Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Dan + Shay) — xLights Sequence

Watch the full-length preview on YouTube — the whole song, the whole house, start to finish. Nothing cut.

Dan + Shay’s warm, slow take, painted in red, green and white. Snow falls past a window on the matrix while four candles glow on the mini trees in the piano intro, and every section brings its own scene: a candle flame, hearth embers, a window at night, a glowing hearth. On “hang a shining star upon the highest bough” the mini trees turn into stars, the eight stars ignite in gold one at a time and the whole house flashes. On “now” the mini trees become little Christmas trees and the singing bulbs turn gold for the finish. The one you run when the street has gone quiet.

What you get

• One zip that opens into one folder: the xLights sequence (.xsq) with its timing and lyric tracks, every film and picture it uses in its own media folder, and our layout and controller files.
• Every prop on the display sequenced. No dark props, no “mega tree only.”
• Start Here (one page), a Prop Guide, a display map and our model list, so you know exactly what to point each of your props at.
• Setup help by email if the import doesn’t go the way you expected.

The details

• Runtime — 2:32
• Feel — Ballad
• Format — one zip: plain .xsq, media folder, layout, Start Here

You’ll need the song

The 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.

Cut to: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” — Dan + Shay — Dan + Shay

Buy on Amazon Music  ·  Find it on iTunes

Buying from Apple? The iTunes link finds the song. To buy it, open the iTunes Store in one of Apple’s apps: the Apple Music app or iTunes on Windows, the Music app on a Mac, or the iTunes Store app on iPhone. If the Apple Music or Music app doesn’t show the iTunes Store, turn it on in the app first.

Questions people actually ask

Will it work with my controller?
Yes. 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.

I don’t have half these props.
Then 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.

Can I change it?
Change anything you like. It’s your display. Recolour it, cut the bridge, swap our pictures for yours — it’s a normal xLights sequence once it’s open.

What if something’s broken?
Email help@sequenceforge.shop and tell us what you saw. We’ll fix the file and send it back. Because the download opens the moment you pay we can’t take a sequence back, so we’d rather spend the time making yours work than argue about a refund.