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The 2008 [[Winter Event]] runs from December 15th, 2008 through January 4th, 2008. It was much like the [[Winter Event 2007]], with the addition of a new, more challenging slalom style ski run.

[[Image:Ear Muffs.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Ear Muffs]]
== Login Rewards ==
Players who logged in during the event received the [[Frostbitten Badge]], as well as the [[Holiday Spirit]] temporary power, a single use of the [[Holiday Cheer]] power, and the [[Unlockable Costume Pieces#Ear Muff|Ear Muff]] costume option.
{{BadgeBox|Frostbitten}}

{{PowerBox|Icon=Temporary HolidayGift.png|Name=[[Holiday Spirit]]|Effect=Special|Desc=Any debt you incur is reduced by 25%. This effect lasts for 2 days of gameplay.}}
{{PowerBox|Icon=Temporary HolidayCheer.png|Name=[[Holiday Cheer]]|Effect=Special|Desc=This is a gift you can give to someone special.}}

'''Holiday Cheer''' can be targeted on another player and when used will give that player a single instance of the [[Mystery Gift]] power.
{{PowerBox|Icon=Temporary HolidayMysteryGift.png|Name=[[Mystery Gift]]|Effect=Special|Desc=Someone special has given you a gift. What could it be?}}

== Mystery Gifts ==
'''Mystery Gifts''' are random benefits gained by being the target of the Holiday Cheer power (see above) and/or by opening [[Winter_Event_2007#Gamester.27s_Presents|Gamester's Presents]], which are [[glowie]]s that appear in most zones during the event.

Once received, Gifts can be activated to receive one of a number of things. Most of the time (60% chance) the gift will give 250 [[Inf]] or 250 [[Prestige]], depending on whether the player is in SG mode or not. The rest of the time (40% chance) the player will receive one of the following rewards:

{{PowerBox|Icon=Temporary WarWolfWhistle.png|Name=[[Build Snow Beast]]|Effect=Summon|Desc=Creates one Snow Beast to do your bidding. Snow Beasts desire nothing more than to freeze everything they come into contact with. You only have 1 Snow Beast and he will last for 5 minutes before melting. You cannot bring your snow beast across zones.}}
{{PowerBox|Icon=Inherent Brawl.png|Name=[[Snowball]]|Effect=Ranged Special|Desc=Can be used on friend and foe alike. Although there are no lasting effects when these frozen missiles are hurled, who doesn't love throwing a snowball? Snowballs should last 12 days. Happy Holidays!}}
{{PowerBox|Icon=Temporary AntigravityMatrix.png|Name=[[Holiday Rocket Pack]]|Effect=Self Fly|Desc=This jet pack allows you to fly for a short period. If you attack a target while this pack is on, your flight speed will be temporarily reduced to Hover speed. This Rocket Pack will last for 30 days.}}

*[[Image:Stocking Cap closeup.jpg|thumb|100px|Stocking Cap]] [[Unlockable Costume Pieces#Stocking Cap|Stocking cap]] costume piece
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== Ski Chalet ==
[[Image:Ski Chalet 01.jpg|right|thumb|200px|{{center|Father Time's Ski Chalet}}]]

As usual for Winter Events, the [[Ski Chalet]] in [[Pocket D]] returned, including [[Father Time]]. The area is accessed via a door upstairs in the villain side of the Pocket D club. The Chalet itself is home to Father Time, plus a new NPC, the [[Candy Keeper]]. The surrounding area has ski slopes where characters can go skiing, and Gravity Geysers (as in the [[Shadow Shard]]) to quickly return to the top.

The Chalet's island gives access to the map area outside the main Pocket D club, including the floating truck (location of the [[Trucker Badge]]) between the Chalet and the club. The truck is reachable via flight, super jump, or teleportation. Without those powers, the [[Good Versus Evil Edition|GvE]] [[Inherent_Powers#Jump_Pack|Jump Pack]] is enough to get to the badge. If you have no temporary or permanent travel powers, assistance is needed. The truck is only available when the Chalet is open.
{{BadgeBox|Trucker}}

=== Father Time and Baby New Year ===
''Main Article: [[Father Time]]''

Father Time presents to players a mission to save the [[Baby New Year]]. Like the [[Valentine's Event]], this is a cooperative mission which allows combined teams of heroes and villains.

==== Badges ====
Completing this mission earns the player a choice of one of four different badges. Two of the badges unlock costume pieces, two grant temporary powers. Father Time's mission can be accepted an unlimited number of times by any character, so it is quite easy to run it four times and earn all the different rewards (or five times for the [[Toothbreaker Badge]]).

