Christmas-themed video games

Christmas-themed Video games

Personal

As a child, I really loved the various aspects of Christmas holiday, and, as I became more and more interested in video games, I loved to see Christmas themes showing up in the games I loved. In the mid 1990s, I remember noticing MS-DOS games were being released with Christmas themes. These were usually just short demos with altered graphics and music, but I still loved them. There is just something about taking a video game universe and injecting Christmas themes into it that appeals to me.

Games

This isn't meant to be an exhaustive list, just those that are important to me.

Title	Released	Description
A Computer Christmas	1986-11-??	Sierra sent out this non-playable Christmas demo to retailers to help promote their games.
Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare 1994	1994-12-03	Epic MegaGames published several Christmas-themed Jazz Jackrabbit games, but this was the only one I played. It's only three levels, but it has fantastic graphics.
Jetpack: Christmas Special	1993-??-??	Essentially just a reskin of Jetpack with some new levels.
SkyRoads: Xmas Special	1994-??-??	This is more a level pack of mostly hard roads. A few backgrounds are different, but there is no new audio.
Xmas Lemmings	1991-??-??	Each winter from 1991-1994, DMA Design released a Christmas-themed Lemmings game. The first two were just short demos used to promote Oh No! More Lemmings, but the later two were full games. They featured new graphics with the lemmings wearing adorable Santa costumes.