diff --git a/src/gfx.rs b/src/gfx.rs
index 9cdcb4c..06ac132 100644
--- a/src/gfx.rs
+++ b/src/gfx.rs
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ pub const I_CATAPULT: u32 = 210; // catapult tool
 pub const T_SNOW: u32 = 211; // 4 variants: snow on the land above ground (winter)
 pub const T_PUMPKIN: u32 = 215; // a carved pumpkin (Halloween)
 pub const T_MOSS: u32 = 216; // 4 variants: mushroom grove ground, moss with glowing spores
+pub const T_GIFT: u32 = 220; // a wrapped present (Christmas)
+pub const T_FIR: u32 = 221; // fir needles with baubles (Christmas)
+pub const T_EGG: u32 = 222; // 2 variants: a painted egg (Easter)
 
 pub struct Gfx {
     pub atlas: Texture2D,
@@ -1256,6 +1259,38 @@ fn gen_atlas() -> Image {
             Some(c(240, 128, 30))
         }
     });
+    // Christmas: a present in red paper with a golden ribbon, fir needles with baubles
+    cv.cell(T_GIFT, |x, y| {
+        if x == 7 || x == 8 || y == 7 || y == 8 {
+            Some(c(250, 210, 80))
+        } else if (x + y) % 5 == 0 {
+            Some(c(200, 30, 40))
+        } else {
+            Some(c(176, 24, 34))
+        }
+    });
+    cv.cell(T_FIR, |x, y| {
+        let r = hash(x, y, 470);
+        if r % 29 == 0 {
+            Some([c(240, 60, 60), c(250, 210, 80), c(90, 160, 255)][(r / 29 % 3) as usize])
+        } else if (x + 2 * y) % 5 == 0 {
+            Some(c(20, 70, 40))
+        } else {
+            Some(shade((34, 104, 56), (rnd(x, y, 471) * 16.0) as i32 - 8))
+        }
+    });
+    // Easter: painted eggs, stripes and zigzags in spring colours
+    for v in 0..2u32 {
+        cv.cell(T_EGG + v, |x, y| {
+            let cols = if v == 0 { [c(140, 200, 250), c(250, 230, 120), c(255, 255, 255)] } else { [c(250, 160, 200), c(150, 220, 140), c(255, 250, 230)] };
+            let zig = (y + (x % 4 - 2).abs()) % 8;
+            Some(match zig {
+                0 | 1 => cols[1],
+                4 => cols[2],
+                _ => cols[0],
+            })
+        });
+    }
     // grass above ground
     for v in 0..4u32 {
         cv.cell(T_GRASS + v, |x, y| {
diff --git a/src/holiday.rs b/src/holiday.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31227d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/holiday.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+// Holidays of the real date: the dungeon and the title menu dress up for them (pumpkins,
+// fir trees and presents, painted eggs; see render3d's room decor and menu's draw_title).
+// Every holiday runs from about two weeks before its day to a few days after it.
