December is here and that can mean only one thing - Aurestal is almost here! Today Aurestal is celebrated as a wonderful time of year when good-will and hospitality grips the world of Terrafrost. However, this isn't how December used to be thought of by Terrafrostians -- especially those in villages covered in snow and rough terrain this time of year. The harsh weather was dark, cold, and a bitter place to be, making it a lonely, desperate time. Legend goes that the accumulation of these emotions welled up as more IcePets were born and communities grew, until there was enough to reverberate up the tallest peaks of Snowslide and wake the Aurora.



Encased in ice on that highest peak was a family of three magical creatures, said to have formed from the very first ice crystals on Terrafrost. These three partners slept peacefully among the ice for aeons, until the sadness from below finally cracked through and reached them. Generosity woke first, a blaze of green, heart going out to the many IcePets in need. Prosperity woke second, red, sensing the frail young and old. The white light of Peace woke last, longing to comfort the distress below.



Everywhere the Aurora went, the three partners spread their warmth and joy. So much good-will and hospitality was fostered, that it became tradition for all IcePets to give gifts, share food and shelter. In celebration of the season, they hung artificial lights on trees and bushes, so the brightness and happiness could be enjoyed the whole month. Gradually, the month-long festivities of Aurestal took form. Green symbolised generosity, red for prosperity, and white represented peace. As IcePet populations grew around the globe, the Aurora found it difficult to reach everyone in time; they needed help. They used their magic to bring more ice crystals to life -- though it had been aeons since their own creation, they were able to muster enough power to give life to thousands of tiny snowsprites. The snowsprites were small, but they had enough magic to carry the gifts of peace, prosperity, and generosity. The Aurora would carry the sprites with them, flying overhead in a streak of light, and let them float down with the snow. Thus a snowy Aurestal became a sign of good luck, and to this day young IcePets get excited about the snowsprites floating down with presents.

Christmas will now be referred to as Aurestal. The lore of Aurestal will change previous Christmas stories, which will be announced as adjustments are made.





With the arrival of December and Aurestal nearing closer, it is time for festivities to begin! The Advent Calendar is available for the month. Be sure to check every day! If you do miss a day however the Forgotten Advent Key is available in the I.C.E Shop for 300 IceCash (270 IceCash for Gold Account members). New this year, you can use The Forgotten Advent Key to unlock any days missed from previous calendars. Simply click the link to the year you wish to visit above the current advent calendar to see a past calendar.

Please hit Ctrl-F5 or Fn-F5 if you are not seeing the new calendar.






The votes have been tallied, and it's time to announce the winners of Member of the Month (MOTM for short)! For this month's Yet to Win MOTM, everyone congratulate...

@Taxidea

Thank you for making IcePets a better place!



Next up, the winner of the Free for All MOTM, please congratulate...

@irissa

Thank you for your continuing contributions to our community!



Both of these fantastic members will receive 100,000 IcePoints and either the exclusive Member of the Month Avatar, or, if they already have it, the Honoured Member Trophy.







While member votes were tallying for MOTM, Staff votes tallied for SOTM, and this month's winner is...

@IcePrincess

To acknowledge their contributions to the team, we've created the following Item in their honour!


Golden Pearl Necklace





As we move into December, new Items can be found in the I.C.E Shop for the duration of the month! Head on over to pick up Candy Train and Polar Stamp, along with the returning Jinglebell Earrings. Each of these is priced at 500 IceCash (or 450 IceCash for Gold Members)!



Additionally, a few of our resident shopkeepers have added some new Items to their stock! The Snowglobe Train can be found at Toy Trunk while the Golden Ticket can be found at Ralph's Page Turners. The Snowglobe Train will be now be rewarded by the Plushie Quest and will be requested by the Space Quest in one week, while the Golden Ticket will be rewarded by the Weapon Quest and will be requested by the Book Quest in one week.



The seasons are changing, and with them, the Token Booth stock has swapped over! Welcome the brand new Throw Thrower, Chimney Stamp, and How To Spend A Snow Day, which can all be purchased with tokens.



If you missed out on any of the older Winter Token Booth Items, you can try to find one in the Winter Goodie Bag.

First off we done a few things and added some stuff to the stores!!
All of these can be found in Shirttastic.


I've also made a TON of new stuff for the christmas event this year! Click this banner to join in!

Theres a ton of new items to get from the advent calendar, you can get a stocking to open on christmas day and games, as well as The ability to sign up to be someones secret santa!!
I put alot of work into it so I hope you enjoy!!

Thats all I have for this news update!!
Happy holidays!

A brand new month has arrived, which means we also have a new Premium Gift!




This Premium Gift is available until the end of the month for all upgraded users. Head to your Index Control Panel to accept this month's gift whenever you are ready! Don't forget to open it and see what is inside. :)


Not yet Premium? CLICK HERE for more details, or head to the TE Items Shop to buy an upgrade item! Enjoy!

