Appy Holidays!
Posted December 11th, 2011 at 7:31 pm
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Since the day after Halloween I’ve been pitched all kinds of holiday/Christmas/Hannukah/New Years/Kwanza/Solstice phone apps for miles. There’s the one where you follow Santa on Christmas Eve (which I blogged about last week). Hell, there’s even one where you follow Hanukkah Harry on Christmas eve!
No there isn’t. But I did find this which is totally awesome and weird. Anyway. In the spirit of the season, I thought I’d pitch a few of my very own holiday applications.
1. Surround Smell: Christmas Tree Edition We will not be getting a Christmas tree this year (nor have we ever had a Christmas tree) … maybe because we’re leaning more toward Jewish traditions in our home but also, next week we’ll be in San Diego with my family where we all shop for a tree and decorate it together. Still. There is NOTHING festive about our house right now and that’s kind of sad. The smell of Christmas trees would certainly do this guy some good. I’m kind of totally craving me some holiday spirit right about now. See next app:
2. The Zooey Deschanel: She sings. She dances. She says all the right things. She even loves and dates elves. What more could someone want in a friend this time of year? Download “The Zooey D” and you’re sure to be festive and a lot more fun than you currently feel, typing this post in your sweatpants and Baby Bjorn with a pacifier tangled in your hair.
…I kind of want to live inside the Zooey D app, actually. Can someone in App-land (Appalachia?) make that APPen? (Sorry. I had to.)
3. The White Christmas 24/7 App: Have I ever told you I’m obsessed with White Christmas? If it was up to me I’d have it playing 24/7 on my television year round. Or in this case, my mobile device. I would appreciate Bing Crosby as my ringer, actually. OR “Sisters” by the Haynes sisters thankyouverymuch.
4. The Keep it All Together, Woman, What is your Problem!??? App: This one not only organizes and sorts through holiday madness by compartmentalizing it all so you don’t have to, but ALSO decides which teacher gets what gift and what donations go where and which boxes should be sign(ed) for what items on which wish list(s) and what date/time the recital(s) are and OH GOD, I only have two kids to keep straight and I’m already failing and confused! AHHHH!
5. The NApp: An App that covers for you while you hibernate in your car for a day or two or twelve.
6. The Stop and Smell Your Family App – Sometimes, with all the craziness and the business and engagements one forgets what this time of year is all about: sitting around a fire with the people you love. I’ve been so stressed out and emotional and weird these last few weeks that I’ve forgotten how much I love this time of year. I’d like an app to help me get back on track, please.
Christmas 2010, decorating the gingerbread house with (a tiny! so young looking!) Fable
What about you guys? If you could invent a special app to help with holiday madness/awesome, what would it be?
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ashley commented on Dec 11 11 at 7:39 pmLovin some Zooey right now. There is a great Pandora station that features her heavily.
Lacy Reed commented on Dec 11 11 at 7:55 pmI would also love the app that organizes everyone’s gifts, and reminds me what I’ve purchased, and where it’s “hidden”. I often “outsmart” myself and wind up unintentionally saving things that were purchased for Christmas, for birthdays!
kristin commented on Dec 11 11 at 8:09 pmI would love an app to track all those awesome winter/holiday photo shots to make sure that my second-born gets as much camera time as my first did. Nothing like a baby’s first Christmas!
Cynthia commented on Dec 11 11 at 8:31 pmOMG. I love White Christmas also, but every time I hear that Sisters song now, all I can think of is this – http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/the-lawrence-welk-show/727501.
Jen P commented on Dec 11 11 at 9:02 pmIf someone could please invent a “choose and buy all my Christmas presents” app, that would be really helpful this year!
Erin J. commented on Dec 11 11 at 10:15 pmMaybe an app that tells me to stop and unplug and decorate something right now! But I’ve been listening to Christmas music since Halloween; that counts for something, right?
wumples commented on Dec 11 11 at 11:04 pmI just need an app that adds jingle bells to EVERYTHING. (I think that app is called “go buy some bells okay?” but it would just be a lot easier for everyone if I could DOWNLOAD the bells instead.)
jana commented on Dec 11 11 at 11:52 pmI need an app that vacuums up my Christmas tree’s dropped needles, or, even better, that reminds us to water the dang thing.
Homa commented on Dec 12 11 at 12:00 amLove White Christmas! I would want an app to photograph and store the addresses I write on cards so I don’t have to hunt for them each year. Oh wait, I think that is just a camera. ;)
Lacey Jane commented on Dec 12 11 at 12:11 amI want an apparate-me app so I can be in more than one place for Christmas!
Hyatt commented on Dec 12 11 at 12:32 amI will take the nApp – great idea!
Jayme commented on Dec 12 11 at 12:37 amI would like an app that forces people to be happy and nice and accommodating during the holidays. I would call it hAPPy holidays, and it would prevent people from being jerky and rude during what should only be a wonderful time. I should totally out an ad out for a techie person to help me.
