With the Winter Holidays in full effect, it’s the perfect time to cozy up, dive back into Minecraft, and create some holiday builds. There’s no better way to make your world or multiplayer server feel festive than with the right mods.
From snow-covered landscapes to homey decorations, winter holiday mods can transform your experience into a Christmas wonderland. In this guide, we’ve rounded up the eight best Minecraft mods to celebrate the winter holidays, helping you bring holiday cheer to every block you place.
Snow! Real Magic
Starting simple, the Snow! Real Magic! mod is an adjustment mod that enriches vanilla Minecraft’s Snow behavior, especially in terms of layering on top of blocks. The mod allows you to place snow with Fences, Walls, and Tallgrass on the same block. Snow layers also have the same gravity as sand, and they can turn water sources into Ice.
This mod may seem quite subtle for the winter holidays, but it can make your Minecraft world more immersive. You can even adjust the properties and configurations for the snow behavior in the mod’s files, allowing you to shape how realistic or game-like the snow will be.
Christmas Leather Armor
If you’re feeling like Santa, then you should try this Christmas Leather Armor mod. It reconfigures Leather Armor as if it’s Santa’s outfit. There are three variations of the armor, including black, brown, and the iconic Santa red version.
You can also display this on an Armor Stand and even place it on Item Frames if you want to showcase your Christmas fits to your friends at home. It’s another fun mod that makes the winter holiday more personal as a Minecraft player.
Creatures from the Snow
Have you ever wanted to have Reindeer and more Snowy Biome creatures in Minecraft? Well, you’re in luck since the Creatures from the Snow mod adds a lot of winter content, such as Penguins, Seals, Narwhales, Reindeer, and even Snow Leopards.
Besides mobs, the mod also has items such as Chocolate, Mug of Milk, and animal drops. There are even enchantments and additional blocks, giving you a total winter holiday package with this mod.
Choice Theorem’s Overhauled Village
If you aim to shape your Minecraft village into a winter holiday destination, then you should try the Choice Theorem’s Overhauled Village mod. This mod adds new and improved Villages and Pillager Outposts to Minecraft. There are 23 village variants and 14 Pillager Outpost variants. In line with that, each is also tailored to the terrain, theme, and biome in Minecraft.
The mod is a great choice if you’re not too keen on building a Christmas village from scratch, especially if you’re working on a Minecraft world individually. It’s also a mod to consider if you and your friends don’t have time to build a village during Minecraft sessions.
Skiing
A fun mod to try is the Skiing mod. There’s no need for further explanation of this, as the mod pretty much provides you with a set of skis you can use to ski down Minecraft mountains.
You can race against your friends, travel, and just have a lot of fun with it. The mod also includes some pullovers, paintings, and even a Ski Merchant that sells skiing items.
Winter Massacre
Don’t let its name fool you. The Winter Massacre mod is more cozy than you think. It adds new Snowballs, such as icy ones, exploding ones, and snowballs that even teleport mobs when hit.
The mod is perfect if you’re looking for a fun activity besides decorating your Minecraft server during the winter holidays. You can integrate it into your world’s lore or simply have a series of fun games with the different snowballs offered by this mod.
Christmas Culinary and Decorations
Then we have Christmas Culinary and Decorations. This emulates a winter holiday feast, providing you with placeable and edible meals inspired by traditions worldwide. Plus, it has a lot of festive decorations you can use.
Experiment with a variety of meals, especially if you’re spending your Minecraft Christmas with friends from all over the world. You can customize Christmas trees, add fairy lights, stockings, and wreaths, and have some fruit cake and a roasted turkey in the comfort of your home.
Wintercraft
Last but not least is Wintercraft. It’s a mod that packages Christmas into one. You get random presents, Santa visiting, a stalking Gingerbread Man, Christmas decorations, new mobs, and a whole lot more.
The mod is compact and has everything you need to celebrate the winter holidays. Meet some winter reindeer, elves, and penguins, while enjoying some hot cocoa and cookies.