Ask Me About My Jacquie Lawson 2020 Digital Nordic Advent Calendar

Maya Kosoff
3 min readDec 1, 2020

Who are the only people still playing desktop flash games in 2020? Great question. The answer: Me, my friend Kate, and some old British women. What are we playing? Another great question! The answer: It’s not even a game so much as it is a 25-day digital advent calendar from British illustrator Jacquie Lawson. Every day there’s a new ornament you can click on, leading you to a fun animation or a little cute card game as you inch closer to Christmas.

The town itself and the people in it are the beautiful snow-capped backdrop that Big Christmas has led to believe is aspirational for the month of December.And look at this cozy living room. Hygge AF!

You can also collect GNOMES for your HOME:

But you don’t need to take MY word for it. Kate wrote an impassioned story about how much she loves to simply open the game and listen to the Christmas music it plays and sit there in her little fake living room with the roaring fire and the tree that becomes…

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Maya Kosoff

i’m a freelance writer and editor. you can also read me in places like the new york times and vanity fair.