FrontierVille 'Holiday Decoratin' and 'Holiday Celebratin' Missions: Everything you need to know

Holiday Decoratin'
Everyone knows that decorations are more important on Christmas, Hanukkah and the other winter holidays than any other special day of the year. Just look at Clark Griswold--now there is a guy that gets it. It only makes sense that our friends in FrontierVille would feel the same way. Except without all the fake drum rolls and disappointment. Here are the two missions you can find in the Special section of the Market:

1. Holiday Decoratin':
-Craft 15 Presents
-Collect Two Pink Flowers
-Collect 10 Holly Wreaths

For this mission, you'll need to visit your friends often and harvest lots of Cotton to amass enough Ribbon and Cloth to craft 15 Presents. The two Pink Flowers come from the Wildflower Collection, which can be completed by clearing Wildflowers much like grass and rocks--just remember not to turn in the Collection before completing the mission. All the while, keep berating those friends for some wreaths, but try to return the favor because there's always one wreath in it for you.

Holiday Celebratin'2. Holiday Celebratin':
-Collect Three Cow's Milk
-Collect Three Goose Eggs
-Craft 20 Fireworks

Time to unleash the eggnog, but where's the rum? You'll have to tend to quite a lot of Cows and Geese to get three of each of those items. And remember: do not turn in the Collections before completing this mission or you will be that much further behind and a very sad pioneer. Crafting the Fireworks takes Saltpeter, which only drops from the Manure Collection. Thankfully, each Saltpeter used in Cabin makes for five Fireworks, but this is still going to be a long mission. Completing this Goal will reward you with a Big Present that will contain one of four rare decorations.

These missions are part of the three Gift Mission packs, so they can be repeated indefinitely until they predictably go away after Christmas is through. So, decorate and celebrate to your heart's content, just remember to keep on visiting for that Cloth and Energy.

FarmVille Unwither Ring: The one ring to infuriate them all returns

Unwither Ring
Zales? Forget them. Kay Jewelers? Kid stuff. Tiffany's? You could find that stuff in a quarter machine. What's really wowing the girls this season is the Unwither Ring. Zynga's infamous, expertly cut and set ring in FarmVille has returned for the holidays. Not only will this ring absolutely take your loved one's breath away, but their crops will never dry out and die again. OK, so all that stuff is made up, but it will keep your crops from withering for eternity. The Unwither Ring has been the target of much debate in the FarmVille world this year with claims that it either costs too much, trivializes the game or shouldn't exist altogether. For another look at "game-breaking" items in social games, check out this post.

For a whopping 250 Farm Cash, you can gift this item to a friend and even customize it with two band options--gold and platinum--and five gem choices: Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Black Pearl and None for the plain folk. Lastly, you can engrave it with a cute, 140 character message. Now, I would strongly recommend not getting your girlfriend, wife or what have you this if she is not seriously into FarmVille or you could very well be alone this Christmas. But if that's your (and her) thing, then definitely take the nearly $40 plunge. Just make sure you get her something tangible, too. You know she deserves it for dealing with your sorry behind day in and day out.

Holiday Guide: FarmVille, FrontierVille, Mafia Wars & more

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Happy Holidays! Halloween and Thanksgiving have come and gone, but I say the best has been saved for last. Whether you celebrate Hanukkah or Christmas, the joyous Holiday season has finally arrived. It's going to be a winter full of cold, snow, and ice; so we officially give you permission to stay inside, drink warm beverages, spend time with your family, and of course, play tons of Facebook games over the Holidays!

This Holiday season we expect to see big things from all the best Facebook games such as FarmVille, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille, Restaurant City, Cafe World, Pet Society, Happy Aquarium, YoVille, and many many more. New Facebook game items, bonuses, features, and more are on their way for the Holidays!

So what are you waiting for? Continue reading to see all the Holiday Facebook game updates

Note: The newest posts are at the bottom of each game list. Posts in BOLD are the biggest Holiday updates.

