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ATM Elfember Planning (December)
8 months, 5 days & 22 hrs ago
23rd Aug 2024 12:55

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Timeline of Mara Events & ATM Events
11/28-12/4 Sign up for ATM 2024 Christmas Stocking (Gwylynnsgarden)
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=504022&id=2039393
12/1 Advent Calendar begins
12/1 Begin using Elfember prizes in quizzes and raffles
12/1-12/24 ATM Advent Calendar (bluetaz2001) https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=503974&id=2734210
12/2 Advent Tree Instructions
12/4 Elf returns
12/5 Elfember Time Machine
12/6-12/12 ATM 2024 Christmas Stocking (Gwylynnsgarden) https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=504022&id=2039393
12/6-12/16 Register for ATM Secret Santa (Dani)
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=505585&id=5428864
12/6 Santa Claws Raffle Event begins
12/7 Elfember Capsule Machine
12/9 Secret Santa questing begins
12/12 Advent Tree
12/13 Krampus returns
12/14 Caroling
12/14-12/26 ATM Secret Santa Contest (Swetanew)
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=503685&id=5410605
12/15-12/25 ATM Pass the Present (Dani)
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=505605&id=5428864
12/17-12/18 ATM Secret Santa names sent out
12/19-12/31 ATM Send your Secret Santa gift. All gifts must be sent by 12/31.
12/25 ATM Dani's Christmas Trivia Extravaganza (100 questions) - 3:00 PM Mara time

AVAILABLE TO HOST
Quest Challenge - Santa Claws
Elf Dress Up Contest OR Elfie Selfie
Dress Up Contest (in addition to Elf)
Word Search
Crossword
Coloring Contest
Christmas and/or New Year's Secret Message
other ideas you may have


Quizzes and Raffles
DECEMBER (Elfember)
Advent, Christmas, Elfember, New Years, winter, seasonal, arctic, silver, sparkling, festive, holiday, snow items, gingerbread, eggnog, ice, angel, reindeer, candy cane, bells, ornaments, sleighs, mistletoe, Christmas costumes, Secret Santa, Krampus, Carol Singing, presents, Gift Boxes, Blitzen items, candle items, polar items, blizzard, Navidad, yule, yuletide, holly, mint, peppermint, toy items, December items

Activities

*ATM Advent calendar activity - CLAIMED - hosted by bluetaz2001
Dates: Dec 1 - Dec 24
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=503974&id=2734210
(From bluetaz2001's blog 2024)
~~ I am hosting the ATM Advent calendar this year...I am super excited and nervous at the same time. I hope you have fun and a great holiday season this year.
RULES:

~~ The rules are very simple. Do the day's task and post here the same day it is completed. After you post, you will get the prize inside. (See the picture of the cute little Advent Calendar above.) You win a prize for each day you enter. Please post the day as well so I know what day it is for. Thank you.

For example Decemeber 17 Jester Level 17 - Jester Shield

December 1st
-- This one is going to be simple. Which of your Marapets is your favorite? Why is it your favorite? What species is it? What color/costume? Does their name have special meaning? Did you adopt your pet? Was your pet a gift? Does it have any collections? Do you train it? Tell me below all about your pet.

December 2nd
-- Santa loves delivering toys this time of year. Add any toy to your pet's collection. Post the name of your Marapet and the toy your pet played with.

December 3rd
-- Read a festive/Christmas book to your pet, have them watch a festive/Christmas DVD or listen to a festive/Christmas CD. This includes any new books, DVDs, or CDs released during Elfember. Post the name of the item (book, DVD or CD) and the pet who performed the task.

If you can't do that, then you can do 10 quests of your choice and then post the name of the quest and starting and ending numbers.

December 4th
-- Find a pet wearing an Advent, Angel, Blitzen, Christmas, Christmas Tree, Elf, Gingerbread, Ice, Polar, Seasonal, Snow, Snowman, Tundra or Winter Costume. Post the name of the owner and name of the pet below. Yes, you can post your own pet.

December 5th
-- What do you do to celebrate the Christmas holiday? Do you exchange gifts? Do you have a big dinner? What family traditions do you have? If you don't celebrate Christmas, what winter traditions do you have?

December 6th
-- Show off your doll in the most festive outfit you can imagine and post below.
~~ To post a picture of your current doll (it will stay that way and not change): type the word "DOLL" in caps with square brackets around it. Like this, except no spaces:
[ DOLL ]

December 7th
-- Send me a cheap Christmas plushie -- all will be donated to the club at the end of the day.

December 8th
-- Share a favorite Christmas or winter memory. Post below.

