‘Twas a holiday morning here at GAPP HQ 🏡
In the lounge, we beheld an incredible view! 😮
Beneath a fir tree pruned by Bobbins the Cat 🐱
A pile of presents, arranged on the mat 🎁
Within each square box, a remarkable prize: ✨
An approachable puzzle, in miniature size!
And so, in the channel, we send them your way ▶️
From all of GAPP team: have a great holiday! 🥳

Rules are below the puzzles! Also check out past examples / GAPPs of each genre:

Canal View (by Freddie) Discord message
Nurikabe (by Tyrgannus) Discord message
Meandering Numbers (by Freddie) Discord message
Chained Block (by Shye) Discord message
Rail Pool (by Freddie) Discord message
Mukkonn Enn (by jovi) Archive: Monday, 9 January 2023

Solve all puzzles in 7:00 or under for a Speedy Sloth! 🦥
Complete all puzzles in 14:00 or under for a Quick Crab! 🦀
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will earn a Geomalia of Good Cheer! 🐦

Canal View, by Freddie: http://tinyurl.com/ycyku3k2
Nurikabe, by Lavaloid: http://tinyurl.com/msp5m73b
Meandering Numbers, by Menderbug: http://tinyurl.com/yomht5p7
Chained Block, by Shye: http://tinyurl.com/yc8h55ys
Rail Pool, by Walker: http://tinyurl.com/4ppdazzk
Mukkonn Enn, by Xoney: http://tinyurl.com/24dfdab6

Canal View: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the number of shaded cells connected in a straight line horizontally or vertically to the clue. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded.

Nurikabe: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells are connected and no 2x2 area is completely shaded. Each unshaded area contains exactly one number, and that number is equal to the size of the area.

Meandering Numbers: Place a number into each cell so that each region contains an orthogonally-connected chain of consecutive numbers from 1 to N, where N is the number of cells in the region. Numbers of the same value may not touch one another, not even diagonally. (This puzzle has only a single region, from 1 to 25.)

Chained Block: Shade some cells to form orthogonally connected blocks of shaded cells, each belonging to exactly one clue which indicates the size of the block. When blocks meet diagonally they form "chains", wherein no two blocks of the chain have the same shape, counting rotations and reflections as the same. Every block must be part of a chain.

Rail Pool: Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of all cells. Numbers within a region indicate the different lengths of the line segments that enter or are completely contained within the region. (For segments contained partially in the region, the number still refers to the total length of the segment.) All numbers within a region must be represented at least once by a segment overlapping the region. Regions without clues have no information given.

Mukkonn Enn: Draw a single, non-intersecting loop that moves orthogonally through the centers of all cells, including clue cells. Each clue cell is divided into four sections. If a number is present in a section and the loop travels in that direction, then the number represents the length of the straight loop segment in that direction, measured from the clue cell to the cell where the loop turns. If the loop does not travel in that direction, then the number means nothing. (Note: the segment length is measured by clue cell to the cell where the loop turns, NOT clue cell until the next clue NOR turn until next turn.)