+
+pub const NONE: u8 = 0;
+pub const HALLOWEEN: u8 = 1;
+pub const CHRISTMAS: u8 = 2;
+pub const EASTER: u8 = 3;
+
+// days since 1970-01-01 of a date (proleptic Gregorian)
+fn days_from_civil(y: i64, m: i64, d: i64) -> i64 {
+    let y = if m <= 2 { y - 1 } else { y };
+    let era = y.div_euclid(400);
+    let yoe = y - era * 400;
+    let mp = (m + 9) % 12;
+    let doy = (153 * mp + 2) / 5 + d - 1;
+    let doe = yoe * 365 + yoe / 4 - yoe / 100 + doy;
+    era * 146097 + doe - 719468
+}
+
+// Easter Sunday of a year (month, day): the anonymous Gregorian algorithm
+pub fn easter(y: i64) -> (i64, i64) {
+    let a = y % 19;
+    let b = y / 100;
+    let c = y % 100;
+    let d = b / 4;
+    let e = b % 4;
+    let f = (b + 8) / 25;
+    let g = (b - f + 1) / 3;
+    let h = (19 * a + b - d - g + 15) % 30;
+    let i = c / 4;
+    let k = c % 4;
+    let l = (32 + 2 * e + 2 * i - h - k) % 7;
+    let m = (a + 11 * h + 22 * l) / 451;
+    let n = h + l - 7 * m + 114;
+    (n / 31, n % 31 + 1)
+}
+
+// the holiday on a date: Halloween 17 Oct - 3 Nov, Christmas 10 Dec - 1 Jan, Easter from two
+// weeks before Easter Sunday to the Wednesday after it
+pub fn holiday_on(y: i64, m: i64, d: i64) -> u8 {
+    match (m, d) {
+        (10, 17..=31) | (11, 1..=3) => return HALLOWEEN,
+        (12, 10..=31) | (1, 1) => return CHRISTMAS,
+        _ => {}
+    }
+    let (em, ed) = easter(y);
+    let off = days_from_civil(y, m, d) - days_from_civil(y, em, ed);
+    if (-14..=3).contains(&off) {
+        EASTER
+    } else {
+        NONE
+    }
+}
+
+// today's holiday (worked out once); on the desktop DUNGEONCRAFT_HOLIDAY=halloween / christmas /
+// easter / none shows one at any time
+pub fn current() -> u8 {
+    thread_local! {
+        static HOLIDAY: std::cell::Cell<u8> = const { std::cell::Cell::new(255) };
+    }
+    HOLIDAY.with(|h| {
+        if h.get() == 255 {
+            #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+            let forced = std::env::var("DUNGEONCRAFT_HOLIDAY").ok().and_then(|v| match v.to_lowercase().as_str() {
+                "halloween" => Some(HALLOWEEN),
+                "christmas" | "xmas" => Some(CHRISTMAS),
+                "easter" => Some(EASTER),
+                "none" => Some(NONE),
+                _ => None,
+            });
+            #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+            let forced: Option<u8> = None;
+            let (y, m, d, _, _) = crate::cloud::civil(macroquad::miniquad::date::now() as i64);
+            h.set(forced.unwrap_or_else(|| holiday_on(y, m, d)));
+        }
+        h.get()
+    })
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn easter_dates() {
+        assert_eq!(easter(2024), (3, 31));
+        assert_eq!(easter(2025), (4, 20));
+        assert_eq!(easter(2026), (4, 5));
+        assert_eq!(easter(2027), (3, 28));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn holiday_windows() {
+        assert_eq!(holiday_on(2026, 10, 16), NONE);
+        assert_eq!(holiday_on(2026, 10, 17), HALLOWEEN);
+        assert_eq!(holiday_on(2026, 11, 3), HALLOWEEN);
+        assert_eq!(holiday_on(2026, 11, 7), NONE);
+        assert_eq!(holiday_on(2026, 12, 9), NONE);
+        assert_eq!(holiday_on(2026, 12, 10), CHRISTMAS);
+        assert_eq!(holiday_on(2027, 1, 1), CHRISTMAS);
+        assert_eq!(holiday_on(2027, 1, 2), NONE);
+        // Easter 2026: 5 April
+        assert_eq!(holiday_on(2026, 3, 21), NONE);
+        assert_eq!(holiday_on(2026, 3, 22), EASTER);
+        assert_eq!(holiday_on(2026, 4, 8), EASTER);
