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On behalf of the whole Sonic Stadium team - forum moderators, news writing staff and myself - I want to wish the entire Sonic the Hedgehog community a very Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays! 2023 has been an extremely busy year for Sonic, with a metric tonne of games, media and merchandise for fans to entertain themselves with. What has been your favourite? Let us know how your going to spend the day and the rest of the festive season, and we will keep the party going on the Sonic Stadium over the next week - we have some cool features planned that you might enjoy, so keep an eye out for that. We'll see you guys off for the next couple days with a few highlights from the Community Gallery - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! From @Sage From @CosmicFred From @Metaru From @sonic_the_cuber From @shadowboof90 From @Starry Skydancer From @coral_reef From @EpiclyEpicGuy From @cosmichaos View full story

It's that time of the year! By which I mean it's time for Sonic Forces Speed Battle to add winter holiday-themed character alts, and this year it looks that Sonic (the tall modern boy himself) will finally be getting the Christmas treatment. For those looking to keep their presents wrapped, HARDlight has a teaser post on X/Twitter. For those looking to peek a little early, dataminer info of both upcoming characters will be farther down the article. Beyond a cheery skin, the game will soon get additional bonus missions to unlock and boost "Special" class characters, with the character available cycling weekly. However, much like everything else in Speed Battle, it comes at the cost of watching ads to unlock. Hopefully if you're still playing at this point, you're immune to endless Frosted Flakes or those increasingly off-putting Hero Wars ads. Credit to Ryannumber1gamer for the news screenshot. Finally, if you've made it far enough to want a sneak peak of two upcoming hedgehogs, @SonicMobileNews has posted the character models for both, the first being the teased "Snowdrift Sonic." And the second adding yet another Sonic Prime character, the Nine version of Chaos Sonic, the chatty bot at the top of the naughty list. Screenshot of post taken due to image being hidden. Link to the original thread. You can unwrap Snowdrift Sonic later this month on the 16th, while Chaos Sonic will most likely take flight next month in celebration of Sonic Prime's final episodes. However, I've run out of Christmas metaphors, so don't pout and don't cry, as... Sonic in a festive crown and fancy red coat is coming to town? Sonic News Tips Credit: Ryannumber1gamer Original Post Content: Announced in the latest patch update for Forces Mobile, a brand new Bonus Missions mechanic is being implemented into the game that will alternate new runners event week, and will hopefully act as a means to get special-tier characters that don't receive many reruns (Treasure Hunter Knuckles and Secret Agent Rouge has been used as the examples in the post). Unfortunately, the catch is the bonus mission needs to be unlocked by watching a advert, after which you'll have the mission slot will remain open for a period of time. Presumably, if you don't finish the mission within that time, you'll need to watch the advert again to unlock it. That's not all however, alongside the formal announcement of the previous teased Snowdrift Sonic. But the game itself has received a winter makeover, with multiple maps having been covered in snow, and a special gift every single day with cards for a random runner. That's on top of the currently running Sinister Showdown event that'll let you get Infinite and Mephile if you missed them. Seems like the game is really ramping things up for Christmas now. View full story

I've created a Sega Christmas album. It's full of Genesis arranges of Christmas song MIDIs I found on the Web. This includes the "Sonic's Christmas" thing from last year plus a few more. Pre-order it here: https://futureweivu.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-the-hedgehogs-jugband-christmas Bonus points if you know what the cover of it references. (Hint: Hanna-Barbera)

This upcoming holiday season just got a bit merrier thanks to Jakks Pacific. A Christmas collection of the 2-inch Sonic figure line will be arriving in an advent calendar later this year. For those not familiar with what an advent calendar is, it's usually a large box with tiny gifts inside that you open one per day all December long up until Christmas eve. However, if you're like me, you're going to buy the whole box yourself and open them all at once for a nice Christmas display. The set includes Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Mighty, Ray, and many more including accessories. Some will be in festive outfits and some, like Ray, will make their first appearance in the 2-inch line. The MSRP is currently unknown. Big thanks to Sonic Merch News for providing the information and first images of the set. View full story

