# Christmas Season<\/p>\n
**Christmas Season** is a lightweight Christmas event plugin for Paper\/Spigot 1.21 (Java 21).
\nIt brings snow, gifts, elves, decoration drops and snowmen to your server \u2013 all controlled through the `\/xmas` command.<\/p>\n
> \u26a0\ufe0f **Requirements**
\n> – Minecraft: **1.21.x**
\n> – Server: **Paper** or **Spigot** (most Bukkit forks will work)
\n> – Java: **21**<\/p>\n
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## Features<\/p>\n
– \u2744 **Snow biomes & snow cover**
\n – Configurable **snow world** (`snowWorld` in `config.yml`)
\n – Biome-based snow cover: turn whole biomes like `SNOWY_PLAINS` into snowy landscapes
\n – Performance-friendly processing using tick batches (`intervalTicks`, `maxChunksPerRun`, `playerBubble`, etc.)
\n – Optional **restore** feature to revert modified chunks\/blocks as far as possible<\/p>\n
– \ud83c\udf28\ufe0f **Snowstorms**
\n – Global snowstorm effect by controlling your server weather
\n – Configurable modes (`auto`, forced on\/off)
\n – Automatic on\/off cycles based on configurable intervals<\/p>\n
– \ud83c\udf84 **Christmas decoration**
\n – Periodic **decoration drops** with the custom item name `\u00a7aWeihnachts-Deko`
\n – Fully configurable drop items (`decoration.drops`)
\n – Optional glowing items (`decoration.glow`)
\n – Despawn time and spawn interval are configurable<\/p>\n
– \ud83c\udf81 **Gifts**
\n – Global gift spawns in intervals
\n – Multiple loot tables: `common`, `extra`, `rare` (e.g. cookies, sweet berries, ice, diamonds, netherite scrap, etc.)
\n – Configurable lifetime and spawn chance per interval
\n – Optional broadcast on spawn (`gifts.broadcastOnSpawn`)
\n – Manual spawn command `\/xmasgift`<\/p>\n
– \ud83e\udddd **Elves & helpers**
\n – Configurable **elves** and **helpers** (Wichtel) via `wichtel.*` and `elves.*`
\n – Automatically spawn in the configured world(s)
\n – Max count per world and spawn intervals are configurable
\n – Add extra Christmas atmosphere to your server<\/p>\n
– \u2603\ufe0f **Snowmen**
\n – Automatic snowman spawns
\n – Configurable: maximum number, spawn interval, attack range and attack chance
\n – Can interact with mobs in a classic snow golem\u2013style defense<\/p>\n
– \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f **Protection & listeners**
\n – Listeners for snow, gifts, decoration, snowmen and elves
\n – Focus on **server performance** and predictable effects
\n – Everything can be disabled centrally if you want to pause the event<\/p>\n
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## Commands<\/p>\n
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\n\/xmas
\n\/xmas on
\n\/xmas off
\n\/xmas status
\n\/xmas reload
\n\/xmas biome
\n\/xmas storm
\n\/xmasgift<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"