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Tell HN: Merry Christmas

1958 points by basilikum 10mo ago

Different cultures celebrate Christmas at different days and time zones are a thing. But it's Christmas here, so: Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope you get some rest and can spend time with people who are dear to you and get to focus on what's important rather than getting lost in stressing about everything having to be perfect. Also much love to everyone who cannot spend their Christmas with dear people. To make sure this post meets the relevancy criteria, here is a Wikipedia article about some Christmas (more precisely advent) tradition which I personally really like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_market https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_market

nervysnail 10mo ago
I was surprised to see HN change colour.
kevinmhickey 10mo ago
Merry Christmas to all!!
agentifysh 10mo ago
Merry Christmas y'all keep promptin'
DetectDefect 10mo ago
Shall we showcase our trees? * | /.\ /o..\ /..O\ /.o..o\ /...o.\ /..O..o.\ ^^^[_]^^^
- sallveburrpi 10mo ago
  @ *** ***** ******* ********* *********** ************* *************** | | Best I can do ;/
  - xandrius 10mo ago
    ¥
  - properbrew 10mo ago
    It's the thought that counts
  - LeoPanthera 10mo ago
    I love your player character tree topper.
- cluckindan 10mo ago
  o / \ o o / \ o o / \ o o / / \ o o o / / \ o o o I knew I should have invested in that fancy self-balancing one, oh well.
  - basilikum 10mo ago
    Ah, don't worry. If you just append to one side always and do an anti-balancing one, you get a string of lights. o \ o \ o \ o \ o \ o \ o \ o
  - contravariant 10mo ago
    Hey we have the same tree! (()(()((())((())(()())))))
    - culi 10mo ago
      Pinus newickii
    - thiht 10mo ago
      Mine looks weird but it's decorated: @star @lights @balls def christmas_tree(): n1 = Node() n2 = Node() n3 = Node() n4 = Node() n5 = Node() n6 = Node() n7 = Node() n8 = Node(n1, None) n9 = Node(n2, n3) n10 = Node(n4, n5) n11 = Node(n8, n9) n12 = Node(n6, n7) n13 = Node(None, n11) n14 = Node(None, n12) return Node(n13, n14) christmas_tree()
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- properbrew 10mo ago
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  - KellyCriterion 10mo ago
    This one is really cool!
- gerdesj 10mo ago
  Lovely idea but please spare a thought for people using a screen reader! Imagine having ASCII art spelt out to you character by character, line by line. This really is a job for a LLM. With apologies to screen reader users: "space tab space space asterisk new line space space tab space new line space space space tab pipe new line ... forward slash o full stop full stop backslash ..."
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- Insanity 10mo ago
  Class ChristmasTree extends Tree{}
  - randallsquared 10mo ago
    Not always! Sometimes `extends Plastic{}`
    - Timwi 10mo ago
      Or `extends Aluminum{}`! [0] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AluminumChristmasTrees https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AluminumChristma...
    - Hobadee 10mo ago
      So Tree is an interface then, not a class?
      - devsda 10mo ago
        I'm pretty sure its called a Trait these days.
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- encomiast 10mo ago
  May you have a perfectly balanced Christmas h _____|______ / \ r t / \ / \ e . i a / \ / \ / \ / \ M r y C r s m s
  - frunkad 10mo ago
    hahaha, Merry Christmas to you too!
- phyalow 10mo ago
  * /|\ [ROOT] n=25000 / | \ [N] [I] [C] .33 .51 .94 <-- UCB1 winner | | / \ [OH] [MEH] [E] [E] coal socks NICE NICE | \ \ :/ :) :) MCTS: Monte Carlo Tree Santa "in the limit, all children converge to the nice list" - S. Claus Merry Xmas Nerds!
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- etothet 10mo ago
  * /^\ /* *\ /+@o* \ /o*+*o+*\ /* @+*o@+*\ /+*o*+@*o*+*\ /@o+*o@+*o+@o*\ /*+@o*+@*o+*o@+*\ /o*+@o*+@o*+@o*+o*\ /@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@\ ||| |||
  - user_7832 10mo ago
    That's the first tree that rendered properly on my mobile, Merey Christmas and good job! Also nice bottom layer of ampersands, looks really festive for some reason!
- qingcharles 10mo ago
  DOOM BSP (XMAS) TREE :p . * . (IDKFA) ---\ | /--- \|/ ( ROOT NODE ) ( Partition ) /`--...___...-`\ / \ / \ o--( Node 1 )--o o--( Node 2 )--o / Front \ / Back \ / | \ / | \ / o \ / o \ [SUBSECTOR] ( Node 3 ) [SUBSECTOR] | (Leaf A)| / \ | (Leaf B)| |_________| / \ |_________| [SEGS] / \ [SEGS] ( Gift ) [SUBSECTOR] [SUBSECTOR] ( Gift ) | (Leaf C)| | (Leaf D)| |_________| |_________| [SEGS] [SEGS]
  - necovek 10mo ago
    Just you mentioning Doom makes me wonder how fast will we get someone to run Doom on individually controlled Christmas LEDs on a Christmas tree.
  - Flere-Imsaho 10mo ago
    Love the cheat code at the top
    - dxdm 10mo ago
      idkfa iddqd idspispopd This is etched into my mind.
      - cluckindan 10mo ago
        IDKFA = id kicks f*king ass IDDQD = id delta quit delta (apparently some kind of inside joke) IDSPISPOPD = id smashing pumpkins into small piles of putrid debris
        rhubarbtree 10mo ago
        Not keys full ammo?
- russellbeattie 10mo ago
  Here's a really big one: TREE(3).
- keepamovin 10mo ago
  ` _\/_ . - /\ /|\ ` . / /*|O\. . /*/|\*\ /X/O|*\X\ /*/X/|\X\*\ . /O/*/X|*\O\X\ /*/O/X/|\X\O\*\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |X| |X| Merry Christmas! merry Christmas to all you people out there :)
  - user_7832 10mo ago
    Merry Christmas! Nice touch with the snow, makes for a cosy and homely atmosphere! (It's 25⁰C here. Please send help >.<)
- racl101 10mo ago
  renderTree(type='Christmas')
- KellyCriterion 10mo ago
  ▲ ▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ Hell - mine one is crashed! Claude didnt work properly :-D
- gregfjohnson 10mo ago
  Build one yourself! Here's an interactive balanced binary tee builder: https://gregfjohnson.com/redblackbuilder.html https://gregfjohnson.com/redblackbuilder.html
- Vicinity9635 10mo ago
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curtisblaine 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
aclark 10mo ago
Merry XMAS!!
tekacs 10mo ago
Fun seeing HN restart to switch to the Christmas theme, in three steps: https://share.cleanshot.com/vJZv6k03 https://share.cleanshot.com/vJZv6k03 (restarting the server) https://share.cleanshot.com/qFyM347P https://share.cleanshot.com/qFyM347P (online but temporarily readonly) https://share.cleanshot.com/kW8kY7mp https://share.cleanshot.com/kW8kY7mp (back online!)
- jagged-chisel 10mo ago
  Restart?! ouch
  - basilikum 10mo ago
    HN is a pretty simple, efficient monolithic web application. Some updates might need a restart. It's OK for some web requests to fail during that time. HN isn't life critical with sixtuple nine uptime requirements.
    - sallveburrpi 10mo ago
      Tbh like 99% of web apps aren’t critical - most of them are for buying something or providing infrastructure to make it easier to buy something anyway. It’s fine if your online shop is down for a few minutes (of course the business won’t see it like that but it’s true)
      - basilikum 10mo ago
        A sales site being down might lose you a sale. But the simplicity might save you so muh more than that loses you. And often the complexion of high availability infrastructure results in more downtime than it prevents. For stuff like HN, I like the peek behind the scenes it provides. It's all just software written by some humans and way too often people take themselves and their shitty software way too serious.
      - brightbeige 10mo ago
        B&H is doing fine financially and brings their webstore down for each and every Sabbath, even if that happens to be a Black Friday. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12183263 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12183263
koakuma-chan 10mo ago
I got scared when I refreshed and HN turned red
- nrhrjrjrjtntbt 10mo ago
  Easy mistake. HN's AI apocolyose color is a slightly darker hue.
tory 10mo ago
Merry Christmas :)
nullable_bool 10mo ago
Merry x-mas. We all deserve love and happiness. Be kind to your neighboor.
Wasserpuncher 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
drfuzzy89 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, everyone!
robofanatic 10mo ago
* /|\ //|\\ ///|\\\ ////|\\\\ |
spankibalt 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, bambini.
stoneman24 10mo ago
A Merry Christmas to everyone !
dzink 10mo ago
May everyone here discover more and better ways to spread the joy of giving and doing good. * /_\ / o \ / * \ / o o \ / . * . \ / o * * o \ / . * o * . \ / o * * * * o \ / . * o * o * . \ / o * * * * * * o \ /______________________\ |||||| |||||| ||||||
- JKCalhoun 10mo ago
  The ol' off-by-one error. Merry Christmat!
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sallveburrpi 10mo ago
Feliz natal
defrost 10mo ago
and a healthy dose of Australian Christmas Stereotypes to all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amL8QRiDH2E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amL8QRiDH2E including not the original Rolf Harris version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQVEZLcBfS8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQVEZLcBfS8
judah 10mo ago
Merry Christmas! "An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”" -Luke 2
- sneak 10mo ago
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  - elemdos 10mo ago
    To some it is, to some it isn’t. Regardless, nonexlusivity has always been built into its core.
    - yencabulator 10mo ago
      Christians most definitely wanted to exclude the pre-Christian winter solstice traditions.
xandrius 10mo ago
"A Spaceman Came Travelling" - Chris de Burgh
gavide 10mo ago
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- brulard 10mo ago
  not sure what i'm looking at here...
  - gerdesj 10mo ago
    Fucked up Braille?
  - MobiusHorizons 10mo ago
    I’m assuming they fixed the formatting since you posted, but it’s a Christmas tree in text art using braille characters. Side note: I assume you can’t call it ASCII art if it uses non-ASCII characters, but Unicode art doesn’t have the same ring.
  - rationalist 10mo ago
    A Christmas tree through the snow?
  - farmerbb 10mo ago
    It shows up as a Christmas tree for me on my phone in portrait mode. In landscape mode the braille is messed up.
  - kmoser 10mo ago
    If you're viewing on a desktop, shrink the browser until each line stacks below the previous one, creating a tree.
- jimbobthrowawy 10mo ago
  Did you forget to double space between the lines, or put leading spaces? Also, I had to turn off firefox's enhanced tracking protection for the font to load. Before that it was unicode tofu.
sapphirebreeze 10mo ago
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pdevr 10mo ago
Merry Christmas to everyone. Being a non-Christian and it being Christmas time, I am sharing one verse from the New Testament that is, in my opinion, useful - or at the very least, insightful - to anyone, regardless of religion. Luke 16:10: He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.
- imchillyb 10mo ago
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  - swat535 10mo ago
    There are 2 kinds of Christians: Those who actually follow the faith, and those who only show up for Christmas and Easter. There's a German term for that 'Uboot Christen' - submarine Christians. They only emerge twice a year.
    - sva_ 10mo ago
      Considering Christians took the Christmas celebration from what they call "Heathens" or "Pagans", I think it is fair. Eastern celebration probably the same.
      - conception 10mo ago
        Eh not really - https://historyforatheists.com/2024/12/pagan-christmas-again/ https://historyforatheists.com/2024/12/pagan-christmas-again... Easter also not pagan. But pophistory thinks that as well. Scholarship doesn’t line up.
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    - anthonypasq96 10mo ago
      i was a recipient of dreadful christrian brainwashing for about 14 years of schooling, and i got a fairly mild case
robertwt7 10mo ago
Merry Christmas everyone!!
black_knight 10mo ago
Meri Yule!
reactordev 10mo ago
What a year!
michaelsbradley 10mo ago
Merry Christmas Christus natus est O Χριστός γεννιέται Христос раждается המשיח נולד ابن الله يولد اليوم
- whynotmaybe 10mo ago
  Joyeux Noël Vrolijk Kerstmis
givemeethekeys 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, everyone!
tehlike 10mo ago
Merry Christmas! I hope everyone has wonderful time with family.
tuggi 10mo ago
Merry Xmas HN!
bossyTeacher 10mo ago
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- pdevr 10mo ago
  Just in case anyone does not know, that is a Base64URL-encoded string. Used by JWT.
lschueller 10mo ago
Merry Christmas to the awesome hn community!
merryxmas 10mo ago
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- dang 10mo ago
  Not gonna filter your emojis on Christmas but I'm impressed how many of our restrictions you routed around :)
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GreyZephyr 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
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jherdman 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, friends. And a special cheers to everyone that makes this community possible. It’s one of the last bastions of all that is good about this internet.
- kevinmhickey 10mo ago
  Hear hear!!
randycupertino 10mo ago
Here's to a happy and healthy 2026! Thanks HN for all the thoughtful comments and interesting articles.
Grosvenor 10mo ago
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- OptionOfT 10mo ago
  I thought this was Advent of Code! Merry Christmas!
- kylecazar 10mo ago
  That jgs is killing me
  - opello 10mo ago
    Just because old ASCII and ANSI art is often signed by the author, which is something fun I appreciate, see also: https://oldcompcz.github.io/jgs/joan_stark/xmas.html#treewithbunn https://oldcompcz.github.io/jgs/joan_stark/xmas.html#treewit... And of course, the BBS Documentary: Artscene episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQrBbm5ZMlo&list=PL7nj3G6Jpv2G6Gp6NvN1kUtQuW8QshBWE&index=5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQrBbm5ZMlo&list=PL7nj3G6Jpv...
    - Grosvenor 10mo ago