Liz commented on Dec 12 11 at 12:38 amI love the Christmas tree smell too, we have a fake tree this year and I miss it
Michele commented on Dec 12 11 at 12:58 amI think i like your “stop and smell your family” app. Or an app that makes the stupid 2hr drive to see my family in CT go faster.
Leanne M commented on Dec 12 11 at 1:17 amGuilt-Be-Gone app:
In one long, run-on sentence, spill your guts about everything on your plate: all you have to do, should do, can’t do, haven’t done, want to do but have waaay too little time to do, must do because it’s expected, because others won’t do it, because your mom did it and made it look easy, because the earth will just stop rotating right about the time everyone figures out you’re a failure at this mom/woman/wife/lover/friend/emplyee/havin’-it-all thing. Comes standard with voice recognition (because who has time to write OR type all that out) and instructions to take a deep breath when you’re done.At which time Glinda the good witch from the Wizard of Oz comes on the screen, smiles serenely, and waving her sparkly wand says, very softly: “Poof! It’s gone.” And seriously dude, all the guilt, the worry, the fear, the shame, the anxiety, the pressure…all of it. Gone. Best holiday gift ever.
Sarah commented on Dec 12 11 at 1:23 amAn app that wraps presents for me and makes my husband realize that our kids don’t need ALL these toys! :-)
Michelle commented on Dec 12 11 at 1:51 amI want a “family coordination” app that syncs with my husband’s phone – a checklist of all the stuff we need to get done for an event/month so I don’t get a zillion texts asking if I picked up paper plates or if he still needs to get them on the way home.
Patty Martyn commented on Dec 12 11 at 3:16 amMerry Christmas!
Abi commented on Dec 12 11 at 3:29 amI need an app that will keep 3 kids (4yo, 3yo, and 3 mo) quietly entertained as we go on a 7 (maybe 8) hour car ride to see my ILs.
Kim commented on Dec 12 11 at 6:26 amI’d like to have someone invent smell-o-vision. I know it’s not a new request, but it’d still be very useful. Merry Christmas!
Kirsten Newcomb commented on Dec 12 11 at 6:38 amI’d like an app that could give me awesome gift advice. Don’t know what to get Dad for Xmas? What are his interests/tastes/shirt size? BAM. Awesome gift.
Elizabeth commented on Dec 12 11 at 7:37 amI’d love an app that could channel all my kids’ nervous energy into something productive rather than making me nuts! :)
evsmarie commented on Dec 12 11 at 8:02 amAn app that (somehow) knows what everyone on my list needs, searches for the very best price (and free shipping!!!) and takes care of the whole dang process for me. I usually love this part of giving – but this year, the combination of working full time, having a VERY busy 16-month-old and being pregnant is slowly draining it out of me.
Megan commented on Dec 12 11 at 8:49 amI want a “Here is some free money in order to buy all the Christmas presents you need to buy but can’t afford” app.
Jen M commented on Dec 12 11 at 8:52 amIs there an app that could clean my house? Other than that, I’m kind of at a loss.
cheryl commented on Dec 12 11 at 9:50 amI want an Xtra Hours in the Day app!
Mary commented on Dec 12 11 at 11:41 amgift guide for sure!
Jill commented on Dec 12 11 at 12:12 pmI need a gift app too! I have been buying for the past couple months and can’t remember what i bought!
Julia commented on Dec 12 11 at 12:18 pmI would love an app that would work for me while I spent time with family and friends, decorating my house and of course shopping!
Jackie commented on Dec 12 11 at 12:27 pmI would love to have an “Erase the thousands of miles” app! My parents live in Africa and we all won’t be together this holiday season. Wish I could have an app that erased all those miles so we could spend Christmas together.
Rebe S. commented on Dec 12 11 at 12:38 pmI would like an app that does all my Christmas shopping for me…I don’t know how, it just does.
Lauren commented on Dec 12 11 at 12:38 pmit would definitely be an app that figures out what the heck to buy for my family and SO and friends. and then buys it all. and pays the credit card bill at the end. I usually go OK with family and friends…but it’s hard to figure out what to get the SO, even after almost four years together. it’s this problem of how he buys the things he wants instead of making a list!
Kamber commented on Dec 12 11 at 12:42 pmAll those apps sound great. I love a previous commenter’s suggestion of the guilt be gone app.
Stef commented on Dec 12 11 at 12:48 pmI needed an app to help me keep track of gifts, but this was a few years ago, before I had a smartphone, so I just made a good old-fashioned spreadsheet listing each person I needed to shop for, potential gift ideas (which I could add throughout the year), sizes, colors, etc, and a checklist for whether the gift had been made/purchased and wrapped yet. It was really helpful. But now my shopping is just down to 5 nieces and nephews and my husband. Everyone else gets baked goods.
I love all the She & Him that has been playing on the Pandora Indie Christmas station. And I really liked Zooey’s national anthem performance. No melisma overkill, and she got the lyrics right!
