12 Days of Christmas? New Apple Ad Shows There’s Apps for That
Apple’s latest iPhone ad revisits that old holiday chestnut “The 12 Days of Christmas” with a lucky smartphone owner breezing through the rigors of the season with a few effortless finger scrolls.
The coolest one, the last, turns on your Christmas tree. Though Apple has added a page on iTunes of apps featured in ads, this one’s not on it. We have it on good authority that it’s Schlage LiNK, a free app (requires extra hardware, though) designed as a remote control for home door locks.
Here’s the complete holiday app line up from the ad:
- 12 cookies cooking: The Betty Crocker Mobile Cookbook [gratis]
- 11 cards a’ sending: Postman [ $2.99]
- 10 gifts for giving: My Christmas Gift List [ $0.99]
- 9 songs for singing: TabToolkit [$9.99]
- 8 bells for ringing: Holiday Bells [ $0.99]
- 7 slopes a’ skiing: Snow Reports $1.99]
- 6 games for playing: Christmas Fever [ $0.99]
- 5 gold rings: Anna Sheffield Jewelry [ gratis]
- 4 hot lattes: myStarbucks [gratis]
- 3 flights home: Flight Search [gratis]
- 2 feet of snow: Weather Pro [$3.99]
- Tree-lighting app : Schlage LiNK [gratis]


Nicole Martinelli is a San Francisco native who has lived in Milan and Florence, Italy. She's written for Wired.com, The New York Times and Newsweek. You can find her on ![Read "From Your iPhone, With Love: Thank You Pen Does What Cards App Can’t [Feature]" Read "From Your iPhone, With Love: Thank You Pen Does What Cards App Can’t [Feature]"](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Screen-Shot-2012-05-21-at-12.52.17-AM-300x250.jpg)
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