{{BadgeBox|Crystallized}}
{{BadgeBox|Frosty}}
{{BadgeBox|Miraculous}}
{{BadgeBox|Joyful}}
{{BadgeBox|Gifted}}

Several enemy defeat badges may also be earned, including two that are normally available only to heroes (for defeating [[Red Caps]] and [[Tuatha de Dannan]]) but which may be earned by villains during the event. The mission cannot be reset for [[farming]] purposes, so you must complete the mission (or have the whole team log out) in order to get a new set of enemies to defeat.
{{BadgeBox|Cold Warrior}}
{{BadgeBox|Toothbreaker}}
{{BadgeBox|Cap Buster}}
{{BadgeBox|Bane of Dannan}}

====Temporary Powers ====
{{PowerBox|Icon=Temporary TearGas.png|Name=[[Golden Rings]]|Effect=Ranged, Minor Damage(Energy), Foe: Hold|Desc=Although this power deals very little damage, the Golden Rings encase your foe, holding him helpless in place for a while. This power will last 12 days. Damage: Minor, Recharge: Long}}
{{PowerBox|Icon=Temporary Mayhem SelfResurrect.png|Name=[[Renewal of Light]]|Effect= Self Rez, Special|Desc=A guardian spirit will watch over you for the next 8 days. If you are defeated during that time, activating this power will restore you so you may continue the battle. The restoration blasts nearby foes with an explosion, knocking them down and disorienting them. You will revive with about half of your hit points and endurance. You will be invulnerable for a brief time and protected from xp debt for 20 seconds.}}

Note that, for the temporary powers, if the specific powers (and badge) were earned previously (even in a previous year's event), they cannot be re-earned again this year from this mission. Selecting that choice of mission reward will result in no reward at all. They can, however, be reacquired by purchasing with [[#Candy Canes|Candy Cane]] event salvage.

[[Image:Winter2006-costumepieces.png|right|thumb|120px|{{center|Winter Costume pieces}}]]
=== Costume Pieces ===
*[[Unlockable_Costume_Pieces#Ear_Muff|Ear Muffs]] are awarded with [[Gifted Badge|Gifted]], but also with [[Cold Front Badge|Cold Front]] if for some reason you do not have the Gifted badge.
*[[Unlockable_Costume_Pieces#Furry_Boots|Furry Boots]] are awarded upon receiving the [[Frosty Badge]].
*[[Unlockable_Costume_Pieces#Furry_Gloves|Furry Gloves]] are awarded upon receiving the [[Crystallized Badge]].

=== Time Trials ===
Like last year, the ski slope allows players to perform time trials on their down slope slaloms, and badges are awarded for making varying goals. Each time badge must be achieved in a separate run down the course; runs completed in a shorter time will not earn the longer time badges.

Ski down the slopes in the Ski Chalet in between 35 and 44.99 seconds.
{{BadgeBox|Qualified}}
Ski down the slopes in the Ski Chalet in between 25 and 34.99 seconds.
{{BadgeBox|Accelerated}}
Ski down the slopes in the Ski Chalet 24.99 seconds or less.
{{BadgeBox|Speed Demon}}

And new this year, the Advanced course grants the following badges.

{{BadgeBox|Speeder}}
{{BadgeBox|Agile}}
{{BadgeBox|Surefooted}}

== Gamester's Presents ==
[[Image:Winter 2005.jpg|right|thumb|200px|One of the Winter Horde welcomes you to open a present.]]

Mysterious glowing presents appeared throughout Paragon City and the Rogue Isles. 

Upon opening a present, a hero or villain would find that if they were "nice," they would enjoy a nice [[Inspirations#Winter Event|Present]]. If they were "naughty," however, they would find themselves surrounded by a [[Winter Horde]], ready to make their holidays downright dangerous!

Returning from [[Winter Event 2006]] and [[Winter Event 2007]], opening 200 presents earns the [[Toy Collector Badge]], and defeating 100 of the Winter Horde earns the [[Cold Warrior Badge]].

Additional instances of the [[Mystery Gift]] power are received as "nice" rewards, and "naughty" spawns can include the [[Winter Lord]] Giant Monster from the [[Winter Event 2004]]. Spawning the Winter Lord was based on team size, and requires teams of five or more characters opening presents. The chance of spawning a Winter Lord on a large enough team is not 100%, but is high enough (likely 50% to 75%) that opening presents on large teams is quite hazardous unless the player actually wants the Winter Lord to spawn.

=== Badges ===
Opening 200 presents awards the [[Toy Collector Badge]].
{{BadgeBox|Toy Collector}}

Defeating 100 Snow Beasts awards the [[Cold Warrior Badge]].
{{BadgeBox|Cold Warrior}}

Defeating the Winter Lord awards the [[Frozen Fury Badge]].
{{BadgeBox|Frozen Fury}}

=== Candy Canes ===

Opening presents in 2008 will also potentially award Candy Cane salvage, which can be redeemed for a variety of badges, temp powers, and costume pieces from past winter events.

