Hello! Got a new game for you to celebrate the season with. It's the Christmas Edition of Amateur Surgeon. And yes, it's hard (especially if you didn't play the original Amateur Surgeon), we know this. But read on and we've got a couple tips for you.

Set ten years after the original Amateur Surgeon, Alan Probe is now a hotshot surgeon with his own private jet. While flying over the North Pole he collides with a reindeer and must save Santa and his helpers to resuscitate the holidays.

The game is controlled via the mouse.

Your tools are lined up at the top of the gameplay screen and are used similarly to those in the first Amateur Surgeon.

Click to select one or you can quick-select them using the corresponding numbers 0-9 on the keyboard. Click or click-and-hold in the gameplay area to use them.

To pause the game, click the pause icon in the upper left corner of the screen, on the Jog-Log.

For more help on how to deal with specific injuries and conditions, click the help button in the lower left corner of the gameplay area.

Tips:

Generic the Elf: Having trouble on the first surgery? Here are a couple hints. Do not try to pull the wire from Generic's chest until you have done the internal parts of the surgery. Second, use the leaf blower to collect excess blood before you cut his chest open to operate internally, then you can put out the flames inside him quickly and easily (also with the leaf blower tool).

Mincer: Here's one tip we can give you that might count as two. The pole goes in the butt and requires a jolt of electricity afterwards.

Enjoy!

You can also get a version of the game for your iPhone, free! (And we made the iPhone one a bit easier.) Just follow this link - http://bit.ly/8Z4dag