Jingle Elf · Christmas Countdown
How to Play
Christmas Countdown is a shared festive quiz with 24 daily doors, one for each day from 1 to 24 December. It is designed to be simple: join your group, open the available present, answer the questions and enjoy the friendly competition.
Playing a Christmas Countdown
- Join your group. Open the invitation link or scan the QR code shared by your host.
- Choose your name. A first name or nickname is enough. You do not need to use your full name.
- Keep your recovery code safe. It can help you get back to your Christmas Countdown on another device or if your browser forgets you.
- Open the day's present. Available doors are shown on your calendar. Completed days are marked as done.
- Answer 10 questions. Each question is timed, so choose your answer before the clock runs out.
- Catch up if you need to. If you have missed an available day, the calendar will help you work through it before carrying on.
- Follow the leaderboard. See how everyone in your Christmas Countdown is getting on as December unfolds.
Hosting a Christmas Countdown
- Create your Countdown. Enter your name and give your Christmas Countdown a festive name.
- Save your Christmas Key Code. Keep it somewhere safe so you can recover your host access later if needed.
- Invite your players. Your Host Dashboard provides the invitation link and QR code to share with family, friends, a class or your community group.
- Players join for themselves. Each person chooses their own display name and receives their own recovery information.
- Keep an eye on your group. The Host Dashboard shows your players and the available places in your Christmas Countdown.
- Join in too. The host can play the daily quizzes alongside everyone else.
A few useful things to know
- You only get one completed attempt at each day.
- Your progress is remembered if you leave part-way through a day and return later.
- A score of zero still counts as a completed day.
- If you change device or lose access, use the recovery option and your recovery code.
- The calendar automatically shows which doors are available, completed or still waiting to open.
Need help?
If you are a player, your host is usually the best person to ask first. If you are having trouble getting back into your Christmas Countdown, use the recovery option from the join or rejoin screen.