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[Zerxer]

Hello all! I've been extremely busy between being a new father and now a new homeowner, so I apologize if I haven't been as active lately, and for the brevity of this post.

First of all, to those who observe it, Hanukkah Sameach!

This evening is the start of Hanukkah, which ends in the evening of December 6th. Normally we have our Hanukkah event overlap it, but because it begins before December, I hope everyone is OK with it being delayed a few days.

I have two main reasons for this: 1) the SWSH is wrapping up, so everyone is focusing on Deerling; 2) we promised that the prize shop from the last event would remain active through the end of November.

With that in mind, the Hanukkah event will begin December 1st and run through December 12th, giving it 12 days like previous years. It will use the new event system, with the prize shop available to everyone, rather than the leaderboard-style of previous years. The dreidel will be active, so besides earning a coin for nearly every event Pokémon you hatch, you will be able to gamble your coins before spending them for a chance at winning more. You will also earn 15 coins for each Scavenger Hunt task completed.

For this year, since it is a Festival of Lights, the theme will be some Pokémon that glow in some way.

The Hanukkah event

• Begins: Tuesday, November 30th at 11:55pm EST (site reset), which is two nights after Hanukkah begins.
• Ends: Sunday, December 12th at 11:55pm EST (site reset), which is six nights after Hanukkah ends.

- Charmander
- Ponyta
- Staryu
- Cyndaquil
- Chinchou
- Mareep
- Duskull
- Chimchar
- Rotom
- Litwick
- Cryogonal
- Inkay
- Phantump
- Minior
- Rolycoly

We may add more on to this list before or after the event begins.

Scavenger Hunt
This month's Scavenger Hunt will also begin on Tuesday, November 30th at 11:55pm EST (site reset) and will end on Wednesday, December 15th at 11:55pm EST (site reset), but you'll only earn 15 coins for completing a task until the Hanukkah event ends (see above end date and time). So for December, the hunt will run in the first half of the month, starting immediately after this month's SWSH ends.

Explorations
The two Christmas explorations, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and "Secret of Christmas", have always been activated and will run through the end of the month, unless we continue to forget to disable them.

Secret Santa Exchange
Deposits will be open sometime on Wednesday the 22nd and will last thru Saturday the 25th, with the exchange itself happening after reset. I will post additional information around that time, but it'll work about the same as previous years.

New Year's Raffle
This will work the same as always: you'll have a day to be as active as possible, and for every 2022 points of Activity Score earned, you'll get one entry. We'll then distribute a certain number of prizes (be it a voucher for a new Pokémon, or something else ... tbd), and you'll have a chance to get one based on the number of entries you earned (you are not guaranteed a prize, regardless of how many entries you earned). More information will come as we near the end of the month.