December 9th --

Visit Santa Claws 10 times you can do this, or you can pick your own quest to do 10 times and post here what you received as prizes


I am giving you the option to choose either one since it is that time of year where he is handing out New Year Tickets.

December 10th --
Complete 5 Secret Santa quests. Post here with your starting and ending number of quests. Be honest please.

December 11th
-- Complete a mission of your choice -- Post here with what mission you completed and what you received.

December 12th
-- Help the local businesses this season by buying an item from one of the Biala Mountain shops. Donate it to the club. Post on here when you are done and what you donated.

December 13th --
Krampus is getting impatient for Christmas. Visit him 3 times today. Post on this blog with your results.

December 14th--
-- Don't forget to show your pets Christmas love by feeding them a tasty bakery item and sing them a Christmas carol or wintery song while you feed them. Only 1 pet is necessary. Post here which pet you fed, what treat you gave them, and what carol/song you sang to them.

December 15th
-- Add a holiday/Christmas item to one of your collections. If you can't add an item under 500k because you are a master collector, you can play a game from Biala Mountain instead.

December 16th
-- Make your doll look like a candy cane...dress it up in all red and white. Post your doll here so we all can admire it.
~~ To post a picture of your current doll (it will stay that way and not change): type the word "DOLL" in caps with square brackets around it. Like this, except no spaces:
[ DOLL ]

December 17th
-- Play Newth racing
and feed your pet a frozen food. Post which frozen food you fed to your pet.
https://www.marapets.com/wishlist.php?do=browse&shop=26

December 18th
-- Visit the Christmas Tree today to try to win a cracker. Post with what you won or if you won anything. Either way if you do this you get what is behind door number 18
https://www.marapets.com/tree.php

December 19th
-- Sing 2 Christmas carols. Please post who you sang to and what you sang. You can sing to your Marapets or to anyone in real life.

December 20th
-- Put the ugliest sweater you own in your wardrobe on your doll.
~~ To post a picture of your current doll (it will stay that way and not change): type the word "DOLL" in caps with square brackets around it. Like this, except no spaces:
[ DOLL ]

December 21st
-- The poor Elf has been forgotten at the Pot of Gold this year. Visit the Pot of Gold 1 time today. I hope Elf is full of Christmas giving. Let me know on here what you got Wide Grin.

December 22nd
-- Dress your doll in silver and gold and name your outfit. Let us see what you can come up with.
~~ To post a picture of your current doll (it will stay that way and not change): type the word "DOLL" in caps with square brackets around it. Like this, except no spaces:
[ DOLL ]

December 23rd
-- Hat day.
... show me your most festive hat you have and sing 3 Christmas carols. Post what songs/carols you sang to your pets.
~~ To post a picture of your current doll (it will stay that way and not change): type the word "DOLL" in caps with square brackets around it. Like this, except no spaces:
[ DOLL ]

December 24th
Secret Santa needs a ton of help this Christmas Eve. Give him a hand by completing 20 quests. Post your starting and ending number.

December 25th Merry Christmas

*Dress up contest - AVAILABLE. CAN BE DONE BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON - check bluetaz2001's Advent Calendar before choosing a theme.

NOTE - WE CAN DO ELF DRESS UP CONTEST OR ELFIE SELFIE, BUT NOT BOTH
*Elf Dress Up Contest -AVAILABLE -
NOTE - Can change prize to any elf item.
*FROM ABSOLUTNORMAL:
Happy Holidays ATM Club Members I am running a small game for you to have a chance to win Devious Elf Costume! This game is for those that need it for their Wardrobe. If you already have the Costume you can still enter for a chance to win some Christmas Goodies.
Rules
-Dress your Character in your best ELF outfit. You can use costumes but please be as creative as you can.
-In the comments section below post the image of your Character in her/his Elf outfit. To post a picture of your current doll (it will stay that way and not change): type the word "DOLL" in caps with square brackets around it. Like this, except no spaces:
[ DOLL ].
Then just wait to see if you win!
This event will end on the Dec. 15th

*ATM Club Elfie Selfie (from AbsolutNormal) - AVAILABLE
Happy Elfember ATM Club Members! It is that time of year to get into the Christmas Spirit! and what best way to do that then to Dress up as the Hardest Workers in Santa's Workshop an ELF!

This is a simple Holiday Game that will Run until Jan.1st

The Rules
All you have to do is Dress your Doll as an Elf any way you want! and you will be entered into a Drawing to win one of the Prizes below!
To post a picture of your current doll (it will stay that way and not change): type the word "DOLL" in caps with square brackets around it. Like this, except no spaces:
[ DOLL ].

Random Prizes will be handed out to those that Participate!

