In December Christmas themed slot machines come out of the closet. Over the years the slots developers have created so much variety within this single theme that every player will find something to his liking. Here is a look at some different types of Christmas slots.

Most popular are the picture perfect Christmas slots set in a white winter scene or around the hearth. The symbols on the reels are the traditional Christmas icons. There are several popular slots that fall into this category. Secrets of Christmas from NetEnt is set in a window with snow falling outside. Santa is the wild symbol and the collection of toys is the scatter symbol. The other symbols include bell, candle, gingerbread house, milk and cookies and stocking. There is free spins feature with expanded and additional wilds.

Slots gaming is an adult pastime and so Realtime Gaming has a series of risqué games in the Naughty or Nice series. Naughty and Nice are Santa’s sexy female assistants. Both are wild symbols. The other symbols adding to the theme are reindeer with a pink bra on its antlers and Mrs. Santa brandishing a rolling pin. You also have Christmas gift, holly leaf and playing card icons on baubles. Both Naughty and Nice offer attractive free spins features.

It is a fairly common practice in slots games to have animals playing the roles of humans. Therefore there are video slots where animals celebrate Christmas. Santa Paws from Microgaming is one such title. The polar bear is Santa Paws. He is the wild symbol and also awards the highest line payout. Rudolph the whale with the red nose becomes an additional wild during the free spins. The other animals are silver fox, walrus, snow owl and rabbit. The playing card icons are laden with snow. The penguin awards the scatter payouts and triggers the free spins.

One of the most popular Christmas novels is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Some software providers have developed slot games based on this classic. One of them is Ghosts of Christmas from Playtech. The lead characters from the novel appear as symbols. Ebenezer Scrooge is the wild symbol and also awards the top line payout. The other symbols include the three Ghosts of Christmas, Tiny Tim and the chained ghost of Marley. There is a regular free spins feature. The Ghost of Christmas is a bonus game on the second screen. Each ghost takes players to his domain for a pick objects feature.