Ricky Robinett, a developer, created a Christmas hack that uses littleBits, Laravel, and Twilio to play a holiday song whenever someone sends a text message to a specific number. The device is powered by the cloudBit module, which interacts with the cloud using the cloudBit API. The mp3 player module plays an SD card containing a single Christmas song, which loops continuously when the switch is toggled. A Laravel application receives data from Twilio and makes requests to the littleBits API to trigger the device's output. When an SMS message is received, the Laravel application responds with a TwiML response that triggers the device to play music. The hack can be deployed on Heroku or ngrok for public access.