(AbsolutNormal posted pics of some of the prizes she was handing out. Most had an elf or part of an elf outfit. Added a few Xmas items.)

*Coloring contest - see Treat's wreath blog - AVAILABLE

*Christmas and/or New Year's secret message decoder (see Dani's word puzzle blog) - AVAILABLE

*1 mp auctions - AVAILABLE - CAN BE DONE BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON

*Trivia Games - AVAILABLE. CAN BE DONE BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON. Advent, Christmas, New Years, winter, holiday movies, holiday specials, holiday foods -- needs to be scheduled and done in club chat - Due to issues in the past, need to add the rule "You can not enter the next question if you won the question before it." This allows for more people to win. You might also think about a rule limiting the number of prizes one person can win.


*Mega Trivia Event - TAKEN - hosted by Dani - dates TBD

*Quest challenge - AVAILABLE - CAN BE DONE BY TWO PEOPLE. Santa Claws (starts 12/6 on calendar) or Secret Santa (starts 12/9 on calendar) SECRET SANTA CLAIMED
To enter post below with your starting number of the quest posted.
Example of what an entry looks like:
1.You have completed 3,070 Haunted House Quests
Prizes will be award to the person who does the most quests in the allotted time.
This will also help you to get Rewards from the Royal Faerie.
The higher your numbers increase, the better the prize will be. The 3 top questers will receive a prize.
In the event of a tie, the winners will be assigned a number and a random number generator will decide winners

*My 2024 Christmas Stocking. TAKEN (gwylynnsgarden)
Registration 11/30-12/5, visit stockings 12/6 - 12/16
Similar to ATM ToT. Found on Gutterxflower's blog. They did this in 2008 & 2009. Couldn't find the directions - don't know who hosted it. Start on 12/6 St. Nicholas Day
Check out wisheart's blog to get the idea. https://marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=175869&id=2616684&page=10
Also purplecowzrule: https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=277141&id=871865

From my blog in 2024:
ATM 2024 Christmas Stocking Sign Up
2 months, 26 days & 15 hrs ago

Jolly old St. Nicholas needs your help stuffing stockings with gifts this year.

You will visit other club members' blogs to leave them a message in the comments and send them a gift for their stocking. Since usernames no longer show up in the comments, please also leave your username with your message. You may visit other people more than once if you wish.

Examples from previous years:

Sneaks in and hangs a gold, red, and green candycane on your stocking..lets see what else we have, ah, a heart plushie as well as a baby quell plushie.
Happy holidays!!

*Slips in a glittering Diamond*

Slips a Traditional Yule Log into your stocking. Don't worry, I didn't light the candles yet

Hops down the chimney stuffing your stocking with some Christmas cheer!
*Merry Christmas*

Ho! Ho! Ho!
Santa's little helper has just slipped down the chimney and dropped some goodies into your stocking. Happy Holidays.

You do not have to deliver presents to the entire list of people, but I hope that everyone who participates completes the full list. Please keep the presents to a reasonable value. This event is meant for small gifts. Save your large gifts for Secret Santa later in the month. Keep in mind that if you participate you may or may not get equal or greater value gifts. All Mara gifting rules apply. This is meant to be a fun little club activity, and is not a guarantee that you will receive high priced items.

When sign up closes December 4th, this page will have a full list of all participants as well as the address of their blogs to make things easier and so everyone can find who's participating at a glance.

HOW TO SIGN UP AND PARTICIPATE:
* Create a blog titled "My ATM Christmas Stocking 2024."
* Beginning Thursday 11/28/24, comment below with your username and a link to your Christmas Stocking. Sign up closes Tuesday 12/4/24.
EXAMPLE: Gwylynnsgarden https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=504060&id=2039393
* Come back to this blog 12/6/24 - 12/12/24 to find blog links and send out your stocking stuffers.
* Have fun!

NOTE: If you miss the deadline, you may still participate. Comment below with your username and stocking link, but also send me a Maramail so I know to add your link to the list.

*Secret Santa (from Dani's blog) TAKEN - Dani is hosting this again in 2024.
Registration 12/6-12/16
Names sent 12/19-12/20
Send out gifts 12/21-12/31. All gifts must be sent by 12/31.

NOTE FROM DANI: Just a note for whoever does secret santa next year.... it's a good idea to put in the rules that to participate you must have items on your wishlist, preferably some around 500k to a million. There's so many participants who don't have blogs or wishlists and I always forget to make that a rule until it's too late.

ATM 2023 Secret Santa Registration

To register simply let me know you want to register by telling me you want to register!

