What do you do to celebrate Christmas on your forum?

[AjayJunkies]

Can you believe it is Christmas 2024 nearly? This year has flown!

With Christmas comes the opportunity to decorate your forums or even offer festive contests and discussions.

When Christmas comes around, what do you do to celebrate on your forum?

 

[philmckrackon]

The extent of my celebrations. Different seasonal logos.

 

[Kevin]

When Christmas comes around, what do you do to celebrate on your forum?

Encourage folks to go offline for the day and spend it with family & friends.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Can you believe it is Christmas 2024 nearly? This year has flown!

With Christmas comes the opportunity to decorate your forums or even offer festive contests and discussions.

When Christmas comes around, what do you do to celebrate on your forum?

I discourage AI generated posts

 

[JamesBrown]

We add a bit of Tinsel to the logo. Then on Christmas eve, I use Wutimes brilliant snow storm addon for a few hours. Oh and I upload a set of Christmas smilies.

 

[Ricsca]

This plugin

Holidays XenForo 2 Add-on — ThemeHouse

Easily bring holiday cheer to your community.

www.themehouse.com

 

[Suzanne O]

Nothing much because we're usually with our families celebrating christmas.

 

[Wing]

Add a "Merry Christmas" to our Page_Container and call it a day...

 

[Mendalla]

We have a changeable "banner" that gets switched to a Christmas theme. And seasonal threads pop up. I usually have start one for music. And it's a religion site with a mostly Christian membership so threads on the "Christmas story" or about things like Christmas church services inevitably come up.

 

[Alvin63]

We have an advent calendar each year from 1st December with openable windows that show a photo of members pets with a christmas background. It's popular for the first 10 days, then people ignore a bit as lives get busy, then popular again just before Christmas. I like the advent calendar software. They do a discount for non profits.

Additionally I change the block/node headings to a christmassy photo, and attempt to add something to the header - not always successfully! Due to the way the logo is.

I've experimented with a background image before, but given up on that because it doesn't really work unless I can make the nodes/forum opaque and can't seem to manage that - any tips would be appreciated!

The monthly photo competition has a Christmas theme usually and that winning photo goes on the home page.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I might do a mass alert and wish everyone a Merry Christmas.

I'm pretty lame. LOL

Next year, I want to try to do something on my forums every holiday (well, every major holiday).

Some kind of theme edit (like a holiday logo modification) and a few forum events.

 

[gouwepeer.nl]

Maybe sending a card is an option?

Maak een digitale kerstkaart | gouwepeer.nl

Stel je kerstkaart samen en verstuur hem direct per e-mail.

www.gouwepeer.nl

 

[Levina]

Oh and I upload a set of Christmas smilies.

I would love this. Do you have a link to said set? Or did you just pick them up here and there?

 

[Digital Doctor]

what about santa hats on these guys ?

edit - and a candy cane in the thumbs up hand ?

 

[Mr Lucky]

I would love this. Do you have a link to said set? Or did you just pick them up here and there?

I've been using the Themehouse Holidays addon, but that company seems to have gone a bit flaky now, sending spam emails.

 

[Levina]

I've been using the Themehouse Holidays addon, but that company seems to have gone a bit flaky now, sending spam emails.

That's a red flag. Pity.

 

[Levina]

what about santa hats on these guys ?
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edit - and a candy cane in the thumbs up hand ?

That's easily doable but if someone has a ready to go set and is willing to share it, I would be really grateful. It would save a lot of time.

 

[JamesBrown]

I would love this. Do you have a link to said set? Or did you just pick them up here and there?

I have a load of odd ones I have collected over the years. Once installed I have them appear at top with the default smilies, Then check the box to show them in the editor before Christmas and uncheck it in the New year

 

[Levina]

I have a load of odd ones I have collected over the years. Once installed I have them appear at top with the default smilies, Then check the box to show them in the editor before Christmas and uncheck it in the New year

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Nice! I made a few too and will make a couple more today.

 

[Suzanne O]

I did find a couple of reactions that were christmas and added them. But that's about it.