Tell HN: Merry Christmas

385•basilikum•2h 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

Comments

agentifysh•2h ago

Merry Christmas y'all keep promptin'

DetectDefect•2h ago

Shall we showcase our trees?

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sallveburrpi•1h ago

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Best I can do ;/

xandrius•1h ago

blazingbanana•1h ago

It's the thought that counts

LeoPanthera•11m ago

I love your player character tree topper.

cluckindan•1h ago

I knew I should have invested in that fancy self-balancing one, oh well.

basilikum•1h 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.

contravariant•1h ago

Hey we have the same tree!

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blazingbanana•1h ago

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gerdesj•55m 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 ..."

Insanity•42m ago

Class ChristmasTree extends Tree{}

encomiast•27m ago

May you have a perfectly balanced Christman

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curtisblaine•2h ago

Merry Christmas!

aclark•1h ago

Merry XMAS!!

tekacs•1h ago

Fun seeing HN restart to switch to the Christmas theme, in three steps:

https://share.cleanshot.com/vJZv6k03 (restarting the server)

https://share.cleanshot.com/qFyM347P (online but temporarily readonly)

https://share.cleanshot.com/kW8kY7mp (back online!)

jagged-chisel•1h ago

Restart?!

ouch

basilikum•1h 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•1h 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•1h 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.

lomase•1h ago

Steam, +130 million users, biggest gamming store, multi billion dolar company, is offline every week for a few minutes.

99.999999 is so overated.

uyzstvqs•1h ago

It could probably be done with a simple if statement, but I'm guessing that dang enjoys the tradition of doing it manually every year.

dang•1h ago

I'd rather restart once (ok, twice) a year than keep that code around in production all the time.

It only affects traffic for about 10 seconds.

kelnos•1h ago

I feel like this obsession with zero downtime has gotten a bit silly. Sure, for some things it's damn near required (though I imagine that's fewer things than most people think), but it 100% does not matter even a little bit if HN is unavailable for 10 seconds or so.

dang•1h ago

You must have grabbed that first one awfully quickly!

brcmthrowaway•1h ago

What container is this running in?

dang•1h ago

FreeBSD

president_zippy•51m ago

Color me confused, but what do containers add to FreeBSD beyond jails? Jails have their own IP addresses and root filesystem, plus they use the host OS's version of libc and OpenSSL/LibreSSL and all the other core utils.

Is it the convenience utilities for building and running container images?

dang•40m ago

I was joking. There is no container. (We don't use jails either.)

andersa•59m ago

So what's the christmas theme? Unless I'm blind, it looks the same as always, except the header color seems to have changed... slightly?

ojbyrne•27m ago

Perhaps you've looked at the site so much that you're blind to the numbers at the start of each item.

andersa•8m ago

Oh, indeed

jaggederest•24m ago

The numbers next to the submissions are red/green

koakuma-chan•1h ago

I got scared when I refreshed and HN turned red

nrhrjrjrjtntbt•12m ago

Easy mistake. HN's AI apocolyose color is a slightly darker hue.

tory•1h ago

Merry Christmas :)

nullable_bool•1h ago

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

Wasserpuncher•1h ago

Merry Christmas!

nervysnail•1h ago

I was surprised to see HN change colour.

drfuzzy89•1h ago

Merry Christmas, everyone!

robofanatic•1h ago

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spankibalt•1h ago

Merry Christmas, bambini.

stoneman24•1h ago

A Merry Christmas to everyone !

dzink•1h ago

May everyone here discover more and better ways to spread the joy of giving and doing good.

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JKCalhoun•9m ago

The ol' off-by-one error.

Merry Christmat!

sallveburrpi•1h ago

Feliz natal

defrost•1h ago

and a healthy dose of Australian Christmas Stereotypes to all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amL8QRiDH2E

including not the original Rolf Harris version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQVEZLcBfS8

judah•1h 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

xandrius•1h ago

"A Spaceman Came Travelling" - Chris de Burgh

gavide•1h ago

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Merry Christmas, HN!

brulard•1h ago

not sure what i'm looking at here...

gerdesj•1h ago

Fucked up Braille?

