Holiday Giveaway 2016

Holiday Giveaway 2016
December is a month for celebration, community, and at Roblox, presents! We want to celebrate this festive season with you by giving out incredible free gifts this month!
Date	December 1, 2016 - December 21, 2016
Preceded by	Moana Giftsplosion 2015 (series)
Followed by	Universe (2016) Holiday Giveaway 2017 (series)
Description	Over the month of December, we will add three special presents to the Catalog for you to claim for free. These will take the form of mysterious “Gifts,” which will only be available for a limited time. Once you claim your gift, it will stay unopened in your inventory until it goes off-sale in the Catalog. On that day, the gift will open and the box will be replaced with a cool item for you to bring into the new year!

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.

Gifts

Box	Name	Prize	Name	Description
	Warm Gift of 2016		Warm Winter Scarf	Thanks for playing Roblox! This scarf will keep you warm all winter long! Pixels are the best! This item was formerly the Warm Gift of 2016.
	Festive Gift of Fun		Festive Winter Shades	You'll look cool with this festive gift of fun! Formerly the Festive Gift of Fun.
	Gift of Winter Future		Snowy Red Ice-Nine Drone Helm	Your future, like the winter sun is bright! Formerly the Gift of Winter Future.