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FrontierVille Holidays

    FrontierVille Sneak Peek: Winter is Coming Missions are, well... coming
    FrontierVille Winter Mystery Animal Crates will arrive soon
    FrontierVille 'Heating Your Homestead' Christmas Goal: Everything you need to know
    FrontierVille Winter is Coming Goals: Everything you need to know
    FrontierVille Sneak Peek: Winter / Christmas Avatar Costumes
    FrontierVille Sneak Peek: Sack O' Gifts, Luminaires, Nutcrackers, Lighted Fence & More
    FrontierVille Sneak Peek: Yellow Snow, Train Set, Tangled Lights, Snow Jack & More
    FrontierVille Gift Missions arrive with quests, loot and good cheer
    FrontierVille 'Holiday Decoratin' and 'Holiday Celebratin' Missions: Everything you need to know
    The FrontierVille Christmas Items shopping spree begins today
    FrontierVille Holiday Mystery Animals adorably appear on the scene
    FrontierVille's Snowy Land: Cover your homestead in frosty flakes
    FrontierVille Sneak Peek: Winter Holiday Pink Tree, Happy Holidays Sign, & Sad 'Lil Tree
    FrontierVille 'Winter's a Comin' Goal glitch is fixed... sort of
    FrontierVille Buildable Snowman: Everything you need to know
    FrontierVille Winter Holiday Decorations: Wintry Crate, Snow Launcher, Menorah & more
    FrontierVille Pioneer Toy Factory: Everything you need to know
    FrontierVille Winter Homestead Story Contest: Share your wintry tale for lots of Horseshoes
    FrontierVille Holiday Free Gifts: Large Wreath, Fence with Garland, Fruitcake now available
    FrontierVille: 12 Days of Christmas missions are here... or are they?
    FrontierVille 12 Days of Christmas Goals: Everything you need to know for Day 12
    FrontierVille Toy Factory Contest: Win an iPad for Christmas
    FrontierVille 12 Days of Christmas Goals: Everything you need to know for Day 11
    FrontierVille 12 Days of Christmas Goals: Everything you need to know for Day 10
    FrontierVille Gingerbread House Goals: Everything you need to know
    FrontierVille 12 Days of Christmas Goals: Everything you need to know for Day 9
    FrontierVille Gingerbread Man Goals: Everything you need to know
    FrontierVille 12 Days of Christmas Goals: Everything you need to know for Day 8
    FrontierVille: Gingerbread House cross-promo links
    FrontierVille 12 Days of Christmas Goals: Everything you need to know for Day 7
    FrontierVille 12 Days of Christmas Goals: Everything you need to know for day 6
    FrontierVille 12 Days of Christmas Goals: Everything you need to know for Day 5
    FrontierVille 12 Days of Christmas Goals: Everything you need to know for Day 4
    FrontierVille 12 Days of Christmas Goals: Everything you need to know for Day 3
    FrontierVille 12 Days of Christmas Goals: Everything you need to know for Day 2
    FrontierVille 12 Days of Christmas Goals: Everything you need to know for Day 1
    FrontierVille's Giant Pink Tree goes missing, Zynga is on the case