Registration ends December 14, 2023
Your recipient will be sent to you December 15, 2023

If you don't know how the club Secret Santa works here's some info:

The club Secret Santa is where you register, get matched up with a name, and then you buy that person a gift. Registration usually is open for 2 weeks. At the end of those 2 weeks you will be told who your recipient is.

We do ask that gifts be no cheaper than 500k on shop search. You may send a more expensive gift if you wish, but please keep to Mara's gift giving rules. If it's a very expensive gift please submit a support ticket asking permission before sending it. We don't want you or the receiver to get in trouble over this for sure!

If you register and then do not send a gift to your recipient you will be banned from participating for at least 3 years in the future. If you register it is not fair to not participate.

When I send out the mail with who your recipient is I usually send out tips on how to find a good gift for them :_ I also remind people to make sure their wishlist is up to date, and please don't have only insanely expensive things on it. Some participants do not have huge budgets and so they would like to get you something you would want and they can afford.

If you need help affording a gift I may be able to help. I never have a problem helping find gifts to give or helping with affordability.

LETTER SENT OUT WITH NAMES:
______ sends to _______

Please send your gift no later than December 31, but the closer to Christmas the better!

Good places to look for ideas on what to send to your person is in their blogs, their galleries, their wishlist, and their collections. Sometimes it's impossible to figure out what someone may like, and in that case I always just cross my fingers and hope they like what I have to give them. If you need help affording a good present please let me know! I never mind helping if I can!

You may send multiple gifts if you wish, please make sure their value adds up to or exceeds 500k mp total. If you wish to send an expensive gift please make sure you submit a support ticket to make sure you'll be allowed to do so. Also, keep in mind you may not get a gift of the same value as the one you send. The person you are sending to is not the one who is sending to you. This is, and always has been, about making someone's holiday season a little bit brighter.

Please send your person a mail letting them know you sent their gift. That way they're not thinking they didn't get something when they did! If you do not receive a gift by December 31 please let me know. I keep a list of those who registered and did not send a gift, because if they do it to you this year, they will most likely do it to someone else next year, so I do not allow them to participate again. It's very easy to just kind of shrug it off and not say anything about not getting a gift, but it really is better to let me know you did not get one.

You may send your gift at any time, the closer to Christmas the better, but some people like to send their gifts right away so they do not forget.

I think that's all I have to say Smile I wish you a very happy holiday season!

PREVIOUS VERSION of Secret Santa from Absolutnormal:
Welcome ATM Club Members to the ATM 2017 Secret Santa!!! Secret Santa is a Fun and Festive Gift Exchange where you get to play Santa to one of your fellow Clubbies! So get in the Holiday spirit, sip some Hot Cocoa, and sign up to be an ATM Secret Santa Today!
Also Get those Wishlists FILLED you never know who might Secretly be stalking them!
Rules
Because we are an Adult Club Minimum of 100k should be spent and if you want to do more it is up to YOU. You can do one Gift or a Gift Package have fun and really stalk your Secret Member's Profile to see what they like!
Comment Bellow "Shhhhhh" to Sign Up to be a Secret Santa! ALL participants must be signed up by Dec.25th. This gives everyone time to participate!
AbsolutNormal will Maramail you with your Secret Santa Name,on the 26th that you of course keep secret until sending your gift!
Dec.26th you may send your gift and then reveal your Secret!
We ask that ALL Secret Santas gifts be given and revealed by Jan.1st
Random Prizes will be handed out at just for Participating
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Note:Secret Santa Names have Been Drawn and Sent out. Have fun Buying send the gift directly to the name you are buying for and with a message so they know you were their Secret Santa not everyone looks at Alerts Wide Grin
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If you have an Questions please MM/MT:

*Word fill in (Dani's blog) - AVAILABLE

*Word search - AVAILABLE

*Crossword - AVAILABLE

*Art or graphics contest - AVAILABLE

*Art/Graphics Event - TAKEN - ErynEmrod -
Secret Santa Art - details & dates TBD
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=502210&id=9050623

