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Christmas sounds far away, but it's closer than you think! And our favorite part of the holidays is 24 Days in Umbraco. Writing applications are now open, so if you have something awesome to share, go to the site and submit your proposal so you can be a gift that keeps on giving this season.

Sam's xStatic package has been a favorite of our editor, Janae, for some time, which means that you should definitely check out his new extension packages for deploying with Git, FTP, or Netlify! Make beautiful static websites, quick and easy, with xStatic!

If you're not aware of DotSee's Discipline package yet, then you should familiarize yourself with it's amazing features in their recent thorough blog post. Create new nodes on the fly, prevent nodes from being deleted, keep your URLs tidy by removing folders, and more - give it a peek now!

Jeroen's new Umbraco OpenID Connect example package demonstrates how to integrate OpenID Connect with external login providers for members. It’s pre-configured with a SQLite database, making it easy to download and start using right away as a great resource for secure authentication!

If you're looking for a convenient way to lock down your Umbraco 14 instance by IP address, then you should absolutely check out the update to Rutger's AccessRestriction package. Manage whitelisted IPs in a dashboard, view blocked IPs in the log, include or exclude paths to block, and it even supports Azure, Umbraco Cloud, and Cloudflare!