Dot to Dot - the daily 5min Alexa demo show

Meeeeeerry Christmas!! Randy Rusnak (@TheBigR on the Twitters) brings us a blast of Christmas cheer today with a very special festive Feel the Pressure. Merry Christmas everyone - have a good one guys.

Happy Christmas Eve everyone. Today the lovely Jewel ([email protected]) brings us lots of Christmas cheer with this quick quiz filled with a feast of festive song snatches.

In today's skill I *thought* that your Echo buttons flashed along in festive colours to a number of Christmas songs… but perhaps there's only one. Still, there's some thoroughly festive fun to be had with this nice skill.

Today we start with a fab trivia skill that's all about festive films, then follow up with some fascinating facts about the different Christmas traditions around the world.

Both by Hauper Technologies; first is a very straightforward skill that serves up a stunning rendition of Indian flute and drums. It's equal parts energising and exotic. Second, called 'Evening Meditation', is great for any time of the day. It's essentially the first skill taken down around a dozen notches. Both will play for a solid 3hrs.

Patrick Steggle ([email protected]) brings us a sure-fire way to tell if the delightful young people in your family have been nice enough this year to get anything from Santa this Christmas. Conversely, it can conclusively concede that there should be a lump of coal in their stocking instead.

You'll need to link today's skill to either a Facebook or Google account and I'm not quite sure why - but if scary stories by professional voice actors sound like your bag then link away… at your own risk! (Evil echoing laugh.)

Phillip Chalker is back to demo another flavour of the many skills that you can readily create using the built-in Blueprints feature. If you're into Elvis, then you can gain access to this skill by emailing Phillip at [email protected].

Today we look at two more festive skills. The first is 'A Christmas Carol' and note that there are several by that name - this one's by Lamplight Station. The second; Happy Christmas Sounds, has a feast of festive sounds - some short and some long - but all will bring almost boundless Christmas cheer.

Today we have two amazing skills brought to us by Patrick Steggle ([email protected]). The first; West World Maze is shiny and new to DTD, whilst the second; Mind Maze was covered waaaay back in episode 163 but well worth a revisit.