It’s that time of year again, and while we all love the holidays, one thing we all can agree upon not loving is holiday traffic. Good thing you have waze, though – to make the trip home for the holidays that much more fun. And you’re in luck! This season we’re serving up some holiday-themed road goodies to give you a chance to collect extra points as you head to wherever you’re going.

The holiday goodie hunt includes little snowflakes worth 2 points, candy canes worth 10 points and the rarest of the rare – santa hats worth a whopping 100 points each! And for those in an exceptionally festive mood, take a moment to switch your navigation prompts over to Santa’s voice. To make the switch, visit Settings>General>Prompts and scroll down the list until you find the jolly old guy (Santa prompts are available in English and French only this time around).  Note that it may take a little while for the prompts to download, so make sure to keep the app open until the download is complete. Click below for an example of what you’re in for…

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Last but not least, we’d love to hear any stories you have while heading home using waze on the roads – feel free to share them in the comments section. Wishing you and yours a safe trip home and a very merry holiday season, from all of us at waze!