The page below includes the information and statistics collected by a survey on Avatarlog (avatar.starried.net) on December 31st 2006 and (new!) 2007.

We're hoping that the statistics below will help people (like you and my friend musiclives2001!) in figuring out what exactly you need to earn the Winter Sidebar for next year :)

What We Already Know

• Some qualifications must be met. If you meet these unknown specifics, on the last day of the Advent Calendar (December 31st), you will unlock the sidebar in addition to receiving the regular Advent Calendar prizes.

• Obviously, if you already have the sidebar, you can't get it twice ;)

• The following quote comes from Neopian Times Editorial #228. This confirmed that some special "requirements" were necessary to get the sidebar :)

  I know December is long gone but, how come on Decemember 31, 2005 only some people got the winter sidebar from the Advent Calendar? I thought everyone was supposed to get the same prizes from the Advent Calendar. ~ starfire1991

  Actually, random prizes are ocassionally given out via the Advent Calendar. This is done just to spice things up a bit and give a few lucky people an extra prize we wouldn't be able to give out otherwise.

  That being said, this was not the case here. :) Just like most of the other sidebars, there were certain requirements that had to be met in order to obtain the Winter Sidebar. If you met these requirements, you got it on the final day of the Advent Calendar. We can't tell you what those requirements were, of course, but it was certainly not a random giveaway. We'll give you a little hint however... the same requirements will need to be met next year, and the sidebar will again be given out on the final day of the Advent Calendar. You've got 10 months to figure it out! :)

• Here is another quote, from Editorial #270. This told us two things, that you DIDN'T need to refresh at midnight on Christmas Eve/Day AND that you didn't need to collect your prizes at any specific time on the last day when the sidebar would be given out.

  I was thinking -- the way to unlock the winter sidebar ISN'T by staying up on Christmas Eve or Christmas night until midnight and refreshing at Terror Mountain... right? ~narelliagiven

  More hint requests?!

  Ah, since it is a once-in-a-year opportunity, we'll let you off the hook this time. If you are celebrating Christmas, please don't upset Santa by staying up to midnight on Neopets. Should you meet the requirements, you'll be able to collect the sidebar by visiting the Advent Calendar at ANY time on December 31st.

Statistics: Chart 1 (FROM 2006)

Numbers in green refer to the exact number of people. Numbers in navy are percentages.

