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Explore Christmas Worldwide
A beautifully crafted explorer's guide to how 195 countries celebrate the world's most festive season — their traditions, phrases, foods, and stories. Designed exclusively for iPad.
Download on the App StoreThe World at Christmas
Unfold a hand-drawn world map and set off on the most festive journey imaginable. Tap any continent, then any country, to open its Christmas journal — packed with traditions, local phrases spoken aloud, festive foods, and stories that will change the way you see the season.
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What's inside
A hand-illustrated map with tap-able continent and country regions. Navigate the world the way explorers always have — with curiosity.
Every country has its own journal page — traditions, local customs, surprising facts, and the story of how Christmas is celebrated there.
Tap any phrase to hear it spoken aloud in the local language. From Finnish to Swahili, Mandarin to Welsh.
Discover the dishes that define Christmas around the world — from Icelandic skyr cake to Filipino bibingka to Jamaican sorrel punch.
The world's great Christmas markets and celebrations, from Vienna's Christkindlmarkt to Samoa's beach fiafia.
Every country you visit earns a stamp in your explorer's passport. Collect all 195 and complete your Christmas world tour.
Looking for a specific country, capital, or Christmas tradition? Search finds it instantly across all 195 nations.
A warm, festive score plays gently as you explore — setting the mood for a journey around the world.
Did you know
Kiribati
"Kiribati is the first country on Earth to celebrate Christmas each year — and one of the first that rising seas may one day silence forever."
Iraq
"Iraq's Chaldean Christians celebrate Mass in Aramaic — the language Jesus himself spoke. A 2,000-year-old Christmas, unbroken."
Ethiopia
"Ethiopian Christmas — Genna — falls on January 7th. The same day, men play an ancient stick game said to have been played by the shepherds in the fields."
Tokelau
"Tokelau — three atolls, 1,400 people, no airport — may host the world's most isolated Christmas. It's also 100% solar powered."
Venezuela
"Caracas closes its streets on Christmas morning so residents can rollerskate to Midnight Mass. A tradition so beloved the city shuts down for it."
Pakistan
"December 25th is a public holiday in Pakistan — it's also the birthday of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the country's founding father."
Available now
Christmas Atlas is available on the App Store for iPad. Designed for iPad, optimised for landscape — a rich, immersive experience built to feel like a treasured keepsake.
iPad only · iPadOS 16+ · $1.99