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The App Icon.

The Splash Screen.

Event Store Three Panel.

"Make Springfield your home for the holidays and help the citizens get ready for the most magical time of the year in song!

• Deck the streets with buildings upgradeable. Fa la la la la la la la!
• ‘Tis the season to give gifts agreeable. Fa la la la la la la la!
• Don we now a Holiday storyline. Fa la la la la la la la!
• Featuring a decorative duel. Fa la la la la la la la!
• Toll an ancient Holiday surprise.
• Fa la la la la la la la! (And much, much more!)"

―Event description on the App Store

The Simpsons: Tapped Out Winter 2015 content update was released on December 8, 2015 and is the one hundred and fourteenth content update. It's the game's fourth Christmas event, after Christmas 2012, Christmas 2013 and Winter 2014.

Characters

Image Name Cost Unlock Notes 100px Sophie Krustofsky 110 300px Available from December 19 at 8am GMT to January 2nd at 8am GMT. Patches and Poor Violet 28.850 Act 1 Prize. Dancing Reindeer 11.300 Act 1 Prize. Maggie Simpson FREE 100px Baby Gerald 20px30.850 Act 3 Prize. Ling Bouvier 110 Available from January 11th at 8am GMT to January 19th at 8am GMT. Kearney's Other Son 20px2.700 Act 3 Prize. Mrs. Sinclair 20px11.300 Act 3 Prize. Lucille Botzcowski Available from January 2nd at 8am GMT to January 19th at 8am GMT. Unlocked with Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers. R.O.S.A Possible placeholder pictures. Unlocked after starting The End of the Beginning Pt. 20.

Skins

Image Name Cost Unlock Notes White Witch Burns 60 Available till December 18 at 8am GMT. Festivus CBG 35.250 Act 2 Prize.

Buildings

Image Name Cost Task Build Time Notes Things Unnecessary FREE Crafting 6s Unlocked upon starting The White Elephant in the Room Pt. 1. Ski Chalet 839 1.440 Making Cheap Mulled Wine Act 1 Craftable. Wooly Bully 20 40 Selling Overpriced Hats Chocolate Shoppe 19.250 Pretending To Sell Traditional Sweets 4h Act 2 Prize. EFCOT Center 1.123 1.286 Making Promises Of A Boring Future 6s Act 2 Craftable. X-mas Trees Slightly Irregular 20 40 Selling Irregular Trees Buckingham Pay-Less Motel 27.450 Royally Screwing Customers 4h Act 2 Prize. Springfield Orphanage 5.800 Building Unrelealistic Hopes Act 1 Prize. Virgil's Cabin 19.900 Skinning Cute Animals for Fur Abercrombie & Rich 10.250 Ignoring Unattractive Customers Act 2 Prize. Victor's Secret 85 Making Men Feel Self Conscious 6s Available till December 19 at 8am GMT. Duff Center Arena 200 Terrorizing Children With Animatronics North Pole Station 160 Hiring Non-Union Elf Workers 6s Available till January 2 at 8am GMT. Includes 8 Straight Track Pieces, 4 Curved Track Pieces, 4 Short Track Piece and 2 S Curve Pieces. Springfield Animal Shelter 60 Taking Puppies Out Behind The Barn Available till December 19 at 8am GMT. Gingerbread Mansion FREE Running Tennis Tournaments Unlocked upon starting A House Made With Hands. Best Snowman Ever FREE Spreading Winter Cheer Unlocked upon starting Snow Big Deal. Exotic Petting Zoo FREE Dressing up Animals for a Lame Show Unlocked upon starting Once In Royal Quimby's City Pt. 2. Reindeer Burger Truck FREE Serving Burgers with 1% Reindeer Meat Unlocked upon starting Once In Royal Quimby's City Pt. 3. Fortress Of Lonelitude FREE Being a Place of Solace for Nerds Unlocked upon starting Once In Royal Quimby's City Pt. 4. Moonshine Shack FREE Selling Moonshine with Blinding Properties Unlocked upon starting Once In Royal Quimby's City Pt. 5. Ayn Rand School for Tots 29,000 Teaching Children the Bottle Within 4h Unlocked upon starting The End of the Beginning Pt. 5. Playdough Factory FREE Minigame 6s Unlocked upon starting Play-Annoyed Grunt Pt. 1. Wall E. Weasel's 20px20.900 Giving Food Poisoning to Children 4h Act 3 Prize. Slide Factory 100 Making Children Barf Their Lunch 6s Available from January 2nd at 8am GMT to January 19th at 8am GMT. Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers 120 Babysitting Very Poorly