MobiusHorizons•10m 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•7m ago

A Christmas tree through the snow?

pdevr•1h 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.

robertwt7•1h ago

Merry Christmas everyone!!

black_knight•1h ago

Meri Yule!

reactordev•1h ago

What a year!

michaelsbradley•1h ago

Merry Christmas

Christus natus est

O Χριστός γεννιέται

Христос раждается

המשיח נולד

ابن الله يولد اليوم

whynotmaybe•1h ago

Joyeux Noël

Vrolijk Kerstmis

tehlike•1h ago

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

tuggi•1h ago

Merry Xmas HN!

bossyTeacher•1h ago

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pdevr•50m ago

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

lschueller•1h ago

Merry Christmas to the awesome hn community!

merryxmas•1h ago

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GreyZephyr•1h ago

Merry Christmas!

jherdman•1h 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•1h ago

Hear hear!!

randycupertino•1h ago

Here's to a happy and healthy 2026!

Thanks HN for all the thoughtful comments and interesting articles.

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OptionOfT•27m ago

I thought this was Advent of Code! Merry Christmas!

BewareTheYiga•1h ago

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Merry Christmas, HN

givemeethekeys•1h ago

Merry Christmas, everyone!

shortcord•1h ago

Luke 2:14

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

arjonagelhout•1h ago

Merry Christmas!

Here’s a quad tree:

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coffeemug•1h 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•1h ago

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

shredprez•1h 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

tamimio•1h ago

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

Insanity•39m ago

Saturnalia isn’t related to it other than coincidence of dates, no?

Either way, merry Saturnalia to you! (Off-by-one day :D)

elemdos•1h ago

Merry Christmas!

anonym29•1h ago

Merry Christmas!

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kevinmhickey•1h ago

Merry Christmas to all!!

koito17•1h 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•1h ago

Where did you move from (and to)?

koito17•57m 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•33m 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!

GaryBluto•53m ago

> Sometimes after Christmas, I avoid refreshing an HN tab, so I get to see the theme just a little bit longer :)

There's always browser extensions/scripts.

koito17•52m ago

Yeah, I'm aware of extensions like Stylus and use it on a few sites. But my brain is irrational and doesn't treat it the same as having a snapshot of HN during Christmas.

freedomben•37m ago

Indeed, I needed it longer than one day so wrote myself an extension. HN didn't seem to care but I still love it :-)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46266496

https://github.com/FreedomBen/hacker-news-christmas-colors-b...

_DeadFred_•1h 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-...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LOqLV6Om4A

Merry Christmas to you!

jimnotgym•1h ago

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

flowinghorse•1h ago

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GaryBluto•57m ago

Some interesting and topical links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NORAD_Tracks_Santa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_Church,_Demre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Christmas_Spider

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer

lastdong•53m ago

Merry Christmas! HN Christmas theme is always great to see

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bix6•50m ago

Merry Christmas everyone!

Favorite Christmas movie?

GloriousKoji•50m ago

Happy Holidays!

pazimzadeh•50m ago

Happy Winter Solstice (resurrection of the sun)

Happy Yalda (Yuletide)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalda_Night

andy_ppp•47m 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•31m ago

All the best, take care!

sklargh•44m 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

alexpadula•41m ago

Merry Christmas!

Insanity•39m ago

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

altuzar•37m ago

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

duckkg5•36m ago

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

mintflow•35m ago

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

Merry Christmas to everyone.

readthenotes1•34m ago

Can't believe no one's regifted this present yet:

https://xkcd.com/835/

renjieliu•34m ago

圣诞快乐

jadbox•34m ago

Merry Christmas friends!

adventured•32m ago

Merry Christmas HN

ProofHouse•28m 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.

Gricha•26m ago

Merry Christmas everyone! :)

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

kehvyn•26m 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•22m ago

Merry Christmas!

ashtonshears•19m ago

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

crims0n•17m 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•16m ago

Merry Christmas to all!

kreelman•15m ago

Merry Christmas !

dannieeric•10m ago

Merry Christmas, everybody!

qntmfred•9m ago

and on earth peace, good will toward men

qD29Lno-oKXPLEv•6m ago

Merry Christmas to everyone and a Happy New Year

andrepd•3m ago

Happy holidays!

cniebla•2m ago

Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad!

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Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS

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