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FarmVille Holidays

    FarmVille kicks off Winter Holiday theme with new decorations
    FarmVille: Deck your avatar out in Winter Holiday clothing
    FarmVille Snow Collection now available for a limited time
    Earn 2 free FarmVille Farm Cash in ABC Family Christmas promotion
    FarmVille Grey Goose now available to purchase in the market
    FarmVille Winter Holiday Decorations: Lighted Train, Candy Gate, Arch & Fence
    New FarmVille Winter Animal: Gypsy Horse
    FarmVille Winter Holiday Buildings: Holiday PO & Winter Station
    FarmVille Winter Holiday decorations: Snowy Tracks, Holiday Train Set & More
    New FarmVille Crop: Winter Holiday Poinsettia
    FarmVille New Winter Holiday Items: Dancing Snow Lady, Winter Cafe, Candy Cane Cow & Much More
    FarmVille New Co-Op Farming Job: Candy Canes for the Kids
    FarmVille Gingerbread House: Everything you need to know
    FarmVille Winter Workshop: Everything you need to know
    FarmVille Winter Wonderland Quest: Everything you need to know
    FarmVille Holiday Snow & Lights now available in the market
    FarmVille Holiday Limited Edition Showcase [video]
    FarmVille Winter Holiday Decorations: Winter Tower, Gingerbread Arch, Glacier Falls & More
    New FarmVille Animals: Candy Cane Pony & Candy Cane Foal
    FarmVille Mystery Game (12/05/10): Lemmings, Stallions, & Rams, oh my!
    Official FarmVille Podcast (December 6, 2010) - Holiday Tree & Snowman events detailed
    FarmVille Holiday Limited Edition Showcase 2 [video]
    FarmVille thong: The holiday gift that keeps on giving
    FarmVille Winter Holiday Decorations: Winter Manor, Ornaments, Lighted Fence & More
    FarmVille: Ornament Trees return, but at a very high cost
    New FarmVille Animals: Mistletoe Donkey & Winter Goat
    FarmVille Holiday cakes!
    Like Zynga? Prove it and receive a free Holiday Cow in FarmVille
    New FarmVille Mystery Game, Winter Present, decorations coming soon
    FarmVille Holiday Tree: Everything you need to know
    FarmVille Holiday Tree: Sneezy Sheep, Kodiak, more coming next week
    FarmVille Festive Tree Missions: Everything you need to know
    FarmVille's Winter Whimsy Gift Box: What's inside?
    FarmVille: Mint Candy Tree now available, but there's a catch
    FarmVille Tree Update: Sugar Plum Tree now available, Mint Candy Tree fixed
    FarmVille Mini Candycane Pony & Mini Candycane Foal now available
    FarmVille Holiday Avatar Costumes: Elf, Miss Santa, Penguin, Teddy Bears, & Ski Bunny
    FarmVille Winter Holiday items: Sweet Shop, Pond, Stockings Arch, Winter Teddy & more
    FarmVille Festive Cow will make its grand appearance ... soon
    FarmVille: Here's your last chance at White Pumpkin & Candy Cane crop mastery
    FarmVille: Snow Stallions can now be placed in Stables
    FarmVille Scam Watch: Zynga's not giving free Farm Cash for Christmas
    FarmVille: Reindeer now available through Feed Trough
    FarmVille for iPhone Exclusive Holiday Cat and Elf Leopard appear
    FarmVille Snowman / Snowball Fight: Everything you need to know
    FarmVille Holiday Limited Edition Showcase 3 [Video]
    FarmVille: Mistletoe Tree and Ornament Tree now available
    FarmVille Yakut Pony and Santa Cat now available for Farm Cash
    FarmVille Mountain Cabin, FV Ornament, Redwood, Turtle Doves, and more now available
    FarmVille: Enter the Winter Holiday Decorating Contest for 500 free Farm Cash
    FarmVille Greeting Card Contest: Win 1,000 Farm Cash and riches galore!
    FarmVille: Zynga fixes Snowman event issues, considers compensation for the affected
    FarmVille Clumsy Reindeer available as Free Gift for limited time
    FarmVille: Free Gifts page updated with six new Holiday items, including trees
    FarmVille Winter Holiday items: Candy Cane Chicken, Winter Castle, Reindeer Balloon & More
    FarmVille Holiday Avatar Costumes: Polar Bear & Snowman
    FarmVille: Holiday Cow appears - remember to open your Christmas presents!
    FarmVille Winter Countdown: Everything you need to know
    FarmVille Winter Countdown items revealed - here's what to expect over the next 11 days
    FarmVille Winter Wonderland Animals: Baby Penguin, Brown Gypsy Horse, Brown Gypsy Foal
    FarmVille Winter Wonderland Building: Bundle up and head into the new Igloo
    FarmVille Winter Wonderland Decorations: Ice Skating Ring, Penguin Fishing, Iced Duck & More!
    FarmVille Sneak Peek: Winter Creek & Dog Sled



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Mafia Wars Holidays

    Mafia Wars Secret Santa mission ushers in the Holidays for a limited time
    Mafia Wars: Earn a free gift daily through the New Year from official fan page
    Mafia Wars 'No Crime Like the Present': Everything you need to know



CityVille Holidays

    CityVille: New Buildings and Decorations usher in the Holiday season
    CityVille: Two new goals offer a free Holiday Tree
    CityVille Holiday Decorations still without payout increases
    CityVille Let it Snow Goals blanket your town in frosty flakes
    CityVille: Inventory Limit raised to 500 - keep collecting those presents!
    CityVille: Start unwrapping your Holiday Presents now!
    CityVille Winter Decorations: Ice Sculptures, Ski Slopes, Christmas Tree Lot, Ice Rink & Much More!
    CityVille: Limited Edition Penguin now available as a Free Gift



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Restaurant City Holidays

    Restaurant City: Master the 'Turducken' dish for a free 'Santa Marzipan'
    Restaurant City Candy Factory Week feeds the sweet tooth
    Restaurant City Challenges: Everything you need to know



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Cafe World Holidays

    Cafe World Company Holiday Party Catering Job: Everything you need to know
    Cafe World Holiday Dinner Catering Order: Everything you need to know
    Cafe World Holiday Tree: Everything you need to know
    Cafe World Treats for Kids Catering Order: Everything you need to know
    Cafe World: Daily Holiday Tree presents now available



