Holiday Event

Holiday Event are Gaia Online events that parody real-world holidays.

Overview
The first holiday event on Gaia was Easter 2K4 followed by Halloween and Christmas. Each event has its own theme with a Gaia twist and a set of items to collect by participation. Most events are announced site wide however it isn't uncommon for an event to begin by homepage changes or specialized forums appearing. And during moment of hype there are Gaia NPCs that may be seen posting around the forums, private messaging users, and even dressing up in theme with the holiday.

Many events requires some level of participation. The most mininmal effort is clicking a grant link to receive an item while others involve posting in the event forum, joining a faction, playing a flash game, or visiting shopkeepers.

Types of Holiday Events

 * New Year's Day, include Eve, acknowledged in 2004 of December.


 * Chinese New Year's, mention in 2008 of February.


 * Valentine's Day Event, also known as 'Vday2K', was introduced in 2006 of February.


 * Gaia Anniversary, also known as a Gaiaversary, it was introduced in 2004 of February 18th.


 * Leap Year Day was introduced in 2008 of February.


 * Saint Patrick's Day, also known as SP2K or SPday, was introduced in 2007 of March.


 * April Fools' Day was introduced in 2004 of April.


 * Easter Day, also known as Easter2K, was introduced in 2003 of April.


 * May the Fourth was introduced in 2012 of May.


 * Mother & Father's Day was introduced in 2014 of May and June.


 * Independence Day, also known as Fourth of July, was given acknowledgement 2012 of July.


 * Summer Event, also known as 'Summer2K', was introduced in 2004 of August.


 * Sales Event are types of events that announce sales happening in the Cash Shop.


 * Halloween Event, also known as 'H2K', was introduced in 2003 of October.


 * Thanksgiving Day, also known as 'Turkey Day', was introduced in 2013 of November.


 * 12 Days of Gaia was introduced in 2007 of December.


 * Christmas Event, also known as Xmas2k, was introduced in 2003 of December.

Types of Holiday Mascots

 * NPC:Cupid & NPC:Earl
 * NPC:Odanodan
 * NPC:Diedrich & NPC:Easter Bunny
 * NPC:Jack
 * NPC:Turkey
 * NPC:Gaia-sama
 * NPC:Santa Claus

Trivia

 * The holiday events known as "The Big Three" are Summer, Halloween, and Christmas. These typically are very elaborate, have many item releases, original games, and storyline updates.
 * Diedrich is known to volunteer for April Fools' and Easter Day events.