I ported my Christmas tree code to qbasic/qb64. Works with Qbasic in dosbox and QB64PE

```
DECLARE SUB DisplayTree ()
DECLARE SUB DisplayMessage ()

DO
CLS
DisplayTree
DisplayMessage
FOR delay = 1 TO 3000: NEXT delay 'Replace this line with sleep 1 in QB64
LOOP

SUB DisplayMessage
year = VAL(MID$(DATE$, 7, 4)) + 1
COLOR 7
PRINT SPACE$(5); "MERRY CHRISTMAS"
PRINT SPACE$(5); "HAPPY NEW YEAR "; year
PRINT SPACE$(5); "Press CTRL+BREAK TO EXIT"
END SUB

SUB DisplayTree
DIM colors(3) AS INTEGER
colors(0) = 4 ' Red
colors(1) = 10 ' Light Green
colors(2) = 1 ' Blue

COLOR 2
PRINT SPACE$(17); "*"
randomColorIndex = INT(RND * 3) ' Randomly select an index from 0
stars = 3
FOR i = 0 TO 17
IF i <= 14 THEN
spaces = 14 - i + 1
COLOR colors(randomColorIndex) ' Set the text random color
PRINT SPACE$(spaces); "o";
COLOR 2
PRINT STRING$(stars, "*");
COLOR colors(randomColorIndex)
PRINT "o"
stars = stars + 2
ELSE
' Print the tree trunk
COLOR 2
PRINT SPACE$(14); "######"
END IF
NEXT i
END SUB
```

#programming #dos #dosbox #qb64 #qb64pe #qbasic #xmas #christmas #christmas2024 #basic

I made a Python script that displays a Christmas tree with flashing lights in the terminal.

import random
import time
from datetime import date
import os

def clear_screen():
"""Clears the console screen."""
os.system('cls' if os.name == 'nt' else 'clear')

def display_tree():
"""Displays a Christmas tree with animations."""
colors = [33, 34, 31] # ANSI color codes for yellow, blue, and red
color = random.choice(colors) # Randomly select a color
print('\033[32m') # Set text color to green

# Print the top star of the tree
print(" " * 13 + "*")

stars = 3
for i in range(13):
if i <= 8:
spaces = 10 - i + 1
print(" " * spaces, end="")
print(f'\033[{color}m' + "o" + '\033[32m', end="") # Decorate with a colored "o"
print("*" * stars, end="")
print(f'\033[{color}m' + "o")
stars += 2
else:
# Print the tree trunk
print('\033[32m', end="") # Set text color to green
print(" " * 10 + "#######")

# Reset text formatting
print("\033[m")

def display_message():
"""Displays the holiday message."""
year = date.today().year + 1
print(" " * 5 + "MERRY CHRISTMAS")
print(" " * 5 + f"HAPPY NEW YEAR {year}")
print(" " * 5 + "Press CTRL+Z TO EXIT")

def main():
"""Main function to run the animated Christmas tree."""
while True:
clear_screen()
display_tree()
display_message()
time.sleep(0.3) # Pause for 0,3 seconds

if __name__ == "__main__":
main()

#python #python3 #programming #code #christmas #christmas2024 #xmas