      Woah. I didn't know about that. I found it from asciiart.eu. This stuff makes me wish HN supported ANSI. We could have so much fun. (Also PRE or preformatted text would be useful). Merry Christmas and happy new years everyone!
BewareTheYiga 10mo ago
* /*\ /***\ /*****\ /*******\ /*********\ /*** * ***\ /*************\ /*** * * ****\ /*****************\ /*** * * * *****\ /*********************\ /********** *** ********\ ||| ||| ||| Merry Christmas, HN
shortcord 10mo ago
Luke 2:14 [14] “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
- Exoristos 10mo ago
  "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."
  - shortcord 10mo ago
    I think I do prefer the KJV here. Has the classic familiarity. The ESV is the translation I have used since it came out for personal reading and study, though.
  - squigz 10mo ago
    Reading some of the translations for the quoted verse, it's really interesting how so many different sentiments can be expressed with very little changes of words/phrasing. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will.” https://biblehub.com/luke/2-14.htm https://biblehub.com/luke/2-14.htm
    - sapphicsnail 10mo ago
      There are 2 competing textual varients in the Greek sources. The word for "good will" (eudokia) shows up in the nominative and the genitive. If it's genitive it modifies humankind if it's nominative it's parallel to the first half of the sentence meaning, in Heaven let there be glory to God, on Earth let there be good will to humankind. That was fun! I read that verse earlier today and I didn't know about the version with genitive case.
arjonagelhout 10mo ago
Merry Christmas! Here’s a quad tree: 11 11 — 0110 0110 1111 0110 — 00000000 00011000 00011000 00111100 01111110 11111111 00011000 00011000
coffeemug 10mo ago
Hope everyone has a healthy, rewarding and prosperous year. Special thanks to @dang and team for keeping this community a great place everyone wants to come back to. I love coming back here every day. Merry Christmas to all!
ilaksh 10mo ago
https://codepen.io/LimeWub/full/yQWbNW https://codepen.io/LimeWub/full/yQWbNW
reb 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, everyone! Continually grateful for this community: stumbling into it as a teenager changed my life and I never get tired of spinning out about new tech big and small with the folks here. Stay safe, everybody
anonym29 10mo ago
Merry Christmas! ▲ ▲▲ did I do it right?
tamimio 10mo ago
Technically it’s merry Yule and Saturnalia, christ has nothing to do with it.
- Insanity 10mo ago
  Saturnalia isn’t related to it other than coincidence of dates, no? Either way, merry Saturnalia to you! (Off-by-one day :D)
- oguz-ismail2 10mo ago
  found the grinch
  - cassiepaper 10mo ago
    found a glitch
  - morshu9001 10mo ago
    could just be very adamant about the Jan 6 date
- Minor49er 10mo ago
  A reader of Ernest L. Martin?
elemdos 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
koito17 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, everybody! Love seeing the custom HN theme every year. Sometimes after Christmas, I avoid refreshing an HN tab, so I get to see the theme just a little bit longer :) This year is a bit special to me. I recently moved countries for a new job, but I moved a bit too soon. Now I am spending the holiday season alone for the first time in my life. Learned a lot of lessons the hard way over the past week.
- coffeemug 10mo ago
  Where did you move from (and to)?
  - koito17 10mo ago
    United States to Japan. I was a bit eager to start work after three months of waiting for the HSP 1b visa. Tried to keep myself busy with side projects, and got quite far with embedded Rust. But the lack of a "regular schedule" from a job was making me eager to start "proper work" again. So far, it has been a mixed bag of trade-offs. Made it in time for various events, got to see a few friends for the first time in a while, etc. However, nothing beats the comfort and security of one's parents home, especially during the holiday season. Probably obvious to everybody, but seriously do not schedule a move in December. If it is feasible, spend the time to make memories with your family and loved ones.
    - coffeemug 10mo ago
      > nothing beats the comfort and security of one's parents home, especially during the holiday season. A bit morbid, but reminds me of this passage by John Quincy Adams: > Everything about the house is the same. I was not fully sensible of the change till I entered his bedchamber [...] That moment was inexpressibly painful, and struck me as if it had been an arrow to my heart. My father and mother have departed. The charm which has always made this house to me an abode of enchantment is dissolved; and yet my attachment to it, and to the whole region around, is stronger than I ever felt it before. Hope you get to spend the next Christmas with your family!
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_DeadFred_ 10mo ago
My first Christmas with mom gone was really tough. Stuck alone during COVID in 2021 in a really bad place. I couldn't sleep. And I happened to turn on the radio in the middle of the night and there was an Amy Grant interview. I almost turned it off, oh no, christian stuff I thought. But she talked about her first Christmas without her mom. Then they played her song about it. If I had been 5 minutes more trying to sleep, or given up on sleep 5 minutes earlier, I would have missed that. Anyways, in case anyone needs to stumble upon something similar, I couldn't find something so perfect but... hearing it now it's not as amazing as it was that night I needed to not be alone in grief, but here it is: https://www.npr.org/2016/12/25/506715971/amy-grant-on-faith-songwriting-and-christmas-blues https://www.npr.org/2016/12/25/506715971/amy-grant-on-faith-... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LOqLV6Om4A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LOqLV6Om4A Merry Christmas to you!
- ProofHouse 10mo ago
  God bless you. Wishing you joy.
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jimnotgym 10mo ago
Merry Christmas everyone. If you are not Christian, then seasons greetings, hope you got the day off anyway!
flowinghorse 10mo ago
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GaryBluto 10mo ago
Some interesting and topical links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NORAD_Tracks_Santa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NORAD_Tracks_Santa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_Church,_Demre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_Church,_Demre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Christmas_Spider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Christmas_Spider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer
lastdong 10mo ago
Merry Christmas! HN Christmas theme is always great to see * /_\ /***\ /*****\ /*******\ /*********\ ||| |||
bix6 10mo ago
Merry Christmas everyone! Favorite Christmas movie?
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 10mo ago
  There are so many. Muppet Christmas Carol, of course. Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas is a classic. White Christmas, a bit cliché but I love it. Bishop's Wife (with Carey Grant) is also a classic. Home Alone for the funny. And probably a hundred others.
- JodieBenitez 10mo ago
  gremlins
GloriousKoji 10mo ago
Happy Holidays!
pazimzadeh 10mo ago
Happy Winter Solstice (resurrection of the sun) Happy Yalda (Yuletide) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalda_Night https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalda_Night
andy_ppp 10mo ago
Happy Christmas everyone, I’m at 29000 feet on a flight to Hong Kong after a mini version of planes, trains and automobiles and including cancelled planes and taxis to different airports. I’m struck by honestly what a miracle it is that we can travel thousands of miles at hundreds of MPH and have okay internet access and communicate. I don’t think people quite realise how delicate all of the technology is now and how easily it could fail if we don’t all look after each other. I hope you all have a brilliant Christmas and new year!
- BiraIgnacio 10mo ago
  All the best, take care!
- Loughla 10mo ago
  Oh man, I love flying over the Pacific Ocean (during the day). There's just so much nothing but water. It's kind of astounding.
  - hammock 10mo ago
    Try a cruise with at least one sea day
    - mh- 10mo ago
      Seconding this. If you're into it, it's pretty awe-inspiring to see open water all the way to the horizon, 360°.
      - onion2k 10mo ago
        For a six foot tall person the horizon at sea level is only 3 miles away. You could get that experience on a big lake if it's more than six miles square.
        NetMageSCW 10mo ago
        If you think that’s the same experience I’m guessing you haven’t done it. Unfortunately my ocean voyage (from Okinawa to California) was when I was too young to remember much.
sklargh 10mo ago
Merry Christmas HN. I offer this group my thanks for something I can learn from every day. This is the Trinity College Choir’s advent concert - really puts me in the mood for the season, a remarkable performance and service: https://www.youtube.com/live/MsUd-twzG2U?si=1HMiaD2-Le70-fch https://www.youtube.com/live/MsUd-twzG2U?si=1HMiaD2-Le70-fch
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alexpadula 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
Insanity 10mo ago
Merry Christmas HN! Whether you celebrate it or not, hope you get some time off to spend with friends and/or family!
altuzar 10mo ago
Merry Christmas! This great community has changed my life so many times. Let’s go for more!
duckkg5 10mo ago
Merry Christmas to one of the last great internet communities that I actually like to interact with
mintflow 10mo ago
Just noticed that color of the HN top bar is more red which I never noticed in previous years. Merry Christmas to everyone.
- dang 10mo ago
  (note the red and green story numbers as well) (this is an old pg tradition btw)
readthenotes1 10mo ago
Can't believe no one's regifted this present yet: https://xkcd.com/835/ https://xkcd.com/835/
renjieliu 10mo ago
圣诞快乐
jadbox 10mo ago
Merry Christmas friends!
adventured 10mo ago
Merry Christmas HN
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ProofHouse 10mo ago
I am alone. I haven't seen my family in many, many years for reasons that I don't want to get into. I am a founder. I check Hacker News every day and have learned an immense amount from all the commenters, articles, and discussions over the years. I thank you all for that. I am truly grateful. I wish you all a Merry Christmas full of joy, and I hope you can all appreciate, share, and express love for those around you, be it family, friends, or strangers on the internet. We are all very lucky to be part of the HN site and community. I have been here for about 15 years (at least that is what it feels like) with my other accounts that I don't want to dox. Glory to God. For believers in Jesus, may the light of Christ guide you as it does me in difficult times. Wishing you all His peace and joy.
- AlmostCosmo79 10mo ago
  Merry Christmas, friend! I am sorry to hear about your family situation and that you are alone. If it is any comfort, know that I, and I'm sure others, are thinking of you. Thank you for your reminder to rest in the Light of the World.
- kaeland 10mo ago
  Merry Christmas to you as well!
Gricha 10mo ago
Merry Christmas everyone! :) If you’d fancy a little holiday-themed adventure game - https://gricha.dev/happyholidays/terminal https://gricha.dev/happyholidays/terminal
kehvyn 10mo ago
Merry Christmas everyone! My friends and family are on two different continents so it's very quiet this year. I hope everyone has a wonderful, relaxing, and joyous time.
sdobbie 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
ashtonshears 10mo ago
Thanks all for your contributions to positive chats on this site — have a joy filled holiday
crims0n 10mo ago
Merry Christmas friends! I have a C64 Ultimate under the tree this year so looking to have a bit of retro fun that would make the HN community proud (after assembling all the kids stuff, of course).
2OEH8eoCRo0 10mo ago
Merry Christmas to all!
kreelman 10mo ago
Merry Christmas !
dannieeric 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, everybody!
qntmfred 10mo ago
and on earth peace, good will toward men
cindyllm 10mo ago
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qD29Lno-oKXPLEv 10mo ago
Merry Christmas to everyone and a Happy New Year
andrepd 10mo ago
Happy holidays!
cniebla 10mo ago
Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad!
phodo 10mo ago
Prompt: create a christmas tree in ascii but that is a merkle tree Answer: Here’s an ASCII Christmas tree that is also a Merkle tree (Each parent node is the hash of its two children; leaves are the “data blocks”.) MERKLE TREE H(ROOT) / \ H(0-1) H(2-3) / \ / \ H(0) H(1) H(2) H(3) / \ / \ / \ / \ D0 D0 D1 D1 D2 D2 D3 D3 But that's a little too tidy to be a proper Christmas tree — so here’s a more “tree-like” version with ornaments, while still preserving the Merkle structure: H(ROOT) / \ H(0-1) H(2-3) / \ / \ H(0) H(1) H(2) H(3) / \ / \ / \ / \ D0 D0 D1 D1 D2 D2 D3 D3 (leaf)(leaf)(leaf) (leaf)(leaf)(leaf) Notes (so it’s actually Merkle-y) D0–D3 = data blocks (your “presents” ) H(0) = hash(D0 || D0) (duplicated leaf for balance, common in Merkle trees) H(0-1) = hash(H(0) || H(1)) H(ROOT) = hash(H(0-1) || H(2-3)) If you want, I can: generate a bigger tree (8, 16, 32 leaves), make the hashes look like real hash strings, or format it like a perfect triangular Christmas tree silhouette while keeping the Merkle parent/child layout. -- Prompt: format it like a perfect triangular Christmas tree silhouette while keeping the Merkle parent/child layout. Answer: You got it — here’s a perfect triangular Christmas tree silhouette that still preserves the Merkle parent/child layout (parents directly above their two children, leaves at the base). H(ROOT) / \ ┌────────H(0-3)────────┐ / \ ┌────H(0-1)────┐ ┌────H(2-3)────┐ / \ / \ ┌─H(0)─┐ ┌─H(1)─┐ ┌─H(2)─┐ ┌─H(3)─┐ / \ / \ / \ / \ D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 If you want it even more like a Christmas tree (full silhouette + ornaments) Here’s a slightly more “filled” version while keeping the structure valid: H(ROOT) / \ ──────H(0-3)────── / \ ─────H(0-1)───── ─────H(2-3)───── / \ / \ ───H(0)─── ───H(1)─── ───H(2)─── ───H(3)─── / \ / \ / \ / \ D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 Edit: Note the emoji ornaments did not come through.