Christina commented on Dec 12 11 at 12:53 pm“She & Him” Christmas album…total fave. No idea about the App…can we invent one that prints money? Sending you happy, non-emotional vibes…post-partum with older kids right before the holidays emotions are INTENSE. xo.
Courtney commented on Dec 12 11 at 12:58 pman app that makes a picture perfect 4 dozen holiday treats for your upcoming cookie swap. baking would be more enjoyable if less precision was required!
Donna commented on Dec 12 11 at 1:01 pmI love Zooey Deschanel, she’s so cute and fun.
Lisa T commented on Dec 12 11 at 1:29 pmOhhhhh….an app that lists the popular gifts this year! Fun for all ages ;)
Aimee commented on Dec 12 11 at 1:32 pmI’d like the “how to decorate your home perfectly” app. My two poinsettias are not cutting it.
sara commented on Dec 12 11 at 2:22 pmAs much as I didnt want to like “The New Girl”, I do. She just gets on my nerves for some reason!
Wendy commented on Dec 12 11 at 2:42 pmAn app that tells me where all the holiday cards and gifts that I bought for 1/2 off after the holidays are hiding…………before I buy new, none-discounted cards and gifts. Year. After. Year.
Kim Q commented on Dec 12 11 at 2:44 pmLove Zooey in Elf, my all time favorite Christmas movie. My 13 month old daughter was channeling Buddy recently- she was attempting to pull fluffs off of my shirt. She wasn’t getting anything, but she would promply pop the “fluffs” into her mouth and giggle. OOOOH, so I want an app that totally captures all of the adorable moments such as these that I can never capture on my own. Sigh.
Kris commented on Dec 12 11 at 3:11 pmI really want a Christmas shopping app, which automatically finds the cheapest prices on all my gifts, maps out the fastest route to all the stores, then crosses them off the list once they’re bought.
Pam C commented on Dec 12 11 at 4:06 pmThe “No, You Won’t” App that loudly buzzes the “loser” buzz every time I think, “Wow, I can make that hairthing-warmwrap-stuffedanimal-etc for so-and-so this Christmas.”
Christy commented on Dec 12 11 at 4:25 pmAn app that reminds me where I hid all the presents I so conveniently bought BEFORE THE LAST MINUTE, when I am trying to wrap them all!!
Alexandria commented on Dec 12 11 at 4:48 pmThe download “money does grow on trees” app.
Meghan O'C commented on Dec 12 11 at 5:14 pmThe totally-pregnancy-safe-energy-motivating app that gives me enough energy and motivation to wrap presents at night after work and then fall fast asleep 10 minutes after I’m done. I love wrapping presents. I am just too flipping tired!
Kammy commented on Dec 12 11 at 5:56 pmI totally love your NApp idea. I really need one of those! :)
Miranda commented on Dec 12 11 at 5:56 pmI’d like an Elf app that wraps all the presents while I take a nap.
leah commented on Dec 12 11 at 9:29 pmI’d like an app that would roast me a chicken and some potatoes, or washes bottles…
Clarissa commented on Dec 12 11 at 9:33 pmMaybe a Secret Santa app that everyone can use and upload a wishlist. That would make shopping SO much easier for everyone!
Briana commented on Dec 12 11 at 11:41 pmI want an app that will give me gift suggestions based on things I’ve emailed/text/messaged people. Kind of a based on your interest in blank how about giving so and so blank?
Sara commented on Dec 12 11 at 11:57 pmI hate wrapping gifts. I want a WrapIt ap.
Tara commented on Dec 13 11 at 12:57 amcan i get an app that sends me home for xmas?
carrielu commented on Dec 13 11 at 8:03 ammy app would be one that reminds me to be in the moment, living the joy, instead of worrying about all the details that need to be finished.
Andrea commented on Dec 13 11 at 8:30 amI also would love a WrapIT App!
Michelle commented on Dec 13 11 at 8:32 amAndroid?! I need an app to mute the crazy in-laws!!! Just once I want to have the balls to tell everyone we’re STAYING HOME on Christmas day. While I am so thankful to have family members galore to dote on my girl, having seven Christmas gatherings is a bit much for anyone.
Emily commented on Dec 13 11 at 11:14 amI have to agree with the other post. The Guilt be Gone app sounds perfect!
Kara commented on Dec 13 11 at 11:42 amI would love an app that breaks down my gift buying deadlines by person, including when I would need to order something online in order for it to arrive on time. We travel for the holidays in order to see 2+ families, so we end up cramming the car full of gifts (along with baby, luggage, dog, etc.) because we didn’t order things early enough to get them to people another way.
Sara T. commented on Dec 13 11 at 11:58 amI’m probably repeating people here, but I want an App to organize my gifts so I can figure out if I’m “done” with a person yet (mainly hard to keep track of with so many nieces and nephews and trying to get them equally fun/equally priced gifts). I’d also want a Christmas Carol app that I could program with only those Christmas Carols that I actually want to hear. Then my kids and I could dance around the kitchen all day long.
