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A Christmas tree for your Mac desktop

A decorated Christmas tree that floats on your Mac desktop and counts down the days to Christmas. Free on the Mac App Store.

A Mac desktop with the decorated Christmas tree floating in the bottom right corner

How to put a Christmas tree on your Mac desktop

  1. Download Christmas Tree from the Mac App Store. It is free.
  2. Open it. The tree appears in the bottom-right corner of your screen, with the number of days left until Christmas.
  3. Drag the tree wherever you want it. To change its size, right-click it and choose Bigger or Smaller, or press ⌘+ and ⌘−.
  4. To open Christmas Tree automatically when you log in, right-click the tree, choose Settings, and turn on Open at Login.

Decorate it

Double-click the tree to hang baubles, lights and your own photos.

The decorate palette open beside the tree on a Mac desktop

In your menu bar and widgets

The Christmas Tree countdown in the Mac menu bar, showing 95 days
Menu bar
The Christmas Tree desktop widget on a Mac, showing 96 days to Christmas
Desktop widget

Questions

Is Christmas Tree for Mac free?

Yes. The floating tree, the countdown, three baubles, a star and warm white lights are free. A one-time purchase of $1.99 adds all other decorations, photo ornaments, coloured lights, desktop widgets and the menu bar countdown.

Is there a Windows version?

No. Christmas Tree runs on Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch only.

Is there a version for older Macs?

Yes. The original free version (1.3.3) runs on macOS 12 or later. Download version 1.3.3 (.dmg)