Solstice Dragon

Solstice Dragons, also known as Christmas Dragons '13, were released for three days starting Christmas of 2013 and ending on December 27th (23:59:59 pm), with a limit of two CB per scroll. They are a female-only breed of dragon and dropped in all habitats.

They can only reproduce the week surrounding Christmas Day, though they can still breed with other males and produce the male's breed of egg during the rest of the year. The only time you can get a Solstice dragon egg is during Christmas time when Solstice dragons will be able to be bred again. They are classed as rare.

 Wing pattern breeding times: 
 * Blue wing: Egg is bred between 6:00 EST and 17:59 EST.
 * Colorful wing: Egg is bred between 18:00 EST and 5:59 EST.

While TJ's eggs were hatching, all the images of the egg cracking sequence were broken. He fixed the images but seemingly the sprite of the 2nd cracking stage was still broken, resulting in the egg turning "invisible" on a user's scroll. The egg became visible again as soon as it reached the 3rd cracking stage. All images of the egg cracking sequence have been fixed by now.

Under the old Breed sort, these dragons sorted as "Christmas 2013 Dragon" on a user's scroll. As of August 14, 2016, they now sort using their Encyclopedia name of "Holiday Dragon (2013)".

Egg
"This egg emits a soft, heartwarming glow."

Hatchling
"Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It’s very festively colored."

Mature Hatchling
"Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It’s very festively colored. And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing."

Adult
"Holiday dragons are a very mysterious breed. They are only seen during winter, and even then it is hard to catch a glimpse of one. They are responsible for the general cheer that spreads during the holidays. In essence, they are the “Spirits of Winter.”"

Sprite Artists

 * Odeen (All)
 * JaziandCo (Hatchlings)

Sprites No Longer in Use
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Trivia

 * In 2014, the blue-winged sprite was at first introduced as the new sprite for all bred Solstices (meaning only CB Solstices were intended to have the colorful wings). But since many users were disappointed to find that the colorful wing pattern was no longer available for non-CB dragons, TJ and Odeen came up with a solution which made both sprites available again.
 * There were several ungendered stage 2 hatchling glitches during the initial release of this dragon (see gallery below). Since then, the glitch has been fixed and all concerned hatchlings were replaced with male hatchlings.

Additional Information
Right after they grew up Odeen revealed their name in the news thread: "Odeen"

- They are called Solstice Dragons. I'll post a more appropriate level of detail about them tomorrow afternoon. Thanks TJ, and thank you all!

Odeen shared more in depth information on the Solstice dragon in the news thread:

Odeen talking about the new bred Solstice version on the forums: "Odeen on the forums"

- The original Solstice Dragon had blue wings. That was how I envisioned the breed, and the sunrise wings were only added very late in the design process on a whim and originally intended only to appear on the spriter alts. Jaz and I decided to submit both the colored and blue versions to TJ to decide which of them he wanted to release because I liked both equally; he liked both, too, so we came up with a way for both to be used.

I want to make it clear that the blue is not a "stripped down" version of the CBs. It is what the Solstice dragon was meant to look like: a wintry blue sky with creeping frost, snowflurry markings, and a crown of warm light promising an end to the cold. The CB version is not a souped-up version of the blue, either. I like both equally, or I would not have offered both.