Holiday Countdown GIFs for Email Signatures

Animated countdown GIFs for Halloween and Christmas, perfect for email signatures and GIPHY.

Final Output Files

• halloween-compact.gif (3.5MB) - 🎃 Halloween countdown with orange/black theme
• christmas-compact.gif (3.5MB) - 🎄 Christmas countdown with red/green theme

Features

• Single line format: Clean and compact for email signatures
• Dynamic countdown: Shows days remaining until each holiday
• Themed styling: Halloween (orange/black) and Christmas (red/green)
• Small file sizes: Optimized for web use
• 365-day cycles: Automatically handles year transitions

Quick Setup

1. Install dependencies:

   npm install

2. Generate new frames (if needed):

   node generate-compact-gifs.js
   node html-to-png-compact.js

3. Create GIFs (requires ImageMagick):

   magick halloween-compact-png/*.png -delay 10 -loop 0 halloween-compact.gif
   magick christmas-compact-png/*.png -delay 10 -loop 0 christmas-compact.gif

Email Signature Usage

<!-- Halloween -->
<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/YOUR_HALLOWEEN_GIF_ID/giphy.gif" alt="Halloween Countdown" width="350">

<!-- Christmas -->
<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/YOUR_CHRISTMAS_GIF_ID/giphy.gif" alt="Christmas Countdown" width="350">

GIPHY Upload

1. Go to https://giphy.com/upload
2. Upload halloween-compact.gif and christmas-compact.gif
3. Add relevant tags: countdown, halloween, christmas, holidays, email signature
4. Use the generated GIPHY URLs in your email signature

File Structure

• halloween-compact-template.html - HTML template for Halloween frames
• christmas-compact-template.html - HTML template for Christmas frames
• generate-compact-gifs.js - Generates 365 HTML frames for each theme
• html-to-png-compact.js - Converts HTML frames to PNG images
• package.json - Node.js dependencies (Puppeteer for HTML→PNG conversion)

Generated by Claude Code 🤖