+        assert_eq!(holiday_on(2026, 4, 9), NONE);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f73a7fd..34570a4 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ mod fog;
 mod fortress;
 mod game;
 mod gfx;
+mod holiday;
 mod i18n;
 mod lobby;
 mod map;
diff --git a/src/menu.rs b/src/menu.rs
index 2cd28e5..1daed45 100644
--- a/src/menu.rs
+++ b/src/menu.rs
@@ -351,6 +351,113 @@ const CLAUDE_COL: Color = Color { r: 0xd9 as f32 / 255.0, g: 0x77 as f32 / 255.0
 const QWEN_COL: Color = Color { r: 0x7b as f32 / 255.0, g: 0x6c as f32 / 255.0, b: 0xf6 as f32 / 255.0, a: 1.0 };
 const OPENCODE_COL: Color = Color { r: 0.86, g: 0.86, b: 0.88, a: 1.0 };
 
+// ---- holiday decorations around the title (see crate::holiday)
+const BUNNY: [&str; 10] = [
+    ".#...#.",
+    ".#...#.",
+    ".#...#.",
+    ".##.##.",
+    ".#####.",
+    "##.#.##",
+    "#######",
+    ".#####.",
+    "#######",
+    ".##.##.",
+];
+const BUNNY_PINK: [&str; 10] = [
+    ".......",
+    ".......",
+    ".#...#.",
+    ".......",
+    ".......",
+    ".......",
+    "...#...",
+    ".......",
+    ".......",
+    ".......",
+];
+const EGG: [&str; 8] = ["..##..", ".####.", ".####.", "######", "######", "######", ".####.", "..##.."];
+const EGG_BAND: [&str; 8] = ["......", "......", "......", "######", "......", "#.##.#", "......", "......"];
+const PUMPKIN: [&str; 7] = ["...#....", "...##...", ".######.", "########", "########", "########", ".######."];
+const PUMPKIN_STEM: [&str; 7] = ["...#....", "...##...", "........", "........", "........", "........", "........"];
+const PUMPKIN_FACE: [&str; 7] = ["........", "........", "........", ".##..##.", "........", ".######.", "..#..#.."];
+const BAT_UP: [&str; 4] = ["#.......#", "##.#.#.##", "#########", "...#.#..."];
+const BAT_DOWN: [&str; 4] = ["...#.#...", "#########", "##.....##", "#.......#"];
+
+// the title's decoration for the current holiday: string lights (Christmas), bunnies and eggs
+// (Easter), pumpkins and bats (Halloween); (x, y, w, h) is the title text
+fn draw_holiday_title(x: f32, y: f32, w: f32, h: f32) {
+    let px = (SMALL() * 2.0).round().max(2.0);
+    let t = get_time() as f32;
+    match crate::holiday::current() {
+        crate::holiday::CHRISTMAS => {
+            // a wire sagging between nails above the letters, bulbs hanging from it, blinking
+            let (x0, x1) = (x - px * 4.0, x + w + px * 4.0);
+            let spans = 5;
+            let span = (x1 - x0) / spans as f32;
+            let wire_y = |wx: f32| {
+                let f = ((wx - x0) / span).fract();
+                y - px * 3.0 + (f * std::f32::consts::PI).sin() * px * 5.0
+            };
+            let wire = Color::new(0.12, 0.2, 0.12, 1.0);
+            let mut wx = x0;
+            while wx < x1 {
+                draw_rectangle(wx.floor(), wire_y(wx).floor(), px, px * 0.5, wire);
+                wx += px * 0.5;
+            }
+            let cols = [Color::new(1.0, 0.25, 0.25, 1.0), Color::new(1.0, 0.85, 0.2, 1.0), Color::new(0.3, 0.9, 0.35, 1.0), Color::new(0.35, 0.6, 1.0, 1.0)];
+            let bulbs = ((x1 - x0) / (px * 6.0)) as i32;
+            for k in 1..bulbs {
+                let bx = (x0 + k as f32 * px * 6.0).floor();
+                let by = wire_y(bx).floor() + px * 0.5;
+                let on = ((t * 2.0) as i32 + k) % 3 != 0;
+                let c = cols[k as usize % 4];
+                let c = if on { c } else { Color::new(c.r * 0.35, c.g * 0.35, c.b * 0.35, 1.0) };
+                draw_rectangle(bx, by, px, px * 0.5, wire);
