Holiday

The Holidays have been celebrated on Dragon Cave every December since 2007. Typically the celebration includes a winter-themed mini game and the release of a new Holiday dragon. In addition, the Holiday season is the only time that past Holiday dragons may be bred, or found in a limited-time Holiday biome of the cave.

Holiday dragons

Holiday dragons are Limited release dragons that can only be found during the Holiday season. From December 19-25, past Holiday dragons can produce offspring of their own breed. A special Holiday biome also becomes available, allowing users to pick up cave-born eggs of past Holiday dragons.

New Holiday dragons are released on December 25, coinciding with the Christmas holiday. New Holiday eggs are usually available for 3 days. Like Valentine's Day dragons, Holiday dragons have a limit of two cave-born dragons per breed per scroll. This limit includes frozen hatchlings, but does not apply to bred dragons. Your personal scroll limit status can be seen on the egg limits help page.

Traditionally, Holiday dragons have been single-gender breeds with the breed alternating (eg, 2007 and 2008 releases were male, 2009 and 2010 were female). However, while cave-born Holly Dragons are always male and cave-born Mistletoe Dragons are always female, bred dragons may be male or female.

Original breed description

Prior to 2015, Holiday dragons were known canonically as Christmas dragons The original description is below.

"Christmas 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 Christmas.'"

Holiday egg guide

	Description	Notes
Holly (2007)	This egg has a holly leaf stuck to it.	Cave-born Hollies are male only. Bred Hollies may be either gender.
Yulebuck (2008)	This egg is covered with bright, festive stripes.	Male-only breed.
Snow Angel (2009)	This egg fills you with holiday cheer.	Female-only breed. Adult patterns are scroll-linked, and randomly assigned. See main article for details.
Ribbon Dancer (2010)	This egg shines like a holiday ribbon.	Female-only breed.
Winter Magi (2011)	This colorful egg is covered by a light layer of snow.	Male-only breed.
Wrapping-Wing (2012)	This egg has a rich, shiny pattern on it.	Male-only breed.
Solstice (2013)	This egg emits a soft, heartwarming glow.	Female-only breed. Wing color is determined by the time the egg is bred. See main article for details.
Mistletoe (2014)	This colorful egg gleams in the light.	Cave-born Mistletoes are female-only. Bred Mistletoes may be either gender.
Aegis (2015)	A wintry chill swirls just beneath the surface of this egg.	Male-only breed. Has Enrage BSA.
Snow (2016)	This egg is surrounded by frost.	Male-only breed.
Garland (2017)	This festive egg gives off comforting warmth.	Female-only breed.
Starsinger (2018)	This egg glows with a soft, soothing light.	Female-only breed.
Wintertide (2019)	This egg emanates a gentle chime when met with the winter breeze.	Male-only breed.

Past Holiday events

Holiday 2007
Holly Dragons were introduced to the cave.
Holiday 2008
Yulebucks were introduced to the cave. Leetle Trees became available until January 1.
Holiday 2009
Snow Angels were introduced to the cave.
Holiday 2010
The Tree Decorating mini-game became available. After this event, Tinsel Dragons were introduced to the cave as the first prize breed. Ribbon Dancers were introduced to the cave.
Holiday 2011
The Holiday Tales and Wreath Decorating mini-games became available. Dragon Dress Up sprites were displayed in the cave. Winter Magi dragons were introduced to the cave.
Holiday 2012
The Holiday Cooking and Gingerbread House Decorating mini-games became available. Following the Gingerbread House Decorating contest, Shimmer-scale Dragons were introduced to the cave. Wrapping-Wings were introduced to the cave.
Holiday 2013
The Snow Wars mini-game became available. Solstice Dragons were introduced to the cave. Scroll-limits were relaxed to allow users to collect unlimited bred Holiday dragons.
Holiday 2014
The Snow Warning mini-game became available. Mistletoe Dragons were introduced to the cave.
Holiday 2015
The Valkemarian Tales - Jolly Follies mini-game became available. Aegis Dragons were introduced to the cave.
Holiday 2016
The Valkemarian Tales - Festive Expeditions mini-game became available. Snow Dragons were introduced to the cave. Solstice Dragon hatchlings received an update to display wing color variation earlier.
Holiday 2017
The Holidays Event 2017 included a tetris-like mini-game. Garland Dragons were introduced to the cave.
Holiday 2018
The Snow Wars 2 mini-game became availale. Starsinger Dragons were introduced to the cave.
Holidays 2019
The Advent Calendar became available, including many past Holiday mini-games. Wintertide Dragons were released.