Ben's Christmas Mod
Ben's Christmas Mod is a Fabric decoration mod for 1.20.1 that adds winter holiday blocks, string lights, a gingerbread man and a meringue dessert.
What it does
The mod adds festive decorative blocks in several dye colours, including placed decorative blocks and side blocks that give off light level 4. Single coloured string lights and a decorative leaf piece can be placed on walls and surfaces to dress up a room or a winter scene.
Food is part of the set. A raw gingerbread man smelts into a cooked version, and eating one restores 4 hunger points. A meringue-based dessert of the kind served in New Zealand and Australia is crafted as a building block and can be eaten in slices like a regular Minecraft cake.
The mod needs Fabric API on Fabric for 1.20.1 and runs on the client and the server, so the server and every player need it. The author describes it as a first art project, a simple set of decorative blocks and items, and the source code is public on GitHub. It is not open source; the code is under All rights reserved.
Key features
Festive decorative blocks
Winter holiday blocks and decorations come in several dye colours for placing around a build.
Light-emitting side blocks
Side blocks give off light level 4 and can be placed in a range of colours to light up walls and corners.
Single coloured string lights
String lights in one colour each hang along surfaces as a simple seasonal accent.
Gingerbread man and meringue dessert
A gingerbread man restores 4 hunger points once cooked, and a cake-style meringue dessert can be eaten in slices.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Winter builds
Players dress a village, a house or a spawn area for the holidays using the blocks and string lights.
Seasonal food
Gingerbread and the meringue dessert add holiday food to a survival or creative world.
Who it’s for: Players who want a small holiday decoration pack for Fabric 1.20.1 and server owners who want festive builds on a shared world. Both the server and each player need the mod installed.
How it compares
Midwinter is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 that is also client and server, but it is released under the MIT License and is not open source under the author's terms here. Festive Delight - Christmas eve covers Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.18.2 – 1.21.1, under a Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 4.0 license. Rainbow Christmas is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 and is also client and server.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben's Christmas Mod | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-12-19 |
| Midwinter | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-12-22 |
| Festive Delight - Christmas eve | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-06 |
| Rainbow Christmas | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-11-10 |
Questions
Does Ben's Christmas Mod need Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod installed?
Can the source code be read?
In the catalog
Ben's Christmas Mod is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Can be placed as a decorative block and available in every dye colour Can be placed on the side of blocks, gives off a light level of 4, and available in every dye colour
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/bens-christmas-mod
- Owner
- BennyMcCarthy_
- Published
- 2025-11-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15