Angry Birds Christmas Edition Coming

An Angry Birds Christmas edition is right around the corner. 

An exact release date for the Christmas edition has not yet been set. "Depends on our friends in Cupertino," Rovio tweeted, referring to Apple, which has to approve the app before it can be placed in the App Store.

From the images provided to the Finnish site Ylex, Rovio has outfitted its birds and pigs with Santa hats. The various structures those birds mush smash through to get to the pigs have been fashioned to look like Christmas trees, with wrapped presents serving as decoration.

The maker of Angry Birds released a successful Halloween edition. That went on sale in late October in Apple's App Store for $0.99, exclusively for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. An HD iPad version was also sold for $1.99.