Little history lesson: this was a quick ‘time waster’ (in Nitrome’s own words) made within a month or so to celebrate the Christmas season. When their next game was released the following March, the hyperlink for this game disappeared from the site, rendering it inaccessible (unless you had the direct URL) for several years — a period which included my entire time frequenting the site. Now that I’m back, and now that this lost game (or, well, lost to 8-year-old-me, anyway) has resurfaced, I’ve now been able to discover that it’s… pretty okay. You’re tasked to find one given Christmas present out of the pile below you while under a timer — one that ticks down perpetually, with five seconds awarded for each correct guess. While it starts off easy, it becomes much harder to find the outline of the specific item you want: items on screen will start being placed sideways or upside down, the game will introduce new items that look rather close to ones you’re looking for (ice skates/socks, violins/wine bottles), and the thing you’re looking for will be planted in a sea of identically coloured items, making it harder to find the specific item when it’s layered under several others. It works well for what it is! It’s just that what it is maybe isn’t the kind of thing that especially excels at wasting my time. I could see somebody (meaning: a younger me) making more of a go at it and making a real attempt at a high score, but on my end… I got the vibe the first time around. Didn’t feel the need to go back for more.