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Category Totals
Total of 2077 people. 48%	.	Total of 2264 people. 52%
While Getting the Advent Calendar...
99% had both Advent avatars (Plastic Fir and Seasonal Attack Pea) by the 31st. 2047	.	86% had both Advent avatars (Plastic Fir and Seasonal Attack Pea) by the 31st. 1953
97% collected Advent Calendar prizes every day without missing a day. 2015		21% collected Advent Calendar prizes every day without missing a day. 471
24% of people collected their prizes around the same time each day. 498		22% of people collected their prizes around the same time each day. 503
17% had a Snow, Ice or Christmas colored pet on their account. 348		17% had a Snow, Ice or Christmas colored pet on their account. 374
And the items?
30% read the Advent Calendar books to their pets. 627	.	28% read the Advent Calendar books to their pets. 634
7% had all of the Advent Calendar items in their inventory. 140		6% had all of the Advent Calendar items in their inventory. 142
2% had all of the Advent Calendar items stored in their gallery. 48		2% had all of the Advent Calendar items stored in their gallery. 35
50% had all of the Advent Calendar items in their SDB. 1043		36% had all of the Advent Calendar items in their SDB. 808
Active Sidebars Being Used
10% used the Haunted Woods (Halloween) sidebar. 205	.	6% used the Haunted Woods (Halloween) sidebar. 136
28% used the Default (Yellow) sidebar. 579		37% used the Default (Yellow) sidebar. 831
12% used the Altador Cup sidebar. 255		11% used the Altador Cup sidebar. 240
11% used the Cyodrake's Gaze sidebar. 237		10% used the Cyodrake's Gaze sidebar. 226
3% used the Happy Valentines Day! sidebar. 60		4% used the Happy Valentines Day! sidebar. 96
4% used the Curse of Maraqua sidebar. 77		3% used the Curse of Maraqua sidebar. 72
3% used the Qasalan sidebar. 61		3% used the Qasalan sidebar. 72
0% used the Birthday sidebar. 4		0% used the Birthday sidebar. 4
2% used the Premium Space Faerie sidebar. 33		1% used the Premium Space Faerie sidebar. 25
27% used the Altadorian Constellations sidebar. 566		25% used the Altadorian Constellations sidebar. 562
Years of Advent Collecting
21% said that 2006 was their first year collecting the Advent Calendar. 266	.	25% said that 2006 was their first year collecting the Advent Calendar. 385
36% said that 2006 was their second year collecting the Advent Calendar. 464		36% said that 2006 was their second year collecting the Advent Calendar. 560
23% said that 2006 was their third year collecting the Advent Calendar. 293		23% said that 2006 was their third year collecting the Advent Calendar. 363
11% said that 2006 was their fourth year collecting the Advent Calendar. 136		9% said that 2006 was their fourth year collecting the Advent Calendar. 133
