Home Automation for the Holidays

Bing Crosby sings about a happy holiday season with white snow falling and people happily shopping for presents, but the truth is when it begins to look a lot like Christmas stress levels can hit an all time high. Shopping, decorating, preparing for family visits, cooking, cleaning; the list seems to go on and on. In order to remove some items from your to-do list this season we put together a list of 7 holiday IFTTT (“if this then that”) recipes that let home automation do some of the work for you this year.

Set up these 7 holiday recipes, pour yourself a glass of eggnog, relax by the fire and let your smart home do the work this season. Maybe, just maybe, this year will feel a bit more like those Bing Crosby songs.

1. Turn on your holiday lights at sunset
Don’t worry about having to turn on your holiday lights every evening - now you can come home to a lit up house every evening.

2. Turn off your holiday lights at 1am
Save some energy and head to bed knowing your holiday lights will turn off for you every night.

3. Keep your inflatable decorations from flying away
When the wind goes above 10 mph this recipe will turn off your inflatable decorations to keep them from turning into balloons.

4. Celebrate Christmas day with Red & Green Lights
Make sure everyone knows it’s Christmas day by automatically turning your hue lights red and green.

5. Get in the holiday spirit with a festive phone wallpaper
On Christmas Day let everyone know you’re in the holiday spirit with a Christmas wallpaper on your phone.

6. Make sure your tree lights are turned off when you leave
Every time you leave the house this recipe will ensure that the lights on your tree have been turned off.

7. Wish a Merry Christmas to all your friends
Be the first of your friends to post a holiday message to your Facebook page with this recipe.