The Great TikZlings Christmas Extravaganza 2025

This repository contains the souce code of the Great TikZlings Extravanganza 2025, brought to you by Ulrike & Gert Fischer, Carla Maggi, Max Chernoff, Paulo Cereda and samcarter.

The full video is available from https://vimeo.com/1147001506

Calendar

To shorten the waiting time until the next Extravaganza, we created the exclusive "The Great TikZlings Calendar 2026". It has all important dates from the TeX-World and the Tikzling universe. Stay up to date!

(The design was modified from LianTze Lim's fantastic calendar template https://tex.my/category/calendar/ which made creating this calendar really easy.)

Prologue

• Sound: "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare, Read by Benedict Cumberbatch, 0:00-???, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0178jo7Mka0

• Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shakespeare's_Globe_(39593782581).jpg

• Source Code: ./samcarter/globe/

Silent Beach

• Music: Silent Night, Myer Levin Advanced Steel Band, 0:08-0.28, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaeVqF05nTg

• Image: www.freepik.com

• Source Code: ./ulrike/silentnight/

Stormy Weather

• Music: Walkürenritt, Richard Wagner, 0:23 - 0:43, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_MDQzyVFew

• Image: https://pixabay.com/de/photos/meer-wellen-sturm-himmel-wolken-6975501/

• Source Code: ./carlatex/StormyWeather/

Lumberjack

• Music: Lumberjack Song, Monty Python, 0:24 - 0:43, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FshU58nI0Ts

• Image: https://pixabay.com/de/photos/mammutbaum-bäume-stämme-baumstämme-5978487/

• Source Code: ./carlatex/Lumberjack/

A Mirage

• Music: Singin' in the Rain, Gene Kelly, 0:22-0:40, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAI6hhsDNxc

• Image: https://pixabay.com/de/photos/wüste-sand-düne-sonnenuntergang-9019840

• Source Code: ./carlatex/mirage/

Commercial Break

• Music: O Canada - Canadian National Anthem , Calixa Lavallée, 0:20-0:40, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfBLfHV8sdQ

• Image: https://pixabay.com/de/photos/kanada-tag-calgary-alberta-kanada-5370627/

• Source Code: ./max/commercial/

A Nature Lover

• Music: Where Have All The Flowers Gone, Pete Seeger, 0:08-0:26, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JANHG_OYbso

• Image: https://www.freepik.com/free-ai-image/beautiful-spring-landscape-with-blooming-flowers_403402532.htm

• Source Code: ./paulo/flower-field/

Happy Christmas

• Music: Baby Elephant Walk, Henry Mancini & His Orchestra, 0:18 - 0:40, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbI2nl3Duf8

• Source Code: ./carlatex/HappyChristmas/

Sweet dreams are made of cheese

• Music: Sweet dreams (Are made of this), Eurythmics, 0:50-1:10, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRr_CfNbBpA

• Image: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1257616

• Source Code: ./samcarter/cheese/

En vacançes

• Music: Sur le pont d'Avignon, adapted by Adolphe Adam, 0:05-..., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJKfxtYAt0s

• Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pont_d`Avignon_阿微儂橋_-_panoramio.jpg

• Source Code: ./samcarter/Avignon/

Commercial Break

• Sound: Basse danse La Magdalena, Pierre Attaingnant, 0:40-???, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1MwE7Knfs

• Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firenze_aka_Florence,_Italy_(42195612411).jpg

• Source Code: ./samcarter/dante/

Dinner

• Music: My Way, Frank Sinatra, 1:45-2:10, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQzdAsjWGPg

• Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L'habitat_des_fourmis_au_parc_national_de_la_bénoué_au_Cameroun_23.jpg

• Source Code: ./samcarter/dinner/

TikZlings Abbey

• Music: Downton Abbey (Main Theme), John Lunn, 0:00-???, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3_E9qVmrV0

• Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highclere_Castle_-_Through_the_Trees_-_panoramio.jpg

• Source Code: ./samcarter/TikZlingsAbbey/

Hockey

• Music: Schneewalzer, 0:05 - 0:025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4ugf3FTCj4

• Source Code: ./ulrike/nhl/

Birds and Bears

• Music: The Birds children singing, 1:17 - ??, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOGC3sNJJxs

• Source Code: ./ulrike/birds/

Grand Finale

• Music: Song of Joy, Miguel Rios, 0:45 - 1:05, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2MqD3FEjcs

• Source Code: ./ulrike/finale/