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Talking Santa

age 12+
(i)

 

Beating up irreverent Santa makes this not for little kids.
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What parents need to know

Ease of play

The app is very easy to use with no written instructions required. Players can type in their own text for the postcards, or use the default "Merry Christmas" message.

Violence

You can punch and slap Santa by tapping and swiping his face. This is accompanied by realistic sounds, but no blood or bruising. If you ask for a present immediately after doing this, Santa gets angry and stomps on the present instead of opening it for you. You can also tap a snowball icon to cause a huge snowball to roll over Santa and knock him over.

Sex

If you poke Santa in the crotch he'll double up and groan. If you click on the Postcard icon, you'll see an animation of Santa turning around and pulling down his pants to reveal red polka-dotted underwear with "Merry Christmas" written across the backside.

Language

The only thing Santa says on his own is "ho  ho ho," but through the voice recognition feature, he can be made to repeat anything that's spoken into the microphone, including offensive language.

Consumerism

An ever-present icon in the upper right corner of the screen lists other apps in the "Talking Friends" collection, and clicking any of the icons takes you to the iTunes purchase page.

Drinking, drugs, & smoking
Not applicable

Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Talking Santa is a cheeky app that lets you interact with a cartoon version of Santa Claus. You can smack Santa in the face, poke him in the crotch, and roll over him with a snowball. If you are mean to him, he will stamp on your presents. But you can also have a nice interaction with him so that he will hand out presents, gobble milk and cookies, shout "ho ho ho!," and parrot back everything you say into the iPhone's microphone in a deep voice. If you click on the Postcard icon, you'll see an animation of Santa turning around and pulling down his
pants to reveal red polka-dotted underwear with "Merry Christmas"
written across the backside, which you can send to friends. There is a version for iPad for $3.99.

Is it any good?

QUALITY

Like the other talking friends apps (Talking Carl and Talking Rex the Dinosaur), TALKING SANTA is an entertaining diversion that runs through its bag of tricks pretty quickly. That being said, the app's ability to let you record videos and email customized postcards makes it a fun way to send humorous season's greetings to friends. Because you can beat up Santa, this is not an app to use with younger kids; but older kids and grown-ups will probably find it funny (for a little while).

App details

Devices:iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android
Price:$1.99
Release date:November 30, 2010
Category:Entertainment
Publisher:Outfit7
Version:1.0
Minimum software requirements:iOS 3.0 or later.

This review of Talking Santa was written by

Erin Bell
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Teen, 17 years old Written byBlue-Bunny January 29, 2011
age 7+

Great app!

Great, fun app! Although there is really no educational value, it's really just played for fun. It's basically an interactive Santa Claus. Make him talk, beat him up, get a present, and send a letter. Also, ignore CSM, there is no sexual content and there is no poking of the crotch. It's actually poking his stomach. Other apps, like Tom Cat, have the same option.
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Kid, 9 years old July 20, 2012
age 8+

Talking Santa

If you swipe or tap his head and ask him to give you a present, he will toss it away, which could upset little kids.
What other families should know
Too much violence
Too much sex
Too much swearing
Too much consumerism
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Parent of a 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 year old Written byParentOf6Ccrazyteens April 21, 2015
age 17+

Not for 17 and under!

Very terible. Talking angela is worse!
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Too much swearing
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