*Scavenger hunt (see examples under Maraween) - AVAILABLE

*Christmas ornament game TAKEN - INCORPORATED INTO THE ATM ADVENT CALENDAR
(from Oubliette blogs in 2022 - directions in 1 & tasks in another)
ATM 2.0 Christmas Ornament Game and Christmas Day Raffle
Welcome to the Christmas ornament game. Each day from now until Christmas Eve I will post 5 tasks to complete in my Christmas Ornament Game Tasks blog. Please mm me prior to starting your tasks so I can verify they get done. Once I give you the greenlight to begin your tasks you may then complete them. mm again to let me know they are finished. You only need to mm me before the first task of the day and the last task of the day not prior to each task. Once you complete all 5 tasks for the day I will mm you you have completed them. For each day you complete all five tasks you will receive a small prize, an entry into my Christmas Day Raffle and you also be able to choose a Christmas ornament. Each ornament will be listed here represented by a number. Once I mm to go ahead and choose an ornament you come to this blog to choose a number from the list. As each ornament is chosen it will be removed from the list so no ornament can be chosen twice. Each ornament holds a prize to be won to include items, au, additional ornament picks and additional raffle entries. The last tasks will be posted Christmas Eve. You will have until Christmas Day at reset to complete all tasks for each day. After reset i will place all entries into an online generator to choose the winner. The winner of the Christmas Day Raffle will win an enchanted Christmas Vixen Plushie and The Little Christmas Tree DVD. Two second chance winners will receive a choice of one au item from the au shop worth 3 au or less. The second chance winners will also be chosen by the generator. Once you win a prize you will be ineligible to win another raffle prize. Each winner will be different Thank you for playing and Good Luck

Christmas ornament list

2, 4,
16, 21, 23, 24,
28, 30, 34, 35, 38,
40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47

Added ornaments 51, 52, 54, 55

ATM 2.0 Christmas Ornament Game Tasks

Day 1 tasks
1. Spread some holiday cheer by singing Christmas Carols to 10 marapets members (if you are unable to sing carols mm for an alternate task)
2. Visit Krampus hopefully your pets have been nice
3. Complete a mission of your choice
4. Help Santa Claws by completing 5 of his quests
5. Get festive by placing one holiday/Christmas item from your wardrobe on or around your doll


Day 2 tasks
1. Visit the Christmas Tree today to try to win a cracker
2. Complete 5 Secret Santa quests
3. Complete a mission of your choice
4. Sing carols until you receive an instrument. If you don't have an approved costume sing 8 carols
5. Don't forget to visit the advent calendar

Day 3 Tasks
1. Visit Krampus
2. Complete a mission of your choice
3. Complete 5 Santa Claws quests
4. Visit one of the plushie machines they make great gifts
5. Try and win a good holiday/Christmas deal by visiting the daily discount

Day 4 tasks
1. sing 10 Christmas carols
2. Help the local businesses this season by buying an item from one of the biala mountain shops
3. Complete 5 Secret Santa quests
4. Play newth racing
5. Add a holiday/Christmas item to one of your collections. If you can't add an item under 500k because you are a master collector you can play a game from biala mountain instead

Day 5 tasks
1. Krampus is getting impatient for Christmas. Visit him 3 times today
2. Do 5 Santa Claws quests
3. Don't forget to show your pets Christmas love by feeding them a tasty bakery item. Only feeding 1 pet is necessary
4.Buy an item from one of the shops in Biala Mountain
5. Try scoring yourself an outfit for Christmas or maybe an ugly sweater... visit the clothing rack or vending machine

Bonus tasks- for each bonus task completed you will earn an ornament pick and raffle entry

1. Sing 30 carols -it's Christmas Eve we need all the cheer we can get in this winter storm (if you aren't affected you are very lucky lol)

2. Secret Santa needs a ton of help this Christmas Eve. Give him a hand by completing 20 quests

3. Poor elf has been forgotten at the pot of gold this year. Visit the pot of gold 4 times today. I hope Elf is full of Christmas giving


*IDEA FROM DANI: Oh no! One of the elves was drinking hot cocoa and spilled it all over Santa's laptop! While cleaning it up the unfortunate elf must have hit the wrong button, because suddenly Santa's list is in a secret code where all the letters have been replaced with numbers! With Christmas fast approaching, Santa needs his list, and he needs to be able to read it. Can you decode Santa's list so that he knows what present goes to which person?
Hints: 10=G, 9=E, 23=T, and 1=S because everyone "gets" something!
Each line is a sentence "Clubbie gets Item name"
Each line contains the name of a club member and an actual marapets item, all items are Christmas or Holiday themed.
If the club member's name has a number it in the number has been removed to erase any confusion.
Every club staff member is included in Santa's list!

NOTE - Needs to be adapted. Can change prize to any elf item.
*FROM ABSOLUTNORMAL:
Happy Holidays ATM Club Members I am running a small game for you to have a chance to win Devious Elf Costume! This game is for those that need it for their Wardrobe. If you already have the Costume you can still enter for a chance to win some Christmas Goodies.
Rules
-Dress your Character in your best ELF outfit. You can use costumes but please be as creative as you can.
-In the comments section below post the image of your Character in her/his Elf outfit. To do this right click your character and copy the URL of your Character and use the [img]ENTER URL OF CHARACTER[/img].
Then just wait to see if you win!
This event will end on the Dec. 15th

*Pass the Present (from Dani 2024)
One of my favorite holiday things! This ends December 25, and the last person to have the present gets to do whatever they want with it.