10% said that 2006 was their fifth or greater year collecting the Advent Calendar. 132		8% said that 2006 was their fifth or greater year collecting the Advent Calendar. 121
Active Avatars (Most Popular Responses)
Seasonal attack pea 123 = 6%	.	Seasonal attack pea 88 = 4%
Let it snow! 104 = 5%		Let it snow! 87 = 4%
Plastic fir 59 = 3%		Plastic fir 57 = 3%
Zdap 33 = 2%		Default 44 = 2%
Top gamer 26 = 1%		Zdap 26 = 1%
Default 25 = 1%		Top gamer 24 = 1%
Raindorf 23 = 1%		Raindorf 22 = 1%
Space faerie 22 = 1%		Dark nova 19 = 1%
Faerie bubbles 16 = 1%		Meowclops 18 = 1%
Hannah and the pirate caves 15 = 1%		Chokato 17 = 1%
Mspp 15 = 1%		Faerie bubbles 17 = 1%
Not for wreathale 13 = 1%		Alien aisha 17 = 1%
Dark nova 13 = 1%		Mootix 17 = 1%
Meowclops 13 = 1%		Black pteri 15 = 1%
Black pteri 13 = 1%		Queen fyora 13 = 1%
Pink! 12 = 1%		Gloomy 13 = 1%
Number six 12 = 1%		Mazzew 12 = 1%
I taunt the pant devil 12 = 1%		Pink! 12 = 1%
Snowmuncher 11 = 1%		Snowmuncher 12 = 1%
Gruslen 11 = 1%		Whee! 12 = 1%
Neopoints On Hand
42% had less than 1,000 nps out. 870	.	43% had less than 1,000 nps out. 980
30% had between 1,000 & 10,000 nps out. 618		32% had between 1,000 & 10,000 nps out. 726
19% had between 10,000 & 50,000 nps out. 392		16% had between 10,000 & 50,000 nps out. 362
4% had between 50,000 & 100,000 nps out. 91		4% had between 50,000 & 100,000 nps out. 88
4% had between 100,000 & 500,000 nps out. 87		4% had between 100,000 & 500,000 nps out. 92
1% had more than 500,000 nps out. 19		1% had more than 500,000 nps out. 16
Account Age (Most Popular Responses)
6 years = 3%	.	14 months = 3%
17 months = 3%		18 months = 2%
20 months = 2%		17 Months = 2%
8 months = 2%		9 months = 2%
2 Years = 2%		1 year = 2%
18 months = 2%		6 years = 2%
29 months = 2%		16 months = 2%
16 months = 2%		30 Months = 2%
1 year = 2%		20 Months = 2%
6 months = 2%		15 months = 2%
19 months = 2%		8 months = 2%
10 months = 2%		31 months = 2%
27 months = 2%		19 months = 2%
13 months = 2%		10 months = 2%
21 months = 2%		35 months = 2%
30 months = 2%		11 months = 2%
14 months = 2%		25 months = 2%
23 Months = 2%		3 months = 2%
37 months = 2%		13 months = 2%
3 months = 1%		23 Months = 2%
Petpet on Active Pet (Most Popular Responses)
No Petpet 190 = 9%	.	No Petpet 291 = 13%
snowbunny 85 = 4%		mazzew 99 = 4%
pile of soot 76 = 4%		slorg 78 = 3%
mazzew 73 = 4%		pile of soot 74 = 3%
slorg 50 = 2%		snowbunny 67 = 3%
gobbler 48 = 2%		harris 67 = 3%
gruslen 37 = 2%		gobbler 62 = 3%
yes 36 = 2%		snicklebeast 52 = 2%
altachuck 35 = 2%		abominable snowball 52 = 2%
abominable snowball 33 = 2%		yes 44 = 2%
harris 33 = 2%		angelpuss 37 = 2%
snicklebeast 32 = 2%		gruslen 29 = 1%
huggy 31 = 1%		huggy 27 = 1%
angelpuss 25 = 1%		altachuck 25 = 1%
faellie 19 = 1%		feepit 16 = 1%
sludgy 18 = 1%		warf 12 = 1%
quadrapus 14 = 1%		spyder 11 = 0%
spyder 13 = 1%		puppyblew 11 = 0%
plushie angelpuss 11 = 1%		quadrapus 10 = 0%