Oh yeah, and I guess I’d also like a device that uses Apps so I could actually use these lovely things.
Caelan commented on Dec 13 11 at 12:21 pmI, too, am obsessed with White Christmas. OBSESSED. So is my husband. It’s one of the first things we bonded over. We don’t watch it year-round (although it has to be packed up with the Christmas stuff to enforce this rule), but we quote some part of it daily.
lonek8 commented on Dec 13 11 at 12:48 pmI would like an app that goes into my Amazon gift idea list and automatically orders everything, with gift wrapping, by a certain date so that it all arrives on time. because I have picked out the gifts for everyone, but i never seem to get around to actually ordering them. because I am lazy
Editdebs commented on Dec 13 11 at 2:00 pmI want an app that will address all my holiday cards for me!
MrsK commented on Dec 13 11 at 2:29 pmAn app that will take our holiday card photo upload it into the best template, fill in a cheery message and then mail itself out to all our loved ones!
Andi commented on Dec 13 11 at 3:54 pmI’d love one that kept track of all the gifts I’ve given on Christmas and birthdays because I tend to give the same things every year!
suburbancorrespondent commented on Dec 13 11 at 4:51 pmSome sort of app that would require me to pedal something in order to make my IPod Touch screen light up. That way I could waste time online and get fit at the same time.
Tammy commented on Dec 13 11 at 6:36 pmI have had a blast trying to find apps on my Iphone for my daughter. She is 2 1/2 and I want to start teaching her Christmas is more than presents so I bought a book about the first Christmas on my phone.
sarah commented on Dec 13 11 at 6:52 pmi want an app that transports me to all the houses i have to visit this year, or slows time so i can spend more time there than on the road.
Christy commented on Dec 13 11 at 6:54 pmOMG, I LOVE White Christmas! I haven’t watched it in a few year, I think it’s time to remedy that.
Haley C commented on Dec 13 11 at 8:35 pm<3ing the She and Him (holiday) pandora station. I would probably pay for a Zooey app.
Adria commented on Dec 14 11 at 2:08 amI have a giant spreadsheet saying what I bought, for who, what I spent, and where I hid everything. An app for that would be spectacular!
Amy commented on Dec 14 11 at 4:40 pmI would create an app that exudes the smells of the holidays – cookies, mulling spices, burning wood, pine needles, etc.
Sarah commented on Dec 14 11 at 4:48 pmZooey D. is my bff.
I want an app that foretells the future (accurately). Is that too much to ask for?
Jenny K commented on Dec 14 11 at 4:56 pmhappy holidays!
stephanie commented on Dec 14 11 at 5:46 pmI need a how to declutter your home app.
Kim commented on Dec 14 11 at 6:23 pmAn app that spits out free money?!?! (If only!)
Lauren commented on Dec 15 11 at 12:41 pmAnything that helps me find a gift for my husband! He’s tough to shop for, changes his mind about what he’s into constantly, etc etc
Liz commented on Dec 15 11 at 12:42 pmI don’t know if they have an app, but we are using elfster this year.
Betsy commented on Dec 15 11 at 12:43 pmHow about an app that wins me a new computer ;)
Kathy commented on Dec 15 11 at 12:44 pmI need an app that covers for me at work while furnishing me with unlimited funds for shopping. For myself, and maybe a little for the rest of my brood.
Laura commented on Dec 15 11 at 12:45 pmI’ve been so irritated by the post office and slowness! I’m sure there are plenty of track your package apps, but how about a REALLY TELL ME WHERE THAT BOX IS RIGHT NOW I AM NOT KIDDING app?
Raia commented on Dec 15 11 at 12:46 pmA “where is the best/ most authentic/ non-creepy Santa in town?” app. Perhaps there already is one, but as a new parent who has never paid attention to where one finds a good Santa, other than the mall (but there must be a less-commercial one out there, right?) I could use some help this year. The app could have rating for beard realness, twinkling eyes and a friendly disposition, or lap comfy-ness.
Amy P. commented on Dec 15 11 at 12:48 pmLove your list! We’re a big White Christmas-lovin’ family over here too. Going to a “White Christmas” showing and par-tay this Saturday!
leeshka commented on Dec 15 11 at 12:52 pmI totally need an app which will make me not full of venom when we have to wake up before 7 in the morning (since the Spawn got older, I’d forgotten that there WAS a before 7 in the morning!)
duchessbelle commented on Dec 15 11 at 12:53 pmI’m going big and saying a teleportation app. My holidays would be much more joyous without travel anxiety :)
Fabs commented on Dec 15 11 at 12:54 pmI would like an app that tells me if the store really has pajamas that fit my daughter like the sale flyer says. Or an app that tells me where you can find something in the store so you don’t go to one end and find out that it’s really all the way across on the other end!
Erin commented on Dec 15 11 at 12:55 pmOooh I want the Clean My House Top To Bottom Including Dusting The Baseboards And Miniblinds App!!! I’m 8 months prego and really want the house clean before the holidays… but… well… it’s just not happening.