Ok so some will remember this from previous years. I have a present to pass out. I will give it to the first to post, they will decide whether to keep it, use it, or pass it to the next to post. If they keep it or use it they must replace it with a present of similar value. Values may fluctuate, please do not send any presents on that are less than 500k on shop search! You may replace with a higher value item if you wish, but the original gift will be between 500k and 1 million in value, so please stay between those values.

Because of the way blogs tend to hide posters names now you MUST post your name and the person who posted before you! So if I am the last to post you would post "@Dani pass the present to (your name here)". This way the person know who to send the present to. Make sure to include the @!!! If they're not tagged they're not going to see, and the game will get stalled!

If the present is not sent within 12 hours please MAIL ME and let me know! I will replace it so the game can continue. You may request the present as many times as you wish, but if it gets where only two people are passing back and forth between them the present most likely is not going to change. So please do not request the present from the person who posts after you if they are the same person who posted before you. One year we had 2 people (they know who they are) who passed the present between themselves many many many times (as in well over 10 times each) and to be honest it kind of drove me nuts all the notifications that someone posted on my blog just for them to be sending the exact same thing over and over lmao.

You do not have to post what the present is or was. You may if you wish, so others can keep track of how it morphs, but that is your choice.

*Trivia Rules (From Dani 2022)
There will be 50 questions, and 50 answers. Questions 20, 30, 40, and 50 have pet makers as the prize. Question 20 wins Enchanted Beige Astro Plushie. Questions 30 and 40 the winner gets to choose from Enchanted Origami Gobble Plushie, Enchanted Advent Wallop Plushie, and Christmas Vixen Potion. The winner of question 50 wins the pet maker that was not chosen by the winners of questions 30 and 40.

Google can be your best friend with my trivia. Some of my trivia is easy, some not so much. You are more than welcome to search answers!

RULES

Please be kind and courteous to all!

Please make sure you have some junk items in your inventory so you can offer on the lot(s) you win! Every so often I will take a short break to ensure that everyone offered on the trade lots they won so far and to accept all the offers. This is a great time for you to add a few more junk items to your inventory so that we're not waiting a long time for winners to find a junk item to offer on their prizes.

You may win multiple times, however you can not win two times in a row, except on questions 20, 30, 40, and 50 which are open to everyone even if they won the question before it.

The guesses per question are limited to ONE guess per person. If the question is not answered correctly in a timely manner I will let people know when they may guess again. This is to ensure that everyone has a chance at answering the question.

In the event of more than one person answering correctly I take the first person who answered correctly as the winner. Sometimes the chat flies and two people will answer at the same time. I go by the name that appeared on my screen first.

If you did answer the question first, and I did not see it (such as if you answered correctly and there are other incorrect answers after you and then someone else answered correctly and I say they were correct) please do let me know! I always try to ensure everything is fair, but I am only human. Sometimes I miss things and I will gladly make it right!

In the event two winners choose the same lot the person who won first will be awarded the lot. The second winner will be asked to choose a new lot. I accept lots as quickly as I can, and there are way more lots than there are questions, so hopefully this doesn't come up.

After all 50 questions are asked and answered those who participated but did not win a prize are welcome to offer on the trade lot of their choice.

ATM 2.0 White Elephant Present Pass
8 months, 14 days & 14 hrs ago
14th Aug 2024 20:23

EVENT IS LIVE.

Dani usually runs a pass the Christmas present event with a fairly high value.

I thought we'd put more of a white elephant twist to it and keep everything available in SS. All presents passed need to be in the 150K - 250K mp range.

This ends August 31, 2024.

This game is very simple. The first to post will get a present. That present will be worth between 150K mp and 250K mp. That person may keep the present and replace it with one of similar value, OR they may pass the same present that was sent to them.

Tag the person who pasted before you, and they will send you the present. You have the option of keeping it and replacing with a present of similar value or sending the same present to the one who tags you.

You MUST tag the last to post in order to get the present. This way they know who to send to.

The value of the present is NEVER to drop below 150,000 mp or go above 250,000 mp

Unlike the Christmas event where everything is kept a surprise, half the fun of a white elephant event is seeing what people drag out of their closets - or in Mara's case attic - and you may post what you received.

Every now and then we get the same 2 passing back and forth. Please if you notice that you're just passing with the same person over and over wait until someone else participates!

The person who has the present when this ends gets to keep it.

Sometimes the present gets lost. That happens, no big. If it happens let me know! That way I can send the present to you and keep the game going!

