Story Time: Night Before Christmas

'Twas the night before Christmas... A little cardboard dolls' house swings open, a mouse freezes stiff, and eight tiny reindeer land on the roof.

Story Time: Night Before Christmas is the classic 1823 poem performed by hand-painted cardboard puppets in a toy theatre, read aloud to your child, with learning games after the show.

HELP TELL THE STORY
Curtains, footlights and cardboard puppets on sticks. Tap anything on stage and it wobbles, hops or giggles back. Open the shutters to see what the clatter is, call each of the eight reindeer by name, make St Nick's belly shake like a bowl full of jelly, and fill the stockings. And look out for the little robin hiding on every page.

READ TO ME, READ MYSELF, OR BEDTIME
A warm storyteller reads every line, and St Nick has a merry voice of his own. Words light up as they are spoken, and any word can be tapped to hear it again. Bedtime mode makes it a calm Christmas Eve story that ends with "Sweet dreams!"

GROWS WITH YOUR CHILD
A grown-up picks the age band: 3-4, 5-6 or 7-8. Little ones hear a short, gentle rhyming retelling; older readers get the original poem, word for word.

LEARNING GAMES
Reindeer Roll Call, where your child listens to St Nick and calls his reindeer back in the right order, plus memory match, story quiz, put the story in order, big and small sorting and counting, and word games and spelling.

PHONICS
Short synthetic-phonics lessons built from the poem's own words: letter sounds, blending and building words.

STICKERS, NOT STRESS
Every finished game earns a cardboard sticker for the Sticker Book. No fail states, no timers for little ones, and retries are always free.

FOR EVERY READER
An easy-read font, bigger text and buttons, high-contrast text, calmer motion, and every instruction read aloud.

No ads. No in-game purchases. Just the story.

• Offline play enabled
• 1 player
• Remote Play supported
• Accessibility features (18)

Accessibility Features

• Visuals

  • Clear Text

    Menu and heads-up display (HUD) text is presented in a way that makes it easier to read.

  • Large Text

    Menu and heads-up display (HUD) text is presented in a larger font size to make it easier to read.

  • High Contrast Visuals

    Characters, enemies, items, and interactive objects are easier to see against the environment.

  • Visual Comfort (Basic)

    You can play without camera movements and effects during gameplay that might result in visual discomfort.

• Audio

  • Volume Controls

    You can turn down and mute individual audio volumes.

• Subtitles and Captions

  • Playable without Subtitles

    You can play without subtitles because the game does not include spoken dialog.

  • Subtitles (Basic)

    The game includes subtitles for the main story and main characters only.

  • Clear Subtitles

    Subtitles are presented in a way that helps make them easier to read.

  • Large Subtitles

    Subtitles are presented using a larger font size to help make them easier to read.

• Controls

  • Playable without Rapid Button Presses

    You can play the game and navigate menus without needing to press buttons rapidly or within a time limit.

  • Playable without Simultaneous Presses

    You can play the game and navigate menus without pressing or holding down multiple buttons at the same time.

  • Playable without Motion Controls

    You can play the game without needing to use motion controls.

  • Playable without Touch Controls

    You can play the game without needing to use touch-based controls.

  • Playable without Controller Vibration

    You can play the game without turning on controller vibration / haptic feedback.

  • Playable without Adaptive Trigger Effect

    You can play the game without the adaptive resistance in the triggers turned on.

• Gameplay

  • Adjustable Difficulty (Basic)

    You can reduce the overall challenge of the game by choosing an alternative pre-set difficulty level.

  • Game Speed (Basic)

    You can slow down the game for a limited amount of time, or only when performing specific actions.

  • Game Pausing

    You can pause the game at any time during gameplay or cinematics (offline play only).

• Release: 12/18/2026
• Publisher: Booster Box Ltd
• Genres: Educational, Casual, Family