A little birdy told me that she found some money in a field just outside the town limits. Well, I sure didn't know what to think until I went to go investigate, myself. I wasn't even halfway to the fields before I tripped over something valuable in the snow! It was then that I knew Alacrity Explore was back in full effect!

You can find Christmas Explore under the Christmas menu until Boxing Day (that's the day after Christmas for those of you who didn't know XD). You gain 5 explore moves every 30 minutes, with a maximum explore limit of 30 turns at any given time.

Keep in mind that we do sometimes make mistakes and leave things laying about where they shouldn't be. Custom Accessories, Custom Companions, and Donation Items should not be included in explore. If you happen across one, please let us know right away via the Issue Hub so that we can replace it with another rare item.

Happy Exploring!

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Santa Paws his holding daily drawings for special items up until Christmas! These drawings will be posted each day both here, in the news, as well as in Mini Updates/Admin Updates, at some point before midnight. There is one prize per drawing and it's completely up to chance (haha, NOT the companion!) to choose the winner. The rules are simple and they are straightforward, but they are not to be trifled with.

Read the Rules!:
1.) Post ONCE in this thread before Midnight Ala time, on the day the thread is posted in order to be entered into the drawing. (If you post more than once, you may be disqualified from the running)
2.) You may post once per account.
3.) Players found creating more than the 2 allowed accounts to enter these contests will be BANNED from Alacrity; no exceptions. Don't do it -- we hate banning people.
4.) All Alacrity standard rules still apply! If you're not familiar with them, please take some time to do so -- you can find the link at the bottom of every page!
5.) We don't care what your post says, provided you follow the above rules, although Santa Paws is also picking a secondary winner based on criteria listed at the end of this post :)

This drawing will be for: a Magical Rubber Ball

You can find the Magical Rubber Ball thread here

The winner will receive a brand new Magical Rubber Ball, complete with all 5 uses!

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Day 7 had some great posts!
The Winner of the Three Month Upgrade (drawn completely at random) is: We Wish You A Macabre Christmas! {Macabre Poetry}! Congratulations!! You will be receiving your prize shortly :D

We had some pretty informative submissions! Last night's most unique Christmas fact was posted by:
Maxie the Blue Nosed Chatdeer:
"The world's largest Christmas stocking was measured 106 ft and 9 inches (32.56m) long and 49 ft by 1 inch (14.97m) wide. It weighed as much as five reindeer and help almost 1000 presents. It was made by the Children's Society in London on December 14, 2007."

Wow! That's a lot of pressies! I wonder what they did with them all :o

Maxie has earned a free plush of their choice for helping educate us! Good job! I will be contacting you shortly to find out which plush you'd like :)

Happy Howlidays!
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P.S. Santa Paws told me he'll pull the next round's second winner based on most interesting holiday tradition. Does your family do something fun? Do you know about an ancient, silly tradition? Post it for a chance to win! :D

Santa Paws his holding daily drawings for special items up until Christmas! These drawings will be posted each day both here, in the news, as well as in Mini Updates/Admin Updates, at some point before midnight. There is one prize per drawing and it's completely up to chance (haha, NOT the companion!) to choose the winner. The rules are simple and they are straightforward, but they are not to be trifled with.

Read the Rules!:
1.) Post ONCE in this thread before Midnight Ala time, on the day the thread is posted in order to be entered into the drawing. (If you post more than once, you may be disqualified from the running)
2.) You may post once per account.
3.) Players found creating more than the 2 allowed accounts to enter these contests will be BANNED from Alacrity; no exceptions. Don't do it -- we hate banning people.
4.) All Alacrity standard rules still apply! If you're not familiar with them, please take some time to do so -- you can find the link at the bottom of every page!
5.) We don't care what your post says, provided you follow the above rules (and it seems that perhaps the post containing the most interesting fact about Christmas may be worth something, too.)

This drawing will be for: A Three Month Upgrade!

You can find the Three Month Upgrade thread here

The winner will receive a three month upgrade, have three months added to their existing upgrade, or, if they are forever upgraded, will receive an item of comperable value :D

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Day 8 had some great posts!
The Winner of the Magical Lifelong Locket (drawn completely at random) is: Jenna&Tika! Congratulations!! You will be receiving your prize shortly :D

We had some pretty creative submissions! Last night's silliest Christmas joke was:
Inupait2's entry, which contained the joke:
"What is the best Christmas present in the world?

A broken drum - you can't beat it!."

XD This is some sound advice!

Intupait2 has earned Insta-Pups for makeing the staff giggle! Good job!

Happy Howlidays!
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P.S. Santa Paws told me he'll pull the next round's second winner based on most interesting fact about Christmas :D