ATM 2024 Random Acts of Kindness Giveaway
7 months, 4 days & 17 hrs ago
24th Sep 2024 17:52


Rules:
Post about a time you performed a random act of kindness or a time you were the receiver of a random act of kindness. That's all. It can be on or off of Mara! Smile
Please specify which prize(s) you would like to try for.
You may enter for more than one prize, but may only win one prize. <3
Once this is over I will use a random list generator to determine the winners. Prizes will be drawn in the order listed below.
The contest will end 11/7/24.

Prizes:

PRIZE 1 - Full Carpenter Treasure Map
no entrants

PRIZE 2 - Full Alien Pyramid Treasure Map
entered - bebbs
WINNER - bebbs

PRIZE 3 - Fried Corn Stamp
no entrants

PRIZE 4 - Turkey Sweater
no entrants

PRIZE 5 - Turkey Onesie
entered - Auxesia
WINNER - Auxesia

PRIZE 6 - Corn and Pumpkins
entered - ErynAmrod
WINNER - ErynAmrod

PRIZE 7 - Turkey Glowing Egg
entered - katiekate, ErynAmrod, TazLuvr
WINNERS -katiekate & TazLuvr
Since a couple categories had no entrants, there were 2 winners for this prize.

PRIZE 8 - Turkey Tales
entered - soggycereal, ErynAmrod
WINNER - soggycereal




ATM Thanksgiving Planning (November)
8 months, 5 days & 22 hrs ago
23rd Aug 2024 12:39

Banners
Looking for some new ones as well.

From AbsolutNormal:
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Timeline of Mara Events & ATM Events
11/1 ATM Begin using autumn and Thanksgiving items in quizzes and raffles

11/1-11/7 ATM 2024 Random Acts of Kindness Giveaway (Gwylynnsgarden)
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=504021&id=2039393

11/1-11/24 ATM Thanksgiving Art Contest (ErynAmrod)
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=502209&id=9050623

11/2 Minipet Mania

11/4 tentatively rescheduled from Halloween Dani's Trivia Extravaganza

11/9-11/16 ATM Take Flight Dress Up Contest (Dayravenb) https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=502801&id=5312326

11/15 Beatember Bash

11/15-11/28 ATM Clubbie Appreciation (Wiild)
https://www.marapets.com/profile.php?do=blogs&id=2970749

11/17-12/1 ATM Elfember and Winter Banner Challenge (Gwylynnsgarden)
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=504163&id=2039393

11/22-11/26 ATM Thanksgiving Word Scramble (Gwylynnsgarden)
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=504003&id=2039393

11/28 Thanksgiving Tweetly begins

11/29 Black Friday


*Clubbie Appreciation - Wiild
Lately I have been thinking a lot about grateful I am for all my family and friends. I am also grateful for everyone I have met here on mara, all my clubbies and those that have helped me when I needed a hand.
As I contemplate how lucky I am I felt it would be a wonderful idea to let people know how appreciated they are for all their kindness, generosity and willingness to lend a hand.

If you would like to nominate a clubbie for this honor please post below with your username and the reason why you chose that person. If you would like to keep the nomination and your username private, you can send me the information via Maramail. Who made the nomination will be kept private and not shared with anyone but myself. But the person nominated and the reason they were chosen will be posted to this blog after the completion of the event so everyone can see all the lovely things said about their clubbies. All nominations will receive a random prize, but the clubbie with the most nominations will win the grand prize in appreciation for everything they do.

Grand Prize:

You can begin nominations 11/15/24. One vote per person. All nominations must be in by 11/28/24. Nominations will be counted and prizes distributed on 11/29/24.

I can't wait to see all the wonderful people have to say about their fellow clubbies.

Quotes from mm sent by clubbies identifiers will be left out with a couple exceptions lol


AVAILABLE TO HOST
Quest Challenge - Tweetly
Thanksgiving or Autumn Secret Message
Bingo
Crossword
Word Search
Ad Contest
Trivia
other ideas you may have

Quizzes and Raffles
NOVEMBER (Thanksgiving, Guy Fawkes Night, Minipets Mania, Beatember Bash, Black Friday)
British items, London items, musical instruments (not event themed) , Thanksgiving, Knuttcase items, autumn, maple, leaf/leaves, turkey, turkiye, gobble items, boosters, pies, autumn colored items - red, yellow, orange, brown; prizes from Tweetly, Burple, Gurple, Murple, Plucky, and the Gobble War; native items, scarecrow items, harvest, Organic minipets for Transvaluation Temple, November items


Activities
*Thanksgiving Word Scramble -TAKEN - Gwylynnsgarden

*Dress up contest - TAKEN - DayravenB

*1 mp auctions - AVAILABLE. CAN BE DONE BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON

*Trivia Games - AVAILABLE. CAN BE DONE BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON. Thanksgiving history? being thankful? Thanksgiving foods? Thanksgiving movies? themed - should be scheduled and done in club chat - Due to issues in the past, need to add the rule "You can not enter the next question if you won the question before it." This allows for more people to win. You might also think about a rule limiting the number of prizes one person can win.


