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It's simply inescapable: Everywhere I go, I am inundated with tunes invoking the holiday spirit. It started a while ago, and I thought I had artfully dodged it by turning off the radio, avoiding stores, and just keeping immersed in game. But now, even when I log into Aion I cannot escape; just one quick port into Sanctum or Pandemonium and the tinkling tunes of the season waft to my ears. So why fight it, why resist? Heck, why not join in the throngs of holiday revelers by belting out the songs while shopping, entertaining guests, or even cruising through the drive-through? After all, I am not a Grinch, just a gamer. And the last thing we need is people thinking Aion negatively influences our lives, right?

Solorius is just around the corner, so in the spirit of giving, I am going to share with you a compilation of some of my favorite holiday tunes because I want to be in the spirit and I want to help spread the cheer! Well, that and because of the old adage that the only way to get rid of a tune that's stuck in your head is to pass it on.

So fold your wings, grab some 'nog, and join me past the cut for a little Duel-tide spirit! And don't be shy -- sing along! (No one's listening, I promise.)

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Whether you play EverQuest or World of Warcraft or City of Heroes or Lord of the Rings Online, or any other MMOG, one of the most highly anticipated times of the year is the holiday season. Why? Because every year the people we love to hate through the other eleven months of the year (i.e. the developers) bring us holiday events that bring a festive flavor to the virtual worlds that we spend so much time in.

Being predominantly a World of Warcraft player, I got a fair bit of enjoyment out of this year's holiday offerings. Admittedly I didn't do the quests (I did most of them last year), but I did do my fair amount of kissing in the inns to get my holiday goodies which ranged from snowballs I could whip at gold spammers, to holly that would transform my dwarf's ram (or his gryphon) into a reindeer. I also really enjoyed the festive recipes that came in our mailboxes at the beginning of this year's event and made a lot of Hot Apple Cider that I shared with guildmates.

Sometimes though, the holiday spirit hits you between the eyes from an angle you don't expect it. Sometimes in the midst of chaos, bad manners and spam you find a single person or a group of people who are doing their best to exude a real spirit of generosity and kindness to those around them in-game.

Over in Bree (in LoTRO) a guild by the name of The Order Of The Silver Hand had their own Santa event, and handed out gifts to players who stood in a single-file line on their server for over four hours! Everybody got at least three gifts according to Hjalmar who acted as Santa for the event.

Closer to home I was walking through Ironforge a couple of days before Christmas on the Gnomeregan server (in World of Warcraft) when I heard a familiar voice. It was the voice of one of my guildmates, Nellisia. She was calling out to anyone and everyone within the sound of her voice to come to the steps behind the Christmas tree in Ironforge and pick up gift-wrapped presents from her and her sister! Folks, this wasn't a guild event. I didn't even know it was going on. This was just a few girls who went out and farmed/bought tons of stuff, and handed out gifts to everybody who asked. I'm even told there was some gold handed out too! I don't know about the rest of my guild, but I'm mighty proud to have this young lady in our guild family who put such a positive face on our guild on her own time, on her own dime, with no need for recognition. Way to go, Nellisia!

To The Order Of The Silver Hand, and to Nelissia and her sister... I salute you! What other selfless demonstrations of the holiday spirit did you see in your game this season?

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It is now Day 5 of the Dell WoW edition notebook giveaway on WoW Insider, and we have cracked a whopping 20,000 comments to enter the contest. But don't worry-- even though the number of people entering goes up every day, every day is also your newest chance to enter the contest-- you can leave a comment on the WoW Insider post once every 24 hours.

So consider this your daily reminder to enter, and there's only three days left-- on Friday, we'll be choosing one random commenter on that post (not this one-- commenting on this post doesn't win you anything but holiday cheer from us at Massively) to win the WoW Edition notebook and all of those crazy goodies that come with it. Good luck!

MassivelyWoW Insider's Dell notebook giveaway continues originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>contesteditionfigureprintsholiday-cheernotebookwowwow-insiderTue, 18 Dec 2007 15:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Gifts for the City dwellers]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/12/11/gifts-for-the-city-dwellers/http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/12/11/gifts-for-the-city-dwellers/http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/12/11/gifts-for-the-city-dwellers/#commentsFiled under: ,

Whatever you celebrate this time of year, December seems to be when the majority of gifts are exchanged among friends and family. Everyone has their own idea of what is and isn't appropriate in a gift-giving manner, and it's difficult to decide what's best to give, and what we most want to receive. Well, that's where we come in.

We have the good fortune of having two of the fae here -- one from the Rogue Isles, and one from Paragon City -- to share with us their views of appropriate gifts for those of you who are playing in NCsoft's realms this holiday season. Their selections range from cost-free, in-game offerings up to something you can tuck under the tree ... or the computer desk, as the case may be.

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