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Happy Aquarium Holidays

    Happy Aquarium goes subzero with new Arctic theme



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Treasure Isle Holidays

    Treasure Isle's Design a Holiday Item Contest chills the creative juices
    Treasure Isle Holiday Theme begins with Gingerbread House Relic & Holiday Tree



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Pet Society Holidays

    Pet Society Holiday Competition: Dress up the Mayor for Playfish Cash
    Pet Society WWF Christmas Carolers bring holiday tunes and a good cause
    Pet Society Advent Calendars: Be showered with brand new gifts daily
    Pet Society Deck the Halls Theme adds a modern flair to the holidays



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Social City Holidays

    Social City: Create a home for Santa in the new North Pole District
    Social City: Spin to win Christmas items in new raffle
    Social City North Pole expansion comes with homey winter buildings



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PetVille Holidays

    PetVille: Decorate for the Holiday season with new Season's Greetings collection



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City of Wonder Holidays

    Celebrate Winter in City of Wonder with new Christmas items



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Pet Society WWF Christmas Carolers bring holiday tunes and a good cause

WWF Christmas Carolers
Just like that, the carolers are already out at night, singing the joys of the holiday season that's upon us. (Can you tell that I love Christmas?) In Pet Society, replace those carolers with terribly cute, endangered species and you got yourself an adorable gift set with a cause. The Word Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Playfish have joined forces once to bring us the cutest digital animals with a chance to donate to help save endangered animals everywhere. Here is the foursome you can find in the Boutique:

    Penguin on Piano: 12 Playfish Cash
    Baby Polar Bear on Vocals: 11 Playfish Cash
    Baby Penguin on Backup Vocals: 11 Playfish Cash
    Polar Bear on Cello: 12 Playfish Cash


With their adorable faces, strangely opposable thumbs and musical talents combined, this quartet will bring real Christmas tunes to your home. In other words, you need to buy all four for their music to play. Most importantly, however is that for each purchase of these animals or the 40 Playfish Cash box set, Playfish will donate 10 percent of the proceeds to the WWF. Keep in mind that 10 percent isn't necessarily a lot from either about $8 for the set or $2.50 individually, but there is strength in numbers. Especially in four absolutely charming critters who are already more talented than most of us.

FrontierVille Gingerbread House Goals: Everything you need to know

Gingerbread House WhackingYou pioneers are never satisfied, are you? First, it's the Buildable Snowman. Then Zynga gives you 12 days of Christmas Goals. And now, because that clearly wasn't enough, it threw in one of the most elaborate cross promotions you've ever seen this side of Rattlesnake Canyon: The Gingerbread House. Man, you FrontierVille players are just plain spoiled.

It seems that this adorable little gingerbread man is having trouble building his home this Christmas season as everywhere he's gone, people have literally eaten him out of house and home. In order to help, you'll need to go back to the three locales he's tried to build at and retrieve the essential ingredients to his home: CityVille, Treasure Isle and Mafia Wars. After placing his house on the homestead and giving it a few good whacks (that cost Food this time rather than Wood, get it?), you'll be greeted by this Building's menu. (If you're having trouble finding him, he's hanging out with the Carolers near the Toy Factory.)

Find out how to complete this Goal spanning several Zynga games after the break.
Finish your Gingerbread House
We'll get the easy--well, easier--stuff out of the way first. In addition to traveling to three different game worlds, you will need 15 Pretzels, 10 Gingerbread Slabs and 10 Frosting Tubes. All three of these items are acquired the old fashioned way: begging, of course. So, keep up on tapping your friends for these Gifts while you gallivant about three games.

Paul's Improvements
Let's start with finding a Chocolate Bar in CityVille. Clicking on the "Earn for Free" button will take you to a confirmation screen that will then launch you into your own city. From there, click on the Horseshoe icon to get started with "Paul's Improvements." Here, you'll need to do three simple tasks: place two Asphalt Roads, collect from five Residences and place three Decorations (yawn). Find the Asphalt Roads in the Decorations tab of the Build menu for 10 coins a pop. Also in that same tab will be where you can find three Decorations, so pick any three and put them any old place. Then, just click on five Residences with the coin icon hovering above them. If you're trying to save money or don't have any room for this nonsense, just delete it when your done using the Remove tool. For doing this, you'll receive 50 coins.

