A Tadavite Christmas · for the whole family

The Unhinged Elf

An elf has moved in, and he is trouble. From 1 December a new door opens every morning: a funny story to read or hear, a little game to play, a surprise and a reward. By Christmas Eve he has been sued by Rudolph, fired by Santa, and given one last chance to save Christmas. He'll need your help.

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A$19 · converted to your currency at checkout for your whole household, one payment. Fully digital: nothing to hide on a shelf. Door 1 is free to try right now.

A smug elf in a red velvet coat stands hands on hips in a cosy living room beside a battered suitcase spilling a rubber chicken and a traffic cone.
Door 1: the elf arrives (sound on)

See it in action

Every door, he tells you the story himself

  1. Open the door and press play. The elf tells you what he's been up to.
  2. Play the game. Every tap gets a reaction from him, out loud.
  3. See how it ends, find the hidden surprise and win the day's badge.

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Read what he says

Surprise! It's me! Your elf! Okay, so technically... nobody sent me. The North Pole says they've never heard of me. Which is rude, honestly. But I'm here now, and I've already found the comfiest cushion in the whole house. It's mine now. Oh, and one tiny thing. I'm on Santa's Naughty List. Long story. To get off it, I need a co-signer: a really, properly nice human. And I picked YOU! Every nice thing you do earns a star on my Nice List tracker. So! I brought ONE suitcase. And everything in it is absolutely essential. The rubber chicken? Essential. The traffic cone? Extremely essential. And no, I don't know why it's ticking. Help me unpack it, one thing at a time. Go on, tap something! This is gonna be the best December EVER!

A snowy driving course strewn with knocked-over orange traffic cones, a red-and-white striped candy-cane car parked crookedly at a finish flag; the elf (red velvet coat with emerald lapels, red hat with a brass bell) in the passenger seat clutches the dashboard, hat askew, holding out a small handmade card.
Day 5
A glittery snowy stage in full swing with the elf in his red velvet coat with emerald lapels and red hat with brass bell leaping mid-air with his candy-cane guitar, a reindeer pounding the drums and a snowman on keyboard, while three penguins in the front row flap their flippers wildly.
Day 13
A sleigh lands a bit crookedly in a snowdrift beside a workshop; Santa climbs out, smiling and dusting off snow, looking around; the elf (red velvet coat, emerald lapels, red hat with brass bell) in a headset beams and points proudly toward the viewer. No text or letters anywhere.
Day 19

24 different games

Not one quiz 24 times. Unpack a suitcase, drive a candy-cane car, solve a biscuit crime, play in a rock band, judge a talent show, fix Santa's sleigh.

Watch it or read it

Every story is told by the elf on video, with captions, and written on the screen too. Nothing plays until you press play, and every game works without sound.

Made for families

Add a name and a message, switch on family mode, calm the motion, make the text bigger. Progress stays on your device. We don't ask for anything about your children.

The Unhinged Elf: a 24-door Christmas advent calendar. Our elf is American: he says cookies, candy and bathroom. Please be patient with him. All characters are fictional. Works on phones, tablets and computers, with a keyboard or a screen reader.