feat: make Houston festive for the holiday season (#9358)

* feat: make Houston festive for the holiday season

* fix: change changeset to minor

3 files changed, 30 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/.changeset/small-numbers-wink.md b/.changeset/small-numbers-wink.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9c9b9c03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/small-numbers-wink.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-astro': minor
+---
+
+feat: make Houston festive for the holiday season
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/actions/context.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/actions/context.ts
index ae720a1b3..a7f2e6d8c 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/src/actions/context.ts
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/actions/context.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export async function getContext(argv: string[]): Promise<Context> {
 		projectName,
 		template,
 		ref: ref ?? 'latest',
-		hat: fancy ? random(['🎩', '🎩', '🎩', '🎩', '🎓', '👑', '🧢', '🍦']) : undefined,
+		hat: random(['❄️', '🎄', '🎁']), // fancy ? random(['🎩', '🎩', '🎩', '🎩', '🎓', '👑', '🧢', '🍦']) : undefined,
 		yes,
 		install: install ?? (noInstall ? false : undefined),
 		git: git ?? (noGit ? false : undefined),
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts
index 09675740a..6e2bcb956 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts
@@ -40,24 +40,30 @@ export async function spinner(args: {
 export const title = (text: string) => align(label(text), 'end', 7) + ' ';
 
 export const welcome = [
-	`Let's claim your corner of the internet.`,
-	`I'll be your assistant today.`,
-	`Let's build something awesome!`,
-	`Let's build something great!`,
-	`Let's build something fast!`,
-	`Let's build the web we want.`,
-	`Let's make the web weird!`,
-	`Let's make the web a better place!`,
-	`Let's create a new project!`,
-	`Let's create something unique!`,
-	`Time to build a new website.`,
-	`Time to build a faster website.`,
-	`Time to build a sweet new website.`,
-	`We're glad to have you on board.`,
-	`Keeping the internet weird since 2021.`,
-	`Initiating launch sequence...`,
-	`Initiating launch sequence... right... now!`,
-	`Awaiting further instructions.`,
+	// `Let's claim your corner of the internet.`,
+	// `I'll be your assistant today.`,
+	// `Let's build something awesome!`,
+	// `Let's build something great!`,
+	// `Let's build something fast!`,
+	// `Let's build the web we want.`,
+	// `Let's make the web weird!`,
+	// `Let's make the web a better place!`,
+	// `Let's create a new project!`,
+	// `Let's create something unique!`,
+	// `Time to build a new website.`,
+	// `Time to build a faster website.`,
+	// `Time to build a sweet new website.`,
+	// `We're glad to have you on board.`,
+	// `Keeping the internet weird since 2021.`,
+	// `Initiating launch sequence...`,
+	// `Initiating launch sequence... right... now!`,
+	// `Awaiting further instructions.`,
+	`Ho, ho, ho! 'Tis the season to code and create.`,
+	`Jingle all the way through your web creation journey!`,
+	`Let's unwrap the magic of the web together!`,
+	`Bells are ringing, and so are your creative ideas!`,
+	`It's starting to look a lot like Christmas on the internet.`,
+	`It's time to decorate the web with your festive ideas!`
 ];
 
 export const getName = () =>