For some reason, completing the Goal won't return you to FrontierVille automatically nor did it instantly reward me with the Chocolate Bar. Only after jumping back into FrontierVille and following the same link that go me into CityVille from the game in the first place made Paul reappear, allowing me to jump back into FrontierVille to claim my Chocolate Bar. Next, let's take a stroll down the shady streets of Mafia Wars to get the next item, the Candy Cane.

Mafia Wars Candy Cane
Following the same process again, but for Mafia Wars, will take you where you need to be for the Candy Cane. For new or low level Mafia Wars players, this is going to be cake. For the veterans out there, have fun, OK? All you need to do in Mafia Wars to get the Candy Cane is gain one level above Level 5 through Jobs, which won't be so easy for the Level 100-plus players out there. Once you level up, you should receive a similar message to that from CityVille, prompting you to return to FrontierVille and open up your Candy Cane. Next, let's dive into Treasure Isle for the final item, the Gum Drops.

Treasure Isle Gum Drops
This Goal should be even easier than the last for most. For players above Level 4 (it's a requirement), all you need to do is find five Treasures... anywhere. So, you could probably just go about your business and work on whatever it is your currently tackling. Then, you should receive a similar confirmation as before, transporting you back to the homestead with Gum Drops in hand. If this doesn't happen automatically--this goes for Mafia Wars too--try the trick mentioned above. It worked in CityVille, so it might work the same way here. Now that you know what to do, go forth and conquer the worlds of what might soon be the misfit Zynga games, cowering in the shadow of the mighty CityVille empire.

Mafia Wars 'No Crime Like the Present': Everything you need to know

If you took a look at your Operations today in Mafia Wars, you might have noticed a massive Christmas Tree plopped where your normal group missions should be. Do not be alarmed, this is Zynga's new, elaborate holiday event to ring in Christmas mobster-style, "No Crime Like the Present." In this special, limited time event, players will have to get into the holiday spirit like any self-respecting mafia member would: hoarding and stealing, of course. Mixing a little bit of gifting, stealing and protection, this event is going to take plenty dedication and team work if you want to nab the grand prize weapon: Auld Lang Syne (110 Attack, 135 Defense).

Peek behind the break to get a detailed look at how this huge holiday event works.
Holiday Gifting
Before you do much of anything involving Presents, we recommend getting your tree to the max level as soon as possible for it to hold the maximum amount of Presents: 45. (This becomes vitally important later, trust us.) To make your tree shine brilliantly at Level 5, you will need to collect large amounts of each Decoration: Ornaments, Lights and Candy Canes:

    Level 2: Three of each Decoration (increases capacity to nine)
    Level 3: Four of each Decoration (increases capacity to 18)
    Level 4: Six of each Decoration (increases capacity to 30)
    Level 5: Eight of each Decoration (increases capacity to 45)


That's a total of 21 for each Decoration, which adds up to a grand total of 63 gifted items.Thankfully, you can send these Decorations to your mafia members through the Free Gifts page as well as request them, making the task slightly less tedious. However, what you can send from that page is a Holiday Sack, which may contain one of seven items: any one of the three Decorations, any one of the three Presents or a Lump of Coal. If the person you're sending the Holiday Sack too has already maxed out their Christmas Tree, then that narrows down the possibilities to one of three Presents or the Lump of Coal (a weapon with one Attack and one Defense). After you've decked out the tree with blinding holiday bling, it's time to pilfer those Presents.

Rewards List
This is done exactly how decorating the tree was, but you can send Presents directly from the Christmas Tree menu. When sending or receiving a Gift, you have a random chance at getting or giving either a Blue, Red or Green Gift. This directly effects your chances at winning the 11 available items, most of which have impressive stats, thankfully. While there are five common items that can be found inside any of the three varieties of Presents with lesser stats, there are six items that can only be inside one of the three Presents with numbers that match some Italy-grade items. Here's where you can find the rarer holiday items:

    Blue Gift: Shadow Transporter (77 Attack, 60 Defense); Bengal Tiger (72 Attack, 99 Defense)
    Green Gift: Mobile Garage (55 Attack, 79 Defense); 40mm Bunker Buster (101 Attack, 68 Defense)
    Red Gift: Achilles Salvation (69 Attack, 100 Defense); ET Hybrid (63 Attack, 75 Defense)


However, we don't recommend opening these Presents before New Year's Day. If you can't wait long enough and have the maximum amount of Presents come Jan. 1, you'll receive the grand prize. Unfortunately, that won't be so easy considering anyone can steal Presents from any Christmas Tree. Luckily for you, six friends can be enlisted to protect your Presents with their statistics contributing yours. So, make sure you recruit only your most powerful friends to keep your tree safe.