Melissa commented on Dec 15 11 at 12:57 pmLove th apps!
Sara Peschel commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:00 pmThe Surround Smell app should be a reality. We got a tree for the first time this year and I can’t get enough of standing next to it just to breathe in the smell.
Rochelle commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:02 pmI would like your app number 5 please.
Jaci Arnone commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:04 pmI need an App that says politely declines to all requests/holiday invitations for me b/c I’ve realize I’m incapable of saying No.
If we weren’t busy running around to our 4 kids’ holiday parties at school, recitals, caroling, open houses, etc, we might actually be able to have some family time this Christmas.
Nicole commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:05 pmSomething to keep track of what I have and have not bought for gifts yet. Every time I go into a store I draw a complete blank as to what I already have for somebody or what I want to get for them.
Cynthia commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:08 pmI’ve always wanted a real tree but I’m always scared of the fire hazard and attraction to the pups to chew and or use the potty on it. Maybe one day….
Stephen commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:18 pmI need an app for the rest of the year to store Christmas gift ideas, so I’m not scrambling on December 1!
Jamila commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:22 pmAn app that turns off all the other apps and flashes the message: “go talk to the real people in your life!”
Whitney commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:27 pmThe ALERT WE JUST PUT ANOTHER HOLD ON YOUR BANK ACCOUNT APP would be extra helpful this holiday season. And an app that tells me the best route and quickest way to run all my errands and how much it will all cost me without driving all over town trying to get averything done! That would be so amazing!
Tammie commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:28 pmAn app that hisses at your kitty every time she tries to climb the tree and/or knock it down! That would be a fabulous app for our house!
Candace commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:31 pmDon’t have any app ideas but definitely need a new computer!
jessica woods commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:35 pmI want to win! I love me some Dell. And some apps. I love all your suggestions :)
Jillian commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:36 pmI need an app that will make it snow! Christmas just isn’t the same if there isn’t snow on the ground!
Warrior Woman commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:39 pmI need an app to remind me to water my real christmas tree.
jan commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:43 pmAn app to keep track for me and make sure I get credit for the returns I’ve already made for mistake online purchases!
krista commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:44 pmi would like an app that makes everyone be f*%^ing nice to everyone else regardless of how stressed out they are because of the holidays. i would also like an app that gives me free eggnog lattes for the duration of december.
ste commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:46 pmAn app that helps me find what I’m looking for at the best prices … and then does my holiday baking for me! But that’s all moot as I don’t have a cellphone at all.
Lauren commented on Dec 15 11 at 1:59 pman app that keeps track of all of my receipts. i always seem to throw out/misplace/use to deposit chewed gum the ones i need!
Alison commented on Dec 15 11 at 2:02 pmDefinitely an app to help me look into the future—to see that something I purchase online today will be 25% more off tomorrow. :)
Robyn commented on Dec 15 11 at 2:03 pmhmm. How about an app to help my three year old sleep through the night!
MrsBagley commented on Dec 15 11 at 2:07 pmAn app to guarantee my kids and I can both sleep til 10am. That’s my definition of heaven!
Alexandria commented on Dec 15 11 at 2:12 pmI’m steering clear of kindles/other tech that is made specifically for books, because I loooove having shelves full of actual books! I also love holding a real life book in my hands! So, although it’s a neat idea, having tons of books on yet another tech device doesn’t sound as fun as having tons of books I can actually see and hold.
Leah B commented on Dec 15 11 at 2:12 pmA holiday cheer app, because for some reason I just can’t find my this year and I really want too!
Andrea commented on Dec 15 11 at 2:12 pmI’d like an app that will turn off the whining that seems to be excessive this time of the year.
Courtney commented on Dec 15 11 at 2:29 pmSomething that rounds up every coupon available, so you could just tell it what store you’re in and it would send the coupon to your phone!
Joanna commented on Dec 15 11 at 2:37 pmI would like the remind me to drink more water app… they probably already have this!
Pattie commented on Dec 15 11 at 2:38 pmI would invent an app that would magically summon an interior decorator to come to my house and decorate my house for Christmas like I never can.
Kristie commented on Dec 15 11 at 2:50 pmCan I have a “perfect gift” app please? Something that helps me pick out the best gifts for the friends that always have me down pat.
Nicole commented on Dec 15 11 at 2:50 pmI would first get a smart phone and then search for an app to schedule/prioritize my craft to do list
Lisa Boshell commented on Dec 15 11 at 2:52 pmI would like an app that will teach my kid to stop yelling.
Megan commented on Dec 15 11 at 2:53 pmI’d like an app that can have extra tape delivered to my door when I inevitably run out mid present wrapping frenzy.
Barbara commented on Dec 15 11 at 2:56 pmI’m all about some sort of a nap app!
julie commented on Dec 15 11 at 2:57 pmSome sort of hypnotize app to get my flight-averse husband through the MD-AZ round trip. My 7- and 4-year-olds (and I) are great travelers, so my husband is the only unknown quantity.
