Christmas is coming! Get ready to hear classic Christmas carols, see beautiful holiday decorations, and witness the hustle and bustle of the season.

If you want to start getting in the mood, here are some Christmassy Chrome extensions that can help you count down to the holiday and have a little fun while you wait.

1. Christmas Countdown and Radio

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Christmas Day Countdown is a neat holiday app because not only do you see an attractive countdown until Christmas, but you can listen to festive tunes while you wait to get you in the mood.

The countdown displays in days, hours, minutes, and seconds. There is a variety of music to choose from, with holiday mixes from around the world.

If you don't want to use the music aspect of the extension, you don't have to. And remember, there are lots of places online where you can listen to Christmas music for free.

2. Christmas Coloring Game

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For something a little silly for adults or just enjoyable for kids, check out Christmas Coloring Game. Just select your picture and add your color to create your holiday work of art. This app offers pictures for other holidays as well as other everyday objects.

You can also easily grab a printable version of the image if you want to color it with actual crayons. Christmas Coloring Game is good for some quick festive fun.

3. Christmas Solitaire

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If you love a game of cards and want to give a Christmassy feel to your games, you should try Christmas Solitaire.

The game uses classic Klondike gameplay and has a simple holiday theme with Christmas tree card backs and a snowy village background. There are a few sound effects during gameplay that can be disabled, you can undo moves, and you can also play in full-screen mode.

4. Christmas Quest

christmas quest

Christmas Quest is a holiday-themed game of Memory. Flip over the tiles containing pictures of ornaments, snowmen, and sleighs to make matches.

You score for every pair you find and can play over and over to try and beat your score. Christmas Quest has a classic concept with pretty imagery.

5. Christmas Mahjong

christmas mahjong

Another fun game when you have a few minutes to spare is Christmas Mahjong. With the same type of theme as Christmas Solitaire, Christmas Mahjong has gingerbread men, candy canes, toy soldiers, and ornaments on the tiles.

You can play it in full-screen mode, undo moves, get a hint when needed, and shuffle the tiles.

6. Make Christmas Great Again

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This extension was released for the 2019 general election in the UK (which took place over the festive period). However, it still works well a few years later.

It hijacks lots of politically themed words in articles and turns them into something more Christmassy. For example, “election” becomes “nativity”, “Labour” becomes “Labauble”, “National” become “Nutcracker”, and so on.

It will probably get tiresome if you leave it installed for too long. But the extension is good for a quick laugh or if you want to prank your friend's computer.

7. Let It Snow

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What could be more Christmassy than snow in your browser? (No, not real snow, that would be dangerous for your computer's electronics.)

Install this extension, and you will be able to see a steady digital snowfall across your screen, regardless of which website you are looking at.

Sure, it might not be too practical for when you are trying to work. But you can turn the snow on and off using the pop-up icon, so it won't interfere with important activities.

8. Christmas Wallpaper HD Custom New Tab

Christmas Wallpaper HD Custom New Tab

Did you know that Chrome lets you customize the background you see when you open a new tab? You don't have to stick with the boring white that you get by default.

This Chrome extension will replace your new tab page with a Christmassy image. Better yet, there are multiple backgrounds included in the single extension, meaning you will never get bored with looking at the same image over and over.

If you like Christmas themes on your computer, have a look at our list of Christmas themes for Windows that you can download.

9. Xmas Word Puzzles

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Xmas Word Puzzles is a Christmas-themed word game that is loosely based on Scrabble. You can a selection of letters, an image as a clue, and a number of spaces into which you need to drop the letters to form a word.

The game isn't overly taxing (unless you have serious spelling issues), meaning it is more appropriate for children than for adults.

10. Christmas Knife Hit Game

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Do you want a Christmas-orientated arcade game to play? Have a look at Christmas Knife Hit Game. You need to throw your knife into the Christmassy object while avoiding the various pitfalls to rack up the points.

If you want more Christmas-themed games, check out our list of Christmas party games that you can play with friends.

11. Live Fireplace Wallpaper and Background Tab

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Is there anything more seasonal and wintery than a roaring log fire in a small, remote cabin? Sadly, not many people have a log fire in their homes these days. And even fewer people live in log cabins in the woods.

If you want to recreate that traditional feeling without spending a fortune on house renovations, you can do worse than install the Live Fireplace Wallpaper and Background Tab.

The tab is animated, so it really looks like a live fire, especially when viewed from afar. And it is completely ad-free, so you are not going to have your serenity interrupted by an annoying popup.

12. Christmas Puppies

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Cats might win the cuteness war for most of the year, but at Christmas time, dogs take over. There's just something undeniably awesome about puppies in Santa hats.

If you're a dog lover who wants to add some canine Christmas cuteness to your Chrome interface, you need to download Christmas Puppies: Dog & Puppy HD Wallpapers. It is packed with pictures of cute dogs in festive settings.

There's also a built-in to-do list and the ability to add up to 20 of your own images.

Get Ready for Christmas

Sadly, Christmas isn't far off becoming a year-round event these days. But hey, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. The leaves might only just be starting to fall off the trees, but if you install these extensions today, you'll be all set for when the main event starts to kick off.