iPhone and iPad owners rejoice as Apple has announced the return of the 12 days of Christmas, we mean gifts app.
The app, which doles out one free digital goodie per day for 12 days, is back again, and this year the digital gifts are available in the US as well. Last year the free downloadable gifts, which consisted of music, videos and apps, were not available in the US. Perhaps adding the US is the reason they went for the more P.C. “12 days of gifts” instead of using the word Christmas.
Apple hasn’t said what the free digital goodies will be. However, the app that they uploaded to the iTunes app store on Tuesday, will let you know what each day’s goodie is as they happen. Right now, the app tells you just how many days are left until the promotion starts on December 26th. While the company won’t release the free gifts before their particular day, here’s the list of last years goodies.
Keep in mind the US wasn’t included in last years promotion:
December 27th – the free download was Score! Classic Goals
December 28th – the third day of Christmas saw Apple give away an episode of Sherlock
December 29th – Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes was the 12 days of Christmas giveaway on the fourth day of Christmas 2012
December 30th- Apple gave away three tracks by Ed Sheeran, recorded at the iTunes Festival
December 31st – Apple’s free 12 Days of Christmas giveaway continued with Sonic The Hedgehog and the game Sonic Jump, available free for 24 hours
January 1st – Apple gave away Disney’s Toy Story Toons, a bundle of two short films from Pixar
January 2nd – Apple’s free 12 Days of Christmas giveaway continued with Ken Follett best selling novel The Pillars of the Earth
January 3rd – Apple’s download on January 3 was a festive EP from The XX. The xxmas EP included Sunset (Jamie xx Edit) and two videos – Angels (Live in Tokyo) and Chained.
4 January – The giveaway on the 10th day of Christmas was The Photo Cookbook – Quick & Easy
5 January – On the 11th day of Christmas Apple gave to me: a One Direction Little Things video
6 January – Apple’s free 12 Days of Christmas giveaway for Christmas 2012 concluded with the Shark Dash game from Gameloft
You can download the 12 days of gifts app here from the iTunes app store.