What to ask Alexa at Christmas...

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Our first Alexa-enabled device entered our home around Christmas time last year, thanks to a blogger gift exchange. Since then, our home has gotten smarter, and our Echo devices have multiplied. Alexa has made things easier, from kid’s being stuck on homework questions, to dimming the lights for bedtime.

There are so many things you can ask Alexa at Christmas

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You can ask her holiday questions, to read a Christmas classic or listen to music in one room or them all. Make sure to check out the different ways to utilize Alexa to help with recipes, having her turn on your Christmas lights, trivia and more. You can even ask her to view your front door camera on your Echo Show to see if it’s the inlaws or Santa knocking! There’s also an Alexa Kids Edition to keep your kids entertained.

Use Alexa to play holiday music

If you’re an Amazon Prime subscriber, Alexa can play a large variety of Christmas tunes if you have an Amazon Music Unlimited or Spotify subscription, there’s a much greater selection of holiday tunes to play.

In addition, Multi-room music allows you to play and control music from Spotify, SiriusXM, and Amazon Music across multiple Echo devices at the same time. Echo Dot is the most popular voice-controlled speaker, and makes a great gift for yourself or someone you know.

Our kids favorite holiday music? “Alexa, Sing Jingle Bells.”

No subscription music subscription? No worries Just enable the Christmas Radio skill and then ask Alexa to play it.

Use Alexa to turn on your Christmas Lights

Using Alexa to control your Christmas lights means you never have to crawl under the tree searching for a plug again. You can either plug any strand of lights into a smart, Alexa-compatible outlet or you can invest in a strand of smart lights like Light Rhapsody (currently $55) Then you can change colors, perform various effects and more without the special outlet because they are Alexa compatible.

Ask Alexa Holiday Questions

There are hundreds of holiday questions to ask Alexa. Some of these you will need specific Alexa Skills enabled for them to function properly. Be sure to check out the list of Alexa skills below the holiday questions.

There are lots of things you can ask Alexa about Santa.

Alexa, Is Santa Claus real?
Alexa, Where does Santa Claus live?
Alexa, How old is Santa Claus?
Alexa, What can you tell me about Santa’s reindeer?
Alexa, can you name Santa’s reindeer?
Alexa, What do you know about Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
Alexa, Who’s your favorite reindeer?

Don’t miss these great Alexa skills for the holidays

Winter Holiday Facts
Winter is a big time for holidays, and the Winter Holiday Facts skill is here to teach you and your guests about all of them. You can ask Alexa for a random fact and learn about Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and more.

Morton Brine Time
Forgetting having to wash our hands to call the Butterball hotline when cooking your holiday bird, the Morton Brine Time skill can help you through the process of brining your holiday bird, including giving you information based on the weight of your particular turkey. Plus, this culinary also includes recipes!

Santa Tracker
When will Santa make it to your house? When Christmas Eve rolls around, fire up the Santa Tracker skill and you’ll get updates about where jolly old St. Nick and his team of reindeer are. At the North Pole, pretty much everyone but Santa knows that Santa is being tracked (even Mrs. Claus) but nobody tells him because they think it will make him nervous.

Christmas Radio
Need some seasonal tunes? Simply enable the Christmas Radio skill and get an assortment of holiday songs on command.

iHeart Santa
Once you enable the iHeart Santa skill, ask Alexa to talk to Santa, then answer a handful of yes-or-no questions to help “Santa” decide what kind of Christmas music to play for you.

Christmas Jokes
These fun jokes will have most adults grimacing, but the kids will love them. Holiday fun with Christmas Jokes skill for all.

Christmas Countdown
Tired of the kids asking you how many days are left until Christmas? The Christmas Countdown skill lets them pester Alexa instead.

Christmas Kindness
Spread cheer and generosity with the Christmas Kindness skill. This skill gives you ideas for random acts of kindless you can do this holiday season.

Christmas Sounds
This time of year is more than just carols and favorite holiday songs. The Christmas Sounds skill has sleigh bills jingling, carolers, and even Santa himself! It’s a great way to add to your Christmas atmosphere.

Santa Claus
Is your child at their full niceness potential? Enable the Santa Claus skill to determine your childs niceness potential Do you want to know if you are naughty or nice? “Alexa, ask Santa Claus if I’m naughty or nice” to find out!.

Ask Father Christmas
Not sure how to answer the 100 questions will ask you this year about Santa? They can go straight to the source with the Ask Father Christmas skill.

Christmas Screensaver
Have an Echo Show? Be sure to enable the Christmas Screensaver skill. Your favorite virtual assistant will get an hour long slideshow of beautiful holiday imagery backed by classical and seasonal music, designed especially for Alexa devices with screens.

Don’t worry, Alexa celebrates more than Christmas, Alexa celebrates Hanukkah too.

Spin the Dreidel
Speaking of Hanukkah you have to enable the Spin the Dreidel skill! This skill lets you spin a virtual top and tells you which Hebrew letter it lands on, and what resulting action you have to take. If you’ve forgotten how to play, Alexa can tell you the rules of the game, or what a particular side of the dreidel means. Have fun!

Hanukkah Trivia
Winter is also a time for the Jewish Festival of Lights. The Hanukkah Trivia skill has multiple-choice questions about the history and traditions of the event to challenge your knowledge.

Hanukkah Facts
The Hanukkah Facts skill teaches you about the celebration of Hanukkah. Learn all about the Festival of Lights by getting Alexa to tell you one of over 100 random Hanukkah facts.