Talk:Winter 2015 Event/@comment-26208725-20151219120516/@comment-26818419-20151221230726

It was their way of getting players on the game more frequently and/or forcing donut spending and therefore buying them.

I managed to finish my Gingerbread Mansion with 7 hours to spare. It wasn't cutting it too close but it was the only thing that got me Patches and Poor Violet.

The easy solution to not miss out on prizes/upgrades is to play more often, which is something not everyone can do. EA does make the game suck at times, they have a devious way of getting people to give in and pay for donuts.