Merry XMas
A little fun for christmas: display a flickering christmas tree…
Really usefull!
But can mesmerize more than one child… Best render if the console is resized first (example in the PowerShell Profile Example).
$colors = "Cyan","Green","Yellow","Red","Magenta","White" Clear-Host Write-Host While($true) { $oldpos = $host.ui.RawUI.CursorPosition Write-Host " *" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) # Row One Write-Host " *" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) # Row Two Write-Host " *" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) # Row Three Write-Host " *" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) # Row Four Write-Host " *" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) # Row Five Write-Host " *" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) # Row Six Write-Host " *" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -nonewline Write-Host "*" -ForegroundColor ($colors | get-random) # Stump Write-Host " *** " -ForegroundColor DarkGreen Write-Host " *** " -ForegroundColor DarkGreen $host.ui.RawUI.CursorPosition = $oldpos sleep .40 } Write-Host