Hello There Clammers!
The Christmas update is NOT, I repeat NOT live in our games…yet. Right not they are doing some testing on it to make sure the 1.5 version is going OK. So a small amount of you will see the update hit your app markets.
Again, this is JUST prep work/testing. So those that get it will ONLY see the icon, Splash Screen, and snow in town. NO tasks, NO items, NO event. We will post more when it goes live.
Well…that is unless we fall asleep waiting for it to hit. It HAS been a very long day for both of us. Lol
So hang in there. We’ll get the info out when we can.
Of course the net goes down and up as we posted this. The Update IS here. We are working on stats now. Will update soon. MORE INFO COMING!!
Kindle…sorry…you know the drill 😦
Bunny & Alissa
Some more details below the fold…
Ok guys this is just like Halloween…you have to earn Cookiees to buy stuff (like Spirit vials) AND you have Holiday Cheer (like Fright points). You also have the ability to craft/create gifts at Santa’s Workshop (like the cauldron). So you guys should know a lot of the drill by now…
This event is very Lois heavy in the beginning. And a lot of short tasks that you should progress through quickly. The stopping point will come when you craft your first gift, which will take an hr. And then you’ll have another task to build the Quahog Mall, which will take 4hrs to build. If you’re looking to rest tonight…that might be your best stopping point….
New Buildings..
Quahog Mall- 50 Gingerbread. 4hr Build. Chance to drop the Star needed for Sexy Santa Lois. Also Earns 8 Gingerbread and 1 Holiday Cheer/4hrs.
Gingerbread Shack- 100 Clams. Always drops 50 Gingerbread/4hrs. Also drops 5 Holiday Cheer.
Gingerbread Trailer- 250 Clams. Always drops 250 Gingerbread/8hrs. Also drops 60 Holiday Cheer
Gingerbread House- 600 Clams. Always drops 1,000 Gingerbread/12hrs. Also drops 200 Holiday Cheer.
Note: All 3 Gingerbreads have awesome animations!
Goody Gumdrop’s- 200 Clams. Always drops rare stockings/8hrs. Also drops 12 Gingerbread and 2 Holiday Cheer/8hrs.
Christmas Griffin House- 100 Clams. Always drops 1 item needed for Sexy Santa Lois/ 6hrs. Also drops 10 Gingerbread and 2 Holiday Cheer/6hrs.
Lucky’s Orphanage- 200 Clams. Always drops rare stocking with doll/8hrs. Also earns 12 Gingerbread and 1 Holiday Cheer/8hrs.
New Decorations….
Candy Cane Posts- 25 Gingerbread.
Dickens’ Lamp- 50 Gingerbread.
Dickenstein’s Lamp- 50 Gingerbread
Smooching Archway- 75 Gingerbread
Festive Arches in Blue- 75 Gingerbread
Medium Christmas Tree- 75 Gingerbread
Pile of Presents- 25 Gingerbread
Snowman- 25 Gingerbread
10 Secret Santa Gifts- 50 Clams. 10 Gifts to give to your neighbors!
Buildings to Repair…
Train Station- Requires 200 Gingerbread and 8hrs. DO NOT DO THIS UNTIL YOU’RE READY….it triggers a timed event for a character! See below..
Note: It looks like TinyCo has learned from Halloween…and you cannot repair the Train Station until the task triggers. Progress through quiet a bit of the main questline and then the quest will trigger. Be patient.. 🙂
New Character/Skin…
Sexy Santa Lois!