booleandilemma 10mo ago
Merry Christmas HN!
anthonyIPH 10mo ago
This is a good time to start your own tradition, or continue one that you find worthwhile.
nmhancoc 10mo ago
Merry Christmas HN!
guestbest 10mo ago
Merry Christmas to All
robofanatic 10mo ago
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chrisfusillo 10mo ago
Merry Christmas from a long time HN lurker!
marnett 10mo ago
Merry Christmas hackernews community! What a great forum. Peace on Earth.
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songodongo 10mo ago
Merry Christmas! Christ is King.
hackerbrother 10mo ago
Hey, Merry Christmas. Thanks for posting.
jeanlucas 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, Feliz Natal. That reminds me I have to update my HN theme to have the Christmas theme
imchillyb 10mo ago
Twas brillig, and Santas toes were freezing in the sleigh. All icey were the Reindeer hooves, moody and unlikely they were to play. Then Christmas Eve did come about and, Santa, mounted slay he did. Present bag taken firm in hand, one for each and every kid. Down-down-down chimney stacks around each and every town. Milk and cookies, warmth and hearth. Every present for every home. Boys and girls light and dark. Good or bad, used to matter. But Santa had a change of heart. We all mess up sometimes. And, sometimes, we need a brand new start. Enjoy the gifts! Santa yelled, as the reindeer took off once again. Be kind to one another all, and try to make new friends. Merry Christmas!
peterspath 10mo ago
Merry Christmas! And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. - Luke 2:10-11
- russellbeattie 10mo ago
  Linus van Pelt has entered the chat. Fun tidbit: The Charlie Brown Christmas animators had Linus drop his security blanket when he said, "fear not". (I'm an atheist, but as an official GenXer™, I could almost recite this speech from memory.)
sprybear 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
bradly 10mo ago
If anyone would like to add some Christmas lights to their site I made a little web component to add a little cheer to any site. https://github.com/bradly/christmas-lights.js https://github.com/bradly/christmas-lights.js You can see it in action at https://bradlyfeeley.com https://bradlyfeeley.com and https://birdymusic.com https://birdymusic.com
LargoLasskhyfv 10mo ago
Sti-hilläh Na-hacht, hei-li-gäh Na-hacht. Wir Frässähn bis die Schwarte kracht!
jackdecker 10mo ago
Merry Christmas HN! _===_ / \ | () () | | > | | ___ | \_____/ ||| _|||_ / \ | | | | \_____/ ||| _|||_ / \ / \ | | | | \_______/ || || || || _||_ _||_ | | | |
- doug_durham 10mo ago
  Your snowman has legs!
  - Minor49er 10mo ago
    Well yeah. This snowman kicks butt!
  - Kye 10mo ago
    That's so he can chase his dreams.
ekianjo 10mo ago
Merry Xmas Everyone!
didip 10mo ago
Merry Christmas everyone!
timenotwasted 10mo ago
* /_\ /___\ /_____\ /_______\ /_________\ /___________\ /_____________\ /_______________\ ||| ||| Merry Christmas!
jackblack369 10mo ago
enjoy your life
NaOH 10mo ago
I'm taking a moment to recognize once more the work that user @atdrummond (Alex Thomas Drummond) did for a couple years to help others here. I did not know him, don’t think I ever interacted with him, and I did not benefit from his generosity, but I admired his kindness. Just beautiful. Ask HN: Who needs holiday help? (Follow up thread) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38706167 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38706167 - Dec 2023 (9 comments) Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38492378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38492378 - Dec 2023 (210 comments) Tell HN: Thank You - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34140096 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34140096 - Dec 2022 (42 comments) Tell HN: Everyone should have a holiday dinner this year - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34122118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34122118 - Dec 2022 (58 comments) Unfortunately, Alex died a few months after his last round of holiday giving, about 1½ years ago now. Tell HN: In Memory of Alexander Thomas Drummond - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40508725 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40508725 - May 2024 (5 comments) If you read the comments in that last thread, know that @toomuchtodo followed through last year and kept the tradition alive. Amazing and magnificent. Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42291246 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42291246 - Dec 2024 (46 comments)
- Razengan 10mo ago
  Damn.. :(
- s5300 10mo ago
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  - anonu 10mo ago
    you never really die on the internet.
    - onion2k 10mo ago
      There's a famous quote that says we all die twice, once when we physically die and a second time when we are truly forgotten by humanity. It's attributed to lots of different people. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2025/10/15/die-twice/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2025/10/15/die-twice/
calebm 10mo ago
Happy Christmas, and Merry New Year!
PureSin 10mo ago
Merry Christmas and happy new year. It's been a tough year with stress about work, immigration, family. This little corner of the internet always gives me joy, hope, and inspiration to work for a better, kinder world. Hope everyone enjoy the break and start 2026 with energy to keep improving yourself and the world.
- keyboardJones 10mo ago
  Just wanted to say this resonated. Thanks for the kind words, and here’s to 2026!
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fuzzfactor 10mo ago
Meanwhile almost nobody noticed this page: >single html file, no frameworks, images or webgl Happy Holidays https://xe.dev/xmas https://xe.dev/xmas 2 points by jFriedensreich 15 hours ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46374804 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46374804
- fuzzfactor 10mo ago
  Too late to edit, but how about HTML Easter Eggs for Christmas?
devgoth 10mo ago
merry christmas everyone! HN has been the first site i open up every morning with a cup of tea for the past 10 years or so. Cheers to a great community of builders & thinkers.
- HardwareLust 10mo ago
  Same! HN is my morning paper now.
medbar 10mo ago
Merry Christmas HN! Hope you're all enjoying quality time with loved ones (and good food!)
tom1031 10mo ago
hello
busymom0 10mo ago
Merry Christmas Hacker News!!!
fergbrain 10mo ago
Blessed Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
maxwelljoslyn 10mo ago
I'm on call this Christmas :')
zanetaylor 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
unangst 10mo ago
I’m exceedingly thankful for this site. I turn here (as many of us do) for a quick escape, tech news catch-up, deep dive and inspiration. Proceed and be bold in 2026.
keyboardJones 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, HN! Thanks for being one of the bright spots in my/the internet.
jimbobthrowawy 10mo ago
Crimmas!
nish__ 10mo ago
Cheers, friends!
glitchc 10mo ago
Merry Christmas to all! Hope your holidays are filled with cheer and the warmth of your loved ones.
gbraad 10mo ago
A bit Christmessy (Santa and a snow storm), but created a very simple preset for my VJ tool: https://music.gbraad.nl/revision/?program=threejs:christmas https://music.gbraad.nl/revision/?program=threejs:christmas This is a reactive visualization, so it expects audio to play. Normally I feed a stream or MIDI, but a mic will also work
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throwpoaster 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, HN. Thanks for a lovely daily read!
stack_framer 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, hackers!
armeet 10mo ago
♥
theophrastus 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!! you gentle nerds you! Peace to us all.
arthurcolle 10mo ago
Merry Christmas everyone. It was a pleasure interacting with you all this year and I hope for many more.
reckez 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
fellowniusmonk 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
_sxou 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, everyone! Treasure these moments you get with those you care about it. Time is our most valuable asset.
b8 10mo ago
Merry Christmas y'all. Glad to spend time with the fam bam and to spend some time resting. Also I'm getting my back nerves burned finally after trying to get a pain remediation surgery for a long time. Better late than never.
- s5300 10mo ago
  >> Also I'm getting my back nerves burned finally after trying to get a pain remediation surgery for a long time. Better late than never. Best of luck with this. Back (and neck) pain really, truly sucks. Very under-treated in the U.S. as well. IME, completely stifles the ability to enter a “flow” state of cognitive function.
wdr1 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
HaZeust 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, everyone!
russellbeattie 10mo ago
We Californians are still a few hours away from Christmas, but hope you people living in the future are having a merry holiday!
nhhvhy 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
rishabhd 10mo ago
Merry Christmas everyone!
robch 10mo ago
Merry Christmas to all or whatever you celebrate!
schwede 10mo ago
Merry Christmas hackers!
wraptile 10mo ago
Happy winter solstice! I used to like Christmas but current version of geopolitics and christo fascists really nerfed the joy of Christmas. Maybe they'll release a patch fix by next year
- tombert 10mo ago
  I feel like Christmas is so secularized and commercialized that it doesn't have a lot to do with Christianity anymore. I'm not saying this as a bad thing; I'm not and have never been religious but I still love Christmas.
0xbadcafebee 10mo ago
Happy Belated Festivus. May you win a feat of strength, and air many grievances.
bhavikjadav 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, everybody!
mjh2539 10mo ago
Tidings and good cheer to all.
decibe1 10mo ago
Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Yash16 10mo ago
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DeathArrow 10mo ago
I hope you celebrate with your loved ones and have joy and warmth in your hearts. Last but not least, let's not forget those who are suffering, sick, or elderly, and let's do a good deed when we have the opportunity. Merry Christmas to all!
jeffrallen 10mo ago
Due to illness, I've stayed home while my whole family goes to be with the grandparents. I will join them later today, with a mask. It is strange and sad to be alone this morning. If you are in the same situation, know that you are not alone: I'm thinking of you. Merry Christmas.
srexrg 10mo ago
merry christmas anon.
danousna 10mo ago
Merry Christmas everyone, from France. This not so little corner of the internet keeps delivering year after year, thank you all for the quality of the submissions and discussions!
ardan 10mo ago
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claygood 10mo ago
Merry Christmas everyone! <3
ncr100 10mo ago
BASIC Christmas tree generator: https://gist.github.com/nrichards/edb3b3b42154340cdb52af6a2d09c787 https://gist.github.com/nrichards/edb3b3b42154340cdb52af6a2d... <3 happy holidays, folks.
chrka 10mo ago
https://easylang.online/xmas.html https://easylang.online/xmas.html
jakebasile 10mo ago
Merry Christmas to you, too, and to all that read this. A relevant verse about a sometimes stressful day: Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil. - Matthew 6:34
hamonrye 10mo ago
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mazokum 10mo ago
Merry Christmas! In case you didn’t know, you can check if Santa has reached out your location ;) https://www.flightradar24.com/R3DN053/3d9fb50a https://www.flightradar24.com/R3DN053/3d9fb50a
revorad 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, HN!
knaik94 10mo ago
Merry christmas y'all and happy holidays. I can't put in to words how much I appreciate the culture on HN and the conversations I've been a part of. It's the only social media site where I enjoy reading my historical messages, I can see exactly how much I have grown and learned. I am thankful for the moderation and self-moderation. I will continuing trying to give back in a small way, what the HN community has given me. Happy holidays.
paraselene_ 10mo ago
Merry Christmas HN!
NanoWar 10mo ago
My fav tree today: https://www.dwitter.net/d/34638 https://www.dwitter.net/d/34638
doug_durham 10mo ago
Merry Christmas fellow HN'ers. I hope that 2026 is more sane with less drama.
gbbloke 10mo ago
Merry Christmas from Spain. Here's to another year of great times spent on a great site!
dizhn 10mo ago
Different times yes. It's also a political thing with people not wanting to call it or claim people don't want to call it Christmas (but holidays) and Ukraine changing their date a few years ago due to them not being Russia. Merry Christmas everyone.
amac 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
hubraumhugo 10mo ago
Merry Christmas HN! You're one of the few constants among the many variables in my life, please never change :)
Sparkyte 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
block_dagger 10mo ago
Happy Ruby 4.0 day! Thanks Matz et al.
- pmdr 10mo ago
  The main reason I look forward to opening HN on Christmas!
kaeland 10mo ago
