---
title: "Season’s Greetings"
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markdown_url: "http://localhost/computer_media/seasons-greetings-2.md"
published_at: "2026-11-11T08:02:20+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-11-11T08:02:20+00:00"
author: "David Anderson"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/seasons-greetings-1.png"
excerpt: "SYNTAX's video Christmas card for the ZX80."
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    taxonomy: "post_tag"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/zx80/"
model:
  - name: "Sinclair ZX80"
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    url: "http://localhost/model/zx80/"
indiv:
  - name: "Ann Zevnik"
    slug: "ann-zevnik"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/ann-zevnik/"
  - name: "Eric K. Olson"
    slug: "eric-k-olson"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/eric-k-olson/"
  - name: "Kirtland H. Olson"
    slug: "kirtland-h-olson"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/kirtland-h-olson/"
genre:
  - name: "Holiday"
    slug: "holiday"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/holiday/"
media_type: "Program"
programmers:
  - name: "Ann Zevnik"
    slug: "ann-zevnik"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/ann-zevnik/"
  - name: "Kirtland H. Olson"
    slug: "kirtland-h-olson"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/kirtland-h-olson/"
  - name: "Eric K. Olson"
    slug: "eric-k-olson"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/eric-k-olson/"
download_url: "https://archive.org/download/timex-sinclair-software-archive/Season%27s%20Greetings%20%281980%29%28Zevnik%2C%20Ann%20-%20Olson%2C%20Kirtland%20-%20Olson%2C%20Eric%29%28ZX80%29%28US%29%28Program%29.zip"
mediadate: "1980"
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  - url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/seasons-greetings-1.png"
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    title: "Season’s Greetings"
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media_type_tags: "Holiday"
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---

# Season’s Greetings

SYNTAX’s video Christmas card for the ZX80. It draws a tree of random graphic characters row by row, widening toward the bottom, puts a trunk under it and prints HAPPY HOLIDAYS with a signature line and SYNTAX ZX80. Every RUN gives a different tree.

The signature “AZ KO EO” is the initials of the SYNTAX staff on the masthead: editor Ann L. Zevnik, publisher Kirtland H. Olson and technical consultant Eric K. Olson.

The strings in lines 450-640 spell out the greeting and signature; change them to make your own card.

Published in Syntax December 1980 ([Season’s Greetings](https://timexsinclair.com/article/seasons-greetings/)).

## Source Code

```
  49 GO TO 100
  50 FOR I=1 TO LM
  60 PRINT " ";
  70 NEXT I
  80 RETURN
  99 STOP
 100 FOR N=2 TO 16
 110 LET M=2*(N/2)-1
 120 LET LM=16-M
 130 GO SUB 50
 140 FOR J=16-M+1 TO 16+M-1
 150 LET Y=51+RND(M)
 160 IF Y=52 THEN LET X=Y
 170 IF Y>52 THEN LET X=Y-51
 180 IF Y>62 THEN LET X=222
 190 PRINT CHR$(X);
 200 NEXT J
 210 PRINT " "
 220 NEXT N
 400 LET LM=15
 410 GO SUB 50
 420 PRINT "U"
 450 LET A$="Z"
 465 LET D$="TAX"
 480 LET K$="O"
 485 LET N$=" "
 500 LET LM=9
 510 GO SUB 50
 520 PRINT "HAPPY HOLIDAYS"
 530 LET LM=12
 540 GO SUB 50
 560 PRINT "A";A$;N$;"K";K$;N$;"E";K$
 580 LET LM=13
 590 GO SUB 50
 600 PRINT "SYN";D$
 620 LET LM=14
 630 GO SUB 50
 640 PRINT A$;"X";5*4**2
```