Thanks for the contest!
Rosa commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:00 pmAn app to delete the crazy Christmas shoppers when all I need is to buy toilet paper.
Mary Feltman commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:01 pmMy app would be a measurement tool: “How Much Liquor Can You Safely Drink to Accomplish Surviving the Holidays But Simultaneously Not Getting So Drunk You Barf” app. :)
Debbie in Memphis commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:02 pmI want an app that cleans my house!!
Rosa commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:02 pmAn app to go shopping without the crazy Christmas shoppers when all I need is to buy toilet paper.
Roobacca commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:09 pmI could use an app that tracks wish lists, the amount spent on each gift, location of each gift, date its needed (and where), etc., and then provides reminders about what I’m forgetting or what hasn’t been checked off.
Mary Thompson commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:10 pmI would love an app where you can flag gifts that you want to purchase and then it lets you know when those items go on sale or who offers it at the best price with discounts.
Brandy commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:11 pmI would invent a Christmas cookie app (ohcomeon, there HAS to be one already.. ). I would type in festive ingredients that I felt like working with (i.e. what sweet & lovely fragrance I felt should be wafting through my house) .. and it would hook up the recipe. Yum & easy.
Jenny G commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:13 pmI could really go for an app that would tell me what to buy for my parents. Pretty please?
Stacy commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:13 pmI am DYING for an app that can tell you where to find accessories that you see on other people when you’re out and about. I always feel weird asking when I see someone with an awesome purse or some fab shoes but sometimes you HAVE TO KNOW where they got it!
abbeyviolet commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:21 pmI want one of those mystery nap aps – I’d love it to somehow coordinate my kids and my nap so we all nap at once for at least a blessed hour each afternoon… dreamy at 14 wks pregnant.
Leah commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:26 pmLove Zooey’s voice. I even have the cotton jingle she sang stuck in my head.
mommaruthsays commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:27 pmPLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (X1000) random generator gods work in my favor! This is an epic giveaway!!
Emily commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:30 pmApparently I need an app to remind me get my act together and DO all the holiday things I intended to in October! I have no idea where the past fews month have gone but we are not holiday ready at all!
orsolya commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:35 pmi dont really know what to say, but id love to win, though
katalia commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:35 pmZooey is awesome. I need a simple app to track what I should get people for Christmas …
Ana Brightful commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:39 pmI would love an app to send out handwritten, thoughtful post-Christmas thank you cards. Word.
Kalyn commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:41 pmI’d love an app that counteracts all of the side effects (weight gain, feeling like crap) of eating a bunch of crappy food over the holidays.
Cassie commented on Dec 15 11 at 4:00 pmI love your idea of a “stop and smell the family” app – so easy to get caught up in everything. I’d also like an app that could create a hologram of me to be at the office for the next 2 weeks (busiest time of year here) so that I could spend more time at home with my family.
Chrissy commented on Dec 15 11 at 4:14 pmIf I could stop losing/breaking phones I might get an Iphone eventually. As it is I lose my very basic nokia thing every week or so, and can just see leaving the Iphone on the top of a mountain or something (after not buying the insurance). My addictive personality would eat that thing UP.
AFitz commented on Dec 15 11 at 4:16 pmAn app that will strip the paint from the trim in the new baby’s room (and then paints it again) before everyone arrives for holiday visits in a week . . .
Anne commented on Dec 15 11 at 4:23 pmi think a holiday-card related app would be awesome. almost as awesome as winning!
Allie commented on Dec 15 11 at 4:30 pmAn app that comes up with awesome gifts for people who won’t tell me what they want!
cathryn commented on Dec 15 11 at 4:30 pmAn App that delivered me coffee so I could find a way to get everything done!
Ashley Archuleta commented on Dec 15 11 at 4:38 pmI had no idea the zoey girl sang in real life other than her role in elf :0) loved her. Merry Christmas :0)
Jill commented on Dec 15 11 at 4:44 pmWe are treating ourselves to a week in Paris at a lovely Hotel that overlooks the Louvre. Hubby and I also got nice raises so we’re renovating our little vacation cabin on Moosehead Lake, Me. It’s been a good year financially so the kids are going to find some electronic goodies under the tree, too.
Tami in NY commented on Dec 15 11 at 4:49 pmI have an ipod but really need to get more music on it. I take a lot of photos and videos with it but don’t use it as portable music yet. Hmm…..
Kristina commented on Dec 15 11 at 5:16 pmI’d love to get a new computer/laptop plus an external hard drive.
Summertime commented on Dec 15 11 at 5:28 pmWhat app would I create? Is there a magical deposit money into my account without me having to work for it app?
KathrynD commented on Dec 15 11 at 5:39 pmA ‘teach my hubby to help do shopping/wrapping/baking/cooking/cleaning/organizing’ app would be swell.
Erica commented on Dec 15 11 at 5:47 pmAn app that senses when I put the cookies in the oven and sounds a really REALLY loud alarm when they’re ready.
