Christmas Update

From what i understand there isn't going to be a christmas updat because a-net feels it might offend people. This fact confused me because they did a halloween update which could offend just as many people if not more..so my question is:is there going to be a christmas update or not????

Wow!
Could you ellaborate on what piece of information you base this theory?

I believe the answer to your question is ..................


no

that's the nuttiest thing I've heard.
I just expected they were working on the 'christmas update'

pumpkin heads ok but there is a santa hat issue?

call it 'holiday hat' if you have too, go 'happy holiday' update or 'new years' if need be,
but no christmas update would BITE :b

was making sure the wife and my monk working with her were to Lions Arch by Thursday...
is there no point to this effort?

bleh if so - hope you're wrong

I heard rumors of Santa Hats and the like... I guess it's just a waiting game now. A-net will most likely call it "holiday" update if they have one. The Halloween Update rocked so I would love a holiday one.

On GuildWars.com theres a question about this in the support section:

Question
Will there be a Guild Wars holiday event?

Answer
It is a well-known fact that Guild Wars players like holidays and events, and so do Tyrians, the characters who live in the Guild Wars world. We like to keep our plans for holidays a secret, so that they are a gift to the players. With that in mind, we can neither confirm nor deny any plans for the upcoming holiday. However, we can tell you that if unusual events start taking place on or around that date, you should not be alarmed, but simply view it with the probability that it is the holiday that is causing or inspiring the changes. For instance, if NPCs changed, or the weather changed, or items appeared, or towns or outposts were decorated in a different fashion, consult your calendar and note with confidence, "Ah, yes, it's holiday time in Tyria."

Link

I think they will, as Lady already stated Holoween could offend just as many people as Holiday or Christmas update. (Whichever you prefer) Pretty sure they will have one because guildies have been saying there will be.

I'm sure Gaile Gray commented on it before, i can't find the post.

But she basically said that there would be a xmas event that would last till just after new years. (or atleast i think thats what it said)

yeah agreed seems to be very likely, we're still gonna be LA by Thurs

I don't know for sure if there is or is not going to be one i was just asking because for the halloween update they had gw.com updated with halloween in Tyria on the site like a few days to a week before hand and they have not done this for christmas or holiday..i would think that if christmas was a problem then they very well could just do "holiday" all tho i would really like to see a huge christmas tree in the middle of LA. i really just figured with chapter 2 set to come out in the end of march and the world champ. competition they just might not have time to make everyone happy. i also know that if there is not some sort of holiday update alot of people are going to be very upset.

Well if halloween was held at Lion's Arch, maybe Christmas will be at Dronkar...

I would much rather have New Year update than Christmas update. If you observe Xmas at all, you should spend Xmas with your family and not with the game, which is what I'll do. New Year update is best for everyone of any religious affiliation.

There will more than likely be one, and to call it a "holiday" event is complete BS. I am catholic, and am not afraid to say that this Holiday is only here for one reason: The birth of Christ. If people are really gonna be so lame about it as to not call it what it really is, then they better not even celebrate, nor exchange gifts or anything. If they do, then they are nothing but hypocrites of the worst kind, and ought to be ashamed of themselves.

For those who do not believe in God, or are not Christian, they should not even have this holiday off. I don't get to take off any time for Hannukah* not sure of the spelling* ,or Kwaanza. So everyone should stop there bitching and get over it. People need to stop being so afraid of offending someone, you know what, that's life. It's a hardknock one at that, not all peaches and cream. So people, stop acting like you are in kindergarten, and grow up.

I could not agree more. *Double post I know*

The (supposed) Christmas event isn't just ON Christmas, it will most likely last through New Years so that people can be with their families AND have fun in the game.

Snowball fights with elves, eggnog, Xmas trees, decorations, snow, and more.

One word: Yay.

/Sarcastic

I love the holidays, and there is going to be one. If it were true it offended, or true they won't have one as others don't celebrate it, they wouldn't have held a
A halloween update. As Xmas is larger, I expect more fun ^_^

--The Shim

there will be events starting within 24 hours as stated by GAILE GRAY

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All Holidays have lost their religious meaning long ago...

People call Halloween an old pagan holiday so Chirstians shuoldn't celebrate it... Complete BS..

It is true that the Celtic celebration of Samhain was held on October 31st. But that is not Halloween.

Hallow meaning Saint. Pope Boniface IV made November 1st "All Hallowmas" (Alholowmesse in middle english), so "Halloween" is "All Hallow's Day Eve" - A CHRISTIAN HOLIDAY. So "Halloween" was really a coverup by the pope to erase old holidays.But since all religious meaning of any holiday has been removed - most people dont realize that. Halloween simply means "Kids dress up and get candy day" now..

As for Christmas, same deal. Bet you didn't know - But the "holidays" have been celebrated since thousands of years BEFORE your Jesus was even born. The 12 days....all that stuff. Mesopotamian's actually started it to honor MARDUK, their cheif god. And several other old empires did the same winter festivals for their gods.

I'll let you in on a secret your churchs dont tell you - Jesus was born probably no where near december 25th..It was mostly likely spring though the day is not known. Christ's birth was actually celebrated on a totally different day until 350 AD. You know who started the "Christmas" thing? Julius I - the Bishop of Rome. See - everyone still celebrated Saturnalia (a Roman "pagan" holiday) around that time..and the church couldn't get them to stop - So instead, the plan was to "Replace" that holiday with a Christian one...basically to turn Saturnalia into a religious holiday for them. And dont get me started on Santa Clause. Christmas basically means "Buy your kids alot of stuff or they get mad Day".

So noone really has any religious claims to any of these days...

I think the important thing to note here is that ANet has developed a world that features its own mythology and calendar. I look forward to whatever they have planned for the anniversary of the world creation [release] date.

To apply our own mythologies onto this virtual world is pointless indeed.

Bring on Father Charrmas! We're well into the Season of the Scion, I want snow and lots of it!

I still wanan see the frog in a santa hat