Merry Christmas everyone! ——— “At the very moment that Augustus is making decrees as the ruler of the known world, and Herod is seething in his palace, God enters stage right. Not on the clouds, asserting his power and dominance, not with all the strength and might he rightly has. But in humility. Doing so with a profound statement that he is turning all our preconceived notions completely upside down. One of the most beautiful, yet often overlooked, components to this story is Mary’s reaction to the news of her Son. In church tradition we call her carol The Magnificat: “My soul exalts the Lord, and my spirit has begun to rejoice in God my Savior, because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed, because he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name; from generation to generation he is merciful to those who fear him. He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts. He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position; he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty. He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy, as he promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.” (Luke 1:46-55) Amidst all the interpretations of Christmas that we hear at this time of year from clergy, advertisers, politicians, and journalists, we might benefit from listening to the mother who sits at the centre of it all. According to Mary, Christmas is about God scattering the proud, bringing down unjust rulers, lifting up the humble. It’s about God turning things upside down— which ironically is the right way up to begin with. And God accomplishes all of this not “from on high,” like the decree of Augustus, or the brutality of Herod; instead, God achieves his purposes from below in the lowliness of a manger. With shepherds, livestock, and foreign magi as the first witnesses. Christmas is about God turning things upside down—which ironically is the right way up to begin with. Every detail about the Christmas story (and the subsequent life of Jesus as well), states that God will reverse the mess and do so by first getting his own hands dirty. God conquers by humbling himself, he will heal by being wounded, he will save us by sacrificing himself. The manger is a throne, and works as a beacon of how God intends to turn everything upside down. Grace triumphs over dominance, mercy over force, and Mary’s song will be the world’s song. Joy will pierce through the sorrow and sadness, fully and forever.” - Wes Huff
omnee 10mo ago
Merry Christmas everyone!
sandworm101 10mo ago
And a special hello to those of us at work this morning!
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deadbabe 10mo ago
Christmas is always a very hard time of year for some people, if you are struggling, just know you are not forgotten and I hope you can still have yourself a Merry little Christmas time. <3
flipped 10mo ago
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pfortuny 10mo ago
Happy Christmas, may we all keep this forum peaceful (but nonetheless compelling)! Thanks to @dang!
w111 10mo ago
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
jll29 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, everyone! Spread the love, please - try to give everyone around you a metaphorical "▲" (upvote), in HN-speak, to make this world a better place. The Birth of Jesus [Luke 2] In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register [in tax ledgers]. -- https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%202&version=NIV
pkb 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
mrwaffle 10mo ago
I hope you all have a nice day!
agumonkey 10mo ago
exponentially so https://xcancel.com/IIruoje/status/679604760325033984#m https://xcancel.com/IIruoje/status/679604760325033984#m
KellyCriterion 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, dear HN Community! Being super-lonely this year, I hope all of you are much better off than me - this year contained some catastrophic external events in my life, which led to permanent change on some "layers" of my live (not only material, but also in psy etc.) I hope the next year will bring the luck to re-align some things and bring them backs on the track, otherwise next year I will write the same post and add that Im in huge (final) trouble... Enjoy the time with your family if they are near to you!
- dxdm 10mo ago
  Merry Christmas to you. You are not entirely alone, in the sense that other people have gone through loss and hardship and have come out of it eventually, better, happier, and stronger. Also, there are strangers like me who wish you well. I hope that things will work out for you soon. For now, here's a warm greeting and a smile for you. :)
  - KellyCriterion 10mo ago
    THANK you for your words! Its tough these days, really. Hope you have some days with your family and friends!
    - rhubarbtree 10mo ago
      This too shall pass. The seasons of life come and go, find the small joys during the hardest times.
ta_le 10mo ago
I'm a chronic lurker for most of the year but this is a good time to say this. I'm so thankful for this community that provides so much without succumbing to enshitification as some other parts of the Internet. Whether I'm passing time on a train or escaping an annoying group discussion, this is by far my favorite algorithmic feed to do so. Merry Christmas everyone!
vjay15 10mo ago
Merry Christmas everybody may this day bring you joy and happiness :)
stevenfoster 10mo ago
I became a parent of two this year and my oldest is now 3 years old. One of the greatest things in life has to be a newborn baby. And more than ever for me, it makes sense that the greatest thing would be if God came as a newborn baby. ¡Feliz Navidad!
- BLKNSLVR 10mo ago
  Enjoy the journey, make the most of as much of it as possible. The present can feel as if it moves very slowly, but the future arrives incredibly quickly. My two are 18 and 16 and it feels like only five minutes has passed (I'm sure this is how you feel about the last 3 years). I miss their unrestricted toddler personalities, but I'm also incredibly happy and proud of who they've both become as, essentially, adults now.
  - cryptonector 10mo ago
    Time flies by way too fast. But if you did good you'll get upgraded to grandparent!
homeonthemtn 10mo ago
Just got a bucket list item out of that article, so thank you for that Merry Christmas!
sebnun 10mo ago
Merry Christmas to everyone.
nis0s 10mo ago
Merry X-Mas, all Something to read if you’re bored, https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/holidays/christmas-readings/the-grand-miracle https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/holidays/christmas-...
thepaulthomson 10mo ago
Merry Christmas
- thepaulthomson 10mo ago
  What will you have accomplished by Christmas, 2026?
  - weakfish 10mo ago
    It took me a moment to realize you replied to yourself and thought you were randomly attacking a commenter =)
vargr616 10mo ago
Happy Yuletide!
SirLJ 10mo ago
Festivus for the rest of us! https://youtu.be/1njzgXSzA-A?si=KIQy9e39lofX0aYP https://youtu.be/1njzgXSzA-A?si=KIQy9e39lofX0aYP #FestivusSavesTrees
ksec 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, I am glad HN is celebrating it.
stackedinserter 10mo ago
Happy birthday, Jesus!
lukebechtel 10mo ago
https://youtu.be/z84QdJlPpHE?si=2GIUu8vM5OarmdVx https://youtu.be/z84QdJlPpHE?si=2GIUu8vM5OarmdVx Sharing the funniest Christmas themed video I know
WhereIsTheTruth 10mo ago
You'd think techies would be immune to religion, but then you realize that most of the people here are web devs, so that makes sense
BhavdeepSethi 10mo ago
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
ycombinatornews 10mo ago
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! Thank you HN and HN community for sharing the most interesting places of internet, ideas, discussions and points of views. Learned a lot and hope to learn more.
hhao99 10mo ago
Merry Christmas
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hypertexthero 10mo ago
Merry Xmas! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjMNtEKHURU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjMNtEKHURU
ascold 10mo ago
Merry Christmas from Montreal!
mraza007 10mo ago
Merry Christmas HN Sending Warm Greetings to Everyone: https://festivegreeting.vercel.app/?id=90564ef5-f137-43be-b68f-da748c650af2&view=1 https://festivegreeting.vercel.app/?id=90564ef5-f137-43be-b6...
morshu9001 10mo ago
Merry Christmas!
willmadden 10mo ago
* *** * /***\ /*@***\ /*******\ /**@******\ /***********\ /**********@**\ /***************\ /*****@***********\ /*******************\ /***************@*****\ ||| ||| ||| ===[ MERRY * CHRISTMAS ]===
gordon_freeman 10mo ago
Folks who have some extra time this Christmas, do check out the tv show Pluribus on Apple TV. It’s not your typical action packed sci-fi show but is very slow burning, philosophical kind of show which I found very smart. Turns out my best 2 tv shows of last couple of years are on Apple TV: Severance and Pluribus
- heyyfurqan 10mo ago
  thanks for the recommendation
  - rhubarbtree 10mo ago
    Jumping on to agree with Severance and make a few more. Silicon Valley - for me the funniest (and painful to watch, sometimes) to show. Schitt’s Creek - heart warming, wonderfully written, very funny bite size episodes perfect for cosy Christmas times.
Ocha 10mo ago
Merry Christmas
cindyllm 10mo ago
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suobset 10mo ago
Merry Christmas everyone. I made a little something on AArch64 Assembly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46385623 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46385623
sangeeth96 10mo ago
Merry x'mas everyone!
sombragris 10mo ago
Thanks! Merry Christmas for OP and all of you, too. Have a holiday season full of blessings!
GarnetFloride 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, This has been a wild one. On the way to my sister's house we got a call from her sister saying their dad needs to go into an assisted living place because his pneumonia is not getting better and needs 24/7 care. But this will cut off the income my wife was bring in for caring for him. As the call is on our car throws a red light: Transmission malfunction: Service now. We take the next exit and happen to find a Big O Tire place which is where we get most of our car work done. The transmission is seized, but it's Christmas Eve and no one is open to get an estimate on a replacement. But that's okay a couple of cousins are able to pick us up to get to the party. We get home and find big pile of presents on our doorstep but we find they are addressed to names we don't know. So we bring them in for safekeeping. Today I look around the apartment building and finding one with a dollhouse on the balcony give a knock but its the wrong door but they knew the family which was downstairs so the right family got the presents finally. Now cinnamon rolls are baking for breakfast and starting dinner prep soon. But somehow I have to figure out if I should replace the transmission on a 13 year old car which needs $4500 in suspension work too or replace the whole vehicle. And find a way to make more money since the part-time job I have right now to open up time for caregiving won't be enough for all this, and it looks like caregiving won't be necessary for much longer anyway.
- blast 10mo ago
  That's a bittersweet mix of troubles and sweetness. I hope the troubles sort out without too much heartache, and that 2026 brings many good things.
- rconti 10mo ago
  Hope things improve for you, and you have a Merry Christmas in spite of it all. For what it's worth, it strikes me as very unlikely that the transmission is going to be less than an additional $4500. But you never know, it could be a simple fault - no sense in trying to make mental decisions before you know the math involved.
- rhubarbtree 10mo ago
  Hang in there. This is a difficult period of life, went through something similar not long back. Be sure to take care of yourself and have some mental “time off” this week.
ellis0n 10mo ago
Three years ago I found myself in a difficult situation and at Christmas I asked HN for help. Several people sent me invitations and work appeared right away, so I went off to pay my bills. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34121905 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34121905 My situation was very tough and the job was tough too, so I wasn’t able to reply to everyone by email right away, circumstances worked out that way. Now things have improved and I want to say a big thank you to everyone who came to help, the HN community, Dang and the team for the support. Merry Christmas and I wish humanity to survive in the age of AI! PS: Your invaluable support made it possible to improve my startup https://acpul.org https://acpul.org and I have created an open letter for those who would like to join in developing the best programming environment in the world: https://www.acpul.org/blog/Open-Letter https://www.acpul.org/blog/Open-Letter
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n8ur 10mo ago
this is what i did for you for christmas :) https://www.adoptimize.de/weihnachten/editor.php https://www.adoptimize.de/weihnachten/editor.php
n8ur 10mo ago
Meryy Christmas this is what I did for my friends https://www.adoptimize.de/weihnachten/editor.php https://www.adoptimize.de/weihnachten/editor.php in german and english available https://www.adoptimize.de/weihnachten/2025_pers_v2/?id=demo_v2 https://www.adoptimize.de/weihnachten/2025_pers_v2/?id=demo_...
fauria 10mo ago
¡Feliz Navidad!
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mococa 10mo ago
Feliz Natal!
accrual 10mo ago
Happy holidays HNers!
albertobarrago 10mo ago
Buon Natale a tutti! Che la coscienza pervada tutti i presenti in questo ottante ♥
albertobarrago 10mo ago
Buon Natale a tutti, che la coscienza ci pervada!
lnxg33k1 10mo ago
Porcoddio
tommica 10mo ago
Merry Xmas!
rconti 10mo ago
A couple of years ago in early December, we took a trip to Berlin and Strasbourg, and spent our time visiting many Christmas markets. It was a really enjoyable trip. Yes, it was very cold, which is not deal when you're spending 12 hours a day outside (hovering around freezing the entire trip, a small amount of snow a few days). Yes, it gets dark early and the days are short -- but that's true back at home in California too. We do share a hemisphere, after all. And yes, after awhile, the markets all do tend to look the same. But I find it nice to travel, and I love traveling in the off-season. Yes, you can travel at the same time everyone else wants to travel, with long days, long lines, and large prices. But everywhere you go has traditions year round, and the weather and lifestyle changes with the seasons. Every place and every time of year has things worth seeing and experiencing. Or you could travel to the opposite hemisphere when the days are short back home, that's fun too :)
tracker1 10mo ago
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bschmid12345idk 10mo ago
The United States is completely ran by pedophiles. Merry Christmas