Welcome to the Festival of Pilair Everybody!

I am Mel-T the Snowman, and it is my pleasure to host this special holiday once again. Hale, Queen of Pilair will randomly visit one online user every 15 minutes. Receive a snowball from Hale and bring it back to me in Pilair! Those snowballs are important to me they help me grow, and as an added bonus make great materials to craft special items for the Festival of Pilair! And what better way to thank you for contributing to the Festival by giving you an exclusive item?

That's right! For every Snowball you bring me, I'll give you one very special item!

It's here, it's here! I can be that Crazy Christmas lady now right? Y'all won't judge me anymore?! Before we dive in, this is a reminder that if you posted a review on any of the voting sites during November, make sure you PM me with a screenshot of the review, I will give you 48 hours to get a PM to me. Not all of the sites are friendly for getting the information on who reviewed and seeing every review posted, so this is the last call for that. All November things will be worked on catching up / prizes out over the next week or two. Hang tight as a lot happened and I'm still playing "get everything sorted". Now, lets head to the FoF and December stuff! To start with, as a lot of you have came to realize, the Gifting Tree is out. For those unsure about any of our Christmas events, please check out the Reference Section of our Library as it goes into detail about each event. Additionally, Festival of Frost is now in full swing! As promised last year, all

Update All Social Media Minigames have been caught up, prizes should have been sent out, and the Spreadsheet is up to date on that. On site THANKSGIVING games have been thrown to the staff to judge. That will take a few days to hear back from, after I tally winners I will send participation prizes AND placement prizes. I will hold off on any judging dealing with the reviews and promo month until the 48 hours passes for people who submitted reviews to send me a PM with their screenshot (see last news post). I will do my best to grab any names I can from these sites, but some of them have to be "approved" by the review site's staff and I cannot access those, so if you submitted there and don't PM me, I might miss you. Also, A FoF Chat thread was requested, so here it is. Reminders I wanted to remind everyone of our goals for Social Media and Youtube. This only helps you users too, as once we reach a milestone on any one of the Social Platforms, we

Tis the season for the yearly snowscape contest!


Daily winners will be chosen starting December 5th ,but will require a daily sign up of your username and a completed snowscape.

After the first winner has been chosen, the sign-up each day will take place in the Daily Winner Update and you can ONLY WIN ONCE, so it is fair for all who enter, to have a chance to be chosen..


Prize per winner will be a Festive Trophy for your profile and a Free Account Upgrade!.


Gather your ornaments, candycanes, reindeer, hot chocolate and sit down and start creating with great imagination to showing us your wonderful scapes!




"¢Also do not forget to activate your Festivus Tree (located on your profile) and enjoy decorating players trees by giving them a present to open starting December 25th!


Sign-up here for the first winner on December 5th!

The bait has been hooked, fishing line cast and we have caught Boogiee for this weeks aquarium contest winner! ....Congrats!

"¢Remember, make sure you feed and care for your fish/tank and collect your nessies bonus daily, if you want a chance to win next week!

Here are your new mayors for December!

Labrador City - john24
Kuvasz City - Newtatious
Pony City - poetrist
Collie City - RainbowGlass
Sheepdog City - picklepuss
Dolphin City - RedMist
Wolfox City - steenbokker
Eagle City - fifercats
Gecko City - no mayor
Polar City - delight
Somali City - petpet321

Guess what Christmas song this image represents! Once you have figured out what the answer is, send it via pmail (with the name of the song in the Subject line) before midnight to SWEETFIRE (DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWER IN COMMENTS). You may only submit ONE answer. For each correct answer you will receive 5 points which will be added to your total Sweet tally.

Make sure to try and get into the top 10 of the appointed games for bonus points!

Good luck!

It's time to head over to Miles Magic Box and see if you can figure out which item is depicted by the artistic rendering. If you do before next week, you'll win a cool prize!

Hello everyone;
Due to the horrible year we have just had, P3 Finds itself with only a few artists able to work. Are you interested in doing art for P3? Know someone who might be?
You must be able to work in a digital medium, follow directions and be a team player. You must be able to access Discord as many of our planning and art sessions take place there. We need people to draw items, petites, dragns, environments.. essentially anything we use here on P3 we need artists to help with this.
If you are interested or want more info please message me directly. If you have an online portfolio, feel free to include the url when you contact me.

Thanks!

Alex #1

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Our Cyber Monday Sale is the best sale of the year, but is 1 day only! You can buy sCoins at the bank or upgrade your account for a month or year at a discounted rate!

Our "goodies" page has had some outdated graphics and images on it. They have now been updated and we also got a couple new ones too!

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Happy Saturday!

Today is the day! Welsh Cob (D) is now available to everyone via the foundation store! Be sure to run on over and buy yourself a few (or a lot)!

Cheers,
Curly

Today only!