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Xmas Lights

Bring your world to life with customizable string lights and decorative garlands. Perfect for Christmas, parties, events, and everyday builds!

PluginsFree1.21
by MrDino · listed from Modrinth
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Direct download from Modrinth · 2 downloads

Xmas Lights screenshot 1

What it does

Xmas Lights is a plugin for Paper / Spigot servers, made by MrDino. Bring your world to life with customizable string lights and decorative garlands. Perfect for Christmas, parties, events, and everyday builds!

It supports Minecraft 1.21. It has been downloaded 2 times on Modrinth. That puts it at #145 of the 152 cosmetic and display plugins listed here. The last update came out on Nov 14, 2026.

Supported versions

1.21

Release history

Xmas Lights has had 2 releases on Modrinth since Nov 12, 2026. 2 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 2.8.7, released on Nov 14, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.21.4. It runs on Bukkit, Paper and Spigot. The download is 259 KB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
2.8.7Nov 14, 20261.21.4Release
2.8.5Nov 12, 20261.21.4Release

Commands

The commands named on the Modrinth page of Xmas Lights:

/xl
Description from the author on Modrinth

🎄 XmasLights

✨ Make every season shine!

Bring warmth, color and atmosphere to your Minecraft world with XmasLights!

Create beautiful hanging lights, animated decorations and detailed Christmas garlands. Perfect for cozy villages, festive markets, gardens, events and much more.

Not just for Christmas — decorate your world all year round!

✨ Features

  • 🎨 51 Unique Designs — Warm bulbs, RGB-style color combinations, lanterns, Christmas lights and decorative pine garlands.
  • 🪢 Natural Placement — Hanging cables with realistic sag, wall-mounted lights and inline designs.
  • 🌈 Animated Effects — Steady, blinking, alternating, chasing, twinkling and breathing.
  • 🔗 Connected Displays — Extend chains, create groups and control multiple lights together.
  • ⚙️ Full Customization — Adjust colors, spacing, size, cable curves and brightness.
  • 🌲 Detailed Garlands — Snowy pine, bows, ornaments, pinecones and tiny LEDs.
  • 🌍 5 Languages — English, Spanish, French, Italian and German.

🛠️ Easy to Use

Get started in seconds!

1. Get your lights: /xl give warm 16

2. Right-click two points to create a string. Keep clicking to extend it!

3. Look at your lights and try /xl mode twinkle to bring them to life.

Use /xl types to discover all available designs.

💡 RGB Lighting & Integrations

⚡ StrobeLights — Advanced RGB Lighting

Want your lights to cast beautiful RGB illumination onto the ground and surrounding surfaces?

XmasLights integrates with StrobeLights to bring colored lighting effects to your decorations.

⚠️ RGB surface lighting requires StrobeLights, its resource pack and Minecraft's Fabulous graphics setting.

Additional integrations:

🎄 Light up your imagination!

From cozy winter evenings to colorful summer festivals, XmasLights makes every build feel alive.

❤️ Developed by

Written by MrDino. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Xmas Lights

  1. Make sure your server runs Paper and Spigot on Minecraft 1.21.

  2. Download the .jar file from Modrinth and put it in the plugins folder of your server.

  3. Restart the server. Avoid /reload, many plugins do not handle it well.

  4. Type /plugins in the console: Xmas Lights should be listed in green. Its config files are created in the plugins folder on the first start.

Full guide: How to install plugins on a Minecraft server

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
1.21
Runs on
Paper, Spigot
Edition
Java
Needs
StrobeLights
License
CC BY
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 14, 2026)

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Questions

Does Xmas Lights work on Minecraft 26.x?

Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.21.

Is Xmas Lights free?

Yes. Xmas Lights is free to download from Modrinth.

Which server software does Xmas Lights run on?

Xmas Lights runs on Paper and Spigot servers.

Does Xmas Lights need anything else?

Yes: StrobeLights. Install it before Xmas Lights.

Is Xmas Lights still updated?

Yes. The last update came out in the past day.

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