Skins

Image Name Cost Building Notes Tasteful Festive Flanders House FREE Flanders House Unlocked upon completing The Proclamation of Decoration. Tasteful Festive Simpson House Simpson House Unlocked upon completing The Decoration Inflation Pt. 1. Festive Cletus's Farm Cletus's Farm Unlocked upon completing Do You See What I See? Pt. 1. Festive Van Houten House Van Houten House Unlocked upon completing Do You See What I See? Pt. 2. Festive Church First Church of Springfield Unlocked upon completing Do You See What I See? Pt. 3.

Levels

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  Tasteful Festive Flanders House Teaser

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  Tasteful Festive Flanders House Level 1

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  Tasteful Festive Flanders House Level 2

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  Tasteful Festive Flanders House Level 3

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  Tacky Festive Simpson House Level 1

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  Tacky Festive Simpson House Level 2

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  Tacky Festive Simpson House Level 3

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  Humble Gingerbread House

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  Gingerbread House

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  Excessive Gingerbread House

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  Gingerbread Manor

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  Gingerbread Mansion

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  Pile of Snow

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  Large Heap of Snow

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  Scaffolded Snow

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  Man Shaped Snow

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  Best Snowman Ever

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  Exotic Petting Zoo Level 1

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  Exotic Petting Zoo Level 2

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  Exotic Petting Zoo Level 3

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  Reindeer Burger Truck Level 1

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  Reindeer Burger Truck Level 2

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  Reindeer Burger Truck Level 3

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  Fortress Of Lonelitude Level 1

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  Fortress Of Lonelitude Level 2

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  Fortress Of Lonelitude Level 3

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  Moonshine Shack Level 1

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  Moonshine Shack Level 2

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  Moonshine Shack Level 3

Decorations

Image Name Cost Notes Fancy Igloo 227 506 Act 1 Craftable. Christmas Clams $50 a Pound 408 778 Giant Outdoor Fireplace 1.095 Act 2 Craftable Ice Sculpture Couch Gag Scene 522 714 Hot Squishee Station FREE Unlocked upon starting Barty It's Cold Outside Pt. 1. Tapped Out New Year's Ball Unlocked upon starting Out With The Old Pt. 4. Lollipop Flowers 6,500 Marshmallow Tree 10,000 Picture on a Rembrandt 2.850 Act 2 Prize. Leftorium Express 2.200 Act 1 Prize. Murdered Snowman 30,000 Giant Snow Globe 225 Available from December 23rd at 8am GMT to January 6th at 8am GMT. Pig of Paradise Pen 30 Available from December 19th at 8am GMT to January 2nd at 8am GMT. Wooly Mammoth Pen 30 Land Octopus Pen 35 Bear Cave 100 Available from January 5th at 8am GMT to January 19th at 8am GMT. Slide 8,500 Available from January 2nd at 8am GMT to January 19th at 8am GMT.

Unreleased

Image Name Dr. Nick Billboard Nuclear Inspection Van Scream-son House (Alternate) 100px Springfield Green House

Consumables

Image Name Cost Notes Festival Ticket 90 Earn double rewards from tapping Merrymakers in a friend's town.