Sexy Santa Lois starts once you’ve started the Naughty or Nice quest….(this happens around Part 6 or 7 of Miracle on Spooner Street) Here’s what you’ll need to unlock her:
500 Gingerbread Cookies (Game Currency…once you use them for her they will disappear)
15 Christmas Stars (Uncommon)- Earned by: Make Jerome Play Ball OR Make Chris Nose Goblins OR Make Cleveland Grab a Beer OR Get from Quahog Mall OR Get From Christmas Griffin House
7 Santa Dresses (Rare)- Earned By: Make Lois Freshen Up OR Make Bonnie Go to Ladies Night OR Get From Smith House OR Get From Christmas Griffin House
5 Mistletoe (Rare)- Earned by: Make Peter Put Up the Tree OR Make Quagmire Enjoy Carrots OR Get From Christmas Griffin House
For those curious…the rush rate is around 300 Clams (depending on how many Gingerbread you have)
Jasper!
Brian’s family is coming to Quahog! And Jasper can be found at the Quahog Train Station….BUT be WARNED. Once you repair the train station you only have 7 Days to Unlock him! So DO NOT repair the train station until you’re ready.
Here’s what you’ll need to unlock Jasper:
Happy Greek- Get the Happy Greek From a Holiday Gift Box
Dance Studio- Get the Dance Studio From a Striped Gift Box
Cheer Stage- Get the Cheer Stage from a Striped Gift Box.
Or you can instantly unlock for 300 clams.
Squatters
There are two types of Squatters with the event…Snowmen and Mall Santa’s (and apparently CIA Agents, as they’re still roaming the streets of my Quahog!)
Snowmen
Just tap them and they’ll go away. Plus you’ll earn event currency!
Mall Santa’s
For these you will need Sexy Santa Lois and/or Jasper to clear. Each Mall Santa takes 2hrs to clear and earns you 10 Gingerbread and 2 Holiday Cheer. Plus the chance for a doll to drop!
Christmas Challenge:
Give Me A Sign…
Triggers by Peter AFTER you Craft Sexy Santa Lois.
Clear 10 Mall Santa’s in 4 Days and you’ll unlock the North Pole sign!
Collect ALL the weekly prizes for the Grand Prize (not announced yet)
Santa’s Workshop…
Craft presents using items you collect! As of week 1 there are 2 present options…
Holiday Gift Box- Each one is 150 Gingerbread and 5 Candy Canes.
Striped Gift Box- Each one is 300 Gingerbread, 5 Candy Canes and 5 Dolls
You won’t know what’s inside until you’ve crafted it!
Here’s how you earn..
Candy Canes: Earned By: Clearing Snowmen OR Get from Goody Gumdrop’s
Doll- Earned By: Clearing Mall Santas OR Get from Lucky’s Orphanage
The boxes do take time to craft. The first one takes 1hr…
And once it’s complete you’ll see this popup…
Again you won’t know what’s inside until you open it. So head over to the Tree and open up your new gift! 🙂
Holiday Cheer…
Collect Holiday Cheer to upgrade your Christmas tree! The bigger the tree/cheer the more Squatters will come to Quahog! (Mall Santa’s and Snowmen)
And yes…as of right now there are Clam rewards when you reach a new Level. Follow along with The Cheer Squad questline to earn clams for reaching cheer levels!
Secret Santa…
For the first time during a TQFS Event there’s a Social Element to it! (Remember the only way to have friends in this game is via Facebook. And if you’re looking for friends check out our Add Me Thread here.)
You can leave a Secret Santa Gift for a neighbor…and they’ll get rewards for it and you’ll get a chance for Clams! (and rewards too!)
Below is from the in game FAQs. This will explain it better than I can at 3:30 am…
How does Social Gifting work?
Bonnie can create Secret Santa Gifts by performing the “Wrap a Gift” action. You’ll be able to see how many Secret Santa Gifts you have by viewing the counter on the Multiverse button.
When you visit an eligible friend’s Quahog, you’ll see a button on the top right corner of the screen with the number of Secret Santa Gifts you own. If you tap on it, you’ll leave your friend a box that they can open to receive wonderful prizes. You can gift each friend one gift box each day.
Whenever you give a friend a Secret Santa Gift, you’ll also receive Christmas Cookies and a chance for clams!
How do I open Secret Santa Gifts?