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nervysnail 10mo ago

I was surprised to see HN change colour.

kevinmhickey 10mo ago

Merry Christmas to all!!

agentifysh 10mo ago

Merry Christmas y'all keep promptin'

DetectDefect 10mo ago

Shall we showcase our trees? * | /.\ /o..\ /..O\ /.o..o\ /...o.\ /..O..o.\ ^^^[_]^^^

sallveburrpi 10mo ago
@ *** ***** ******* ********* *********** ************* *************** | | Best I can do ;/
- xandrius 10mo ago
  ¥
- properbrew 10mo ago
  It's the thought that counts
- LeoPanthera 10mo ago
  I love your player character tree topper.
cluckindan 10mo ago
o / \ o o / \ o o / \ o o / / \ o o o / / \ o o o I knew I should have invested in that fancy self-balancing one, oh well.
- basilikum 10mo ago
  Ah, don't worry. If you just append to one side always and do an anti-balancing one, you get a string of lights. o \ o \ o \ o \ o \ o \ o \ o
- contravariant 10mo ago
  Hey we have the same tree! (()(()((())((())(()())))))
  - culi 10mo ago
    Pinus newickii
  - thiht 10mo ago
    Mine looks weird but it's decorated: @star @lights @balls def christmas_tree(): n1 = Node() n2 = Node() n3 = Node() n4 = Node() n5 = Node() n6 = Node() n7 = Node() n8 = Node(n1, None) n9 = Node(n2, n3) n10 = Node(n4, n5) n11 = Node(n8, n9) n12 = Node(n6, n7) n13 = Node(None, n11) n14 = Node(None, n12) return Node(n13, n14) christmas_tree()
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properbrew 10mo ago
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- KellyCriterion 10mo ago
  This one is really cool!
gerdesj 10mo ago
Lovely idea but please spare a thought for people using a screen reader! Imagine having ASCII art spelt out to you character by character, line by line. This really is a job for a LLM. With apologies to screen reader users: "space tab space space asterisk new line space space tab space new line space space space tab pipe new line ... forward slash o full stop full stop backslash ..."
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Insanity 10mo ago
Class ChristmasTree extends Tree{}
- randallsquared 10mo ago
  Not always! Sometimes `extends Plastic{}`
  - Timwi 10mo ago
    Or `extends Aluminum{}`! [0] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AluminumChristmasTrees https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AluminumChristma...
  - Hobadee 10mo ago
    So Tree is an interface then, not a class?
    - devsda 10mo ago
      I'm pretty sure its called a Trait these days.
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encomiast 10mo ago
May you have a perfectly balanced Christmas h _____|______ / \ r t / \ / \ e . i a / \ / \ / \ / \ M r y C r s m s
- frunkad 10mo ago
  hahaha, Merry Christmas to you too!
phyalow 10mo ago
* /|\ [ROOT] n=25000 / | \ [N] [I] [C] .33 .51 .94 <-- UCB1 winner | | / \ [OH] [MEH] [E] [E] coal socks NICE NICE | \ \ :/ :) :) MCTS: Monte Carlo Tree Santa "in the limit, all children converge to the nice list" - S. Claus Merry Xmas Nerds!
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etothet 10mo ago
* /^\ /* *\ /+@o* \ /o*+*o+*\ /* @+*o@+*\ /+*o*+@*o*+*\ /@o+*o@+*o+@o*\ /*+@o*+@*o+*o@+*\ /o*+@o*+@o*+@o*+o*\ /@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@\ ||| |||
- user_7832 10mo ago
  That's the first tree that rendered properly on my mobile, Merey Christmas and good job! Also nice bottom layer of ampersands, looks really festive for some reason!
qingcharles 10mo ago
DOOM BSP (XMAS) TREE :p . * . (IDKFA) ---\ | /--- \|/ ( ROOT NODE ) ( Partition ) /`--...___...-`\ / \ / \ o--( Node 1 )--o o--( Node 2 )--o / Front \ / Back \ / | \ / | \ / o \ / o \ [SUBSECTOR] ( Node 3 ) [SUBSECTOR] | (Leaf A)| / \ | (Leaf B)| |_________| / \ |_________| [SEGS] / \ [SEGS] ( Gift ) [SUBSECTOR] [SUBSECTOR] ( Gift ) | (Leaf C)| | (Leaf D)| |_________| |_________| [SEGS] [SEGS]
- necovek 10mo ago
  Just you mentioning Doom makes me wonder how fast will we get someone to run Doom on individually controlled Christmas LEDs on a Christmas tree.
- Flere-Imsaho 10mo ago
  Love the cheat code at the top
  - dxdm 10mo ago
    idkfa iddqd idspispopd This is etched into my mind.
    - cluckindan 10mo ago
      IDKFA = id kicks f*king ass IDDQD = id delta quit delta (apparently some kind of inside joke) IDSPISPOPD = id smashing pumpkins into small piles of putrid debris
      - rhubarbtree 10mo ago
        Not keys full ammo?
russellbeattie 10mo ago
Here's a really big one: TREE(3).
keepamovin 10mo ago
` _\/_ . - /\ /|\ ` . / /*|O\. . /*/|\*\ /X/O|*\X\ /*/X/|\X\*\ . /O/*/X|*\O\X\ /*/O/X/|\X\O\*\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |X| |X| Merry Christmas! merry Christmas to all you people out there :)
- user_7832 10mo ago
  Merry Christmas! Nice touch with the snow, makes for a cosy and homely atmosphere! (It's 25⁰C here. Please send help >.<)
racl101 10mo ago
renderTree(type='Christmas')
KellyCriterion 10mo ago
▲ ▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ Hell - mine one is crashed! Claude didnt work properly :-D
gregfjohnson 10mo ago
Build one yourself! Here's an interactive balanced binary tee builder: https://gregfjohnson.com/redblackbuilder.html https://gregfjohnson.com/redblackbuilder.html
Vicinity9635 10mo ago
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curtisblaine 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

aclark 10mo ago

Merry XMAS!!

tekacs 10mo ago

Fun seeing HN restart to switch to the Christmas theme, in three steps: https://share.cleanshot.com/vJZv6k03 https://share.cleanshot.com/vJZv6k03 (restarting the server) https://share.cleanshot.com/qFyM347P https://share.cleanshot.com/qFyM347P (online but temporarily readonly) https://share.cleanshot.com/kW8kY7mp https://share.cleanshot.com/kW8kY7mp (back online!)

jagged-chisel 10mo ago
Restart?! ouch
- basilikum 10mo ago
  HN is a pretty simple, efficient monolithic web application. Some updates might need a restart. It's OK for some web requests to fail during that time. HN isn't life critical with sixtuple nine uptime requirements.
  - sallveburrpi 10mo ago
    Tbh like 99% of web apps aren’t critical - most of them are for buying something or providing infrastructure to make it easier to buy something anyway. It’s fine if your online shop is down for a few minutes (of course the business won’t see it like that but it’s true)
    - basilikum 10mo ago
      A sales site being down might lose you a sale. But the simplicity might save you so muh more than that loses you. And often the complexion of high availability infrastructure results in more downtime than it prevents. For stuff like HN, I like the peek behind the scenes it provides. It's all just software written by some humans and way too often people take themselves and their shitty software way too serious.
    - brightbeige 10mo ago
      B&H is doing fine financially and brings their webstore down for each and every Sabbath, even if that happens to be a Black Friday. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12183263 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12183263

koakuma-chan 10mo ago

I got scared when I refreshed and HN turned red

nrhrjrjrjtntbt 10mo ago
Easy mistake. HN's AI apocolyose color is a slightly darker hue.

tory 10mo ago

Merry Christmas :)

nullable_bool 10mo ago

Merry x-mas. We all deserve love and happiness. Be kind to your neighboor.

Wasserpuncher 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

drfuzzy89 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, everyone!

robofanatic 10mo ago

* /|\ //|\\ ///|\\\ ////|\\\\ |

spankibalt 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, bambini.

stoneman24 10mo ago

A Merry Christmas to everyone !

dzink 10mo ago

May everyone here discover more and better ways to spread the joy of giving and doing good. * /_\ / o \ / * \ / o o \ / . * . \ / o * * o \ / . * o * . \ / o * * * * o \ / . * o * o * . \ / o * * * * * * o \ /______________________\ |||||| |||||| ||||||

JKCalhoun 10mo ago
The ol' off-by-one error. Merry Christmat!

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sallveburrpi 10mo ago

Feliz natal

defrost 10mo ago

and a healthy dose of Australian Christmas Stereotypes to all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amL8QRiDH2E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amL8QRiDH2E including not the original Rolf Harris version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQVEZLcBfS8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQVEZLcBfS8

judah 10mo ago

Merry Christmas! "An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”" -Luke 2

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- elemdos 10mo ago
  To some it is, to some it isn’t. Regardless, nonexlusivity has always been built into its core.
  - yencabulator 10mo ago
    Christians most definitely wanted to exclude the pre-Christian winter solstice traditions.

xandrius 10mo ago

"A Spaceman Came Travelling" - Chris de Burgh

gavide 10mo ago

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brulard 10mo ago
not sure what i'm looking at here...
- gerdesj 10mo ago
  Fucked up Braille?
- MobiusHorizons 10mo ago
  I’m assuming they fixed the formatting since you posted, but it’s a Christmas tree in text art using braille characters. Side note: I assume you can’t call it ASCII art if it uses non-ASCII characters, but Unicode art doesn’t have the same ring.
- rationalist 10mo ago
  A Christmas tree through the snow?
- farmerbb 10mo ago
  It shows up as a Christmas tree for me on my phone in portrait mode. In landscape mode the braille is messed up.
- kmoser 10mo ago
  If you're viewing on a desktop, shrink the browser until each line stacks below the previous one, creating a tree.
jimbobthrowawy 10mo ago
Did you forget to double space between the lines, or put leading spaces? Also, I had to turn off firefox's enhanced tracking protection for the font to load. Before that it was unicode tofu.

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pdevr 10mo ago

Merry Christmas to everyone. Being a non-Christian and it being Christmas time, I am sharing one verse from the New Testament that is, in my opinion, useful - or at the very least, insightful - to anyone, regardless of religion. Luke 16:10: He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.

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- swat535 10mo ago
  There are 2 kinds of Christians: Those who actually follow the faith, and those who only show up for Christmas and Easter. There's a German term for that 'Uboot Christen' - submarine Christians. They only emerge twice a year.
  - sva_ 10mo ago
    Considering Christians took the Christmas celebration from what they call "Heathens" or "Pagans", I think it is fair. Eastern celebration probably the same.
    - conception 10mo ago
      Eh not really - https://historyforatheists.com/2024/12/pagan-christmas-again/ https://historyforatheists.com/2024/12/pagan-christmas-again... Easter also not pagan. But pophistory thinks that as well. Scholarship doesn’t line up.
- ynab6 10mo ago
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  - anthonypasq96 10mo ago
    i was a recipient of dreadful christrian brainwashing for about 14 years of schooling, and i got a fairly mild case

robertwt7 10mo ago

Merry Christmas everyone!!

black_knight 10mo ago

Meri Yule!

reactordev 10mo ago

What a year!

michaelsbradley 10mo ago

Merry Christmas Christus natus est O Χριστός γεννιέται Христос раждается המשיח נולד ابن الله يولد اليوم

whynotmaybe 10mo ago
Joyeux Noël Vrolijk Kerstmis

givemeethekeys 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, everyone!

tehlike 10mo ago

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone has wonderful time with family.

tuggi 10mo ago

Merry Xmas HN!

bossyTeacher 10mo ago

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pdevr 10mo ago
Just in case anyone does not know, that is a Base64URL-encoded string. Used by JWT.

lschueller 10mo ago

Merry Christmas to the awesome hn community!

merryxmas 10mo ago

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dang 10mo ago
Not gonna filter your emojis on Christmas but I'm impressed how many of our restrictions you routed around :)

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GreyZephyr 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

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jherdman 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, friends. And a special cheers to everyone that makes this community possible. It’s one of the last bastions of all that is good about this internet.

kevinmhickey 10mo ago
Hear hear!!

randycupertino 10mo ago

Here's to a happy and healthy 2026! Thanks HN for all the thoughtful comments and interesting articles.

