Christmas lights for your desktop

If you simply can’t be bothered unpacking that crusty box of Christmas decorations again this year, then at least deck out your desktop.

XMas Lights are a cheerful addition to your desktop to get you in the Christmas mood. The small bulbs hang just below your Menu Bar and light-up in red, yellow and blue. The lights flash at intervals specified manually in the settings, and you can also change the style of the lights to a smaller star-shaped design. If you’re really feeling adventurous, you can design your own lights by designing your own images and then inserting them into ‘~/Library/Application Support/XMas Lights’. You can activate them simply by going into the preference panel.

If you’re just a bit lazy when it comes to putting up real Christmas lights, XMas lights is a nice compromise.