate.com calendars
Reliable reference for holiday dates, sunset times and Christmas Eve schedules worldwide.