10 iPhone Apps Guaranteed to Make the 2010 Holiday Season Manageable

by Nathan Eddy

A forgotten classic holiday game, this strangely addictive entertainment requires you to keep a snow-white bunny hopping higher and higher on gently descending winter bells.

Keep yourself organized and on budget this holiday season with a gift-giving app that lets you see who the nice and naughty people on your list are getting this year.

Turn your friends, family (and pets!) into a digital version of the beloved Mr. Mean One, then customize the digital card with fun stamps, boarders and messages.

Use your iPhone to check flight delays, gate changes and all sorts of status updates with this app, which also allows you to select and save departing or arriving flights.

Test out a digital closet full of the hideous holiday sweaters Aunt Edna always gets you this time of year and turn the tables on friends and family.

Give the popular mobile game Angry Birds a holiday spin with this winter-themed version, where snowballs and blocks of ice add to the fun.

Another easy way to spread the holiday cheer, this app lets you put yourself and the people you know into typically over-the-top holiday-themed photos.

Version 2.0 now lets you play your own Christmas music from your iPod library and includes more than 100 classic and modern carols for you to sing off-key.

Though perhaps slightly hyperbolic, this app gives you tools and toys like a calendar, gift guide and a list of holidays to celebrate the year ’round.

Record a holiday greeting into your iPhone and watch as a digital Santa Claus repeats it back to you, or run him over with a huge snowball!