Today is the first day of advent, which means we can now officially start singing carols, stealing kisses under mistletoe, and panicking about what the heck we're going to buy everyone. Today is also the first day of the inaugural OnSoftware advent calendar.

This year we decided to round up our favorite software of the year in a festive way. Each of our editors will be revealing their choice apps and games of '09 over the coming 24 days. Every day there will be different Windows, Mac or mobile program lurking behind the 'window', along with a quote from our original review. See if you can guess what the application is before clicking the picture to reveal it. Have fun, and Merry Christmas!

This is one of those players that goes unnoticed but proves to be an excellent tool when you take the time to give it a try. This compact, easy-to-use video player lets you enjoy video files and movies in a wide variety of formats. What's more, you won't have problems with codecs because it already includes them - Elena