Christmas Freebies
Welcome to our annual Christmas Freebies category. This year we've got some fantastic new Christmas freebies lined up, including MP3s, downloads, graphics, games, competitions, wallpaper, clipart, fonts and tons of other great free stuff. Now is the time to decorate your computer desktop with some festive wallpaper, or upload a Christmas ring tone to your mobile phone. If you're feeling lucky, how about entering one of our free Christmas competitions? Or if you're in need of some light entertainment, check out some of the free games we've included. If you happen to stumble across an outdated link, we'd very much appreciate it if you could report it. If you would like to suggest another Christmas freebie to add to our collection, we'd very much appreciate it. Thanks!
BBC Radio 1 Christmas Daily MP3s - Here are some entertaining (and free) MP3 downloads from the Chris Moyles show at BBC Radio 1. Every day from 13th December to 24th December, they are offering visitors the chance to download a spoof song, which you can keep forever with no restrictions. To grab your Radio 1 Christmas music gift, simply log on to this page every day until Christmas Eve.
Free Christmas Themed RSS Icons - This collection of free Christmas-themed RSS icons is perfect for sprucing up your blog or Web site. The icons feature the recognisable "RSS feed" icon but with an added twist - they include Christmas trees, holly, snowmen, etc. You may select from either icons on a white, black or transparent background, depending on the intended usage. There are 12 icons available in each set.
Fonts & Things Christmas Fonts - Provides a small but high quality collection of free Christmas fonts, including "Frozen", "Christmas Card", "Christmas Lights", "Festival Nights", "Ornamental" and more. All are ideal for use when creating Christmas cards and letters, or for sprucing up your own personal Web pages. The fonts included at this site are freeware and available in .zip files.
Free BBC Christmas Food Recipes - Head on over to the BBC Food Web site to find a whole host of free recipes from top BBC chefs, including Nigella Lawson, Rick Stein, Antonio Carluccio and others. The site features recipes for both food and drink, and covers traditional and unique meals. Check out how to create the perfect Christmas pudding in the video tutorial by Lesley Waters. Printable recipes are also available here.
Free Computeractive Christmas Gifts Guide - If you are having trouble getting your hands on Computeractive's 32-page Christmas Gifts guide (in stores now), you can download a free PDF version from this site. The magazine contains around 100 Christmas gift ideas and includes great photographs and reviews on this season's "must have" products. (UK Only)
Free Miniclip Christmas Games - Offers a vast and entertaining collection of Christmas-themed online games, available to play in your Web browser (so you need not download any software). Some of the popular games here include: Snowfight, Ski Run, Nordic Chill, Penguin Rush, Big Jump Challenge, and more.
Free Iceland Christmas Magazine - The new Iceland Christmas magazine (available in store now) is packed full of delicious Christmas recipes, ideas and festive features. You can pick one up in any Iceland supermarket, although if you can't wait, you may download a free PDF version of the magazine on their site. (UK Only)
Free Christmas Desktop Wallpers - Brighten up your computer desktop with this selection of festive Christmas wallpapers. Over 20 high quality wallpaper backgrounds can be downloaded here, completely free of charge. Many of the wallpapers are available in various screen resolutions, depending on your preference.
Free Christmas Music Downloads - You'll find a selection of Christmas music downloads this at this site, in both MP3 and MIDI format. Some of the downloads include: 'Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly', 'Oh Little Town of Bethlehem', 'Silent Night', 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas', 'We Three Kings of Orient Are', etc. There are also tons of other Christmas resources available here.
Free Christmas Mobile MP3 Ring Tones - A the ctunes.eu Web site, you will find a small selection of Christmas MP3 downloads, suitable to use as your mobile phone ring tones. Ding Dong Merrily on High, Carol of the Bells, Christmas is Coming and The First Noel are some of the featured tunes. The site also offers a number of folk and classical songs from various international composers.
123Greetings Christmas Electronic Greeting Cards - Here's another selection of free Christmas e-cards. 123Greetings offers over 40 Christmas-themed greeting cards to send to your friends and family. What's more, each card has been rated and reviewed by contributors, so you can see the level of impact each card made before you go to send. The cards are high quality and can be customised with a personal greeting message.
Bogblocker Mildly Insulting Christmas E-cards - The Christmas greetings section of Bogblocker.com includes a small but entertaining selection of insulting Christmas e-cards. Don't worry, they are not too offensive, but may raise a wry smile on your chosen recipient's face. Choose from "Gotcha Fatty!", "Smelly Christmas", "Who's Eaten All The Reindeer?", along with others.
Free Christmas MIDI Files - It's difficult to find good MIDI sites on the Net nowadays, particularly as other sound-formats such as MP3 are getting easier to acquire. With this in mind, FreebieList.com has took great care to find a quality collection, and here it is! Lockergnome.com (provider of some interesting tech-email newsletters) has Jingle Bells, Silent Night and many more.
Freeloader Christmas Games - Our friends at Freeloader are offering some of the finest free Christmas games around. You'll find a small but entertaining collection of online games here, including "Speedy Santa" (downhill skiing), "Elf Zapper" (a magical elf game), and "Polar Bear Parking". Freeloader.com also includes various other games, both online and to download, so be sure to check out those as well.
Free Santa Letters Online - This bright and colourful site is a great addition to FreebieList.com, particularly in this festive season. SantaClausLettersOnline.com allows you to create an online Christmas letter from Santa Claus, which you can use to "revitalise your child's belief" in the bearded, gift-bearing man. At this site, there are a number of letter templates available to use.