Statistics: Chart 2 (FROM 2007)

This chart is arranged the same as Chart 1.

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Category Totals
47.29% received the sidebar. (2150)	.	52.71% did not receive the sidebar. (2396)
Collecting Daily
96.84% collected their Advent prize EVERY day without missing a day. (2082)	.	15.73% collected their Advent prize EVERY day without missing a day. (377)
2.28% missed at least one day of collecting Advent prizes. (49)	.	79.34% missed at least one day of collecting Advent prizes. (1901)
0.88% was not sure if they collected every day or not. (19)	.	4.92% was not sure if they collected every day or not. (118)
Advent Calendar Avatars (Plastic Fir & Seasonal Attack Pea)
99.57% owned both Advent Calendar avatars by the 31st. (2101)	.	82.39% owned both Advent Calendar avatars by the 31st. (1951)
0.43% did not have both Advent Calendar avatars. (9)	.	17.61% did not have both Advent Calendar avatars. (417)
Advent Calendar items in Inventory on the 31st
6.56% had ALL of the Advent Calendar items in their inventory when collecting. (141)	.	4.97% had ALL of the Advent Calendar items in their inventory when collecting. (119)
33.26% had SOME of the Advent Calendar items in their inventory when collecting. (715)	.	48.62% had SOME of the Advent Calendar items in their inventory when collecting. (1165)
60.19% had NONE of the Advent Calendar items in their inventory when collecting. (1294)	.	46.41% had NONE of the Advent Calendar items in their inventory when collecting. (1112)
Time of Collecting
25.63% collected at roughly the same time each day. (551)	.	21.83% collected at roughly the same time each day. (523)
74.37% did not collect at the same time each day. (1599)	.	78.17% did not collect at the same time each day. (1873)
Sending Out Items (This refers to using the "Give to Neofriend" option.)
54.6% sent out at least one item during December. (1174)	.	45.58% sent out at least one item during December. (1092)
38.05% did not send out any items during December. (818)	.	43.74% did not send out any items during December. (1048)
7.35% was not sure if s/he sent any items in December. (158)	.	10.68% was not sure if s/he sent any items in December. (256)
Sending Out Items on Christmas Day
23.16% sent out at least one item on Christmas Day. (498)	.	16.94% sent out at least one item on Christmas Day. (406)
63.35% didn't sent out any items on Christmas Day. (1362)	.	70.7% didn't sent out any items on Christmas Day. (1694)
13.49% was not sure if s/he sent out items on Christmas Day. (290)	.	12.35% was not sure if s/he sent out items on Christmas Day. (296)
Sending Neogreetings
6.98% sent out at least one NeoGreeting during December. (150)	.	5.38% sent out at least one NeoGreeting during December. (129)
91.26% did not send out any NeoGreetings during December. (1962)	.	92.36% did not send out any NeoGreetings during December. (2213)
1.77% was not sure if s/he sent any NeoGreetings in December. (38)	.	2.25% was not sure if s/he sent any NeoGreetings in December. (54)
Being "Good" in 2007
78.65% did not receive any warnings or suspensions in 2007. (1691)	.	77.46% did not receive any warnings or suspensions in 2007. (1856)
16.28% received a suspension/warning in 2007. (350)	.	16.4% received a suspension/warning in 2007. (393)
5.07% was not sure about receiving warnings/suspensions in 2007. (109)	.	6.14% was not sure about receiving warnings/suspensions in 2007. (147)
Using "Usable" Advent Items (Feed food to pets, put clothes in Closet, furniture in Neohome, read books to pet, played toys with a pet, etc.)
4.7% used ALL usable Advent items. (101)	.	5.59% used ALL usable Advent items. (134)
24.51% used MOST usable Advent items. (527)	.	24.62% used MOST usable Advent items. (590)
46.84% used only SOME usable Advent items. (1007)	.	42.11% used only SOME usable Advent items. (1009)
23.95% did not use any Advent items. (515)	.	27.67% did not use any Advent items. (663)
Watching Advent Animations
55.07% fully watched all the Advent animations. (1184)	.	43.32% fully watched all the Advent animations. (1038)
11.58% did not watch any of the Advent animations. (249)	.	12.85% did not watch any of the Advent animations. (308)
33.35% only watched some of the Advent animations. (717)	.	43.82% only watched some of the Advent animations. (1050)
Mood of Active Pet (Most Common Responses)
27.63% delighted! (594)	.	22.08% delighted! (529)
16.37% content (352)	.	17.61% content (422)
12.74% happy (274)	.	14.27% happy (342)
11.63% cheerful (250)	.	11.39% cheerful (273)
7.67% joyful (165)	.	7.76% joyful (186)
7.35% extremely happy (158)	.	7.47% extremely happy (179)
4.37% unhappy (94)	.	6.51% unhappy (156)
3.67% delighted (79)	.	2.92% delighted (70)
2% miserable (43)	.	2.63% depressed (63)
1.86% depressed (40)	.	2.38% miserable (57)
1.35% very unhappy (29)	.	1.25% very unhappy (30)
Hunger of Active Pet (Most Common Responses)
32.93% bloated (708)	.	27.34% bloated (655)
12.79% very full (275)	.	17.99% dying (431)
11.21% dying (241)	.	12.4% very full (297)
8.37% full up (180)	.	7.6% full up (182)
7.44% satiated (160)	.	6.43% satiated (154)
6.88% fine (148)	.	6.39% not hungry (153)
6.33% not hungry (136)	.	5.26% fine (126)
4.09% hungry (88)	.	4.76% hungry (114)
2.51% starving (54)	.	3.59% starving (86)
1.86% very hungry (40)	.	2.88% very hungry (69)
1.53% famished (33)	.	1.71% famished (41)
0.6% very bloated (13)	.	0.67% very bloated (16)
0.37% full (8)	.	0.5% full (12)
0.14% not sure (3)	.	0.38% satisfied (9)

Chart 1 & 2 Conclusions

From Chart 1, we can see that the most coherent trend seen is that nearly ALL of the people who got the sidebar had:

a) both of the Advent Calendar avatars by the 31st and
b) collected the prizes every day.