Lillian commented on Dec 15 11 at 5:53 pmI could really get behind an app that cleans my house!
elizabeth commented on Dec 15 11 at 6:04 pman app that will make christmas gifts I order online ship overnight, because I always find cute stuff but can’t get it together to order in time!!
Liz commented on Dec 15 11 at 6:06 pmAn app that generates perfect thank you videos from your toddler to the givers for all the gifts s/he gets.
Jan commented on Dec 15 11 at 6:08 pmAn App that notices when I am doing time wasting things ( like looking at aps or too much iphoneing…) and kicks me in the butt to cook, sleep, eat, clean talk to people!
Maggie E. commented on Dec 15 11 at 6:23 pmThat Zooey Deschanel app looks amazing!!! I’d love it!
Abigail commented on Dec 15 11 at 6:40 pmAn app that would create a clean house for when my husband calls to tell me he’s 5 minutes away, that would be nice.
Sandra commented on Dec 15 11 at 6:46 pmLove your blogs!
Maggie commented on Dec 15 11 at 6:47 pmAll these apps look so amazing!
Heather commented on Dec 15 11 at 7:18 pmAn app that lets me tell it our family’s wish lists and our gift budget and figures out exactly what to buy for everyone within our means!
sarah isabella commented on Dec 15 11 at 8:33 pmI have been reading you since you had Archer, years later still the only blog I faithfully follow! You’re kids are gorgeous and I LOVE how you named them all.
S commented on Dec 15 11 at 8:33 pmhow about an app for gift ideas for your loved ones?
Linley commented on Dec 15 11 at 8:59 pmI’ve got one. An APPle. I heard daily use keeps the doctor away :)
Meredith commented on Dec 15 11 at 9:33 pmI would love an app to help us plan our family’s NYC holiday! We will probably end up criss-crossing the city somewhat haphazardly, which is fun too, but it would be great to have a concierge app.
Danielle commented on Dec 15 11 at 9:49 pmi can totally agree with number 6….to be able to stop worrying about the crumbs on the floor,the toy in corner (that i’ve been meaning to pick up for the last 6 hours), and the upcoming holiday mayhem and just revel in the moment with my family….and we did it tonight!! full on wrestling match/dance party with papa and kiddos followed by a relaxing walk around the block. much needed attention for everybody! Happy holidays!
Erin commented on Dec 15 11 at 9:49 pmZooey is pretty awesome…I am in love with Jess from «New Girl.» I could watch it all of the time.
Tina C. commented on Dec 15 11 at 9:56 pmha! I’d love app #4 and 5, especially.
Marie commented on Dec 15 11 at 10:31 pmoh my…as a teacher at a university I would love an app right now that would grade and comment on the 50 exams and 500+ pages of prose I have to read in the next week!
colby commented on Dec 15 11 at 10:34 pman app that reminds my husband what has been delegated to do, and get him to follow through. he still doesn’t realize christmas is next week :)
chandra commented on Dec 15 11 at 11:00 pmAn app to gather Facebook statuses from the last year from both my and my husband’s account so that we can think of what to write in these dang Xmas cards we need to send…surely something interesting happened, right? Maybe just “we’re surviving with a one year old” is enough. :)
Donna Y commented on Dec 15 11 at 11:37 pmSomething to randomly assign gift-giving, because it’s getting expensive to buy for all our extended family…especially the deadbeat ones that we feel we “have” to buy for…. sigh.
Beth commented on Dec 16 11 at 1:06 amNothing remotely holiday related… But I thing an app to keep track of the blogs I read would be great. And maybe it could notify me of new posts?
Eryn commented on Dec 16 11 at 1:07 amI want an app that tells me what’s inside the presents I thought it would be a good idea to wrap so early that I can’t remember which toy is in them. At least I put names on them….
Laura commented on Dec 16 11 at 1:13 amI would invent the Christmas Cookie locator app. Craving a homemade gingerbread man? Here is the closest house with a few extra. Does a frosted sugar cookie sound good? A bakery .2 miles away is selling them. Sometimes you just want that one really good treat and don’t feel like baking them yourself.
K Foxman commented on Dec 16 11 at 3:02 amThis is my first Christmas after discovering food allergies and need an app to convert all my favorite holiday treats into delicious tummy-friendly recipes!
Caroline commented on Dec 16 11 at 3:51 amHappy Holidays!
Kat commented on Dec 16 11 at 4:25 amChristmas card app that can calculate timing for family pictures, designing, printing, postage, arrival times, lists from both husband and myself, hand-delivered vs. mailed, international, postage rates, write all the addresses in elegant hand, and then lick them all and hand them to the mailman.
Chantel commented on Dec 16 11 at 6:37 amI think the app I would most want is a “What Would Mom (or Dad) Do” app. Great for everything from baking pies (Lattice top or strudel?) to decorating the home (How, exactly, does one “hang” lights on the outside of the house – staples, hooks, glue?). User submissions would store their family’s best kept secrets, searchable by key words, and help make our holidays lovely without having to ask Mom or Dad the same questions every year. A searchable holiday diary, essentially.
tawna commented on Dec 16 11 at 6:56 amHmm..toughie. I need a slow life down app. Seriously..or a homework doing app.