When you receive a Secret Santa Gift, you’ll see a message telling you to open the box by your Christmas tree. To open it, tap on the box!
You can open one Secret Santa Gift per day. If you receive more than one box per day, you’ll be able to open another after 24 hours have passed.
Santa’s Wish List…
Fulfill various wishes (usually via the Crafting part) to unlock Santa for your Quahog!
How do I use the Christmas Wishlist?
Tap on Santa’s Sleigh to access the Christmas Wishlist. You can fulfill wishes by collecting the items that characters have asked for. Fulfilling a wish unlocks a new Christmas action for that character.
How do I get Santa?
If you complete every wish on the Christmas Wishlist, you’ll receive Santa!
District 10…
You’ll notice it’s there…but it’s locked! The land is smokey and you can’t access it just yet. It’s coming soon…so be patient and enjoy Christmas! 🙂
And that’s it for Phase 1 of Christmas!
What do YOU think of Christmas so far? Thoughts on the snow in Quahog? What about the way the event is set up? Sound off in the comments below, you know we LOVE hearing from you!
Family Guy Addicts 
Did anybody else notice that at first a cppl ppl could earn cookies that can’t now? I put pink brian on a quest early this morning to earn some but when I checked back, his cookie earning abilitys had vanished. George Takai is on his 24 hr quest, but it doest show that I am going to get the cookies for it now
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I think it was a temporary glitch, as they don’t have tasks in my game. I think it was showing the spirit vial tasks
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Can you tell us the gifts the Holiday Box has? Mine kinda crashed when I clicked to see What they have. Just got the thing Chris needs for Santa.
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Post coming 🙂
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Great, thanks 🙂
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ok, so I don’t get it…where is santa’s sleigh to tap on? I really can’t find it…
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ok, never mind. guess i am not patient enough.
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Bunny Alissa, do you guys know that tinyco replayed klaus timer, stan just activated it for me righg now and I ended up getting him becauseI got 4 more extra days
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Yup…
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He means that he got another 4 days even after activating the quest the first time, he was able to dp it once more today after the american dad event ended, so he technically got 8 days for Klaus.
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We know…shhh…it is a good thing. You are welcome. 😉
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I swear Pink Brian had all these tasks that dropped Gingerbread last night. This morning they are gone…
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I think it was a glitch showing Spirit Vial tasks. It’s been corrected now.
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Omg omg omg! Jesus is on santas wish list to craft stuff for. Could that mean….? Ooo I dont want to jinx it. I sent both my workers to clear the new land last night so I have to wait a while to build the mall. But I love my snow covered town. Im tempted to nuke it and just build a giant winter wonderland.
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What is the most important to collect at the moment, gingerbread man or stockings? which one will pay off in the long run
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Gingerbread men are the game currency…so anything you buy will need those (even presents).
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On Santa’s wishlist, I see Jesus.
Do we get to unlock him later on? Or you guys unlocked him from previous events?
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He’s in one of the present boxes..
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My game keeps crashing when I try to open the first mystery box required for the quest. Any ideas on how I can get around this? The quest won’t proceed.
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2 options. First try uninstall/reinstall. If that doesn’t work contact TinyCo an let them know and see if they can troubleshoot it for you..
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has anyone mentioned if its possible to reach cheer lvl 10 immediately. or is it a cheer level a week like the previous portal upgrades.
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I don’t have friends to visit as I didn’t want to clog up my Facebook with people I don’t know so I didn’t think I’d be able to participate in the secret Santa part. However I’ve just discovered ollieland sends out secret Santa gifts, yay
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Someone sent me a present and when I went to open it didn’t give me anything and it just disappeared. How can I get it back?
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Per TinyCo:
If you’re playing on Android, pressing the back button while opening the Gift Box will cancel the animation but the prize will always be awarded to your inventory . If you’ve won a building or decoration, it will be placed at the very end of your inventory. Materials you’ve won will be reflected in your item count.
