GOODBYE CHRISTMAS VILLAGE

LAST FULL SHOT OF MY 2009 CHRISTMAS VILLAGE

Yes, it's already 2010 and a lot of us have already been bombarded with presents, new Christmas decorations and fireworks. I'm saying goodbye to my Christmas Village. I spent a few hours yesterday to store some of the Christmas decorations and to sell most of them.

I'm still leaving the snow as it's still winter and God knows what we'll face in the coming months. It's freezing and snowing again here in The Netherlands!!!

Here's one last look at my Farmville Christmas Village:

The Manor Drive

VILLAGE CENTER

ANIMAL FARM

THE GROOVY ZEN AREA

BE CAREFUL OF THE GOLD PRESENT

I really feel that the gold present deal is such a scam. After opening several gifts, I saw the gold present which you can trade. It said you can trade 5 presents for 5 FV cash but you will get the best present of all. I opened one, traded it with the understanding that I will pay 5 FV cash after trading 5 presents...but...NAY.

Everytime you trade, you pay 5 FV cash. This is so poor on the part the generous Farmville staff who has given a lot of excitement this Christmas yet had to also include a spoiler.

In fact, the gifts that I opened to trade were brown chicken, white lamb (which I already got from my other presents, etc. but which I HAVE TO SHELL OUT 5 FV CASH for.

BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT GOLD PRESENT!!!

DON'T BOTHER, IF I WERE YOU.

EXCITING PRESENTS UNDER YOUR TREE

Early this morning I saw the note that our 100 presents can now be opened. So I opened a couple of them and got some nice ones like the 2010 New Year ball, gray tabbey, lamb, etc. I didn't have time to open them anymore because I was rushing to work but it's my understanding that as soon as you open and use the gift, you can accept more gifts to put in the tree.

SO FRIENDS, WE CAN STILL SEND GIFTS UNTIL JAN. 7, 2010 so keep them coming. Remember to use first the ones in the tree to free some space.

Happy?

Farmville Sparks Global Cooling in Europe

Been out for a while trying to unravel the mystery behind finding those precious eggs but really, it's so time consuming I'm almost giving up. I produced my first gold egg though and also hatched the first gold egg. But I have really yet to allocate more time to see if I can collect more eggs and the rare ones at that. I have a neighbor who has 4 gold chickens and one black, yet she's only able to produce white eggs. Hmmmm. I hope to be able to crack the code on my next post.

Anyhow, we've been snowed for real. Farmville sparked global cooling here in Europe. Nobody expected to wake up with real, unmelting snow. The scenery is so white, pure and serene. Everytime I look outside, I can just see Farmville.

Farmville is in my head all the time!

Well, if you've listened to the latest Farmville podcast, you would have known by now about the new limited edition Christmas decorations.

And also that there will be a new cutie to appear in your farm for adoption....a PENGUIN.

Can't wait to collect my cute penguins.

Eggs Becoming Rarer To Find

Haven't you noticed that the mystery eggs are hard to come by these days?? Well, don't despair. Patience is all you need to harvest those mystery eggs and share them to your friends and from the other end, you will need tons of patience too, luck and proper timing to be able to get a mystery egg from your friend.

Here is a list of what are inside these eggs:

WHITE: pink flamingo, garden gnome, brown egg or white chicken

BROWN: 1 fuel refill, black chicken, brown chicken

BLACK: 10 fuel refills, golden chicken, black chicken

GOLD: 20 fuel refills, golden garden gnome, fire pit, hot tub, tree swing, golden chicken.

I was very lucky to get a tree swing and fire pit from two golden eggs.



Good luck on your egg hunt!

Golden Egg

Wow, today I found a golden egg and much as I wished for a gold chicken so that I can breed them in my farm, I got the first prize.....a TREE SWING.







Not bad for my first rare find!

How often do you find black or gold eggs?

Rare Presents!

Wait. With the extra space in the Christmas tree, don't go about accepting the gifts from friends. Be sure to hunt first for those "special" presents from your neighbors posted on the news feed. Try to use the extra space for these special presents as they are rumored to contain exciting prizes like huge XPs and cash.

Now Christmas in Farmville becomes like an easter-egg hunt, only we're hunting for those precious boxes!