LoL, for some reason, and I can't remember what game it was, but I remember a few games in my childhood that had "Christmas" Easter eggs. Like leaving a message or changing a character's sprite. I'm pretty sure Tyrian was one of them. I remember one has a rather sarcastic message about spending too much time playing and not enough time with family, lol.

Don't think I'll have time for games this xmas! Too much family around :cry:

Though, in the new year my plan is to stop buying games and start trying to get through my current games! :grin:

I don't have any traditions like this (I was away from PC-gaming for a long, long time, and even back then, when a 4GB HDD was enormous, I tended to just leave my favourites installed at all times), but if it counts, as a youngster I used to load up [Santa's Xmas Caper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDW7snbDpMI) on my Commodore 64 throughout December - its music is still THE sound of Christmas, to me. :grin:

Quoting: denyasisLoL, for some reason, and I can't remember what game it was, but I remember a few games in my childhood that had "Christmas" Easter eggs. Like leaving a message or changing a character's sprite. I'm pretty sure Tyrian was one of them. I remember one has a rather sarcastic message about spending too much time playing and not enough time with family, lol.

Ok, that's really cool! :grin: I'm reminded of how SuperTux puts on a festive look for Christmas, too. I wonder how many more games like that are out there?

I will probably install OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (Steam) tonight.......

No Christmas gaming here I'm afraid. I was thinking of playing [Watch Over Christmas](https://store.steampowered.com/app/825060/Watch_Over_Christmas/?curator_clanid=4218320) but I have such a backlog of adventure games I decided not to. Maybe next year?

This thread did remind me of xsnow though so I decided to install that for some holiday decor. I was pleasantly surprised to see it has been updated to work on a composited desktop and have quite a lot of new features. Nice to see the old traditions kept alive!

I just downloaded Dwarf Fortress, SOMA, Mark of the Ninja, and Dishonored onto my Steam Deck ahead of going to my partner's parents house for Christmas/Boxing day. Dunno if I'll get any time to play anything, but it'll be cool to show off t'Deck if I get a chance.

On Thursday I've finished Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, yesterday I've played little bit of Broken Age, I've tried Game Pass Ultimate via Edge and played 1 hour of Persona 5 Royal.
Today, as it's Christmas time, I've decided to play something close to Santa mood.
I've played Resident Evil 3 Remake for 1 hour 🤣.