OpenEPaperLink-HA-Christmas-Countdown

Count down the days till Christmas Day! All images are pulled down from an external server at https://www.chunkymedia.co.uk - keep you surprised!

The date of Christmas is set in the variable days_until_xmas and shouldn't need altering year on year. The text used is 'Days 'till Christmas', 'Day 'till Christmas', and 'Merry Christmas' - adjust according to your local language. Edit automation in YAML.

Home Assistant and a working OpenEpaper setup, with HA Integration - https://github.com/jonasniesner/open_epaper_link_homeassistant

Sensors/Integrations needed:

• https://github.com/jonasniesner/open_epaper_link_homeassistant (Install via HACS)

Installation

• Add font GothamRnd-Bold.ttf to /config/media Home Assistant (create the folder "media" too).
• Add contents of automation-2.9-xmas-countdown.yaml (2.9") to a new automation in Home Assistant (Choose "Edit in Yaml" from top right three dots in a new automation). The automation is using a time template of every 00:05 time - adjust according to taste!

Customizing

Date

Set the date of Christmas in the automation variable days_until_xmas e.g. '12/25/2023'

Text

The text used is 'Days 'till Christmas', 'Day 'till Christmas', and 'Merry Christmas' - adjust according to your local language.