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Nothing makes life cozier than a roaring fire in a fireplace. But what happens when you can’t snuggle in front of a fireplace?
Maybe your home doesn’t have a fireplace. Or maybe you have a fireplace but you’re traveling and missing the comforts of home. Or maybe you’re in a warm climate and don’t want the heat an actual fire would give.
Virtual fireplaces can make your life cozier without actually burning anything. You can enjoy a virtual fireplace no matter where you are and no matter what the temperature is outside.
So kick back, relax, and start snuggling up to these virtual fireplaces.
YouTube
Enjoy the sights and sounds of a crackling fire with the many fireplace videos on YouTube. In fact, if you have a gas fireplace and want to hear a wood-burning fire, you can play these videos in the background to enjoy the comforting sounds.
Start playing a YouTube fireplace video and be lulled to sleep by the virtual warmth of a fire, without having to worry about burning embers igniting a blaze.
This virtual fireplace HD video is almost two hours long and comes complete with cracking sounds:
https://youtu.be/NiqM3lVirkw
If you’re a fan of adorable puppies (and who isn’t?), check out this YouTube video from Hulu, Puppies Crash Christmas, that has the benefit of cuteness and comfort:
Netflix
Netflix has a classic fireplace channel that has virtually warmed hearts over the years. The Fireplace 4K: Crackling Birchwood from Fireplace for Your Home video, Birchwood Edition, directed by George Ford, is available to watch streaming or you can download it to watch offline later.
Learn more at => Netflix Now Allows You to Download Videos
This 4K Ultra-HD video runs for an hour and comes with the sound of crackling wood.
Roku
If you have a Roku streaming media player, check out the Virtual Fireplace Channel. The Roku Virtual Fireplace Channel includes the cracking sounds of wood burning in the fireplace.
For even more virtual fireplace resources see => Warm Up to a Virtual Fireplace!
Websites
You can also enjoy the comfort of a virtual fireplace on various websites. Enlarge the videos to watch them in full screen or make the window smaller to have the fireplace enhance your screen environment as you work on a project.
virtual-fireplace.net is a website that lets you choose the style of virtual fireplace you’d like to enjoy. Choose from videos of Christmas fireplaces or simply listen to fire sounds.
This website also offers Christmas music and nature sounds you can play in the background to make the most of the mood.
freefireplaces.com is a more simple website with a fire burning in an elegant fireplace. The video is only three minutes long but runs on a loop so you can enjoy these flames endlessly. Choose from a pixelated fire, HD and/or full screen for your best experience.
Alexa
If you have an Echo device, use Alexa skills to virtually warm your environment.
Cosy Fireplace can play crackling fireplace sounds to bring an ambience of coziness to your home.
Use the screen of your Echo Show or Spot to play a video of a fireplace with burning logs. The Fire Place Video skill will play a fireplace video, along with the sounds of a fire burning. This Alexa skill is available in these languages: English (AU), English (CA), English (GB), English (IN), English (US), German (DE).
Fireplace for Echo Show is another Alexa skill you can use to play a video of a burning fire on the screen of your Echo Show or Spot.
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Your Thoughts
Have you ever wanted the coziness of a fire but didn’t have a fireplace? Have you ever enjoyed the sights and sounds of a virtual fireplace? Do you have any suggestions for a virtual fireplace?
Share your thoughts in the Comments section below!
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*Fireplace with steaming mug image (edited) courtesy of Pixabay via Pexels and Creative Commons
**Two people in front of fireplace image (edited) courtesy of Sergei Solo via Unsplash and Creative Commons
Dear Carolyn,
How wonderful! I hope you are enjoying your very own virtual crackling fire place, too.
Thanks for sharing this. It is something I would never have thought to even search for.
Warm regards,
Carol
Hi Carol, Thank you. Yes, this article was a lot of fun to research and write. You’re right, you never know what you need until you find it! I hope you enjoy some of these virtual fireplaces, Carol.
I made good use of YouTube’s this year, in more than one setting.
Hi David, Yes, there are many wonderful fireplace videos on YouTube. The one in this article was very highly rated, but there are plenty of others you may enjoy.