+                draw_rectangle(bx - px * 0.5, by + px * 0.5, px * 2.0, px * 2.0, c);
+                if on {
+                    draw_rectangle(bx - px * 1.5, by - px * 0.5, px * 4.0, px * 4.0, Color::new(c.r, c.g, c.b, 0.18));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        crate::holiday::EASTER => {
+            let white = Color::new(0.95, 0.95, 0.92, 1.0);
+            let pink = Color::new(1.0, 0.6, 0.75, 1.0);
+            let by = y + h - 10.0 * px;
+            for (k, bx) in [x - px * 10.0, x + w + px * 3.0].into_iter().enumerate() {
+                // a little hop now and then
+                let hop = ((t * 1.5 + k as f32 * 1.7).sin().max(0.0).powi(8) * px * 3.0).floor();
+                draw_mark(&BUNNY, bx, by - hop, px, white);
+                draw_mark(&BUNNY_PINK, bx, by - hop, px, pink);
+            }
+            let eggs = [(0.12, Color::new(0.55, 0.78, 1.0, 1.0), Color::new(1.0, 0.9, 0.4, 1.0)), (0.32, Color::new(1.0, 0.62, 0.8, 1.0), Color::new(0.6, 0.86, 0.55, 1.0)), (0.55, Color::new(0.98, 0.9, 0.45, 1.0), Color::new(0.95, 0.45, 0.45, 1.0)), (0.78, Color::new(0.65, 0.9, 0.65, 1.0), Color::new(0.75, 0.6, 1.0, 1.0))];
+            for (f, body, band) in eggs {
+                let ex = (x + w * f).floor();
+                let ey = (y - px * 9.0).floor();
+                draw_mark(&EGG, ex, ey, px, body);
+                draw_mark(&EGG_BAND, ex, ey, px, band);
+            }
+        }
+        crate::holiday::HALLOWEEN => {
+            let by = y + h - 7.0 * px;
+            for bx in [x - px * 11.0, x + w + px * 3.0] {
+                draw_mark(&PUMPKIN, bx, by, px, Color::new(0.95, 0.5, 0.12, 1.0));
+                draw_mark(&PUMPKIN_STEM, bx, by, px, Color::new(0.3, 0.55, 0.2, 1.0));
+                let glow = 0.75 + 0.25 * (t * 5.0).sin();
+                draw_mark(&PUMPKIN_FACE, bx, by, px, Color::new(1.0, 0.85 * glow, 0.25, 1.0));
+            }
+            for k in 0..3 {
+                let f = k as f32 * 0.33 + 0.12;
+                let bx = (x + w * f + (t * 0.7 + k as f32).sin() * px * 6.0).floor();
+                let by = (y - px * 8.0 + (t * 1.3 + k as f32 * 2.0).sin() * px * 2.0).floor();
+                let up = ((t * 6.0) as i32 + k) % 2 == 0;
+                draw_mark(if up { &BAT_UP } else { &BAT_DOWN }, bx, by, px, Color::new(0.12, 0.08, 0.16, 1.0));
+            }
+        }
+        _ => {}
+    }
+}
+
 fn draw_mark(mark: &[&str], x: f32, y: f32, px: f32, c: Color) {
     for (r, row) in mark.iter().enumerate() {
         for (k, ch) in row.chars().enumerate() {
@@ -1121,6 +1228,7 @@ impl Menu {
         let ty = (sh * 0.12 / CH()).floor() * CH();
         gfx.text(title, grid_center(sw, gfx.measure(title, big)) + big, ty + big, big, Color::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.8));
         gfx.text(title, grid_center(sw, gfx.measure(title, big)), ty, big, FRAME_HI);
+        draw_holiday_title(grid_center(sw, gfx.measure(title, big)), ty, gfx.measure(title, big), GH * big);
         let sub = tr("menu.subtitle");
         gfx.text(&sub, grid_center(sw, gfx.measure(&sub, S())), ty + GH * big + CH(), S(), TXT);
         let mut items = Vec::new();
diff --git a/src/render3d.rs b/src/render3d.rs
index b3b7f3d..b60874b 100644
--- a/src/render3d.rs
+++ b/src/render3d.rs
@@ -509,7 +509,8 @@ impl MB {
     }
 }
 
-// the season of the real date: 0 none, 1 Halloween (20 Oct - 5 Nov), 2 winter (Dec - Feb)
+// the season of the real date: 0 none, 2 winter (Dec - Feb: snow above ground); the holidays
