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Christmas: Top 5, best holiday screensavers, icon sets for OS X 10.6

4 December 2009 3,297 views 4 Comments


    The internet is awash in “free” screensavers, but most of the websites offering them look a bit trashy and/or scary. That said, here are five Christmas and holiday themed screensavers, plus three seasonal icon sets, for Apple’s Snow Leopard that are either free or offer functional demos.

    • Gingerbread Cookies, 13.9MB
    — ‘Tis the season for a delightful batch of gingerbread cookies
    — Free demo w/ four gingerbread men, $5 registration nets you 16 gingerbread men

    • Frosted, 10.6MB
    — Celebrate winter with your very own digital snowman
    — Free demo, $5 registration adds characters, etc.

    • A Very 3D Christmas, 1.8MB
    — Watch Santa cruise round in his sleigh delivering presents, Christmas countdown clock
    — Nagware (not obnoxious), $9.95 gets you 50 X’mas songs, more holiday action

    • Falling Snow,
    — As seen on Macs at the Apple Store, easy customization
    — Free

    • Jubilee, 11MB
    — A vivid jumble of abstract light to celebrate the holidays
    — Free

    Last but not least is this trio of holiday flavored icon sets:
    — Santa Claus Icons and Santa Claus Hat Emoticons from Fast Icons
    — Winter Holiday Icons from Icon Drawer

    Looking for non-holiday screensavers? Check our Top 10 + 3, best OS X screensavers for a lucky 13 apps to spruce up your Mac.

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