{"id":2230,"date":"2015-12-24T01:58:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T08:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=2230"},"modified":"2024-07-20T10:11:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T17:11:07","slug":"cicada-christmas-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/cicada-christmas-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Cicada Christmas Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NJBAOdSKfQM\">cicada Christmas lights<\/a> using some LED USB Christmas lights, and some plastic cicada whistles from Australia. The song of cicadas heralds the Christmas season in many countries in the southern hemisphere like Australia. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/34103624\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/34103624\">CicadaMania Cicada Christmas Lights<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/cicadamania\">Cicada Mania<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/PC220038.jpg\" alt=\"Cicada Christmas Lights\" title=\"Cicada Christmas Lights\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/PC220038.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/PC220038-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the whistles:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/b96d_1.jpg\" alt=\"Whistles\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/b96d_1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/b96d_1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bonus Christmas Cicada stuff:<\/p>\n<p><strong>AI Santa Cicada:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ai-cicadas.webp\" alt=\"AI Santa Cicada\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ai-cicadas.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ai-cicadas-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ai-cicadas-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ai-cicadas-768x768.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is a cicada nicknamed <strong>the Kobonga Christmas Clanger<\/strong> in Australia (thx David Marshall and Kathy Hill ):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/kobonga2.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Clanger Kobanga\" width=\"640\" height=\"297\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/kobonga2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/kobonga2-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>How about a cicada Christmas Wreath?<\/strong> This wreath was made by Jenny Pate back in 2004.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/wreath_crop.jpg\" alt=\"Cicada Christmas Wreath made by Jenny Pate.\" width=\"599\" height=\"639\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/wreath_crop.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/wreath_crop-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or a <strong>Cicada Christmas Card from<\/strong> <a href=\"\/cicadas\/a-cicada-kickstarter-return-of-the-cicadas\/\">Sam Orr<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/samorr.jpg\" alt=\"Cicada Christmas card\" width=\"618\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/samorr.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/samorr-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An illustration I made a few years ago:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Xmas2023.webp\" alt=\"Cicada Christmas\" width=\"800\" height=\"1213\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Xmas2023.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Xmas2023-198x300.webp 198w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Xmas2023-675x1024.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Xmas2023-768x1164.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christmas Cards:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cicadasmerryandbright.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Card\" width=\"800\" height=\"616\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cicadasmerryandbright.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cicadasmerryandbright-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cicadasmerryandbright-768x591.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/chen-2004-01.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Card\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/chen-2004-01.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/chen-2004-01-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christmas ornaments made with cicada skins?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_2118.jpg\" alt=\"Clear Christmas ornaments with cicada exuvia\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_2118.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_2118-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_2118-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made cicada Christmas lights using some LED USB Christmas lights, and some plastic cicada whistles from Australia. The song of cicadas heralds the Christmas season in many countries in the southern hemisphere like Australia. CicadaMania Cicada Christmas Lights from Cicada Mania on Vimeo. Here&#8217;s the whistles: Bonus Christmas Cicada stuff: AI Santa Cicada: There [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}