Secrets of Christmas Slot

There are plenty of goodies from Santa's sack on offer in Secrets of Christmas, a 5 reel, 25 payline slot game from Net Entertainment. Available to play on desktop, tablet and mobile devices, this beautifully designed, festive themed title comes with a free spins feature with extra free spins, added wilds, wild reels and multiplier extras. Say Ho! Ho! Ho! from between 25p and £125 per spin. 



Christmas themed slot games can often drown in saccharine but NetEnt's Secrets of Christmas keeps just the right side of schmaltz overload. Set against a winter cabin and flanked by wreaths of holly, the reels include lower value A to 10 playing cards (which are created from Christmas tree branches) as well as stockings, drink and biscuits, a gingerbread house, a candle and wreath and a bell. Landing 5 of the latter will ring up a 1,250 coin payout.

Santa is the game's wild, replacing all other symbols apart from the scatter. The box of toys is the scatter - land 3 or more of them anywhere on the reels and you'll trigger the Free Spins feature and be awarded an initial haul of 10 free spins.

Before these begin, you'll be taken to a new screen and given the chance to improve your total with some modifier extras. Pick from the 20 toys shown to reveal 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 extra free spins, an added 1x or 2x multiplier, wild reels that can land on reels 2 and/or 4 and 2 added wild symbols (bell and candle).

If you triggered the feature with 3 scatters, you'll get 3 picks. 4 scatters award 4 picks with a full 5 scatters awarding 5 Christmas extras. The free spins then play out with all your accumulated goodies active. The only downside here is that the free spins cannot be re-triggered.
I personally would hope for 2 wild reels, a 2x multiplier and 2 extra wild symbols – this would be the best combination in the hope of achieving the maximum 1,425 times your stake win per spin.

Secrets of Christmas is a typically glossy affair from 1 of the online casino world's biggest developers. The design is very good, keeping just the right side of a sugary overdose. Where the game really flies is in the Free Spins feature - the initial 10 free spins aren't much to write home about but the multiplier extras can have a big impact.

Combine the stacked wild reels with added wilds and multipliers and Secrets of Christmas can deliver plenty of festive cheer. If you like Christmas, there are plenty of festive themed offerings available – I recommend Secret Santa by Microgaming and Jingle Jackpot by Novomatic.