Talk:Versions/@comment-6347418-20131226150706

With this "Santa's Little Secret" Christmas event - is it just me or does everyone find that getting the Secret Haven upgraded to level 5 is something that is pretty much unattainable?

Yes, mathematically it is possible but only without actually being able to sleep or do anything else. Most  people who have to work or do other things will get 7 paper angels a day - two 8 hour chunks where we'll manage the 200 letters, and one at nighttime where we won't and will only get the gift with one angel. So that will give us 7 x 10 days so 70 angels. Ok, you get 5 in one collection thanks to the gift of 250 letters from the tree, but this is offset by the last 8 hour chunk where you'll probably be short and only get 1 angel.

70 angels is well short of the 88 needed - 540 piastres short in fact. Pretty disappointing to be honest - most of these events have always been possible to achieve with a bit of strategic planning and regular play during the daytime. But by segmenting the collections into eight hour chunks like this, it nullifies this approach completely. You can't even carry over surplus letters to the next 8 hour segment, so you have a lot of wasted time when you are available to play the game, which you can't offset against the time you can't play at night.

Yeah, not impressed at all really. And what's with awards appearing related to last year's event? I've donated 28 out of 45 Xmas trees, but cannot give any more as the item isn't available to donate anywhere.