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Christmas music widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A Christmas music widget shows the song that is playing with play, pause and skip controls. Deep green, red and gold for December. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Christmas music widget design preview: Deep green, red and gold for December. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a Christmas music widget shows

A now-playing widget shows cover art, the track and artist, a progress line and three controls. It works with whichever app is playing, not one particular service.

Reading the current track needs Android's notification access and a media connection, which is a Pro feature in WidgetCraft. The controls send play, pause and skip to the app that is playing.

How the Christmas style shapes it

Christmas widgets use pine green, berry red, cream and a little gold. A countdown to 25 December is the classic, joined by a festive clock and a gift list.

Photos: Use warm photos of lights or the tree with a cream border.
Text: Use cream text on pine green with a festive display font for the title only.
Bars and rings: Use red bars and small gold circles as baubles.

Christmas music widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #14402B, corner radius 20
Image	cover art 140 × 140, radius 10, connected to media artwork
Text	track title, Mountains of Christmas, size 20, color #FBF3E0, one line
Text	artist, size 14, color #A9C4B0
Progress	a thick 12-point bar with rounded ends, 156 wide, progress #D62828
Shapes	previous, play/pause and next; play in #D62828, others in #FBF3E0, each with a tap action
Ornament	a string of five small baubles (circles alternating red and gold) hanging from a thin curved line across the top right
Font	Mountains of Christmas (import the font file), or the built-in Serif
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Christmas color palette

Pine #14402BBackground
Fir #1C5A3CSurface and tracks
Snow cream #FBF3E0Text
Frost #A9C4B0Labels
Berry red #D62828Accent

How to make a Christmas music widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #14402B and the corner radius to 20.
Open Data and set up the media connection; Android will ask for notification access.
Add an Image layer, 140 × 140 with radius 10, and connect it to the cover art.
Add two Text layers connected to the track title (size 20, #FBF3E0) and the artist (size 14, #A9C4B0).
Add a Progress layer as a thick 12-point bar with rounded ends in #D62828, then three shapes for the controls. In Tap, assign previous, play/pause and next.
Add the Christmas ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a string of five small baubles (circles alternating red and gold) hanging from a thin curved line across the top right.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

The layout and styling are free. The live data connection for this widget needs WidgetCraft Pro, a one-time purchase.

Tips for Christmas music widgets

Set a countdown layer to 25 December.
Use gold sparingly for small details.
Long titles must truncate on one line; never let them wrap into the controls.
Make each control at least 48 dp wide so it is easy to hit.
The widget only shows a track while a media app has an active session.
Do not use bright lime green.
Do not use the decorative font for small text.

Questions about the Christmas music widget

What size is a Christmas music widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 180 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Pine (#14402B) for the background, Snow cream (#FBF3E0) for the main text, Frost (#A9C4B0) for labels and Berry red (#D62828) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

The Christmas design is free to build. Showing live track details needs the one-time Pro upgrade.

What else is this style called?

People also search for xmas music widget, holiday music widget, festive music widget, christmas countdown music widget. They describe the same look as this Christmas music widget.

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