Christmas

Not to be confused with Frost Moon, and Frost Legion, which are also Christmas-themed invasion events.

Christmas is a seasonal event that occurs between December 15th and 31st ( December 1st and January 15th). During Christmas, Presents can be dropped by any enemy (1/13 or 7.7% chance), except for enemies spawned by statues. Hearts are also replaced by Candy Canes, and Mana Stars are replaced with Sugar Plums.

During Hardmode, one of the items a Present can contain is the Snow Globe, which summons the Frost Legion. Defeating the Frost Legion allows the Santa Claus NPC to spawn, if valid housing is available, but only during the Christmas season.

Reaching the 20th wave of the Frost Moon will unlock one in-game day of the Christmas Event, regardless of the date.

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Characters

In the forest during the day:

On the surface at night:

Critters:

Santa Bunny

Unique Drops

From any enemy:

Candy Cane(replaces Hearts)
Sugar Plum(replaces Mana Stars)
Present(1/13 or 7.7% chance)^[1]

From Present Slimes:

Giant Bow(1/20 or 5.0% chance)^[1]

For Sale

From Clothier:

Festive top hat

From Demolitionist:

Roman candle

From Traveling Merchant:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Does not drop from statue-spawned enemies

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Christmas can be "activated" by setting the device's date to any date within the respective Christmas timespan.
- Change the computer's date to any day between December 15th and 31st.
- Disconnect from Xbox Live / PSN and change the console time.
- Disconnect from automatic date/time updates and change the time manually. Note that this does not work for some devices.
- Go to "System Settings" and set the date there.
- Go to "System Settings" and go to "system", click on "Date and Time" and set the time there.