Merry Christmas 2024
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You know those Gardenscapes and Homescapes games your aunt keeps bugging you about on Facebook? This is basically that, but with Santa instead of a butler. Match three ornaments, bells, and candy canes to complete puzzles, then use your winnings to decorate Santa's workshop. It's a holiday-themed match-3 game with over 2000 levels, daily challenges, and that same addictive "just one more level" loop that hooks casual puzzle fans.
Key Features
- Massive Content: Over 2000 match-3 levels to work through—you won't run out anytime soon.
- Daily Rewards: Daily and weekly challenges drop gifts, coins, and power-ups to keep you coming back.
- Dual Gameplay Loop: Match puzzles feed into a room decoration meta-game where you rebuild Santa's estate.
- Browser-Friendly: Runs smooth on desktop and mobile without any download—just click and play.
How to Play Merry Christmas 2024
The concept is dead simple, but those later levels will test your patience and planning skills.
Match Three to Clear the Board
You drag and swap adjacent holiday items—bells, ornaments, candy canes—to create lines of three or more matching pieces. Each level gives you a limited number of moves (usually 15-25) and specific goals like "collect 20 blue ornaments" or "clear 15 bells." The grid sits in the center, and you'll see your objectives at the top with a move counter ticking down. Match four or more to create special boosters like striped candies or bomb ornaments that clear entire rows.
Managing Your Moves and Boosters
Here's where it gets tricky: you've got a hard move limit, and the game absolutely will give you impossible boards if you're unlucky. The booster bar at the bottom offers four power-ups—hammers to smash single pieces, shuffles to remix the board, and explosive combos. Problem is, these cost coins or you run out fast. You'll find yourself restarting levels constantly when you're two moves short of winning, which is... frustrating, honestly.
Decorating Santa's World
Every time you beat a level, you earn stars. These stars let you renovate and decorate different rooms in Santa's workshop and house. You tap on interactive objects, spend stars to upgrade furniture or decorations, and slowly transform the space. It's purely cosmetic, but it gives you a reason to keep grinding through puzzle levels. The meta-game story is paper-thin—Santa needs help fixing up his place—but it works as a carrot on a stick.
Who is Merry Christmas 2024 for?
This is squarely aimed at casual puzzle fans who want something cozy and holiday-themed. Perfect if you're killing time during lunch breaks or want a low-stress game to play while half-watching TV. It's family-friendly—no violence, no complicated mechanics—so kids and older relatives can jump in without confusion. If you're a hardcore gamer looking for challenge or originality, though, you'll bounce off this fast. It's comfort food gaming, not a Michelin star meal.
The Gameplay Vibe
The whole experience is super polished but utterly safe. Bright, saturated colors, cheerful jingles, and smooth animations that scream "mobile game designed by a marketing team." The visuals have that glossy, AI-smoothed look where everything is a little too perfect and generic. Santa looks like he was plucked from a stock Christmas card. The music is forgettable holiday elevator tunes that loop forever. It's chill, low-stress, and honestly kind of numbing after an hour. You can zone out completely, which is either a feature or a bug depending on your mood.
Technical Check: Saves & Performance
Your progress saves automatically through browser cache, so as long as you don't nuke your cookies, you're good. Just keep playing on the same browser and device. Performance-wise, this runs butter-smooth even on older laptops and budget phones—it's not demanding at all. The Unity engine keeps things lightweight. Mobile touch controls work fine, though I found the desktop mouse clicking slightly more precise when boards get crowded.
Quick Verdict: Pros & Cons
A solid time-waster if you like match-3 puzzles and don't mind the shameless Homescapes clone vibes.
- ✅ Pro: Tons of content—2000+ levels means you won't finish this in a weekend.
- ✅ Pro: Zero barrier to entry—loads fast, plays smooth, no downloads or account required.
- ❌ Con: Aggressively unoriginal—this is a reskin of a reskin, and it shows in every design choice.
Controls
Responsive and simple. No complaints here—everything reacts instantly.
- Desktop: Click and drag pieces with your mouse to swap them.
- Mobile: Tap and swipe pieces with your finger to create matches.
Release Date & Developer
Developed by Gidkap and released on January 1, 2023, just in time to ride the post-holiday mobile gaming wave.
