Toggle the Christmas lights

Turns your HomeKit Christmas lights on or off depending on the current state.

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Scripting Actions

Apps, Home

Get the state of Home

Get the state of [name of Home set up in the Home app).

Control Flow, Scripting

Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.

Apps, Home

Control Home

Set the state of [name of Home set up in the Home app] by selecting scenes and accessories to automate.

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Toggle%20the%20Christmas%20lights

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Toggle%20the%20Christmas%20lights

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Toggle the Christmas lights” end tell

Public, Shortcuts, Siri Shortcuts

Custom Shortcuts

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Check out my collection of Christmas shortcuts, including automations for playing holiday music to smart home setups, checking for snow to counting the days down.

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