Grosvenor 10mo ago

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OptionOfT 10mo ago
I thought this was Advent of Code! Merry Christmas!
kylecazar 10mo ago
That jgs is killing me
- opello 10mo ago
  Just because old ASCII and ANSI art is often signed by the author, which is something fun I appreciate, see also: https://oldcompcz.github.io/jgs/joan_stark/xmas.html#treewithbunn https://oldcompcz.github.io/jgs/joan_stark/xmas.html#treewit... And of course, the BBS Documentary: Artscene episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQrBbm5ZMlo&list=PL7nj3G6Jpv2G6Gp6NvN1kUtQuW8QshBWE&index=5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQrBbm5ZMlo&list=PL7nj3G6Jpv...
  - Grosvenor 10mo ago
    Woah. I didn't know about that. I found it from asciiart.eu. This stuff makes me wish HN supported ANSI. We could have so much fun. (Also PRE or preformatted text would be useful). Merry Christmas and happy new years everyone!

BewareTheYiga 10mo ago

* /*\ /***\ /*****\ /*******\ /*********\ /*** * ***\ /*************\ /*** * * ****\ /*****************\ /*** * * * *****\ /*********************\ /********** *** ********\ ||| ||| ||| Merry Christmas, HN

shortcord 10mo ago

Luke 2:14 [14] “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

Exoristos 10mo ago
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."
- shortcord 10mo ago
  I think I do prefer the KJV here. Has the classic familiarity. The ESV is the translation I have used since it came out for personal reading and study, though.
- squigz 10mo ago
  Reading some of the translations for the quoted verse, it's really interesting how so many different sentiments can be expressed with very little changes of words/phrasing. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will.” https://biblehub.com/luke/2-14.htm https://biblehub.com/luke/2-14.htm
  - sapphicsnail 10mo ago
    There are 2 competing textual varients in the Greek sources. The word for "good will" (eudokia) shows up in the nominative and the genitive. If it's genitive it modifies humankind if it's nominative it's parallel to the first half of the sentence meaning, in Heaven let there be glory to God, on Earth let there be good will to humankind. That was fun! I read that verse earlier today and I didn't know about the version with genitive case.

arjonagelhout 10mo ago

Merry Christmas! Here’s a quad tree: 11 11 — 0110 0110 1111 0110 — 00000000 00011000 00011000 00111100 01111110 11111111 00011000 00011000

coffeemug 10mo ago

Hope everyone has a healthy, rewarding and prosperous year. Special thanks to @dang and team for keeping this community a great place everyone wants to come back to. I love coming back here every day. Merry Christmas to all!

ilaksh 10mo ago

https://codepen.io/LimeWub/full/yQWbNW https://codepen.io/LimeWub/full/yQWbNW

reb 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, everyone! Continually grateful for this community: stumbling into it as a teenager changed my life and I never get tired of spinning out about new tech big and small with the folks here. Stay safe, everybody

anonym29 10mo ago

Merry Christmas! ▲ ▲▲ did I do it right?

tamimio 10mo ago

Technically it’s merry Yule and Saturnalia, christ has nothing to do with it.

Insanity 10mo ago
Saturnalia isn’t related to it other than coincidence of dates, no? Either way, merry Saturnalia to you! (Off-by-one day :D)
oguz-ismail2 10mo ago
found the grinch
- cassiepaper 10mo ago
  found a glitch
- morshu9001 10mo ago
  could just be very adamant about the Jan 6 date
Minor49er 10mo ago
A reader of Ernest L. Martin?

elemdos 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

koito17 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, everybody! Love seeing the custom HN theme every year. Sometimes after Christmas, I avoid refreshing an HN tab, so I get to see the theme just a little bit longer :) This year is a bit special to me. I recently moved countries for a new job, but I moved a bit too soon. Now I am spending the holiday season alone for the first time in my life. Learned a lot of lessons the hard way over the past week.

coffeemug 10mo ago
Where did you move from (and to)?
- koito17 10mo ago
  United States to Japan. I was a bit eager to start work after three months of waiting for the HSP 1b visa. Tried to keep myself busy with side projects, and got quite far with embedded Rust. But the lack of a "regular schedule" from a job was making me eager to start "proper work" again. So far, it has been a mixed bag of trade-offs. Made it in time for various events, got to see a few friends for the first time in a while, etc. However, nothing beats the comfort and security of one's parents home, especially during the holiday season. Probably obvious to everybody, but seriously do not schedule a move in December. If it is feasible, spend the time to make memories with your family and loved ones.
  - coffeemug 10mo ago
    > nothing beats the comfort and security of one's parents home, especially during the holiday season. A bit morbid, but reminds me of this passage by John Quincy Adams: > Everything about the house is the same. I was not fully sensible of the change till I entered his bedchamber [...] That moment was inexpressibly painful, and struck me as if it had been an arrow to my heart. My father and mother have departed. The charm which has always made this house to me an abode of enchantment is dissolved; and yet my attachment to it, and to the whole region around, is stronger than I ever felt it before. Hope you get to spend the next Christmas with your family!
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_DeadFred_ 10mo ago

My first Christmas with mom gone was really tough. Stuck alone during COVID in 2021 in a really bad place. I couldn't sleep. And I happened to turn on the radio in the middle of the night and there was an Amy Grant interview. I almost turned it off, oh no, christian stuff I thought. But she talked about her first Christmas without her mom. Then they played her song about it. If I had been 5 minutes more trying to sleep, or given up on sleep 5 minutes earlier, I would have missed that. Anyways, in case anyone needs to stumble upon something similar, I couldn't find something so perfect but... hearing it now it's not as amazing as it was that night I needed to not be alone in grief, but here it is: https://www.npr.org/2016/12/25/506715971/amy-grant-on-faith-songwriting-and-christmas-blues https://www.npr.org/2016/12/25/506715971/amy-grant-on-faith-... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LOqLV6Om4A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LOqLV6Om4A Merry Christmas to you!

ProofHouse 10mo ago
God bless you. Wishing you joy.

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jimnotgym 10mo ago

Merry Christmas everyone. If you are not Christian, then seasons greetings, hope you got the day off anyway!

flowinghorse 10mo ago

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GaryBluto 10mo ago

Some interesting and topical links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NORAD_Tracks_Santa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NORAD_Tracks_Santa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_Church,_Demre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_Church,_Demre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Christmas_Spider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Christmas_Spider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer

lastdong 10mo ago

Merry Christmas! HN Christmas theme is always great to see * /_\ /***\ /*****\ /*******\ /*********\ ||| |||

bix6 10mo ago

Merry Christmas everyone! Favorite Christmas movie?

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 10mo ago
There are so many. Muppet Christmas Carol, of course. Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas is a classic. White Christmas, a bit cliché but I love it. Bishop's Wife (with Carey Grant) is also a classic. Home Alone for the funny. And probably a hundred others.
JodieBenitez 10mo ago
gremlins

GloriousKoji 10mo ago

Happy Holidays!

pazimzadeh 10mo ago

Happy Winter Solstice (resurrection of the sun) Happy Yalda (Yuletide) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalda_Night https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalda_Night

andy_ppp 10mo ago

Happy Christmas everyone, I’m at 29000 feet on a flight to Hong Kong after a mini version of planes, trains and automobiles and including cancelled planes and taxis to different airports. I’m struck by honestly what a miracle it is that we can travel thousands of miles at hundreds of MPH and have okay internet access and communicate. I don’t think people quite realise how delicate all of the technology is now and how easily it could fail if we don’t all look after each other. I hope you all have a brilliant Christmas and new year!

BiraIgnacio 10mo ago
All the best, take care!
Loughla 10mo ago
Oh man, I love flying over the Pacific Ocean (during the day). There's just so much nothing but water. It's kind of astounding.
- hammock 10mo ago
  Try a cruise with at least one sea day
  - mh- 10mo ago
    Seconding this. If you're into it, it's pretty awe-inspiring to see open water all the way to the horizon, 360°.
    - onion2k 10mo ago
      For a six foot tall person the horizon at sea level is only 3 miles away. You could get that experience on a big lake if it's more than six miles square.
      - NetMageSCW 10mo ago
        If you think that’s the same experience I’m guessing you haven’t done it. Unfortunately my ocean voyage (from Okinawa to California) was when I was too young to remember much.

sklargh 10mo ago

Merry Christmas HN. I offer this group my thanks for something I can learn from every day. This is the Trinity College Choir’s advent concert - really puts me in the mood for the season, a remarkable performance and service: https://www.youtube.com/live/MsUd-twzG2U?si=1HMiaD2-Le70-fch https://www.youtube.com/live/MsUd-twzG2U?si=1HMiaD2-Le70-fch

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alexpadula 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

Insanity 10mo ago

Merry Christmas HN! Whether you celebrate it or not, hope you get some time off to spend with friends and/or family!

altuzar 10mo ago

Merry Christmas! This great community has changed my life so many times. Let’s go for more!

duckkg5 10mo ago

Merry Christmas to one of the last great internet communities that I actually like to interact with

mintflow 10mo ago

Just noticed that color of the HN top bar is more red which I never noticed in previous years. Merry Christmas to everyone.

dang 10mo ago
(note the red and green story numbers as well) (this is an old pg tradition btw)

readthenotes1 10mo ago

Can't believe no one's regifted this present yet: https://xkcd.com/835/ https://xkcd.com/835/

renjieliu 10mo ago

圣诞快乐

jadbox 10mo ago

Merry Christmas friends!

adventured 10mo ago

Merry Christmas HN

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ProofHouse 10mo ago

I am alone. I haven't seen my family in many, many years for reasons that I don't want to get into. I am a founder. I check Hacker News every day and have learned an immense amount from all the commenters, articles, and discussions over the years. I thank you all for that. I am truly grateful. I wish you all a Merry Christmas full of joy, and I hope you can all appreciate, share, and express love for those around you, be it family, friends, or strangers on the internet. We are all very lucky to be part of the HN site and community. I have been here for about 15 years (at least that is what it feels like) with my other accounts that I don't want to dox. Glory to God. For believers in Jesus, may the light of Christ guide you as it does me in difficult times. Wishing you all His peace and joy.

AlmostCosmo79 10mo ago
Merry Christmas, friend! I am sorry to hear about your family situation and that you are alone. If it is any comfort, know that I, and I'm sure others, are thinking of you. Thank you for your reminder to rest in the Light of the World.
kaeland 10mo ago
Merry Christmas to you as well!

Gricha 10mo ago

Merry Christmas everyone! :) If you’d fancy a little holiday-themed adventure game - https://gricha.dev/happyholidays/terminal https://gricha.dev/happyholidays/terminal

kehvyn 10mo ago

Merry Christmas everyone! My friends and family are on two different continents so it's very quiet this year. I hope everyone has a wonderful, relaxing, and joyous time.

sdobbie 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

ashtonshears 10mo ago

Thanks all for your contributions to positive chats on this site — have a joy filled holiday

crims0n 10mo ago

Merry Christmas friends! I have a C64 Ultimate under the tree this year so looking to have a bit of retro fun that would make the HN community proud (after assembling all the kids stuff, of course).