[[Image:Salvage Candy Cane.png|left]]
'''Special Salvage'''

A festive piece of peppermint candy to celebrate the holidays. Seek the [[Candy Keeper]] in the winter chalet in Pocket D, as he collects these candy canes in return for hard to aquire treasures.
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[[Image:Candy Keeper.jpg|right|thumb|200px|{{center|The Candy Keeper}}]]

==== Candy Keeper ====
The [[Candy Keeper]] takes candy canes and gives you the prizes from previous Winter Events. This is implemented as a crafting station, and each purchase counts towards crafting badge totals.

*'''Badges'''
** [[Cold Front Badge]] (the 2006 log-in badge) - 25 Candy Canes, 30,000 influence/infamy
** [[Holiday Spirit Badge|Holiday Spirit]] (heroes) or [[Scrooge Badge|Scrooge]] (villains) badge (mission complete badge from 2005) - 25 Candy Canes, 30,000 influence/infamy
*'''Temporary Powers with Badges'''
** [[Golden Rings]] and [[Joyful Badge]] - 20 Candy Canes, 5,000 influence/infamy
** [[Renewal of Light]] and [[Miraculous Badge]] - 20 Candy Canes, 5,000 influence/infamy
** [[Holiday Rocket Pack]] (listed as "Jingle Jet") and [[Longbow Reservist Badge|Longbow Reservist]] (heroes) or [[Jet-Setter Badge|Jet-Setter]] (villains) badge (2005 log-in badge) - 10 Candy Canes, 10,000 influence/infamy
*'''Costume Items with Badges'''
** [[Unlockable Costume Pieces#Furry Gloves|Fur Lined Gloves]] and [[Crystallized Badge]] - 10 Candy Canes
** [[Unlockable Costume Pieces#Furry Boots|Winter Boots]] and [[Frosty Badge]] - 10 Candy Canes
*'''Costume Items'''
** [[Unlockable Costume Pieces#Stocking Cap|Fur Lined Hat]] - 10 Candy Canes, 500 influence/infamy
**[[Unlockable_Costume_Pieces#Naughty_and_Nice_Halos|Flaming Naughty Halo]] - 25 Candy Canes, 1000 influence/infamy
**[[Unlockable_Costume_Pieces#Naughty_and_Nice_Halos|Golden Nice Halo]] - 25 Candy Canes, 1000 influence/infamy
*'''Temporary Powers'''
** [[Holiday Spirit]] (Debt Protection) - 10 Candy Canes, 25,000 influence/infamy
** [[Snowball]] - 5 Candy Canes, 10 influence/infamy
** [[Build Snow Beast]] - 5 Candy Canes, 1,000 influence/infamy
*'''Enhancements'''
** [[Winter's Gift]] Universal Travel enhancements

It should be noted that if you already have the badge, then the badge will not display, however the Costume Item or Temporary Power associated with that badge will still show up and you can trade in Candy Canes for them. This is different from Father Time's mission reward menu in which if you choose a reward for which you already have the badge, you'll get nothing.

===== Badges =====
{{BadgeBox|Crystallized}}
{{BadgeBox|Frosty}}
{{BadgeBox|Miraculous}}
{{BadgeBox|Joyful}}
{{BadgeBox|Cold Front}}
{{BadgeBox|Longbow Reservist}}
{{BadgeBox|Jet-Setter}}
{{BadgeBox|Holiday Spirit}}
{{BadgeBox|Scrooge}}

=== Present Locations ===
<gallery>
Image:Holiday2007_Gifts_AtlasPark.gif |[[Atlas Park]]
Image:Holiday2007_Gifts_FoundersFalls.gif |[[Founders' Falls]]
Image:Holiday2007_Gifts_IndependencePort.gif |[[Independence Port]]
Image:Holiday2007_Gifts_KingsRow.gif |[[Kings Row]]
Image:Gift06_PeregrineIsland.jpg |[[Peregrine Island]]
Image:Holiday2007_Gifts_SteelCanyon.gif |[[Steel Canyon]]
Image:Gift06_TalosIsland.jpg |[[Talos Island]]
Image:Holiday2007_Gifts_CapAuDiable.gif|[[Cap au Diable]]
Image:Holiday2007_Gifts_Grandville.gif|[[Grandville]]
Image:Holiday2007_Gifts_NervaArchipelago.gif|[[Nerva Archipelago]]
Image:Holiday2007_Gifts_MercyIsland.gif|[[Mercy Island]]
Image:Holiday2007_Gifts_PortOakes.gif|[[Port Oakes]]
Image:Holiday2007_Gifts_StMartial.gif|[[St. Martial]]
Image:Holiday2007_Gifts_SharkheadIsle.gif|[[Sharkhead Isle]]
</gallery>

==Notes==
(get rid of these as they are worked into the article!)<br>
*New winding slope around the chantel. New course is similar to a Bobsleigh run and has several NPCs on it.
**Polar Shift, Tundra, Snow Maiden, Abominable Snowman
*Snowflake badge should exist (Dark Watcher made a joke about it in chat) but no one has been able to earn it in testing.