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christmas

This is a collection of R Christmas cards, which has been written annually since 2008. Most of the cards are animated.

Getting started

  • The last version released on CRAN can be installed within an R session by executing:
install.packages("christmas")
help(package = "christmas")

Example

The christmas card that was writen in 2009 shows a “caganer” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer):

library(christmas)
xmascaganer()

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Install

install.packages('christmas')

Monthly Downloads

231

Version

1.4.1

License

GPL (>= 3)

Maintainer

Jose Barrera-Gomez

Last Published

December 4th, 2025

Functions in christmas (1.4.1)

xmastree

Naive Christmas tree.
xmastext

Christmas message.
xmastreeshape

Christmas shaped tree.
xmastreewire

Wire Christmas tree.
christmas-package

christmas: Generation of Different Animated Christmas Cards
xmasfractaltree

Fractal Christmas tree.
xmascaganer

Caganer.
xmashelix

Christmas helix.
xmaspeace

Peaceful Christmas tree.
xmasneon

Neon Christmas card.
xmashealth

Christmas risks.
xmasepitree

Christmas epitree.
xmassnowman

Christmas snowman.
xmasflag

Christmas flag.
xmassnowkoch

Koch snowflakes.
xmasgalton

Christmas Galton card.
xmasregression

Christmas regression model.
xmaspicasso

Picasso's pigeon.