+// are in crate::holiday
 pub fn season() -> u8 {
     thread_local! {
         static SEASON: std::cell::Cell<u8> = const { std::cell::Cell::new(255) };
@@ -518,7 +519,6 @@ pub fn season() -> u8 {
         if s.get() == 255 {
             let (_, m, d, _, _) = crate::cloud::civil(macroquad::miniquad::date::now() as i64);
             s.set(match (m, d) {
-                (10, 20..=31) | (11, 1..=5) => 1,
                 (12, _) | (1, _) | (2, _) => 2,
                 _ => 0,
             });
@@ -1007,13 +1007,36 @@ fn build_chunk(map: &Map, amb: &[f32], glow: &[f32], cx: i32, cz: i32, atlas: &T
                 }
                 // room decor
                 let dc = col(lava_lit(Vec3::splat(amb_at(amb, xf + 0.5, zf + 0.5)), lava_at(glow, xf + 0.5, zf + 0.5)), 1.0);
-                // Halloween: now and then a glowing pumpkin on the dungeon's plain floor
-                if season() == 1 && t.kind == Kind::Floor && t.owner == Owner::Player {
+                // holidays: now and then something on the dungeon's plain floor - a glowing
+                // pumpkin (Halloween), a little fir tree with a star and a present (Christmas),
+                // painted eggs (Easter)
+                let holiday = crate::holiday::current();
+                if holiday != crate::holiday::NONE && t.kind == Kind::Floor && t.owner == Owner::Player {
                     let hsh = (x as u32).wrapping_mul(2246822519) ^ (z as u32).wrapping_mul(3266489917);
                     if (hsh >> 7) % 37 == 0 {
                         let (cx, cz) = (xf + 0.3 + ((hsh >> 3) % 4) as f32 * 0.1, zf + 0.35);
                         let pc = col(Vec3::splat(1.4), 1.0);
-                        mb.boxy(vec3(cx - 0.14, 0.0, cz - 0.14), vec3(cx + 0.14, 0.24, cz + 0.14), T_PUMPKIN, pc, pc);
+                        match holiday {
+                            crate::holiday::HALLOWEEN => mb.boxy(vec3(cx - 0.14, 0.0, cz - 0.14), vec3(cx + 0.14, 0.24, cz + 0.14), T_PUMPKIN, pc, pc),
+                            crate::holiday::CHRISTMAS => {
+                                let fc = col(Vec3::splat(1.2), 1.0);
+                                for (w, y0, y1) in [(0.22f32, 0.06f32, 0.26f32), (0.16, 0.24, 0.42), (0.1, 0.4, 0.56)] {
+                                    mb.boxy(vec3(cx - w, y0, cz - w), vec3(cx + w, y1, cz + w), crate::gfx::T_FIR, fc, fc);
+                                }
+                                mb.boxy(vec3(cx - 0.03, 0.0, cz - 0.03), vec3(cx + 0.03, 0.08, cz + 0.03), T_BARK, fc, fc);
+                                mb.boxy(vec3(cx - 0.035, 0.56, cz - 0.035), vec3(cx + 0.035, 0.63, cz + 0.035), crate::gfx::T_GIFT, pc, pc);
+                                let gx = cx + 0.26;
+                                mb.boxy(vec3(gx - 0.08, 0.0, cz + 0.02), vec3(gx + 0.08, 0.13, cz + 0.18), crate::gfx::T_GIFT, pc, pc);
+                            }
+                            _ => {
+                                for k in 0..3u32 {
+                                    let (ex, ez) = (cx + (k as f32 - 1.0) * 0.16, cz + ((hsh >> (k * 3)) % 3) as f32 * 0.08 - 0.08);
+                                    let egg = crate::gfx::T_EGG + (hsh >> (k + 11)) % 2;
+                                    mb.boxy(vec3(ex - 0.045, 0.0, ez - 0.035), vec3(ex + 0.045, 0.12, ez + 0.035), egg, pc, pc);
+                                    mb.boxy(vec3(ex - 0.03, 0.12, ez - 0.025), vec3(ex + 0.03, 0.15, ez + 0.025), egg, pc, pc);
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 if t.plant() {