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Life & fun · December 14, 2025

Hacker News Christmas colors browser extension

I love the look of HN on Christmas Day, but I never feel like I get quite enough of it in just one day. To rectify this catastrophic problem, I created a browser extension to give me the Christmas HN experience from the day after Thanksgiving until the first work-day of the new year. I also added a fun "extra festive" mode that enhances the festivity level of the site beyond it's normal look. I love it, but I expect it to be controversial :-D It's pretty easy to `git clone` and install it (instructions for Firefox and Chrome in the README.md). I haven't put it in the extension stores as I…

Hacker News Christmas colors browser extension launched on December 14, 2025 with 10 votes, #860 of 11,628 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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In plain words

Hacker News Christmas colors browser extension applies festive holiday styling to Hacker News from the day after Thanksgiving through early January. It replicates the site's special Christmas Day appearance and includes an "extra festive" mode for enhanced seasonal theming. The extension works on Firefox and Chrome and can be installed locally from its GitHub repository. It's designed for users who want to extend their enjoyment of the holiday-themed interface beyond a single day.

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A browser extension that brings the festive Christmas colors to Hacker News throughout the entire holiday season, not just on Christmas Day. The "Holiday Season" is defined as the day after Thanksgiving until the first workday of the new year. (Settings allow you to configure it to be on all year though if you want to 🎁 🎄 🥳, or off. Easy to toggle to your liking). Heads up: Extra Festive mode animates multiple elements every second and can noticeably increase CPU usage on long threads. Switch back to Default/Always On if you want lower resource use and preserve battery life when not plugged in. This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file forfrom github.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

I love the look of HN on Christmas Day, but I never feel like I get quite enough of it in just one day. To rectify this catastrophic problem, I created a browser extension to give me the Christmas HN experience from the day after Thanksgiving until the first work-day of the new year. I also added a fun "extra…

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