2OEH8eoCRo0 10mo ago

Merry Christmas to all!

kreelman 10mo ago

Merry Christmas !

dannieeric 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, everybody!

qntmfred 10mo ago

and on earth peace, good will toward men

cindyllm 10mo ago

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qD29Lno-oKXPLEv 10mo ago

Merry Christmas to everyone and a Happy New Year

andrepd 10mo ago

Happy holidays!

cniebla 10mo ago

Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad!

phodo 10mo ago

Prompt: create a christmas tree in ascii but that is a merkle tree Answer: Here’s an ASCII Christmas tree that is also a Merkle tree (Each parent node is the hash of its two children; leaves are the “data blocks”.) MERKLE TREE H(ROOT) / \ H(0-1) H(2-3) / \ / \ H(0) H(1) H(2) H(3) / \ / \ / \ / \ D0 D0 D1 D1 D2 D2 D3 D3 But that's a little too tidy to be a proper Christmas tree — so here’s a more “tree-like” version with ornaments, while still preserving the Merkle structure: H(ROOT) / \ H(0-1) H(2-3) / \ / \ H(0) H(1) H(2) H(3) / \ / \ / \ / \ D0 D0 D1 D1 D2 D2 D3 D3 (leaf)(leaf)(leaf) (leaf)(leaf)(leaf) Notes (so it’s actually Merkle-y) D0–D3 = data blocks (your “presents” ) H(0) = hash(D0 || D0) (duplicated leaf for balance, common in Merkle trees) H(0-1) = hash(H(0) || H(1)) H(ROOT) = hash(H(0-1) || H(2-3)) If you want, I can: generate a bigger tree (8, 16, 32 leaves), make the hashes look like real hash strings, or format it like a perfect triangular Christmas tree silhouette while keeping the Merkle parent/child layout. -- Prompt: format it like a perfect triangular Christmas tree silhouette while keeping the Merkle parent/child layout. Answer: You got it — here’s a perfect triangular Christmas tree silhouette that still preserves the Merkle parent/child layout (parents directly above their two children, leaves at the base). H(ROOT) / \ ┌────────H(0-3)────────┐ / \ ┌────H(0-1)────┐ ┌────H(2-3)────┐ / \ / \ ┌─H(0)─┐ ┌─H(1)─┐ ┌─H(2)─┐ ┌─H(3)─┐ / \ / \ / \ / \ D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 If you want it even more like a Christmas tree (full silhouette + ornaments) Here’s a slightly more “filled” version while keeping the structure valid: H(ROOT) / \ ──────H(0-3)────── / \ ─────H(0-1)───── ─────H(2-3)───── / \ / \ ───H(0)─── ───H(1)─── ───H(2)─── ───H(3)─── / \ / \ / \ / \ D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 Edit: Note the emoji ornaments did not come through.

booleandilemma 10mo ago

Merry Christmas HN!

anthonyIPH 10mo ago

This is a good time to start your own tradition, or continue one that you find worthwhile.

nmhancoc 10mo ago

Merry Christmas HN!

guestbest 10mo ago

Merry Christmas to All

robofanatic 10mo ago

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chrisfusillo 10mo ago

Merry Christmas from a long time HN lurker!

marnett 10mo ago

Merry Christmas hackernews community! What a great forum. Peace on Earth.

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songodongo 10mo ago

Merry Christmas! Christ is King.

hackerbrother 10mo ago

Hey, Merry Christmas. Thanks for posting.

jeanlucas 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, Feliz Natal. That reminds me I have to update my HN theme to have the Christmas theme

imchillyb 10mo ago

Twas brillig, and Santas toes were freezing in the sleigh. All icey were the Reindeer hooves, moody and unlikely they were to play. Then Christmas Eve did come about and, Santa, mounted slay he did. Present bag taken firm in hand, one for each and every kid. Down-down-down chimney stacks around each and every town. Milk and cookies, warmth and hearth. Every present for every home. Boys and girls light and dark. Good or bad, used to matter. But Santa had a change of heart. We all mess up sometimes. And, sometimes, we need a brand new start. Enjoy the gifts! Santa yelled, as the reindeer took off once again. Be kind to one another all, and try to make new friends. Merry Christmas!

peterspath 10mo ago

Merry Christmas! And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. - Luke 2:10-11

russellbeattie 10mo ago
Linus van Pelt has entered the chat. Fun tidbit: The Charlie Brown Christmas animators had Linus drop his security blanket when he said, "fear not". (I'm an atheist, but as an official GenXer™, I could almost recite this speech from memory.)

sprybear 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

bradly 10mo ago

If anyone would like to add some Christmas lights to their site I made a little web component to add a little cheer to any site. https://github.com/bradly/christmas-lights.js https://github.com/bradly/christmas-lights.js You can see it in action at https://bradlyfeeley.com https://bradlyfeeley.com and https://birdymusic.com https://birdymusic.com

LargoLasskhyfv 10mo ago

Sti-hilläh Na-hacht, hei-li-gäh Na-hacht. Wir Frässähn bis die Schwarte kracht!

jackdecker 10mo ago

Merry Christmas HN! _===_ / \ | () () | | > | | ___ | \_____/ ||| _|||_ / \ | | | | \_____/ ||| _|||_ / \ / \ | | | | \_______/ || || || || _||_ _||_ | | | |

doug_durham 10mo ago
Your snowman has legs!
- Minor49er 10mo ago
  Well yeah. This snowman kicks butt!
- Kye 10mo ago
  That's so he can chase his dreams.

ekianjo 10mo ago

Merry Xmas Everyone!

didip 10mo ago

Merry Christmas everyone!

timenotwasted 10mo ago

* /_\ /___\ /_____\ /_______\ /_________\ /___________\ /_____________\ /_______________\ ||| ||| Merry Christmas!

jackblack369 10mo ago

enjoy your life

NaOH 10mo ago

I'm taking a moment to recognize once more the work that user @atdrummond (Alex Thomas Drummond) did for a couple years to help others here. I did not know him, don’t think I ever interacted with him, and I did not benefit from his generosity, but I admired his kindness. Just beautiful. Ask HN: Who needs holiday help? (Follow up thread) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38706167 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38706167 - Dec 2023 (9 comments) Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38492378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38492378 - Dec 2023 (210 comments) Tell HN: Thank You - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34140096 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34140096 - Dec 2022 (42 comments) Tell HN: Everyone should have a holiday dinner this year - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34122118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34122118 - Dec 2022 (58 comments) Unfortunately, Alex died a few months after his last round of holiday giving, about 1½ years ago now. Tell HN: In Memory of Alexander Thomas Drummond - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40508725 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40508725 - May 2024 (5 comments) If you read the comments in that last thread, know that @toomuchtodo followed through last year and kept the tradition alive. Amazing and magnificent. Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42291246 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42291246 - Dec 2024 (46 comments)

Razengan 10mo ago
Damn.. :(
s5300 10mo ago
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- anonu 10mo ago
  you never really die on the internet.
  - onion2k 10mo ago
    There's a famous quote that says we all die twice, once when we physically die and a second time when we are truly forgotten by humanity. It's attributed to lots of different people. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2025/10/15/die-twice/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2025/10/15/die-twice/

calebm 10mo ago

Happy Christmas, and Merry New Year!

PureSin 10mo ago

Merry Christmas and happy new year. It's been a tough year with stress about work, immigration, family. This little corner of the internet always gives me joy, hope, and inspiration to work for a better, kinder world. Hope everyone enjoy the break and start 2026 with energy to keep improving yourself and the world.

keyboardJones 10mo ago
Just wanted to say this resonated. Thanks for the kind words, and here’s to 2026!

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fuzzfactor 10mo ago

Meanwhile almost nobody noticed this page: >single html file, no frameworks, images or webgl Happy Holidays https://xe.dev/xmas https://xe.dev/xmas 2 points by jFriedensreich 15 hours ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46374804 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46374804

fuzzfactor 10mo ago
Too late to edit, but how about HTML Easter Eggs for Christmas?

devgoth 10mo ago

merry christmas everyone! HN has been the first site i open up every morning with a cup of tea for the past 10 years or so. Cheers to a great community of builders & thinkers.

HardwareLust 10mo ago
Same! HN is my morning paper now.

medbar 10mo ago

Merry Christmas HN! Hope you're all enjoying quality time with loved ones (and good food!)

tom1031 10mo ago

hello

busymom0 10mo ago

Merry Christmas Hacker News!!!

fergbrain 10mo ago

Blessed Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

maxwelljoslyn 10mo ago

I'm on call this Christmas :')

zanetaylor 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

unangst 10mo ago

I’m exceedingly thankful for this site. I turn here (as many of us do) for a quick escape, tech news catch-up, deep dive and inspiration. Proceed and be bold in 2026.

keyboardJones 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, HN! Thanks for being one of the bright spots in my/the internet.

jimbobthrowawy 10mo ago

Crimmas!

nish__ 10mo ago

Cheers, friends!

glitchc 10mo ago

Merry Christmas to all! Hope your holidays are filled with cheer and the warmth of your loved ones.

gbraad 10mo ago

A bit Christmessy (Santa and a snow storm), but created a very simple preset for my VJ tool: https://music.gbraad.nl/revision/?program=threejs:christmas https://music.gbraad.nl/revision/?program=threejs:christmas This is a reactive visualization, so it expects audio to play. Normally I feed a stream or MIDI, but a mic will also work

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throwpoaster 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, HN. Thanks for a lovely daily read!

stack_framer 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, hackers!

armeet 10mo ago

♥

theophrastus 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!! you gentle nerds you! Peace to us all.

arthurcolle 10mo ago

Merry Christmas everyone. It was a pleasure interacting with you all this year and I hope for many more.

reckez 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

fellowniusmonk 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

_sxou 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, everyone! Treasure these moments you get with those you care about it. Time is our most valuable asset.

b8 10mo ago

Merry Christmas y'all. Glad to spend time with the fam bam and to spend some time resting. Also I'm getting my back nerves burned finally after trying to get a pain remediation surgery for a long time. Better late than never.

s5300 10mo ago
>> Also I'm getting my back nerves burned finally after trying to get a pain remediation surgery for a long time. Better late than never. Best of luck with this. Back (and neck) pain really, truly sucks. Very under-treated in the U.S. as well. IME, completely stifles the ability to enter a “flow” state of cognitive function.

wdr1 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

HaZeust 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, everyone!

russellbeattie 10mo ago

We Californians are still a few hours away from Christmas, but hope you people living in the future are having a merry holiday!

nhhvhy 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

rishabhd 10mo ago

Merry Christmas everyone!

robch 10mo ago

Merry Christmas to all or whatever you celebrate!

schwede 10mo ago

Merry Christmas hackers!

wraptile 10mo ago

Happy winter solstice! I used to like Christmas but current version of geopolitics and christo fascists really nerfed the joy of Christmas. Maybe they'll release a patch fix by next year

tombert 10mo ago
I feel like Christmas is so secularized and commercialized that it doesn't have a lot to do with Christianity anymore. I'm not saying this as a bad thing; I'm not and have never been religious but I still love Christmas.

0xbadcafebee 10mo ago

Happy Belated Festivus. May you win a feat of strength, and air many grievances.

bhavikjadav 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, everybody!

mjh2539 10mo ago

Tidings and good cheer to all.

decibe1 10mo ago

Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Yash16 10mo ago

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DeathArrow 10mo ago

I hope you celebrate with your loved ones and have joy and warmth in your hearts. Last but not least, let's not forget those who are suffering, sick, or elderly, and let's do a good deed when we have the opportunity. Merry Christmas to all!

jeffrallen 10mo ago

Due to illness, I've stayed home while my whole family goes to be with the grandparents. I will join them later today, with a mask. It is strange and sad to be alone this morning. If you are in the same situation, know that you are not alone: I'm thinking of you. Merry Christmas.

srexrg 10mo ago

merry christmas anon.

danousna 10mo ago

Merry Christmas everyone, from France. This not so little corner of the internet keeps delivering year after year, thank you all for the quality of the submissions and discussions!

ardan 10mo ago

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claygood 10mo ago

Merry Christmas everyone! <3

ncr100 10mo ago

BASIC Christmas tree generator: https://gist.github.com/nrichards/edb3b3b42154340cdb52af6a2d09c787 https://gist.github.com/nrichards/edb3b3b42154340cdb52af6a2d... <3 happy holidays, folks.

chrka 10mo ago

https://easylang.online/xmas.html https://easylang.online/xmas.html

jakebasile 10mo ago

Merry Christmas to you, too, and to all that read this. A relevant verse about a sometimes stressful day: Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil. - Matthew 6:34

hamonrye 10mo ago

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mazokum 10mo ago

Merry Christmas! In case you didn’t know, you can check if Santa has reached out your location ;) https://www.flightradar24.com/R3DN053/3d9fb50a https://www.flightradar24.com/R3DN053/3d9fb50a

revorad 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, HN!

knaik94 10mo ago

Merry christmas y'all and happy holidays. I can't put in to words how much I appreciate the culture on HN and the conversations I've been a part of. It's the only social media site where I enjoy reading my historical messages, I can see exactly how much I have grown and learned. I am thankful for the moderation and self-moderation. I will continuing trying to give back in a small way, what the HN community has given me. Happy holidays.

paraselene_ 10mo ago

Merry Christmas HN!

