2006 Holiday events

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The Santa Rampage logo.

The 2006 Holiday events began with the introduction of Santa Hats and Candy Cane trinkets to the palace shoppe on December XXth. Santa hats cost 1,000 PoE for red, and 3,000 PoE for any other of the 18 colors. Candy canes cost 1,000 PoE, and also cost 1 doubloon on green oceans.

Santa Rampage

The scores on the Ice Ocean on Christmas Eve.

The highlight of the Holiday events was the Santa Rampage event which started on December 23rd and ended on January 1st. All players were divided into seven hordes (each named "Santa Claus" in various languages) upon logging into the game:

**Team names and origins**
Team	Origin	Icon
Babadimri	Albanian term for Father Christmas
Ded Moroz	Дед Мороз, Russian for Grandfather Frost
Dyado Koleda	Дядо Коледа, Bulgarian for Grandfather Christmas
Jultomten	Swedish for Father Christmas
Sinterklaas	Festival in the Netherlands and Belgium[1]
Vader Kersfees	South African term for Father Christmas
Viejo Pascuero	Chilean version of Santa Claus

Interestingly, the name Santa Rampage is derived from a festival in Austin, Texas

Each time a player took part in a 1-on-1 challenge versus a player of a different team, the results were recorded and tallied toward the weekend total for each horde. The standings for each horde were regularly tallied and updated on a special "Competition!" tab of the notice board. At the conclusion of the Santa Rampage, the winning team members were awarded "Plunder Puddings." Each participating member on all teams received an award, which took the form of an untradeable trinket.

A scene with all the types of snow-related furniture.

In addition, various extra festive furniture items were added to the game, including snowmen and snow blocks which could only be placed outside (for example in gardens). The furniture would "melt" with the rest of the snow special effects. At the same time, Bearded Santa Hats were also introduced. Snow also returned, taking the place of grass floor tiles.

Alpha Island during the festive season. Note the icy sea, the bearded females, Santa Rampage icons, and snow. Also note that the deluxe hats changed a pirate's hair color to white.

On the same day, a PoEmail was sent out to all players who had registered an email address with Three Rings. It contained a link to obtain a free festive outfit consisting of a red Bearded Santa Hat, black Santa boots, as well as a random piece of old, red coloured torso and legs clothing.

Pirates could out opt by going to Ye > Options > General and disabling "special event effects." Players who opted out could still participate in the team competition.

Results

The results of the Santa Rampage competition were as follows:

**2006 Santa rampage**
Standing	Cobalt	Hunter	Ice	Midnight	Opal	Sage	Viridian	Prize
First	Sinterklaas	Ded Moroz	Babadimri	Sinterklaas	Jultomten	Jultomten	Dyado Koleda	Plunder Pudding
Second	Babadimri	Viejo Pascuero	Ded Moroz	Dyado Koleda	Babadimri	Ded Moroz	Ded Moroz	Gingerbread Mate
Third	Dyado Koleda	Sinterklaas	Vader Kersfees	Jultomten	Ded Moroz	Dyado Koleda	Jultomten	Yule Log
Fourth	Vader Kersfees	Dyado Koleda	Dyado Koleda	Babadimri	Sinterklaas	Sinterklaas	Babadimri	Grog Nog
Fifth	Jultomten	Babadimri	Viejo Pascuero	Viejo Pascuero	Vader Kersfees	Babadimri	Vader Kersfees	Mulled Wine
Sixth	Ded Moroz	Jultomten	Sinterklaas	Ded Moroz	Dyado Koleda	Vader Kersfees	Sinterklaas	Hot Cocoa
Seventh	Viejo Pascuero	Vader Kersfees	Jultomten	Vader Kersfees	Viejo Pascuero	Viejo Pascuero	Viejo Pascuero	Lemon Snow Cone