Cassie commented on Dec 16 11 at 7:50 amHere’s hoping the tech fairy picks little ole me! :)
Nicole commented on Dec 16 11 at 9:19 amWouldn’t it be fun to win!
Natalie commented on Dec 16 11 at 9:37 amLove finding out about new apps…happy holidays!! : )
Lindsay commented on Dec 16 11 at 9:52 amThis would be so perfect!
sweet commented on Dec 16 11 at 10:14 amAdvent calendar app?
Hannukah candle lighting app?
Kwanza celebration app?I don’t know if these things exist but would love to share them with my kids via my iphone if they did.
Rachel G commented on Dec 16 11 at 11:27 amI would love a patience app. When I start getting all crazy and overwhelmed it could just remind me to slow down, breath, let it goooooo
Dorothy G commented on Dec 16 11 at 11:53 amNeed an app that makes random “uh huh,” “sounds great” and “yes I’m still here” comments on conference calls while I’m taking a nap.
Jean commented on Dec 16 11 at 11:55 amZooey D app! That sounds lovely, I’ll take one of those.
kerrieg4 commented on Dec 16 11 at 11:56 ambillion dollar app idea- one that buys all your presents online for you and auto ships them where they need to go. i would pay about a billion dollars for that one right now as I am massively searching the web for ideas and places that will ship and still arrive before the 25th……GO APPS!
Grace Miller commented on Dec 16 11 at 12:33 pmI would love to win!
Bethany commented on Dec 16 11 at 12:50 pmi would invent the “everyone gets along and not on each others’ nerves” app! sometimes there is such thing as too much of a good thing!
Megan commented on Dec 16 11 at 1:21 pmI need an app that packs up all the holiday decorations after the first of the year. It’s always so depressing and so much work.
Robin commented on Dec 16 11 at 1:25 pmI would love an app that would seal, address and stamp my holiday cards (doing a forehead slap that I didn’t just pay shutterfly to do it!)
Debbie commented on Dec 16 11 at 1:59 pmHow about an app that makes sure I start getting my act together….photo cards, decorations down from the attic, etc….the last weekend of November?
Theresa Landewe commented on Dec 16 11 at 2:35 pmI think I would make an app that apologizes to all my friends and family for not getting out Christmas cards….ever.
amanda c commented on Dec 16 11 at 2:36 pmAs I don’t have a cell phone, I’m a little clueless about apps, but I’ll take a stab at it:
I’d come up with an app that identifies charities that may interest the user, and provides details so the user can make a donation.
Stephanie commented on Dec 16 11 at 2:57 pmI’d love one that would wrap my presents… I can get sick of doing that after awhile :-)
Caroline commented on Dec 16 11 at 3:28 pmI think a GPS locator on all of your family members app would be particularly nice.
Heather Morris commented on Dec 16 11 at 4:40 pmI would love an app that would turn me in to the holiday baker I wish I was ( just for my kids sake really) I would bake cookies, construct gingerbread houses with ease, bake pies and make home made egg not. Our holiday would be filled with home baked goodness! The decorating I love and do pretty well with but I guess we can not have it all, sigh.
chad s commented on Dec 16 11 at 4:55 pmi’d like an app to check consumer reports for ratings on items after taking a picture of their barcode.
jesse k commented on Dec 16 11 at 8:24 pmI don’t have much use of apps right now, but a new comp would be nice : )
NP commented on Dec 16 11 at 8:38 pmmy husband downloaded a sleigh bells app that turns his phone into, well, sleigh bells. it seems worthless, but . . . no, it is worthless. but a lot of fun!
Eliza commented on Dec 16 11 at 9:06 pman app that allows me to be in more than one place at a time?
Erin S commented on Dec 16 11 at 9:26 pmHow about an app that could make a digital Santa voice call and threaten my children when they’re doing something obnoxious?
Bryn commented on Dec 16 11 at 9:28 pmI’ve got no awesome new app idea of my own; I’m just going to be hoping that someone figures out how to make the nap app.
melanie commented on Dec 16 11 at 10:26 pmCan there be an extra two or three weeks between Thanksgiving and Xmas app? Because I’d love that – more time to bake and listen to carols and look at my lights and enjoy that good holiday feeling. I might be in the minority wanting that, though…
rajee commented on Dec 16 11 at 11:57 pmI need a gift app too!
Sara / MaternalMirth commented on Dec 22 11 at 12:54 pmI want an No-way-in-hell-would-your-wife-wear-that-app that shocks my husband when he thinks that platform pink workboots are 1) fashionable and 2) a good gift.
I also want an app that keeps my kids asleep while I try to assemble the dollhouse, Darth Vader ship & toy tool bench on Christmas Eve.
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