Gameplay

The Proclamation of Decoration

After tapping on Ned's exclamation mark: December's here! That means the Lord's birthday is right around the corner! 70px Yay!! Get decorating, boys! We're gonna party like it's 4 to 6 B.C. The Bible's a little cloudy on the actual date. Task: Make Ned Decorate His House (30s, Flanders House) System Message Will Homer be able to cope with Ned's amazing decorating skills? Come back next week to find out! Quest reward: 100 and 10

Dates

Building Upgrades

Best Snowman Ever

Gingerbread Mansion

Exotic Petting Zoo

Reindeer Burger Truck

Moonshine Shack

Fortress of Lonelitude

Hot Squishee Station

Character Job Time Reward Upgrading costs 6 times the level. Upgrading increases tap radius on Merrymakers. Milhouse, Martin, Bart, Nelson, Ralph, Database Buy Hot Squishee 4h 2 Squeaky Voice Teen, Kearney, Sherri and Terri, Jimbo, Uter 4

Character Groups

Craftables

Act 1

Image Name Cost Ski Chalet 839 1.440 Wooly Bully 20 40 Fancy Igloo 227 506 Christmas Clams $50 a Pound 408 778 Festive Bow Lamp Post [x3] 78 Festive Lawn Bell [x3] Marge Snowman 80 Santa's Little Helper Snowdog

Act 2

Image Name Cost EFCOT Center 1.123 1.286 X-mas Trees Slightly Irregular 20 40 Giant Outdoor Fireplace 1.095 Ice Sculpture Couch Gag Scene 522 714 Festive Wreath Lamp Post [x3] 96 Festive Candycane [x3] Lisa Snowman 79 Grampa Snowman

Weekly Challenges

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  Week 1

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  Week 1 Complete

Day Task Time Location Reward Week 1 (December 8th at 5am Local Time to December 14th at 5am Local Time) 1 Make Apu Stock Shelves With XMAS Goodies 12h Kwik-E-Mart 300 2 Tap Merrymakers [x50] Festive Nutcracker 3 Drop Presents in a Friend's Town [x5] 200 4 Craft a Prize Things Unnecessary 200 150 5 Make Willie Buy a Tartan Tam O'Shanter [x4] 4h Wooly Bully Homer Snowman - Complete All Challenges 20 Week 2 (December 14th at 5am Local Time to December 21st at 5am Local Time) 1 Drop Presents in a Friend's Town [x5] 300 2 Collect 10 Loyalty Stamps Hot Squishee Station Festive Bell Lamp Post 3 Craft a Prize Things Unnecessary 200 4 Tap Merrymakers [x50] 200 150 5 Drop Presents in a Friend's Town [x5] Bart Snowman - Complete All Challenges 20 Week 3 (December 21st at 5am Local Time to December 28th at 5am Local Time) 1 Craft and Place X-mas Trees Slightly Irregular Things Unnecessary 300 2 Make Martin Find the Perfect Christmas Tree [x3] 4h X-mas Trees Slightly Irregular Festive Lawn Angel 3 Tap Merrymakers [x75] 200 4 Make Cletus Harvest Termites [x4] 4h X-mas Trees Slightly Irregular 200 150 5 Make Ned Find a Tree that Resembles Jesus [x4] Snowball II Snowcat - Complete All Challenges 20 Week 4 (December 28th at 5am Local Time to January 2nd at 5am Local Time) 1 Make Apu Buy Cheap Squishee Filler [x4] 4h X-mas Trees Slightly Irregular 300 2 Make Springfielders Go Carolling [x6] Town Hall Festive Lawn Bell 3 Drop Presents in Friend Towns [x5] 200 4 Craft an Item Things Unnecessary 200 150 5 Tap Merrymakers [x100] Maggie Snowman - Complete All Challenges 20

Other changes made

December 8 Update (4.18, "4_18_XMAS2015", "4_18_Maggie")

• 4.18.1 (iOs) / 4.18.2 (Android / Kindle)
• "4_18_XMAS2015"
• "4_18_MAGGIE"
  
