Hello, Tyrians!

As days grow shorter and darker, our friend Ho-Ho-Tron and I-

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Right. Can I call you Ho-Ho-Tron for short?

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Great. So, as I was saying, Ho-Ho-Tron and I would like to share some Wintersday activities that your favorite fansites have been preparing.

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Wintersday Window Decoration Contest

Take part in Wintersday revelry by entering the Wintersday Window Decoration Contest before January 20, 2015. Create and submit a Guild Wars 2 themed window stencil design of your own making to participating host fansites and get a chance to win one of five prize batches provided by ArenaNet:

First place will receive a Guild Wars 2 signed artbook, a signed Rytlock notebook, an exclusive Guild Wars 2 mousemat, a black Rytlock T-shirt, a Wintersday card, a Guild Wars 2 Griffon Mail Carrier, and a code for 400 gems.

Second place will win a Guild Wars 2 artbook, a Rytlock notebook, an exclusive Guild Wars 2 mousemat, a gray Guild Wars 2 T-shirt, a Wintersday card, and a Guild Wars 2 Griffon Mail Carrier.

Third place will get a Guild Wars 2 artbook, an exclusive Guild Wars 2 mousemat, a gray Guild Wars 2 T-shirt, a Wintersday card, and a Guild Wars 2 Griffon Mail Carrier.

Fourth prize includes a Wintersday card, a gray Guild Wars 2 T-shirt, and a Guild Wars 2 Griffon Mail Carrier.

Fifth place will be rewarded with a Wintersday card, a gray Guild Wars 2 T-shirt, and a Guild Wars 2 Griffon Mail Carrier.

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In the spirit of community and the Wintersday celebration, a number of fansites will be hosting the Window Decoration Contest. To learn more about the rules and to enter, check out one of the participating fansites below. Five winners will be chosen by them from among all the entries received from the host fansites. Around January 23, 2015, the winners will be announced in a blog post on GuildWars2.com and on participating fansites.

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French

German

Spanish

Zav’s Wintersday window stencils represent a good example of Guild Wars 2 themed designs you could make. What shape will you give yours?

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Wintersday Twitter Giveaway

To celebrate the new year and make the Wintersday magic last a little bit longer, we will be organizing a Guild Wars 2 giveaway on Twitter from January 5 through January 9, 2015. We will be giving away one Griffon Mail Carrier every day to one of you. Remember the #GW2 and #Wintersday hashtags, you will need them!

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To get a chance to be one of our lucky winners, you will need to: print, cut, and use Zav’s Wintersday stencils or create your own Guild Wars 2 stencils to decorate your windows. Tweet a picture of your window decoration to @GuildWars2 between January 5 and January 9 using the two hashtags mentioned before. We will randomly select one winner per day during that period.

#GW2 #Wintersday

Exactly! Thank you, Ho-Ho-Tron!

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The, uh, contest hasn’t started yet. Anyway, good luck and Happy Wintersday to you all! Ho-Ho-Tron will catch up with you in 6 days as our Wintersday content goes live.

Stephanie Bourguet, French Communications Manager, and Replica Ho-Ho-Tron