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The Great TikZlings Christmas Extravaganza 2024

This repository contains the souce code of the Great TikZlings Extravanganza 2024, brought to you by Ulrike & Gert Fischer, Carla Maggi, Paulo Cereda and samcarter.

Video

The full video is available from https://vimeo.com/1038963018

Calendar

To shorten the waiting time until the next Extravaganza, we created the exclusive "The Great TikZlings Calendar 2025". It has all important dates from the TeX-World and the Tikzling universe. Stay up to date!

(The design was modified from LianTze Lim's fantastic calendar template https://tex.my/category/calendar/ which made creating this calendar really easy.)

1. Exciting Times

• Music: The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qFb0_JUjE8

• Image: Pexels https://pixabay.com/photos/christmas-background-christmas-1869902/

• Source Code: ./carla/excitingtimes/

2. Unstoppable

• Music: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Colonel Bogey March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzWRlTgEB5Q

• Image: Praça vilaboim - Pedro Medeiros https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pra%C3%A7a_vilaboim_-_panoramio_(cropped).jpg

• Source Code: ./samcarter/batbear/

3. Flower Power

• Music: San Francisco - Scott McKenzie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bch1_Ep5M1s

• Image: Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco - crispy-fotografie https://pixabay.com/de/photos/golden-gate-bridge-san-francisco-4271364/

• Source Code: ./samcarter/flowerpower/

4. Mariachi Marmots

• Music: The Mariachis - Feliz Navidad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9QHtOnEIHk

• Image: john_Ioannidis https://pixabay.com/photos/road-trees-snow-cold-ice-frost-4730553/

• Source Code: ./carla/mariachi/

5. Paddington

• Music: The Adventure of Paddington - Marmalade Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es4P5YDI2-w

• Image: Jeff Hitchcock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paddington_Station_GWR.jpg

• Source Code: ./samcarter/paddington/

6. Joy to the World

• Music: Joy To The World The Bach Choir Lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr8myPmEpWw

• Image: Ulrike & Gert Fischer

• Source Code: ./ulrike/joy/

7. Tagging the World

• Music: Thomas d‘Urfey - Old MacDonald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5R8hNADGmY

• Image: Ulrike & Gert Fischer

• Source Code: ./ulrike/tagging-factory/

8. Commercial Break

• Music: Signature Video | Kerala Tourism | Experience God’s Own Country https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R83BlU5nnbs

• Image: harikrishnanndd https://pixabay.com/de/photos/trivandrum-5037425/

• Source Code: ./ulrike/india/

9. Batbär

• Music: The Batman Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcCYhDu4_ZY

• Image: Ulrike & Gert Fischer

• Source Code: ./samcarter/batbear/

10. Abbey Road 2.0

• Music: Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUNqsfFUwhY

• Image: Abbey Road zebra crossing - m.caimary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abbey_Road_zebra_crossing,_London_2007-03-31.jpg

• Source Code: ./samcarter/abbeyroad/

11. White Water Fun

• Music: Swan Lake - II. Dance of the Little Swans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVSb3dFszH4&t=4s

• Background video: Hucklebarry https://pixabay.com/videos/water-river-current-nature-outdoor-32558/

• Source Code: ./samcarter/whitewaterride/

12. Meanwhile in Africa...

• Music: The Lion Sleeps Tonight Lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=399syDv0bBM

• Image: manuzoli https://pixabay.com/photos/namibia-wildlife-africa-etosha-2949409/

• Source Code: ./samcarter/lion/

13. Silent Night

• Music: Silent Night on bagpipes by Ryan Randall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avB5oDsZvZ0

• Image: ArturGórecki https://pixabay.com/de/photos/schnee-winter-berge-haus-heimat-3373432/

• Source Code: ./ulrike/silentnight/

14. Grand Finale

• Music: Vangelis - Conquest of paradise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYeDsa4Tw0c&t=5s

• Source Code: ./ulrike/finale/