If you experience a crash while opening the Gift Box, don’t worry! Similarly, the prize will always be awarded to your inventory. If you can’t find a new building or decoration in your inventory, check your item counts for new materials.
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Ok, we need a different way of adding “friends”. I do not want to add a bunch of strangers to my facebook account so I can utilize the “social” aspect of this game, nor do I want to create a fake facebook account. That other game is MUCH better in this regards as it doesn’t force people to use facebook.
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For the gift boxes, can you repeat them and get different prizes or do the prizes repeat?
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Looks to be unique prizes.
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So how do we get there gifts for Santas list? From gifts under tree? Srry I’m kinda confused.
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From crafting gifts.
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So I got up showered and prepared for work as usual which obviously includes sending my FGQFS characters on some long tasks.. and THEN checked this site. I don’t know what I was thinking. Anyway I got the update and.. Klaus’ timer restarted? Is that a thing??
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lol you should be checking us from bed. Should be the first thing you do when you wake up 😉
And yes…it’s a thing 🙂
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How do I fulfil santa’s wishlist? I have no idea what I did to make Chris’ desk it just appeared
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Craft gifts at the Workshop
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I didn’t see anything about the chicken – the tree – etc. Thanks
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What do you mean? In your game or in this post?
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i just updated from the normal version of the game. and the loading screen was displayed. it then crashes and now when i try to open the game i just get a black screen. I have even uninstalled and cleared app cache and reinstalled but it still wont load for me 😦
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Contact TinyCo and let them know what’s going on with your game….they should be able to help you Troubleshoot it.
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Is it normal that there is Jo build icon at that station thing?
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Yes. I think after the fiasco with Dianne they basically are preventing people from unlocking it until the quest pops up.
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Would love to see some more characters earning cheer and/or g.bread. Using up some of those premium characters we worked so hard for would be nice. Also do you think you’ll be able to cobble together a little list of what actions for whom do produce them, like you did for vials etc on Halloween event, in the not to distant future.
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No Christmas event yet but got a second chance to get klaus. Timer reset.
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Anyone know if we can get santa wishlist items without having the specific carechter?
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Btw, i got 2 of the cheapest mystery boxes and so far i got the happy greek building that drops stars for lois and a drunken clam xmas skin that drops misltoes for lois
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Yes. They’re prizes just crafted at the Workshop.
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When can I start the quest for jasper? It’s santa and jasper I’m only trying to get in this update, I maganged to get all the smiths in the last update and hoping to get these 2 characters
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Make the Yuletide Gay questline starts it. Progress through the questline a bit more and it’ll trigger.
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Where is the Santa’s sleigh?
Btw, The game looks sooo beautiful!!!
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Christmas District
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Where is Santas sleigh to access the wish list?
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Christmas District
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So cool! My town is getting very crowded though (have all the characters walking around). I seem to remember that there was an issue in inventorying some of the characters. Has that glitch been fixed?
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As far as I know yes. I’ve got a bunch of characters stored.
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OO more land starting at 50k a plot to 150k a plot on the top left
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Also There’s a holiday skin for the drunken clam in the holiday gift box. 12 gingerbread and 2 holiday cheer every 12 hours also has a chance to drop mistletoe for sexy Santa Lois
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Has anyone else noticed that Babs is gone from the menu where u buy characters?
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Yes..think it’s just a temporary change.
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Little Help: Where is the Santas Sleigh?
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Christmas District
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Would you give us a rundown of what characters and actions earn cookies? Thanks! This update is helpful, as always!
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Post coming 🙂
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I know it’s early but is there any indication from tiny co that if buildings like Luckys orphanage will have a skin after Christmas? I’d be much more inclined to purchase it if I know it’s not going to look weird in my town later with snow all year
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My guess is yes….not not 100% sure.
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OMG…. PLEASE let there be NO mini minions this event. I dont know if i could handle them again
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I totally agree!