*Ad Contest - AVAILABLE.
Dani ran this for Maraween last year. Choose a Thanksgiving or autumn related CD, DVD, or book.

Welcome to the ATM Ad Agency! Your job is to take our product The Spooks and make an appealing ad campaign for it! We want everyone on Mara to want to rush right out and listen to this cd asap! We want customers to be knocking down the doors of the cd shop looking for this cd! It may be retired, but we want everyone to absolutely want this wonderful cd!

Your ad campaign can be as simple or as complex as you please. You can write a jingle or slogan, you can do artwork with a slogan on it, you can write out a commercial, or whatever else you want to do.

The campaign that makes me want to buy or listen to this cd the most will win the cd!

You can enter by EITHER posting in the comment section or by mailing me. If you want others to see your entry the comment section is the way to go Smile

Ok so prizes....

Best Ad wins The Spooks Won by Wintergreen555
Colonial Puff Hat has been sent to bebbs
Colonial Puff Hat has been sent to nina19

Have any questions? Feel free to ask in the comments or mail me!

Here is my example... it's not very good cause I'm in a rush, but that's ok lol.

"The hottest new group in town is releasing a special limited edition self titled cd! Yes, that's right! The Spooks will be hitting the shelves in the cd store for a very limited time! Pick up your copy and enjoy the hottest group in town today!"

That is my example, you do not have to make one similar at all. You can do anything your heart desires. It can be short or long. This is just supposed to be a fun little contest where you can get creative. The cd is currently worth 4 million mp, so it's not a super expensive one but hopefully you all enjoy the contest Smile

*Quest challenge - AVAILABLE - Thanksgiving Tweetly - according to calendar, Tweetly starts Nov 28th
To enter post below the
Post here Your starting number of the quest posted
Example of what an entry looks like:
1.You have completed 3,070 Haunted House Quests
Prizes will be award to the person who does the most quests in the allotted time.
This will also help you to get Rewards from the Royal Faerie.
The higher your numbers increase, the better the prize will be. The 3 top questers will receive a prize.
In the event of a tie, the winners will be assigned a number and a random number generator will decide winners

*Word search - AVAILABLE

*Thanksgiving secret message decoder - AVAILABLE- see Dani's Word puzzle

*Crossword - AVAILABLE

*Art or graphics contest - TAKEN
ErynAmrod - Bountiful Feast - dates TBD
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=502209&id=9050623

*Bingo - AVAILABLE
Swetanew example https://www.marasites.com/?name=Swetanew&page=Contest)


*Random Acts of Kindness Giveaway - TAKEN -Gwylynnsgarden - (from Treat's blog in 2017)
ATM Club: Random Acts of Kindness Giveaway
6 years, 9 months & 19 days ago

It took me a while to decide on a theme for this giveaway but in the end it seems so obvious! People have been SO kind to me lately and I wanted to give back to our little community in a small way <3 Thank you Dani for the prize donations as well!

Rules:
Post about a time you performed a random act of kindness, or a time you were the receiver of a random act of kindness! That's all, can be on or off of mara! Smile
Please specify which prize set(s) you would like to try for.
You may enter for two prize sets, but only one major prize set.
Once this is over I will use a random number generator for each prize which will correlate with the order everyone posts! Only one prize set will be sent to each person<3
You may edit your post up until the end of the contest.
The contest will end 11/17/17

Prizes:

Set 1:
Book of Bad Smiles
Pearl Crescent Wings
Iridescent Queen Butterfly Wings
Rapunzel Ball

Set 2:
Magenta Costume
Dawn Butterfly Silk Dress
Iridescent Butterfly Cape
Rapunzel Ball


Set 3:
Millionaire Glowing Egg
Blue Squid Plushie
Rapunzel Ball
Dawn Butterfly Sleeves

Set 4:
Dawn Queen Butterfly Wings
Strawberry Honey Sandwich
Lightfairy Costume

Set 5:
White Chocolate Double Hearts - Dani
Heart Broken Contact Lenses - Dani
Gold Ring - Dani

MAJOR PRIZES:

Set 6:
Blue Blood - Dani

Set 7:
Grey Zoosh Potion

Set 8:
Rainova the Rainbow Sindi

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