Raffle/Quiz items
FEBRUARY (Valentine's Day, Video Vault, Enchanted Plushie Flash Sale, 2026 Winter Olympics)
Anything from previous Valentine's Day, Valentine's Candy Tree, or Valentine's Day Hunt events; Valentine, Love, Loveless, Red, Pink, coral, maroon, Frilly, kiss, kissy, bliss, Heart, Heartless, Rose, Romantic, Chocolate, candy, vintage, Victorian, wedding, Harmony, Melody, passion, fat, pixie, pampered, fancy, elegant, cupid, hart, Snorky, Stalker items, Olympic(s), Masquerade, Palladium Jubilee, February

2026 CALENDAR:
1/27-2/7 Register for ATM Secret Valentine (hosted by bluetaz2001)
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=504435&id=2734210
2/6-2/22 Winter Olympics
2/6-2/13 ATM Winter Olympics Scavenger Hunt (Gwylynnsgarden) https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=505001&id=2039393
2/8-2/9 bluetaz2001 sending out Secret Valentine names
2/8 Enchanted Plushie Flash Sale
2/10-2/22 Send out your Secret Valentine gift
2/14 Valentine's Day
1/17 Lunar New Year begins - Year of the Horse
2/24 Video Vault (last year DVDs in time machine & lots of new video games and DVDs)

Dani - marapets dating event?

WINTER OLYMPICS - Who are you cheering for? I love an underdog and the Jamaican bobsled team is back again this year.

LUNAR NEW YEAR (Lunar New Year will be February 17, 2026 and February 6, 2027 and January 26, 2028)
INFO FROM 2025 (was celebrated 1/29) :
Info from last year:
Lunar New Year
All Lunar pets will receive FREE TRAINING at the Gym and Elite Gym until February 1st
All Lunar pets will receive FREE LESSONS at the School and University until February 1st
The Costumes Boutique will have the Lunar Costume on sale January 29th
The Lunar Costumes is now a Calendar Costume meaning that they will only be on sale at the Costumes Boutique for one day of the year (Lunar New Year) as shown on our Calendar

ADD REMINDER OF SWAPS & SHOP RULES:
1. All photo and plate swaps are to be of similar or equal value. Follow this chart as a guide:

Current Price on Shop Search Swap value that can be used
Under 50,000 mp - photos/plates may not be swapped. These photos/plates can be found in the club shop at a discounted rate.
50,000 mp - 250,000mp can be swapped for other plates or photos that value 50,000 mp - 250,000mp
251,0

NOTE - Mara corrected the calendar to reflect the 2/17/26 date of Lunar New Year.

Hi everyone,

I hope you an doing well and are enjoying the holiday season. After a very hectic Elfember, January should be a little quieter.

Thank you to all who have been generously donating for quizzes and raffles. We are really low on items for next month. If you would like to help out for January, here is what we are focusing on:

Chinese , Japanese, lunar, luna, imperial, empire, dragon, Australian, tundra, items needed for Alien Pyramid (beans, gumballs, memory cards, wanted posters) , fade, medieval, regal, royal, majesty, lord, king, warrior, ninja, armoured, noble, court, realm, baby, toddler, nursery, stork, crib, old, ancient, sleepy, sketch, princess, Jinn, Genie, wishes, Glass, Frostfire (frost in December), Chibi, checkered, invisible, millionaire, sad, funky, peace, groovy, groove, prison, tiny, grey, Time Machine Tokens, essences, January items

If you ever want to see what themes are upcoming, here is a link to my quiz/raffle items blog: https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=504462&id=2039393

We have a handful of banners to help you transition out of Elfember and into the new year.

WINTER BANNERS:
from SugarnuttyK23

https://iili.io/FrqcaxS.gif


https://iili.io/KCMklMG.gif

from Cygnet:

https://mara.pics/uploads/5390870/3851fdb7921233e4b7ff47468454101e1fa62d37.jpg

NEW YEAR BANNER:
from SugarnuttyK23

https://mara.pics/uploads/9073217/988077238c15cd1faa17e0922edeb3a6bc1550f8.jpg

BANNER CHALLENGE
Banner Challenge (This will continue as we build up our inventory of banners. ) (Gwylynnsgarden)

Time for all our creative and tech people to shine. Earn 25,000 Club Points for each ATM banner you design. Draw your own or use AI. Maramail me the image link so I can award points and add it to our banner list.
Theme ideas:
any month - non-holiday

2026 CALENDAR:
1/1 Santa Claws Raffle Winners
1/19 Martin Luther King Day
1/22-1/26 ATM Australia Word Scramble (DayravenB ) https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=503361&id=5312326
1/26 Australia Day
1/27 Start registering for ATM Secret Valentine (hosted by bluetaz2001)
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=504435&id=2734210
1/29 Lunar New Year (Mara) NOTE - Mara corrected the calendar to reflect the 2/17 date for 2026

BANNER CHALLENGE
Banner Challenge (This will continue as we build up our inventory of banners. ) (Gwylynnsgarden)

Time for all our creative and tech people to shine. Earn 25,000 Club Points for each ATM banner you design. Draw your own or use AI. Maramail me the image link so I can award points and add it to our banner list.
Theme ideas:
any month - non-holiday/non-seasonal
January - New Year, winter
February - Winter Olympics, Valentine's Day
March - St. Patrick's Day, Spring
April - Easter, Spring


Link to all ATM Banners: https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=504080&id=2039393

INFO FROM LAST YEAR:
Happy Australia Day
All Australian pets will receive FREE TRAINING at the Gym and Elite Gym today
All Australian pets will receive FREE LESSONS at the School and University today
All Australian pets will receive TRIPLE STATS at the School, University, Elite Gym and Gym today
The Costumes Boutique has the Australian Costume on sale today until midnight
The Australian and American Costumes are now Calendar Costumes meaning that they will only be on sale at the Costumes Boutique for one day of the year as shown on our Calendar

LUNAR NEW YEAR (Lunar New Year will be February 17, 2026 and February 6, 2027 and January 26, 2028)
INFO FROM 2025 (was celebrated 1/29) :
Info from last year:
Lunar New Year
All Lunar pets will receive FREE TRAINING at the Gym and Elite Gym until February 1st
All Lunar pets will receive FREE LESSONS at the School and University until February 1st
The Costumes Boutique will have the Lunar Costume on sale January 29th
The Lunar Costumes is now a Calendar Costume meaning that they will only be on sale at the Costumes Boutique for one day of the year (Lunar New Year) as shown on our Calendar

RAFFLE/QUIZ
JANUARY (Lunar New Year, Australia Day)
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