# Jacquie Lawson Advent Sussex — Christmas Countdown & Games > Interactive Christmas advent calendar with daily surprises, games, and activities. (iPhone/iPad app by Microcourt Limited.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jacquie-lawson-advent-sussex/id1634461817 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Microcourt Limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/474644181) - Category: Lifestyle, Entertainment - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.26/5 from 153 App Store ratings · 142 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 13.0 · 640 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2022-10-30 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jacquie-lawson-advent-sussex/id1634461817/reviews.md ## What is Jacquie Lawson Advent Sussex? This Christmas, let us transport you to a pretty English village for 25 days of seasonal fun, with hidden surprises, games, puzzles, and all manner of Christmas activities. Updated for 2024, our Sussex Advent Calendar invites you to spend Christmas in an ancient village in the historic southern English county of Sussex. Every day a new surprise will reveal itself – and on top of that, you’ll find books, games, puzzles and beautiful scenes, with festive music accompanying the fun as we count down to Christmas. OUR CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN FEATURES - A stunning interactive main scene - A festive music player with specially arranged Christmas music - Hidden surprises to find each day - Interesting books to read, including a tantalizing recipe book - And more! HAVE FUN PLAYING CHRISTMAS GAMES: - A festive “match three” - A challenging Klondike Solitaire - A classic 10x10 - Several jigsaw puzzles - And more! GET COSY WITH CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES: - Decorate a Christmas Tree and see it appear in the main scene - Have fun with our ever-popular snowflake maker - Build your own snowman - Decorate a beautiful seasonal wreath - And much more! A BOOK OF DELICIOUS RECIPES: - Christmas Cake - Shortbread - Sussex Pond Puddin - And more! Here at Jacquie Lawson, we’ve been making interactive digital Advent Calendars for over 10 years. Incorporating the wonderful art and music for which our ecards have justly become famous, it has become an unmissable part of the countdown to Christmas for thousands of families across the world. Download your Advent Calendar now. --- WHAT IS AN ADVENT CALENDAR? A traditional Advent Calendar is a Christmas scene printed on cardboard, with little paper windows – one for each day of Advent – which open to reveal further Christmas scenes, so the user can count the days to Christmas. Our digital Advent Calendar is much more exciting, of course, because the main scene and the daily surprises all come alive with music and animation! Strictly, Advent starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and ends on Christmas Eve, but most modern Advent Calendars – ours included – start the Christmas countdown on 1st December. We also depart from tradition by including Christmas Day itself! https://www.jacquielawson.com/terms-of-use https://www.jacquielawson.com/privacy-policy ## Key features - Interactive main scene - Festive music player - Daily hidden surprises - Christmas games (match three, solitaire, puzzles) - Christmas activities (tree decorating, snowflake maker) - Recipe book ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Jacquie Lawson Advent Unlock | $9.99 | one-time | ## What do users think of Jacquie Lawson Advent Sussex? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🌟 Fabulous and enchanting - 👍 Excellent and lovely - 🎨 Beautiful artwork and animations - 🎄 Captures the Christmas spirit - 🎮 Fun interactive games and activities - 🎶 Gorgeous music and carols **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs - 🔊 Sound/music issues - 💰 Unexpected price increases - 🤖 Compatibility issues with older devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Elf not showing up on certain days - Decorations disappearing when trying to move them - App crashing or not loading properly **Most requested features** - Bring back the pets in the home scene - Fix the word game glitch on level 3 ## Recent user reviews (10 of 142) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jacquie-lawson-advent-sussex/id1634461817/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Fabulous *2025-07-20, version 1.3.0* By Someone with Impeccable Taste and Several Labradors. Really, what a marvellous little diversion. The Jacquie Lawson Sussex Village Advent Calendar is simply dripping in yuletide charm — all the joy of a traditional English Christmas without the bother of hosting actual guests. One opens a new window each day to reveal a flawlessly illustrated vignette: perhaps a brass band tuning up by the village green, or a charming hedgehog in a tasteful scarf. It’s all rather enchanting — like stepping directly into a Richard Curtis film, minus the emotional mess and with significantly more tasteful decor. The games and activities are delightfully diverting — one spent a shocking amount of time decorating a virtual tree (far better than the Zimmermans’ horror in last year’s newsletter, incidentally). And the music! Carols so perfectly rendered, one suspects the Royal College of Music may have had a hand. Frankly, if one isn’t partaking in Jacquie’s annual digital winter wonderland, one isn’t really celebrating Christmas. It’s the Fortnum & Mason hamper of advent calendars — entirely unnecessary, wildly opulent, and absolutely essential. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2024-12-30, version 1.3.0* Awesome and excellent ### 5/5 — Lovely advent calendar *2024-12-26, version 1.3.0* My favourite of all Jacquie Lawson’s advent. calendars. I reset it and did it again this year along with the Paris one. Much prefer this one. ### 5/5 — Wondrous! *2024-12-25, version 1.3.0* Just what I’ve been looking for! I’ve been looking for an advent calendar app for years. Most are commercial, venal, and full of ads. This is spectacular, and totally worth the price! I’ve enjoyed this app every day, and I’m sorry the month is over now. Can’t wait until next year. Thank you from across the pond! ### 3/5 — Very well put together despite a few things *2024-12-07, version 1.3.0* I’m really enjoying this advent calendar however I have noticed that some features don’t work which ruins the fun of the calendar. Such as the Christmas tree in the apartments you can’t decorate it apart from putting lights on it, the rest don’t show up. Then on day 8 decorating the Christmas cracker apart from the base the rest of decorations don’t show up when you click on them. If features like thoughs could get fixed this advent calendar would be 10/10 ### 2/5 — Lovely but the price was a bit of a shock *2024-12-05, version 1.3.0* I downloaded this advent calendar and I was enjoying it so I decided to pay the $9.99 advertised in the app to get the full experience. However I was very surprised and frustrated to see that I was actually charge $21. If the price has changed since the app first came out you really ought to update the app. ### 3/5 — Nice Artwork, Glitchy App, Lousy “Help” 🙄 Line *2024-11-16* Nice artwork, enjoyable activities, and fun games. This is all great but still the app does not operate properly. Two minutes after launching the app, the villagers you see walking back and forth past the cottages and over the bridge disappear for good (but on computer they don’t). I informed the help line about this early in November and after receiving a number of contradictory responses I was told that the techs were working on a fix for this. Now it is a month later and the problem persists. Very poor responsiveness! This app is more expensive than it once was and is only relevant for a month or so. So it should function properly - or be fixed in a timely manner if it works erratically or a customer reports a bug. Customers pay for it to operate properly. * What ever happened to the cats and dogs that were part of the cozy “home” scene? They were a lovely part of the app in years gone by! * Decorating Christmas trees is fun but there is a glitch. You can click on an ornament to try and put it where you want it but it does not always appear. If it does, and then you try to drag it to a new location, it tends to disappear (this has not been a problem with past Advent calendars). ### 5/5 — Still Go Back in June *2024-06-08, version 1.2.1* The app is beautiful. I’m such a Christmas lover, that even in June it’s nice to visit the Advent calendar to hear the gorgeous music and watch the snowfall. The activities are fun, the characters (especially the pups and kitties) are enjoyable to watch, and the decorations are wonderful. Looking forward to 2024 Christmas season. ### 5/5 — 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 *2024-01-06* I so enjoyed this advent calendar ! I had downloaded a couple in the prior years and wanted to revisit and get the 2023! Loved so much about this one ! Thanks so much for all the details and making it so much fun and so beautiful! The snowball thrown at you was so fun! Thanks for all the hard work you put into making these. I did miss the doggie and kittens in main room ! I am still looking for one elf ! It still gives me an excuse to go back and enjoy ! ### 3/5 — Sound does not adhere to device silence *2023-12-02* The sound effects and music ignore the device mute switch completely. ## Frequently asked questions about Jacquie Lawson Advent Sussex ### What does the Jacquie Lawson Advent Sussex app do? This app provides an interactive digital advent calendar experience. It transports users to a charming English village where they can discover daily surprises, play festive games, solve puzzles, and engage in various Christmas activities as they count down to Christmas. ### What are the key features of this advent calendar? Key features include a stunning interactive main scene, a festive music player with Christmas tunes, hidden surprises revealed daily, engaging Christmas games like match-three and solitaire, creative activities such as decorating a Christmas tree and making snowflakes, and a recipe book with seasonal dishes. ### How much does the Jacquie Lawson Advent Sussex app cost? The app is free to download and offers a free experience with in-app purchases. This means you can enjoy some of the content for free, with the option to purchase additional features or content. ### What kind of games and activities are included? The app includes a variety of games such as a festive 'match three' game, Klondike Solitaire, a 10x10 puzzle, and several jigsaw puzzles. Activities include decorating a Christmas tree, using a snowflake maker, building a snowman, and decorating a seasonal wreath. ### When does the countdown start and end? While traditionally Advent starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, this app, like most modern advent calendars, begins its countdown on December 1st. It also includes Christmas Day itself in the countdown. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.3.0 — 2024-11-18 Fixed some bugs to improve performance. ### 1.2.1 — 2023-11-08 We made a few improvements to the app! ### 1.2.0 — 2023-11-02 We've made a few app improvements! ### 1.1.2 — 2022-12-12 Updated a few games for the holidays! ### 1.1.1 — 2022-11-18 Added more holiday cheer! ## Apps similar to Jacquie Lawson Advent Sussex | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Christmas Countdown 2026!](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/christmas-countdown-2026/id725440538) | 4.6 (768) | Free | Lifestyle | | [Christmas Countdown](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/christmas-countdown/id325476623) | 4.6 (847) | Free | Lifestyle | | [2024 Christmas Countdown](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/2024-christmas-countdown/id1539839860) | 4.9 (112) | Free | Lifestyle | | [Days • Countdown & Widgets](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/days-countdown-and-widgets/id939368917) | 4.8 (10,253) | Free | Lifestyle | ## More apps by Microcourt Limited - [Jacquie Lawson Colouring](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jacquie-lawson-colouring/id1458883844) - [Jacquie Lawson Ecards](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jacquie-lawson-ecards/id1538019085) - [Jacquie Lawson Country Cottage](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jacquie-lawson-country-cottage/id1556084517) - [Jacquie Lawson Advent London](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jacquie-lawson-advent-london/id6444349793) - [JL Edwardian Advent Calendar](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jl-edwardian-advent-calendar/id6450283274) All apps by Microcourt Limited: https://appshunter.io/developer/474644181 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*