  
• The app icon, the splash screen and the Friend visit's icon were changed to new ones for the event.
• The whole game was changed to winter them and snow is falling.
• Sleep-Eazy Motel, Zenith City Apartments, Zenith City Lofts, Zenith City Store Front, Zenith City Times and Death Mountain can't be built from inventory anymore.
• Santa's Little Helper and Snow Monster now have jobs.
• Funzos are now part of the Robots character group.
• Building Blocko Store now requires Level 5 and yields 30 instead of 50.
• King Winter's Cave was added to the Characters inventory group.
• Springfield Skating Rink was added to the Civic inventory group.
• Grampa Snowman was added to the Decorations inventory group.
• First Ever Christmas Tree was removed from the Decorations inventory group.
• King Winter's Cave and Fever Cabin were added to the Houses inventory group.
• Homer, Lisa, Bart, Marge, Maggie and Grampa Snowmen were added to the Miscellany inventory group.
• It's A Wonderful Knife was added to the Squidport inventory group.
• Sophie Krustofski was added to the characters that can Go to School.
• Marge's Walk Maggie requires to not have unlocked Maggie.
• The glitch preventing the build menu from working properly and not show the raccomandation and event panels was fixed.
• Old Simpson Farm, Simpson Houseboat, Mechanical Ant Alpha and Death Mountain's Conform-O-Meter rating was removed.
• Landing Zone was changed to Simpson House.
• The Proclamation of Decoration was set to end at the end of the Christmas 2015 event.
• A glitch showing a levelless Deluxe Condo in the store was fixed.
• Stonecutter Daycare Center now requires Level 5.
• Event Leaderboard was added.
• Kang and Kodos' 16 Hour Evil Chortle is no longer located at Victorian UFO.
• Rigellian Tribal Hut was removed from the Home group.
• A new cutscene is set to play when Maggie will be unlocked.
• Building Santa's Workshop now requires Level 5 and yields 70 instead of 50.
• Building Egg Nog Bar now requires Level 5.
• Building Helter Shelter now requires Level 5 and yields 60 instead of 50.
• Building Springfield Skating Rink now requires Level 5 and yields 85 instead of 50.
• Building Toy Workshop now takes 6 seconds, yields 500 and 45 instead of 300 and 30, and can't be built from Inventory.
• Festive Light Plunger now has a 0.75% Bonus $ and XP and placing it yields 55 XP instead of 20.
• Placing The North Pole yields 55 instead of 20.
• First Ever Christmas Tree is no longer unique and has a 0.25% Bonus $ and XP.
• Placing Nativity Scene now yields 175 instead of 100 and now has a 1.5% Bonus $ and XP.
• Placing Fever Cabin now yields 30 instead of 100 and now has a 0.25% Bonus $ and XP.
• Placing Homer Fever Snowman and Burns Fever Snowman now yields 10 instead of 20 and now has a 0.25% Bonus $ and XP.
• Homer Fever Snowman and Burns Fever Snowman are no longer unique.
• Little Helper Ralph jobs now yield premium payout.
• The Twin Moguls Of Ned Flanders Pt. 3 now requires to build the First Church of Springfield instead of Moe's Tavern, though stated wrongly ingame.
• Mr. Burns' hair was changed from gray to blue.
• Smither now has blue glasses instead of clear ones.
• Marge has a new unlock picture Maggie-less.
• KBBL Radio become taller.
• The 2014 from the ribbon on Christmas Lard Lad Donuts was removed.

December 9 Update ("4_18_XMAS2015_Patch1_PostLaunch")

• R.O.S.A was removed from the Robots character group.
• Milhouse's Decorate His House, Cletus' Decorate His Farm and Rev. Lovejoy's Decorate His Church were changed from 1 minute to 8 hours.
• Event Leaderboard's naughty and nice colors (previously inverted) were corrected.

December 10 Update ("4_18_XMAS2015_Patch2_PostLaunch")

• Murdered Snowman is now animated.
• All the christmas skins are now animated and glowing, also fixing a overlay glitch, with buildings going over characters.
• The icon on top of the Things Unnecessary changed.

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• Winter 2015 ***WALKTHROUGH*** on EA Forum