(Pretty sure noone made this yet this year, so...) The Holidays are drawing to a close, and we're all showing off our big hauls of loot this year. However, Surely this road isn't a one-way street. So, what did you GIVE this year? --- I dare say, I'm spoiling my friends this year. I gave a few of my online friends some games over Steam... I might be able to give a few more things later at the end of the sale. I'm giving my BFF and Sonic Pillow I made, a pair of Mario and Luigi plushies, a cool 3D Puzzle that looks like the blue chaos emerald, and a Sonic Lost World poster. I know her dad likes The Beatles, so I'm giving him a Beatles CD My friend is getting an MLP calendar, some odds and ends, some incense, and a DVD that she wanted. one of my other friends, I'm giving him a DVD with 4 Pokemon movies, and Naruto DVD, and a Shiny Mew plushie that I'm sewing and I'm giving my neighbor, who's one of my best friends a few Warriors books that she requested. Aaaaaand, I'm giving my Dad and Elvis CD. I wanted to give my Grandma a Body Pillow cover, but I didn't have time to Sew it... D8

Hey everyone! I had a fun Idea, I wanted to try and write the "Twas the Night before Christmas", Staring us! Now, You can request to be apart of it, and if you can see where you would fit in to my story, you may post suggestions Now, there will be a few little rules for my story collab okay? 1. It has to be safe for kids to read. Why? Well... lets just say, I don't like stories with sexual content or cursing, I can accept some humorous partying and such to be in the story. ( I just can't put my name on a story with cursing ) 2. I will try and fit people in in the order they request to be added, that way I can fit as many as possible. 3. Any tidbits you want to submit must be in the "Twas the Night Before Christmas" style, for example: "Twas the Night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for Captain Dwibbs" it does not have to rhyme though, just maintain a rhythm (If you can;'t get it that way, I can help ya out . ) So that is my rules, and yeah, if you want to submit pieces for the story, I would be glad to try and add them And if more people are willing to write for it, I can make a list and put it in an order so you know which part you will be writing then . I think to avoid confusion, you should post actual written parts via PM, and Ideas and requests to be included can be discussed here . I hope this goes well and that we can all have fun! ( Oh yeah, any written parts will be credited to their authors ) EDIT: Okay, i am going to give a little leway for some side story stuff, as long as it does not interfere with the flow of the poem too much. Thanks Kablamjamdan for posting the link for the original poem. (post below) And I will post some more inspiration of what I am shooting for here:

This is the official wish list/ gift topic for Christmas 2013. You can make reviews of gift Ideas, talk about what you want for Christmas, what you are getting other people, and after Christmas we can talk about what we got and be thankful for it (or give it all to someone else the next day in Britain ) Have fun! I saw some awesome Sonic Christmas gifts this year. I was totally elated when I saw a Knuckles plush backpack!!!! I have a Sonic one already, and this looks so super! I definitely want this . If this is not a kids size (my sonic one was not) then this would be awesome for anime conventions! I wore my Sonic one on my back while I was cosplaying as Amy rose. I got a lot of sweet responses! . Next I have a new plush that was released ( at least on amazon!) a hard to find character: A Rouge the bat plush! I was totally excited to see this, since I always wanted one. It would look super cute with my Knuckles plush! GE makes some quality plushes as well . ( Sorry, for any guys who like what I found, replace cute with cool , 'cause that is true as well. Cute is my fave word when shopping so I think you may hear it a lot!) ------------ I am making my mom a gift basket for Christmas this year. It will be country kitchen themed. I have a few things already for it. I am looking around to get some dish towels, little kitchen utensils, and I think I will sew a few things for it as well --------- Happy discussion!

Christmas Means many things to many different people, but what does it mean to you? I'll tell you what it means to me. Now, most will know (or you should know) that I am not a religious person, but that doesn't mean that I can't still celebrate Christmas. It makes me happy to see this time of year come on by, but I wasn't always this way. I was once a very cynical person, even more cynical that I am now. I use to see Christmas as a time of commercial capitalism and pure greed, I even down right hated Christmas once. That's right I hated everything about Christmas, I hated people on Christmas, I hated shopping on Christmas, I even hated Santa Claus. I started to even wonder how someone like Santa could be such a big sellout. Then I started to wonder, "What does the world look like through Santa's eyes"? I guess when you do a job like that, delivering toys, you must feel that way to. Very bitter and hateful towards the Idea of Christmas being more about Toys and greed rather than Good Will and Peace on earth. But then I started to think about the Idea of Santa. This is a man who could do anything else with his time, be a baker, a plumber. Hell, a Millionaire, but instead he chooses to give toys to children just because he feels like it. That's when it hit me, that's when I knew what Christmas was all about. What Christmas to me is really hard to put into words. I see Christmas when a person takes the time to listen to someone just because they care. I see Christmas when ever two people tell each other that they love one another and mean it with all their hearts. I see Christmas when a child smiles, or is having a good time. I even see Christmas at soup kitchens, and homeless shelter, places where they can't afford the nice things we can during Christmas. Christmas to me isn't about doing something good, because your going to get something in return, or because your going to be safe from whatever boogieman of the week there is, or your going to be saved from whatever agony anyone says there is if you didn't do the deed after your gone. No, Christmas is about doing something good just because your felt like it. So with that being said, what does Christmas Mean to you? I really want to know.

