Apple includes US in annual '12 Days of Gifts' app

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in iPhone edited January 2014
As it has done for a few years now, Apple on Monday released its annual holiday season giveaway app in the iOS App Store, but this year U.S. customers are being included in the promotion as well.

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Apple's 12 Days of Gifts app has become somewhat of a tradition for iOS, with users offered free downloadable content from the day after Christmas into the new year.

In previous years, Apple limited the promotion to Europe and Canada, though for 2013, the company is bringing the app and freebies to the U.S. The program runs from Dec. 26 through Jan. 6, with each day bringing a free downloadable song, app, book, movie and more. Every offer is valid for only 24 hours and some content may not be available in all areas.

This is Apple's second digital holiday promotion, the first being the "Holiday Cheer" playlist, which consists of eight free Christmas songs available for download via the Apple Store app.

12 Days of Gifts is a free 64.7MB download from the App Store.
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  • Reply 1 of 35
    einsteinbqateinsteinbqat Posts: 169member
    Well, USA doesn't really celebrate the 12 days of Xmas.
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    studiomusicstudiomusic Posts: 656member

    Have to have iOS7... meh.

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  • Reply 3 of 35
    chris_cachris_ca Posts: 2,543member
    Merry Christmas to all!!!

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  • Reply 4 of 35
    macky the mackymacky the macky Posts: 4,801member
    Wow! Available in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish... [I]and that's just for the U.S. market![/I]
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  • Reply 5 of 35
    rochfordrochford Posts: 32member

    Anyone know what could possibly make an app like this, which is basically just a link to the iTunes Store, need to be nearly 65MB. It appears to have an info page, receives Notifications, and sends you a reminder. Maybe it plays a different Carol each day?

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  • Reply 6 of 35
    dennyc2013dennyc2013 Posts: 11member
    I'm Canadian and had this for a while... anyways its basically free downloads of stuff that you would never download anyway. Then you have a dilemma of getting it just because its free but not getting it since you don't really like it. Its not a big deal. Ideally, they should just make it one free download of anything of your choice.
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  • Reply 7 of 35
    stuffestuffe Posts: 394member
    @dennyc2013 with a demographic containng hundreds of millions of users, getting 12 apps that everyone would appreciate is difficult. I count on hoping that 1 or 2 might be interesting to me, and typically there's a game that provides some free amusement for a couple of hours, and something for the kids (last year were some great Toy Story shorts which are still being watched now). It's free, and it's a gift - allowing us to choose our own would a) create all sorts of developer and payment issues (not to mention confusion over likely price caps etc), and b) smacks of entitlement which we don't have.
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  • Reply 8 of 35
    surendersurender Posts: 1member

    Merry Christmas to all........:)

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    daveinpublicdaveinpublic Posts: 633member
    Very cool - I'll have to check it out. Apples getting into the spirit of Christmas!
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  • Reply 10 of 35
    fulldecentfulldecent Posts: 108member
    @rochford Easy, 10 language localizations times 3 regions times 3 device types times 2 resolutions of launch screens.

    If you're an app dev, you know my pain.
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  • Reply 11 of 35
    azzrasazzras Posts: 1member
    Wow, way to rip off Microsoft's promotion Apple...even ripped off the name...just wow....
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  • Reply 12 of 35
    nhtnht Posts: 4,522member
    What's with all the entitled asshats in this thread bitching about free apps?
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  • Reply 13 of 35
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Originally Posted by Azzras View Post

    Wow, way to rip off Microsoft's promotion Apple...even ripped off the name...just wow....

     

    Just shut up.

     

    Originally Posted by nht View Post

    What's with all the entitled asshats in this thread bitching about free apps?


     

    Are you familiar with the entitlement generation?

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  • Reply 14 of 35
    nhtnht Posts: 4,522member
    tallest skil wrote: »
    Are you familiar with the entitlement generation?

    Baby boomers? Yah.
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  • Reply 15 of 35
    wovelwovel Posts: 956member
    azzras wrote: »
    Wow, way to rip off Microsoft's promotion Apple...even ripped off the name...just wow....

    • Apple has been doing this for a while.. (At least three years now)
    • Both of them are copying the 12 days of Christmas (More like the song than the tradition or religious period).
    • Microsoft's event is the 12 days of deals.
    • Apple is giving away free digital content
    • Microsoft is having a sale
    • Don't be silly, you were not being sarcastic, just clueless


    Welcome to the site. I hope you forget your password.
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  • Reply 16 of 35
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Originally Posted by nht View Post

    Baby boomers? Yah.

     

    Oh, not them. <img class=" src="http://forums-files.appleinsider.com/images/smilies//lol.gif" />

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  • Reply 17 of 35
    razorpitrazorpit Posts: 1,796member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by studiomusic View Post

     

    Have to have iOS7... meh.


    Have to see people whine about free stuff ... meh.

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  • Reply 18 of 35
    jfc1138jfc1138 Posts: 3,090member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Azzras View Post



    Wow, way to rip off Microsoft's promotion Apple...even ripped off the name...just wow....

    According to your time stamp "

    post #12 of 18


    1 hour, 15 minutes ago"


     


    you've been expired for an hour.
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  • Reply 19 of 35
    chris_cachris_ca Posts: 2,543member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Azzras View Post

    Wow, way to rip off Microsoft's promotion Apple...even ripped off the name...just wow....

    ???
    12 Days of Gifts ? 12 Days of Deals
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  • Reply 20 of 35
    mm1337mm1337 Posts: 21member
    Does anyone know why is this happening to me?

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