Holiday Giveaway 2016

Holiday Giveaway 2016 was the Christmas gift giving event of 2016. When it was announced in this blog post, players were stunned with the sudden change in tradition. The number of gifts dropped down to three, the prizes replaced the boxes, they were released weekly instead of daily, and the only way to obtain the gifts was by purchasing them from the avatar shop for free.

When people were done reading the blog post, they took their opinions to the forums (mostly RT and OT ) where they posted about how "lazy" the Roblox team was this year. With much backlash, an administrator stated the reason for this change on the Developer Forum.