A pretty alternative Christmas message here. Thoughts? Care to add to the theory??

As the end of November approaches, and Advent is about to begin, it's that time of year again, folks! SSMB's Seasonal Festivities! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or just Happy Holidays with family and friends, we're throwing a party here on SSMB for the whole of December (just like in the good old days!) and every single one of you is invited to join in and spread the season's cheer (: So, basically, what's going to happen is that the staff team are going to run some festive forum games, and there'll be some interesting events popping up on TSS too, so keep an eye on the main site! I'll be kicking things off with a post over there in a couple of days~ How can YOU help? Well! Glad you asked! I'd like some [reasonable - so don't ask for an interactive advent calendar because there's simply not the time or man-power to throw something like that together D:] suggestions for some fun little things we can do on the forum. I can tell you that we WILL be having a return of the popular "Decorate the SSMB Christmas Tree" game, so consider that one already set to go. What else might we be up to? And what else would you like to see? I can't promise that all ideas will be implemented, but we'll do our best to make things as fun as possible here over the coming weeks in the lead up to the festive climax. Also, don't forget to submit your festively themed banners in the banner thread! The next set of banner uploads will be happening in early December, so get cracking. Finally, it would be really neat to see as many of you as possible change up your names to reflect the festive season, starting December 1st. If you require a forced name change (i.e. because you've used up your limit), it's likely that an admin will be willing to help you with that. You don't have to, of course, but it's always fun! So, get your Santa hats and reindeer antlers on, start the fire crackling, grab some Stollen or mince pies and join us for a round of carol sing-- oh, wait, no. It's still ideas and guessing time. So, get to it! ♪

What's Up everyone? Yes, it's that time of year again, you go and buy presents for others *groan*, but then you get some really cool ones in return! Yippee! Unless your granny misread the Sonic Advance you asked for and she gets you 'Carvello's Putting Challenge' instead. ^_^ I didn't do a Christmas update last year, unfortunately, so I'm doing one now, I'm really in the festive spirit, and so should you. This update is not big I'm afraid - The Sonic Site Awards Ceremony is what everyone wants right now, so I'm preparing massively in advance. Thanks to everyone this year for your support of this site, things will get even better next year - promise! Speaking of which, expect something different starting next year... All the submissions I've had now will be shown in the New Year's update, which is next year, natch. Other than that, More Fan Art, More Links and More Hoaxes for you to salivate over. Remember the Sonic Site Awards 2001. BE THERE! All you have to do is visit THIS SITE on the day and the site will do the rest for you - it will have a different layout, so don't get freaked, OK? ^_^ If you've been living under a rock for the last 6 months (read: don't know about the Sonic Site Awards 2001). Finally, Hope everyone gets what they wanted for Chrimbo, Santa is pleased this year... have a happy New Year too, make those resolutions stick y'all, I'm sure I won't... View full story

Sonic Adventure 2 players are in for a festive treat this holiday season, because Sonic Team has prepared a series of Christmas-themed downloads that you can use to add some colour to your gameplay! On offer are a series of character skins that dress Sonic, Tails and pals in some proper holiday wear. See some images of this in action below - Sonic dons a Santa Claus jacket, while Tails kits out his Tornado walker with a traditional red and white paint job. Download to your heart's content here: Sonic Adventure 2: Download Page View full story

Yes, it's 'Happy Crimbo' again to your auntie, but what are you gonna spend your hard earned cash on for YOURSELF this Christmas, with the ever-increasing presents to buy? Solution: The online Dreamcast shops! Some of the best shops around on the net! First of all, try out The Stadium Online Shop, in association with amazon.co.uk. We have the most DC-related gifts for you at less than high-street prices! Pre-order Shenmue for £29.99, that's practically a STEAL! If you feel defiant though and wish to shop elsewhere then Gamestation is the second best place to go to! They sell retro games for low prices. For example: my friend has practically been looking for Sonic Jam ever since it came out (he never got the chance to buy it at launch). This place has Sonic Jam, and many other Saturn, Dreamcast, PlayStation (shudder), and even Mega Drive games to buy. If you don't feel like buying DC stuff from here visit this site! View full story