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I’m not quite sure on how I get the proper gifts for the wish list. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Tap on Santa’s Sleigh in the Christmas District…that’ll have the list popup and tell you what you need to get. Prizes are gotten from crafting gifts from the workshop.
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So far I’ve unwrapped the happy Greek building Brian’s insperation table and a skate pond and I’ve just noticed the Claus deco timer is back up I don’t know if it’s a glitch but I wasn’t interested the first time lol but with only one more muffin for francine I can say il have to have it this time lol and also everything seems a bit overwhelming at present and don’t know what to concrete on espessially since this is only phase 1 Aaaahhh!
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Should I get the Griffin Christmas house?
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It’s not a bad idea…it does drop a LOT of items needed for Lois.
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This is very helpful thank you!!
Would it be possible to list all the characters and buildings (we already own) that will give us stuff for this event?
Thanks in advance 🙂
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Yes…a post will be coming.
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Thank you
I usually set up my town by the stuff that gives me the items I need
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Any idea when the update will be available for kindle?
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Not at this time
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If my game is already connected to a Facebook account can I change the account or does that reboot my game?
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I believe you can do it..BUT you have to be really careful doing it. This is direct from TinyCo on how to:
If you are currently connected to a Facebook account, you’ll see a blue “Delete Facebook” button in the Account Info page. This button will delete the link between your game and your Facebook profile. After the game has been unlinked, players can connect it to the desired profile.
This is a completely different feature from the “Change User” button, which will let you sign in to a different profile or load another town.
I strongly recommend having players interested in unlinking their accounts write down their PlayerIDs before attempting this.
So make sure you write your PlayerID down BEFORE doing this…it can be found here:
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I got Drunken Clam Christmas skin as present.
Christmas Cheer 2/12hrs
Gingerbread Men 12/12hrs
Missile Toe (chance)
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Havent opened a present yet, but it sounds like it has a luck element to it. Can you unlock the 3 buildings then build Jesper? Or do those buildings only go in to rotation once you’ve built The train station?
i’m assuming its the first one but thought I’d make sure 😛
Also, how come I got klaus? Did they give him to everyone because they messed up the timer? (Started before the ship)
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You can unlock them and then get Jasper.
(And yes…everyone got more Klaus time)
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I’ve upgraded and it looks like I’ve lost 300 clams! I had around 475 sitting in my bank and it’s down yo around 175! WTH!! Looks like I have to contact support.
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Guys can you add me ill swap secret santana gifts?
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Weird. I had a huge update in the Kindle store last night. Took forever. Thought it was Christmas but it wasn’t. Just recently showed up as well. Man, I hate having to start these events 24-48 hours after everyone else. All the companies involved play the blame game as well.
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I think I might buy my girlfriend a Sexy Lois costume for Christmas. I’m not sure if she’d appreciate wearing a Lois mask though!
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I wish they hadn’t rolled out the gifting part until they enable players to have friends via other social networks. Hate to miss out on another thing in the game because previous poster is right, it’s getting too clam heavy. I don’t mind shelling out bucks for occasional premium characters but there are too many events, too many timed tasks that require clams to complete. A little disappointed.
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I need to get the drafting table, do you know which gift box it’s in? (Holiday or striped?) thanks in advance 🙂
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Holiday
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So, just to confirm, the wishlist items are all random drop prizes from the crafted gift boxes?
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Yes
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Question?? My train station is in tact. When will I be prompted to rebuild it.? I would like to start on that ASAP. This event is a lil shorter than the others by already starting late (dec5) and ending dec 31. That’s only 26 days compared to the usual 30/32 days alloted. I must be a nerd but that’s ok cuz I need my days!!!
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My guess is with the fiasco with Dianne at Christmas they’ve locked that ability until the task actually triggers for you…
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Got the xmas update but sad to see tbe smiths go. Will they be back, i finally saved enough for roger and woke up to snowmen
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