Tree Robbery
If you want to steal your own Presents, Christmas Trees will randomly appear on the Robbery Page with varying difficulty based on the mobsters protecting it, but you'll always need at least five mafia members and six Stamina to rob one. Also, Zynga added a News Feed to this Operation's home page so you can track who did what to your Presents and retaliate accordingly. With the threat of your precious Presents being stolen, we know where you're going to be this Christmas.

FrontierVille Gingerbread Man Goals: Everything you need to know

Check out the rest of our Holiday 2010 coverage right here.

If you thought you were done with the scrumptious-looking Gingerbread House in FrontierVille, think again. As it turns out, the Gingerbread Man's stay on the homestead is part of a series of three Goals starting with "Building the Gingerbread Man a Home." And if you followed our guide on how to build it, you've already got the hardest part of this Goal out of the way.

As for the other two requirements, you've been asked to plant five Fruit Trees. This means that you can plant five fruit-bearing trees of any kind to fulfill this portion of the Goal. So, if you're living on the cheap, just go with five Cherry Trees. That will only cost you a total of 3,100 coins and will be ready harvest in the least amount of time, which leads us to the final requirement. All you need to do is harvest or water 20 fruit trees on your homestead. If you don't have 20 trees already, this will take some extra cash and time, but for those with bigger homesteads this should be easy pickings. Enjoy the 150 XP, 250 coins and Light Snack as a reward for your hard work.

Find out how to best complete Part II and III of the Gingerbread Man Goals after the break.

Eaten Gingerbread HousePart II of the Gingerbread Man Goals requires the unthinkable (and, if the forums are any indication, annoying): you must eat the Gingerbread House. I guess your pioneer, after witnessing its sweet, cavity-inducing glory, decided that they just could not resist. Well, that's my suspension of disbelief, anyway. And to go with that delicious Gingerbread House, you'll need two Milk from the Cow Collection and 15 Cloth (napkins... get it?). As always, Cloth comes from visiting friends, but if you don't have any Milk saved you'll have to try your luck at finding it at random from tending Cows. Once this is completed, 200 XP, 500 coins and 75 Food await you.

Brace yourselves, Part III is somewhat of a doozie. You're going to have to rebuild that Gingerbread House you just gorged. Let that sink in a little bit before we move on. You're good? Great. Now, this means that you'll need to do the same three cross-game Goals again and ask for the same three items from friends, according to several forum members whose posts have since been removed. But that's not all. In addition to rebuilding the little guy's crib, you will also have to harvest any crop 150 times and harvest 50 of your friends' fruit trees. While you don't have to harvest the same 150 crops, you're probably better off just picking one crop and sticking to it like the Clovers or Tomatoes, the cheapest, fastest crops in the game. Either way, this Goal is going to be time consuming for most, to say the least. You're reward for getting there and back again will be 450 XP, 2,500 coins and a Mini Gingerbread House. Now that you know what to do, go on and make that Gingerbread Man one happy cookie.

Pioneer Trail: Help name the upcoming winter holiday expansion

With the holiday season quickly approaching, we've learned that Zynga will be launching yet another "expansion" into the Pioneer Trail to celebrate. It's likely that this expansion will be something along the lines of the Halloween Ghost Town event, but before they announce anything specific, the Pioneer Trail team would like you to help pick out a name for this future feature.

The team has launched a survey on the official Pioneer Trail forums, asking you one simple question: "The FrontierVille team is working on a giant holiday feature *just for you* and we need your help picking out a name. Which of the following names sounds most appealing to you?" Here are the options available to you:

Christmas Grove
Christmas Town
Holiday Haven
Holiday Hollow
Holiday Village
Winter Wonderland

Opinions aside (I personally wouldn't be able to go through something called "Christmas Town" without singing this in my head each and every day), it's actually pretty surprising to see the word "Christmas" displayed here in any of the choices. As so many games try to stay impartial when it comes to holidays (or religious beliefs therein), it will be interesting to see if a Christmas-centric name will actually be the one chosen, if fans vote that one in.

We haven't been told when the survey will end, or when this holiday feature will launch, but we can expect it will happen pretty quickly after Thanksgiving. And, regardless of its final name, you can be sure we'll be there every step of the way to guide you through.

Which of the names did you choose in this survey about Pioneer Trail's newest expansion?