However, neither of these is the only requirement necessary since there are people who fulfilled both, but did not get the sidebar still.

Since the following categories are so spread out, the data shows that account age, active avatar, active pet's petpet, active sidebar and year of Advent Calendar collecting appear to have no, or little, effect on getting the sidebar.

From Chart 2, the same trends are roughly visible (this is always a good sign!).

Over 96% of the people who received the sidebar fulfilled b) collected their prize everyday and (as a result) also fulfilled a) - having both of the Advent Calendar avatars by the 31st. Also, the 2007 data again shows that a significant percentage (15.73%) collected every day but still did NOT receive the sidebar, hinting at additional requirements. Or, this might just be a glitch (?).

The other factors we polled in 2007 had, give-or-take, equal percentages across the board. This suggests that the following factors are not a singular requirement: hunger/mood of active pet, Advent Calendar watching, use of the Advent Calendar items, receiving warnings/suspensions during the year, sending NeoGreetings, giving out items in December/on Christmas, inventory items, and time of collection.

Statistics: Chart 3 (FROM 2006)

Our second table takes the total number of people who fulfilled a particular requirement, and then reports the percentage of those people who ended up getting (or not getting) the sidebar :)

Numbers in pink refer to the exact number of people. Numbers in navy are percentages.

There were 4000 people who had both Plastic Fir and Seasonal Attack Pea by the 31st.
51% of them got the sidebar. 2047	49% of them did not get the sidebar. 1953
There were 340 people who didn't have both avatars by the 31st.
9% of them got the sidebar. 30	91% of them did not get the sidebar. 310
There were 2486 people who collected the Advent Calendar daily without missing a day.
81% of them got the sidebar. 2015	19% of them did not get the sidebar. 471
There were 1855 people who missed at least one day of collecting the Advent Calendar.
3% of them got the sidebar. 62	97% of them did not get the sidebar. 1793
There were 1851 people who had all the Advent Calendar items in their SDB.
56% of them got the sidebar. 1043	44% of them did not get the sidebar. 808
There were 83 people who had all the Advent Calendar items in their gallery.
58% of them got the sidebar. 48	42% of them did not get the sidebar. 35
There were 282 people who had all the Advent Calendar items in their inventory.
50% of them got the sidebar. 140	50% of them did not get the sidebar. 142
There were 2120 people who had the Advent Calendar items in a variety of places.
40% of them got the sidebar. 844	60% of them did not get the sidebar. 1276
There were 1001 people who collected at around the same time each day.
50% of them got the sidebar. 498	50% of them did not get the sidebar. 503
There were 3340 people who collected the Advent Calendar at different times of the day.
47% of them got the sidebar. 1579	53% of them did not get the sidebar. 1761
There were 1261 people who read the Advent Calendar books to their pet(s).
50% of them got the sidebar. 627	50% of them did not get the sidebar. 634
There were 3080 people who didn't read the Advent Calendar books.
47% of them got the sidebar. 1450	53% of them did not get the sidebar. 1630
There were 722 people who had a Snow, Ice, or Christmas pet.
48% of them got the sidebar. 348	52% of them did not get the sidebar. 374
There were 3619 people who didn't have a Snow, Ice, or Christmas pet.
48% of them got the sidebar. 1729	52% of them did not get the sidebar. 1890
There were 1800 people who had less than 1000 nps out.
47% of them got the sidebar. 847	53% of them did not get the sidebar. 953
There were 1324 people who had between 1,000 & 10,000 nps out.
46% of them got the sidebar. 608	54% of them did not get the sidebar. 716
There were 746 people who had between 10,000 & 50,000 nps out.
52% of them got the sidebar. 386	48% of them did not get the sidebar. 360
There were 170 people who had between 15,000 & 100,000 nps out.
49% of them got the sidebar. 84	51% of them did not get the sidebar. 86
There were 178 people who who had between 100,000 & 500,000 nps out.
48% of them got the sidebar. 86	52% of them did not get the sidebar. 92
There were 35 people who had more than 500,000 nps out.
54% of them got the sidebar. 19	46% of them did not get the sidebar. 16
There were 3860 people who had a petpet on their active pet.
49% of them got the sidebar. 1887	51% of them did not get the sidebar. 1973
There were 481 people who had no petpet.
40% of them got the sidebar. 190	60% of them did not get the sidebar. 291

