Playing games on the web is great fun for you and your kids - but somehow there's just something extra special about playing a game when it's... Christmas!
It's also amazing to see how easily Santa has made the transition from Christmas card hero to an online disco dancer - and now your child can even track Santa on Google Earth!
Kids can also build a snowman online these days, or make their own digital snowflake.
How about jumping around in the snow with a bunny and some bells?
Or maybe your child would love an online Advent calendar!
All links open a new window for you:
Track Santa online!
At Norad's Santa site you can countdown to Santa's takeoff, and head off to the North Pole in Countdown Village!
Find the busiest shop in the village, click on it, and play a game, such as Christmas Tree Light Up!
Learn how to track Santa in Google Earth and see Santa on your mobile...
It's official: Santa is high tech, and your little kids will be entranced!
More Christmas online games
Christmas Advent Calendar and games at CBeebies The Advent Calendar is on the CBeebies home page, and each date has a different surprise behind it! You'll find Christmas games, songs, coloring and storytime activities around the site, and here are three games your kids might like to play there:
Up to Ten - Search page! I'm sending you to the search page so that you can find all the Christmas stuff easily.
Simply type in Christmas as your question and you'll get a nice variety of Christmas games such as a matching game for four year olds and up or a Christmas tree print and paint for 2 year olds!
Orisinal - Winterbells Winterbells from Orisinal is a lovely online Christmas game where your bunny jumps around falling bells, touching them to score.
Not so easy for very little ones, but I think this could be a game that you could play while your child sits on your lap, watching and listening to the wonderful music!
And if you want more from Orisinal, your child can Fly with Santa - it ain't easy, it moves fast, but your 6 year-olds and up will enjoy it! Another Orisinal classic game.
Pingu It's off to the icy world of Pingo first of all, where you can help Pingu on the Fish Run, choose a jigsaw to complete, with either 4, 6 or 12 pieces to suit your child, or play a matching game with three levels of difficulty.
The new Crazy Sledging game is fun. Choose your character, level and sledge run, then zoom along at high speed to the finish!
Northpole A nice selection of christmas online games for kids - have fun with the online coloring book, or trim a tree and build a snowman!
Elsewhere on the site you'll find a Disco Dancing Santa to enjoy, a "Good Deeds" calendar for your child to fill in and leave under the tree for Santa, as well as many other fun and educational activities.
Here are two build a snowman games:
Crayola Snowman Builder Choose hats, noses, hands and outfits for your snowman, then print out and color your snowman.
Starfall's Make a Snowman A fun, educational little game here from the fab Starfall site - spell the word "snowmen" - then dress up a snowman and listen to a snowman counting song!