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Christmas year progress widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A Christmas year progress widget shows how much of the year has passed as a percentage and a bar. 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 year progress 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 year progress widget shows

A year-progress widget is a gentle nudge: one bar that fills from 1 January to 31 December. The same layout works for the day, the week or a personal goal.

It is calculated from the date, so it is free, offline and needs no permission. WidgetCraft includes a free Day progress component, and a formula can stretch it to the year.

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.

Bars and rings: Use red bars and small gold circles as baubles.
Numbers: Center the number in cream and add a gold label.

Christmas year progress widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #14402B, corner radius 20
Text	year label, size 12, color #A9C4B0
Text (formula)	percentage of the year, Mountains of Christmas, size 68, color #FBF3E0
Progress	a thick 12-point bar with rounded ends, 312 wide, progress #D62828, range 0 to 365
Text	"Day 315 of 365", size 13, color #A9C4B0
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 year progress 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.
Tap Add and choose Progress. Make it 312 wide, styled as a thick 12-point bar with rounded ends.
Open Data and connect it to the day of the year with a range of 0 to 365.
Color the progress #D62828 and keep the track faint.
Add a Text layer for the percentage at size 68 in #FBF3E0, and a smaller one for the day count at size 13 in #A9C4B0.
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.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for Christmas year progress widgets

Set a countdown layer to 25 December.
Use gold sparingly for small details.
Show both the percentage and the day count so the bar has context.
Use a segmented bar if you want each step to feel like a milestone.
For a goal of your own, connect the bar to a counter instead of the date.
Do not use bright lime green.
Do not use the decorative font for small text.

Questions about the Christmas year progress widget

What size is a Christmas year progress 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?

Yes. Year progress widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the Christmas styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

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

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