Statistics: Chart 4 (FROM 2007)

Data is arranged the same way as it is in Chart 3.

There were 2459 people who collected their Advent prizes EVERY day without missing a day.
85% of them got the sidebar. (2082)	15% of them did not get the sidebar. (377)
There were 1950 people who missed at least one day of Advent prizes.
3% of them got the sidebar. (49)	97% of them did not get the sidebar. (1901)
There were 4052 people who had both Advent Calendar avatars by the 31st.
52% of them got the sidebar. (2101)	48% of them did not get the sidebar. (1951)
There were 426 people who did not have both Advent Calendar avatars by the 31st.
2% of them got the sidebar. (9)	98% of them did not get the sidebar. (417)
There were 260 people who had ALL of the year's Advent items in their inventory when collecting.
54% of them got the sidebar. (141)	46% of them did not get the sidebar. (119)
There were 1880 people who had SOME of the year's Advent items in their inventory when collecting.
38% of them got the sidebar. (715)	62% of them did not get the sidebar. (1165)
There were 2406 people who had none of the year's Advent items in their inventory when collecting.
54% of them got the sidebar. (1294)	46% of them did not get the sidebar. (1112)
There were 1074 people who collected their Advent prizes at roughly the same time each day.
51% of them got the sidebar. (551)	49% of them did not get the sidebar. (523)
There were 3472 people who collected their Advent prizes at different times of the day.
46% of them got the sidebar. (1599)	54% of them did not get the sidebar. (1873)
There were 2266 people who sent out at least one item during the month of December.
52% of them got the sidebar. (1174)	48% of them did not get the sidebar. (1092)
There were 1866 people who didn't send out any items during the month of December.
44% of them got the sidebar. (818)	56% of them did not get the sidebar. (1048)
There were 904 people who sent out at least one item on Christmas Day.
55% of them got the sidebar. (498)	45% of them did not get the sidebar. (406)
There were 3056 people who didn't sent out at any items at all on Christmas Day.
45% of them got the sidebar. (1362)	55% of them did not get the sidebar. (1694)
There were 279 people who sent out at least one NeoGreeting in December.
54% of them got the sidebar. (150)	46% of them did not get the sidebar. (129)
There were 4175 people who didn't send out any NeoGreetings in December.
47% of them got the sidebar. (1962)	53% of them did not get the sidebar. (2213)
There were 3547 people who did not receive any warnings or suspensions in 2007.
48% of them got the sidebar. (1691)	52% of them did not get the sidebar. (1856)
There were 743 people who received at least one warning or suspension in 2007.
47% of them got the sidebar. (350)	53% of them did not get the sidebar. (393)
There were 235 people who used ALL of the "usable" Advent Calendar items.
43% of them got the sidebar. (101)	57% of them did not get the sidebar. (134)
There were 1117 people who used MOST of the "usable" Advent Calendar items.
47% of them got the sidebar. (527)	53% of them did not get the sidebar. (590)
There were 2016 people who only used SOME of the "usable" Advent Calendar items.
50% of them got the sidebar. (1007)	50% of them did not get the sidebar. (1009)
There were 1178 people who did not use any of the "usable" Advent Calendar items at all.
44% of them got the sidebar. (515)	56% of them did not get the sidebar. (663)
There were 2222 people who watched all of the Advent Calendar animations fully.
53% of them got the sidebar. (1184)	47% of them did not get the sidebar. (1038)
There were 557 people who didn't watch the Advent Calendar animations.
45% of them got the sidebar. (249)	55% of them did not get the sidebar. (308)
There were 1767 people who only watched some of the Advent Calendar animations.
41% of them got the sidebar. (717)	59% of them did not get the sidebar. (1050)

Chart 3 & 4 Conclusions

Most of the percentages in these two chart end up around 50/50, meaning that these requirements don't have much effect on getting the sidebar. The same, following conclusive trends were found in both 2006 and 2007 data.

