The Challenge

To write a program which makes the most creative/fun/interesting use of this image:

We could deviate from the Christmas theme if we wanted, but it was up to us what we did with the image.

The Prize

This challenge was different in that the prize wasn;t JUST picking the next challenge - but the winner will got the chance to have a custom bitmap designed for them by a professional artist (that's David)! That was a prize worth having at any time - but especially at that time with the nVidia competition underway.

The Rules

This was a one off, so there were a couple of changes to the normal rules. Firstly, the Christmas Smiley image must be used in some way. To keep things simple, the image was included as data at the end of your entry, and converted using a data-to-image function. This meant no loading of files was necessary, and all entries could be tested with the usual copy-paste-execute technique.

Secondly, the judging was done by he community…