December is here—the month of memories, loving warm feelings and festive vibes. Christmas is almost a week away, so are y’all prepped up for the big day? As the countdown to 25th December has already begun let’s help you up a bit in case, you’re planning a Christmas get together at your home with your friends and family. With Alexa you can make your Christmas a lot merrier and fun in ways you can’t possibly imagine.
Here are a few ways how Alexa can help you in celebrating Christmas, to set up your festive mood, entertain your guests and keep the party going for long.
Let’s get started and learn a few Alexa commands for Christmas.
1. Christmas Tunes
Yes, this happens to be the first thing to do before doing anything else. With the help of Alexa, you can play all sorts of Christmas related music on your smart speaker to keep yourself and your guests entertained. If you’re subscribed to services like Amazon Music Unlimited or Spotify, then you can get access to a variety of Christmas related songs to keep you in a festive mood throughout the day.
2. Santa Curated Music
There’s no Christmas without a Santa, right? With Alexa, you can give Santa a role as they can play whatever you like. You can install a new iHeart Santa skill on Alexa and tell Santa what you want to hear on this Christmas. All you have to say is “Talk to Santa Claus” and then Alexa will take care of the rest.
3. Christmas Stories
No matter how old we get, we all love listening to sweet stories with our family. So, this Christmas ask Alexa to recite Christmas stories to spread a warm vibe in your home.
4. Control Christmas Lights
Alexa is capable of handling multiple tasks all at once. You can relax a bit and put Alexa to work and make it your lights in charge. Just buy an Alexa compatible smart plug and plug all your Christmas lights in it so that you can easily control it via a simple command like “Alexa, turn on the Christmas lights”.
5. Christmas Greetings
There’s this amazing Hallmark Holiday Greeting special skill on Alexa that can guide you in sending personalized Christmas cards to your friends and family. Amazon Alexa Blueprints allows you to create your own personal skill in a few quick steps. So, this Christmas create your own personal greeting card with custom images and messages and share it with your close ones to make them feel special.
6. Daily Act of Kindness
There’s no greater joy other than the joy of gifting, right? With the help of “Christmas Kindness Skill” Alexa can provide you kind ideas to integrate into your daily life. Simply ask “Alexa, open Christmas kindness” and get inspired this holiday season.
7. Find gifts
Confused what Christmas gift you should buy for your spouse or kids? Don’t worry! Alexa can help you in offering a massive catalog of gift ideas to choose from.
8. Christmas Carols
No music track can beat the sound of Christmas carols, isn’t it? With Christmas Sounds Skills you can ditch all the music tracks and switch to the soothing sound of Christmas carols to get you in all Christmassy mood. Simply say “Alexa, play Christmas sounds” to get yourself and your friends in a nostalgic zone that’ll remind you of your childhood days.
9. Santa Facts
You can try enabling the “Norad tracks Santa” skill on your Alexa to hear some interesting facts about Christmas and Santa Claus.
10. Fun Questions
To keep up with the festive vibe you can use Alexa to ask a bunch of trivia related questions like “Alexa, how old is Santa Claus”, “Where does Santa Claus live”, “Who’s your favorite reindeer Alexa” and so on to keep your kids entertained.
There were a bunch of Alexa commands for Christmas that can instantly get you into a festive mood. Make your holidays special and spread a warm vibe with your friends and family.
Merry Christmas in advance folks!