{"title":"Home page","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"hot-chocolate-xlights-sequence","title":"Hot Chocolate — xLights Sequence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jjOeG0T1ea0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWatch the full-length preview on YouTube\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — the whole song, the whole house, start to finish. Nothing cut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA big-band swing number where the whole house works as a train and a diner at once: the columns stand up as boxcars, every round prop turns like a drive wheel on “we got it,” the mini trees sing as marshmallows and the mega tree pours the cocoa. Ends on a dead stop and a slam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat happens in this one\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s the waiters’ number from \u003cem\u003eThe Polar Express\u003c\/em\u003e, so the whole house works as a train and a diner at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e0:00\u003c\/strong\u003e — The eight columns stand up as \u003cstrong\u003eboxcars\u003c\/strong\u003e and steam climbs them out of the intro.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChorus\u003c\/strong\u003e — The columns stamp every “hot, hot”; every round prop in the yard (wreath, snowflakes, grandes) turns like a \u003cstrong\u003edrive wheel\u003c\/strong\u003e answering “we got it.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVerse\u003c\/strong\u003e — The four 400-pixel mini trees become \u003cstrong\u003esinging marshmallows\u003c\/strong\u003e, lip-syncing the waiters off your own lyric track.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBridge\u003c\/strong\u003e — The mega tree \u003cstrong\u003epours cocoa into a cup\u003c\/strong\u003e: a real fill, top to bottom, not a colour wash.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e2:22\u003c\/strong\u003e — The band stops dead for three quarters of a second and \u003cstrong\u003ethe entire house goes with it\u003c\/strong\u003e, then slams back. It is the best three quarters of a second in the catalog.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne packaged xLights sequence (\u003ccode\u003e.xsqz\u003c\/code\u003e) — effects, timing tracks, lyric track, and every picture and GIF it references.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery prop on the display sequenced. No dark props, no “mega tree only.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur model list, so you know exactly what to point each of your props at.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSetup help by email if the import doesn’t go the way you expected.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRuntime\u003c\/strong\u003e — 2:31\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTempo\u003c\/strong\u003e — 125 BPM\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFeel\u003c\/strong\u003e — Swing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e — packaged \u003ccode\u003e.xsqz\u003c\/code\u003e, built in xLights 2026.16\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eYou’ll need the song\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe recording is not included with the sequence, and legally it can’t be. Buy the track below (it’s about a dollar), point xLights at your copy the first time you open the sequence, and that’s the last you’ll think about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCut to:\u003c\/strong\u003e “Hot Chocolate” — Tom Hanks — The Polar Express (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=Hot%20Chocolate%20Tom%20Hanks%20Polar%20Express\u0026amp;i=digital-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBuy on Amazon Music\u003c\/a\u003e  ·  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/search?term=Hot%20Chocolate%20Tom%20Hanks%20Polar%20Express\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBuy on iTunes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions people actually ask\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill it work with my controller?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYes. A sequence is layout data, not controller data — xLights renders it to an FSEQ that your controller plays. Falcon, Kulp, FPP, xSchedule, a Pi in a weatherproof box: none of it is baked into the file.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI don’t have half these props.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThen map the ones you have and leave the rest unmapped. The song was designed so no single prop carries the beat — drop the wreath and the snowflakes and the canes and the mini trees are still keeping time. If you want a straight answer for your specific layout, email us a screenshot first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan I change it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nChange anything you like. It’s your display. 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