NanoWar 10mo ago

My fav tree today: https://www.dwitter.net/d/34638 https://www.dwitter.net/d/34638

doug_durham 10mo ago

Merry Christmas fellow HN'ers. I hope that 2026 is more sane with less drama.

gbbloke 10mo ago

Merry Christmas from Spain. Here's to another year of great times spent on a great site!

dizhn 10mo ago

Different times yes. It's also a political thing with people not wanting to call it or claim people don't want to call it Christmas (but holidays) and Ukraine changing their date a few years ago due to them not being Russia. Merry Christmas everyone.

amac 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

hubraumhugo 10mo ago

Merry Christmas HN! You're one of the few constants among the many variables in my life, please never change :)

Sparkyte 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

block_dagger 10mo ago

Happy Ruby 4.0 day! Thanks Matz et al.

pmdr 10mo ago
The main reason I look forward to opening HN on Christmas!

kaeland 10mo ago

Merry Christmas everyone! ——— “At the very moment that Augustus is making decrees as the ruler of the known world, and Herod is seething in his palace, God enters stage right. Not on the clouds, asserting his power and dominance, not with all the strength and might he rightly has. But in humility. Doing so with a profound statement that he is turning all our preconceived notions completely upside down. One of the most beautiful, yet often overlooked, components to this story is Mary’s reaction to the news of her Son. In church tradition we call her carol The Magnificat: “My soul exalts the Lord, and my spirit has begun to rejoice in God my Savior, because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed, because he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name; from generation to generation he is merciful to those who fear him. He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts. He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position; he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty. He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy, as he promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.” (Luke 1:46-55) Amidst all the interpretations of Christmas that we hear at this time of year from clergy, advertisers, politicians, and journalists, we might benefit from listening to the mother who sits at the centre of it all. According to Mary, Christmas is about God scattering the proud, bringing down unjust rulers, lifting up the humble. It’s about God turning things upside down— which ironically is the right way up to begin with. And God accomplishes all of this not “from on high,” like the decree of Augustus, or the brutality of Herod; instead, God achieves his purposes from below in the lowliness of a manger. With shepherds, livestock, and foreign magi as the first witnesses. Christmas is about God turning things upside down—which ironically is the right way up to begin with. Every detail about the Christmas story (and the subsequent life of Jesus as well), states that God will reverse the mess and do so by first getting his own hands dirty. God conquers by humbling himself, he will heal by being wounded, he will save us by sacrificing himself. The manger is a throne, and works as a beacon of how God intends to turn everything upside down. Grace triumphs over dominance, mercy over force, and Mary’s song will be the world’s song. Joy will pierce through the sorrow and sadness, fully and forever.” - Wes Huff

omnee 10mo ago

Merry Christmas everyone!

sandworm101 10mo ago

And a special hello to those of us at work this morning!

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deadbabe 10mo ago

Christmas is always a very hard time of year for some people, if you are struggling, just know you are not forgotten and I hope you can still have yourself a Merry little Christmas time. <3

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pfortuny 10mo ago

Happy Christmas, may we all keep this forum peaceful (but nonetheless compelling)! Thanks to @dang!

w111 10mo ago

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

jll29 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, everyone! Spread the love, please - try to give everyone around you a metaphorical "▲" (upvote), in HN-speak, to make this world a better place. The Birth of Jesus [Luke 2] In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register [in tax ledgers]. -- https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%202&version=NIV

pkb 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

mrwaffle 10mo ago

I hope you all have a nice day!

agumonkey 10mo ago

exponentially so https://xcancel.com/IIruoje/status/679604760325033984#m https://xcancel.com/IIruoje/status/679604760325033984#m

KellyCriterion 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, dear HN Community! Being super-lonely this year, I hope all of you are much better off than me - this year contained some catastrophic external events in my life, which led to permanent change on some "layers" of my live (not only material, but also in psy etc.) I hope the next year will bring the luck to re-align some things and bring them backs on the track, otherwise next year I will write the same post and add that Im in huge (final) trouble... Enjoy the time with your family if they are near to you!

dxdm 10mo ago
Merry Christmas to you. You are not entirely alone, in the sense that other people have gone through loss and hardship and have come out of it eventually, better, happier, and stronger. Also, there are strangers like me who wish you well. I hope that things will work out for you soon. For now, here's a warm greeting and a smile for you. :)
- KellyCriterion 10mo ago
  THANK you for your words! Its tough these days, really. Hope you have some days with your family and friends!
  - rhubarbtree 10mo ago
    This too shall pass. The seasons of life come and go, find the small joys during the hardest times.

ta_le 10mo ago

I'm a chronic lurker for most of the year but this is a good time to say this. I'm so thankful for this community that provides so much without succumbing to enshitification as some other parts of the Internet. Whether I'm passing time on a train or escaping an annoying group discussion, this is by far my favorite algorithmic feed to do so. Merry Christmas everyone!

vjay15 10mo ago

Merry Christmas everybody may this day bring you joy and happiness :)

stevenfoster 10mo ago

I became a parent of two this year and my oldest is now 3 years old. One of the greatest things in life has to be a newborn baby. And more than ever for me, it makes sense that the greatest thing would be if God came as a newborn baby. ¡Feliz Navidad!

BLKNSLVR 10mo ago
Enjoy the journey, make the most of as much of it as possible. The present can feel as if it moves very slowly, but the future arrives incredibly quickly. My two are 18 and 16 and it feels like only five minutes has passed (I'm sure this is how you feel about the last 3 years). I miss their unrestricted toddler personalities, but I'm also incredibly happy and proud of who they've both become as, essentially, adults now.
- cryptonector 10mo ago
  Time flies by way too fast. But if you did good you'll get upgraded to grandparent!

homeonthemtn 10mo ago

Just got a bucket list item out of that article, so thank you for that Merry Christmas!

sebnun 10mo ago

Merry Christmas to everyone.

nis0s 10mo ago

Merry X-Mas, all Something to read if you’re bored, https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/holidays/christmas-readings/the-grand-miracle https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/holidays/christmas-...

thepaulthomson 10mo ago

Merry Christmas

thepaulthomson 10mo ago
What will you have accomplished by Christmas, 2026?
- weakfish 10mo ago
  It took me a moment to realize you replied to yourself and thought you were randomly attacking a commenter =)

vargr616 10mo ago

Happy Yuletide!

SirLJ 10mo ago

Festivus for the rest of us! https://youtu.be/1njzgXSzA-A?si=KIQy9e39lofX0aYP https://youtu.be/1njzgXSzA-A?si=KIQy9e39lofX0aYP #FestivusSavesTrees

ksec 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, I am glad HN is celebrating it.

stackedinserter 10mo ago

Happy birthday, Jesus!

lukebechtel 10mo ago

https://youtu.be/z84QdJlPpHE?si=2GIUu8vM5OarmdVx https://youtu.be/z84QdJlPpHE?si=2GIUu8vM5OarmdVx Sharing the funniest Christmas themed video I know

WhereIsTheTruth 10mo ago

You'd think techies would be immune to religion, but then you realize that most of the people here are web devs, so that makes sense

BhavdeepSethi 10mo ago

Merry Christmas to you and your family!

ycombinatornews 10mo ago

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! Thank you HN and HN community for sharing the most interesting places of internet, ideas, discussions and points of views. Learned a lot and hope to learn more.

hhao99 10mo ago

Merry Christmas

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hypertexthero 10mo ago

Merry Xmas! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjMNtEKHURU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjMNtEKHURU

ascold 10mo ago

Merry Christmas from Montreal!

mraza007 10mo ago

Merry Christmas HN Sending Warm Greetings to Everyone: https://festivegreeting.vercel.app/?id=90564ef5-f137-43be-b68f-da748c650af2&view=1 https://festivegreeting.vercel.app/?id=90564ef5-f137-43be-b6...

morshu9001 10mo ago

Merry Christmas!

willmadden 10mo ago

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gordon_freeman 10mo ago

Folks who have some extra time this Christmas, do check out the tv show Pluribus on Apple TV. It’s not your typical action packed sci-fi show but is very slow burning, philosophical kind of show which I found very smart. Turns out my best 2 tv shows of last couple of years are on Apple TV: Severance and Pluribus

heyyfurqan 10mo ago
thanks for the recommendation
- rhubarbtree 10mo ago
  Jumping on to agree with Severance and make a few more. Silicon Valley - for me the funniest (and painful to watch, sometimes) to show. Schitt’s Creek - heart warming, wonderfully written, very funny bite size episodes perfect for cosy Christmas times.

Ocha 10mo ago

Merry Christmas

cindyllm 10mo ago

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suobset 10mo ago

Merry Christmas everyone. I made a little something on AArch64 Assembly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46385623 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46385623

sangeeth96 10mo ago

Merry x'mas everyone!

sombragris 10mo ago

Thanks! Merry Christmas for OP and all of you, too. Have a holiday season full of blessings!

GarnetFloride 10mo ago

Merry Christmas, This has been a wild one. On the way to my sister's house we got a call from her sister saying their dad needs to go into an assisted living place because his pneumonia is not getting better and needs 24/7 care. But this will cut off the income my wife was bring in for caring for him. As the call is on our car throws a red light: Transmission malfunction: Service now. We take the next exit and happen to find a Big O Tire place which is where we get most of our car work done. The transmission is seized, but it's Christmas Eve and no one is open to get an estimate on a replacement. But that's okay a couple of cousins are able to pick us up to get to the party. We get home and find big pile of presents on our doorstep but we find they are addressed to names we don't know. So we bring them in for safekeeping. Today I look around the apartment building and finding one with a dollhouse on the balcony give a knock but its the wrong door but they knew the family which was downstairs so the right family got the presents finally. Now cinnamon rolls are baking for breakfast and starting dinner prep soon. But somehow I have to figure out if I should replace the transmission on a 13 year old car which needs $4500 in suspension work too or replace the whole vehicle. And find a way to make more money since the part-time job I have right now to open up time for caregiving won't be enough for all this, and it looks like caregiving won't be necessary for much longer anyway.

blast 10mo ago
That's a bittersweet mix of troubles and sweetness. I hope the troubles sort out without too much heartache, and that 2026 brings many good things.
rconti 10mo ago
Hope things improve for you, and you have a Merry Christmas in spite of it all. For what it's worth, it strikes me as very unlikely that the transmission is going to be less than an additional $4500. But you never know, it could be a simple fault - no sense in trying to make mental decisions before you know the math involved.
rhubarbtree 10mo ago
Hang in there. This is a difficult period of life, went through something similar not long back. Be sure to take care of yourself and have some mental “time off” this week.

ellis0n 10mo ago

Three years ago I found myself in a difficult situation and at Christmas I asked HN for help. Several people sent me invitations and work appeared right away, so I went off to pay my bills. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34121905 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34121905 My situation was very tough and the job was tough too, so I wasn’t able to reply to everyone by email right away, circumstances worked out that way. Now things have improved and I want to say a big thank you to everyone who came to help, the HN community, Dang and the team for the support. Merry Christmas and I wish humanity to survive in the age of AI! PS: Your invaluable support made it possible to improve my startup https://acpul.org https://acpul.org and I have created an open letter for those who would like to join in developing the best programming environment in the world: https://www.acpul.org/blog/Open-Letter https://www.acpul.org/blog/Open-Letter

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n8ur 10mo ago

this is what i did for you for christmas :) https://www.adoptimize.de/weihnachten/editor.php https://www.adoptimize.de/weihnachten/editor.php

n8ur 10mo ago

Meryy Christmas this is what I did for my friends https://www.adoptimize.de/weihnachten/editor.php https://www.adoptimize.de/weihnachten/editor.php in german and english available https://www.adoptimize.de/weihnachten/2025_pers_v2/?id=demo_v2 https://www.adoptimize.de/weihnachten/2025_pers_v2/?id=demo_...

fauria 10mo ago

¡Feliz Navidad!

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mococa 10mo ago

Feliz Natal!

accrual 10mo ago

Happy holidays HNers!

albertobarrago 10mo ago

Buon Natale a tutti! Che la coscienza pervada tutti i presenti in questo ottante ♥

albertobarrago 10mo ago

Buon Natale a tutti, che la coscienza ci pervada!

lnxg33k1 10mo ago

Porcoddio

tommica 10mo ago

Merry Xmas!

rconti 10mo ago

A couple of years ago in early December, we took a trip to Berlin and Strasbourg, and spent our time visiting many Christmas markets. It was a really enjoyable trip. Yes, it was very cold, which is not deal when you're spending 12 hours a day outside (hovering around freezing the entire trip, a small amount of snow a few days). Yes, it gets dark early and the days are short -- but that's true back at home in California too. We do share a hemisphere, after all. And yes, after awhile, the markets all do tend to look the same. But I find it nice to travel, and I love traveling in the off-season. Yes, you can travel at the same time everyone else wants to travel, with long days, long lines, and large prices. But everywhere you go has traditions year round, and the weather and lifestyle changes with the seasons. Every place and every time of year has things worth seeing and experiencing. Or you could travel to the opposite hemisphere when the days are short back home, that's fun too :)

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bschmid12345idk 10mo ago

The United States is completely ran by pedophiles. Merry Christmas