However, we do see a major difference in the following two categories:

• People who didn't have both Advent Calendar avatars. The overwhelming majority of people without the two Advent avatars didn't end up getting the sidebar. However, if you *did* have both, you still only had about a 50% chance of getting the sidebar.

• Collecting the Advent Calendar daily. Those who didn't collect daily had a tiny chance of getting the sidebar (a whopping 97% didn't get the sidebar among those who didn't collect daily, and only 3% did). Interesting, these percentages came out exactly the same across 2006 and 2007, despite the larger data sample taken in 2007.

It should also be noted the difference between the percentages of people who had "some" of the year's Advent items in their inventory. A 38/62 balance is a larger discrepency when compared to the 50/50 divisions of many of the other categories. However, it is not large enough a difference to be able to draw a conclusion about it.

Final Conclusions and Additional Ideas

The following notes and suggestions come directly from some people who took the survey and added comments about what they thought might have affected their chances of getting the sidebar :) There may be some ideas we will look into for next year.

• Maybe your active pet's happiness or hunger level had to do with it.

• Maybe sending items to other Neopians or donating items during the month of December?

• Possibly the age of your active pet has something to do with it.

• Having possession of all of the Advent Calendar items somewhere on your account. (Starry note: Possibly, but I don't think very likely o.o It would require a lot of scripting on Neopets' part to check all over your account for all those items :P)

• I think you pre-qualify for it with what you do on Christmas Day. It has NOTHING to do with the status of your account the day you visit the calendar. On Christmas day, I sent neogreetings, gave holiday cards to neofriends, played winter games, completed a taelia quest.. posted a message on chat boards saying merry christmas with a winter themed avvie... I believe one of those sort of things is what you do to get the sidebar.

The following are DISPROVED as being a single affecting factor. (However, these might have some effect as part of a set of requirements; ie. you needed to do this AND something else in order for it to make a difference.)

From Testimonies:

• July Advent Calendar - we had people who both collected that, and didn't collect that.

• Neolodge - we had people who both kept their pets in the Neolodge and those who didn't, who got the sidebar.

• Active Pet's Hitpoints - Some with 0 HP, or red/yellow HP got the sidebar.

• Loading the video - Some people watched the animation two or three times, others collected their prizes before the animation fully loaded altogether.

• A particular item in your inventory - Some people with empty inventories got the sidebar.

• Having the exact amount of NP given out - There were people who both got and didn't get the sidebar, but had the exact amount out.

• Location of Advent Calendar items at time of Advent collecting on the 31st

• Active Sidebar being used

• Seniority (# of prior years having collected the Advent Calendar)

• Active Avatar

• Neopoints on Hand

• Account Age

• Active Pet's Petpet

• Time of Collecting

• Giving out items in December/on Christmas

• Sending NeoGreetings

• Receiving warnings/suspensions (or lack of them)

• Using the Advent Calendar items

• Watching the Advent Animations

• Active Pet's mood or hunger level

Our Suggestions

We'd (still) strongly recommend you visit the Advent Calendar every day :P

Disclaimer

All of the statistics above are based off of the data we received from users completing the survey :) Obviously, there will be some percentage of error; due to rounding of statistics, unclear wording, or people who accidentally clicked a wrong button. For certain categories, the numbers may not divide out because we took an adjusted percentage accounting for people who said the situation didn't apply, or didn't answer a field.

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