VLC Christmas Easter Egg

Today on 27th December, I used VLC media player to open a video file and I was amused to see the notification icon. The VLC cone was wearing a Santa Claus cap!

I don't know whether it came with an update, easter egg or any other reason.
Did any of you too noticed this Santa version of VLC?

Here is the close up of the icon:

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