Talk:Festive Hats/@comment-87.208.72.192-20151215145444/@comment-25046890-20151215153929

Not sure if you can. You need 17.5K from Reindeer to Patches&PoorViolet. This is a long post, with lots of math, but should help you figure out how much energy to invest.

You get 150 per day (3 each from first 50 Friend taps, so long as you have 17+ active friends, and you only tap Merrymakers for friend actions), In your town, you get one every 5 min, so 864 (12*24*3) hats per day if you check at least every 4-4.5 hours including overnight (I think it hard caps at 5 hours. You can have 60 max, 40 in town, 20 in reserver that will spawn immediately on room in town.)  That basically means about 1k / day from tapping merrymakers in all towns. Another 1k /day (just under, 960), from Wooly Bully if you check every 4 hours when it is done. so 2k/day, 3 days, roughly 6k there.

Most of the hats will come from the Attractions. Best Snowman Ever and Gingerbread Mansion, once the snowman is done. There is like 6k+ each in the construction of the attractions. You need 16k to unlock the final prize from where you are now, and depending on how far along on the attractions you are, you probably have 9k left to gain there, which puts you very roughly 2.5k short, and I don't think the actions that upgrade the buildings give a combined 2.5k.

All I can suggest is know when your Wooly Bully will be ready, check then; know when your attraction jobs will be done, and make sure you will have the appropriate Springfielders ready for the next action, check and send everyone that can go on the job on it, not just the minimum needed to complete, since they all earn hats. You should easily get Virgil's Cabin, but the final prize will be a stretch, if you can get it.

If you are thinking about spending Donuts, the Duff Center Arena (200, ouch) will get you 800/day (200 every 6 hours, so half will probably line up with the 4 hour jobs. So more likely 600ish is what you'll get per day unless you are perfect on collecting  Don't waste them on White Witch Burns. Most he can earn is 36 / day, which is a drop in the bucket and he's 75 donuts.  I got him b/c I love the Narnia books, and figured what the heck.  However, I was expecting more than 6 per 4 hours....

Good luck, and at least you'll get the Cabin. I'm hoping someone will eventually get a job there, but not holding my breath.