Changes: Christmas

Revision as of 16:21, 12 March 2013

Christmas is one of the major Holidays on the Newgrounds Calendar. There is a main Collection for Christmas and separate Collections for each year since 1999. There are competitions every year with cash prizes for Flash submissions.

1999

Due to the lack of an automated Flash Portal, 1999 was a mostly barren year, with one exception: FDA: Santa Dogg. Since its resubmission to the Flash Portal in 2005, the movie has had over 73,000 views.

2000

The automated Portal's first Christmas was met with a variety of submissions. Several, such as Kill Santa!, The Gritch , and Shopping Mall Nightmare! received hundreds of thousands of views. Roast Santa, an interactive movie in which the viewer turns up the gas in a chimney where Santa is stuck, shares an icon with the Christmas 2000 collection.

2001

As the first Christmas after the collapse of the World Trade Center , the users would mix terrorist themes into some of their Christmas flashes, much like they did with the 2001 Halloween collection. Bin Laden's Christmas is an example of this.

2006

Collection

There was a Flash competition and a Monthly Audio Portal competition in October for Christmas Themed music.

2009

There was a Flash competion with 12 cash prizes, topping at $1,000. As usual, a Christmas Collection for 2009, including the major hit Snow Snow for Lucy.

2010

Snowy Lev 25 — A snowy Level 25 Icon for 2010

In 2010, the Level Icons and Staff Icons were changed to a seasonal snowy and/or Christmas theme. The winners of the Winter Flash Off were not announced until February 2nd 2010 and there were only four prizes handed out. The winner of the Winter Flash Off was Zanta Claws III.

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-'''Christmas''' is one of the major Holidays on the Newgrounds Calendar. There is a main Collection for [http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/christmas Christmas] and separate Collections for each year since @@@@. There are competitions every year with cash prizes for Flash submissions.
+'''Christmas''' is one of the major Holidays on the [[Newgrounds Calendar]]. There is a main Collection for [http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/christmas Christmas] and separate Collections for each year since 1999. There are competitions every year with cash prizes for Flash submissions.
+== 1999 ==
+Due to the lack of an automated Flash Portal, 1999 was a mostly barren year, with one exception: [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/239719 FDA: Santa Dogg]. Since its resubmission to the Flash Portal in 2005, the movie has had over 73,000 views.
+== 2000 ==
+The automated Portal's first Christmas was met with a variety of submissions. Several, such as [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/8483 Kill Santa!], [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/9120 The Gritch ], and [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/9015 Shopping Mall Nightmare!] received hundreds of thousands of views. [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/8581 Roast Santa], an interactive movie in which the viewer turns up the gas in a chimney where Santa is stuck, shares an icon with the Christmas 2000 collection.
+==2001==
+As the first Christmas after the [[September 11 Attacks|collapse of the World Trade Center]] , the users would mix terrorist themes into some of their Christmas flashes, much like they did with the 2001 Halloween collection. [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/39590 Bin Laden's Christmas] is an example of this.
 == 2006 ==
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 There was a Flash competition and a Monthly Audio Portal competition in [http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/583031/1 October] for Christmas Themed music.
+== 2009 ==
+There was a [http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1141506 Flash competion] with 12 cash prizes, topping at $1,000. As usual, a [http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/christmas2009.html Christmas Collection for 2009], including the major hit Snow Snow for Lucy.
 == 2010 ==
-[[File:Snowy_Lev_25.png|thumb|A snowy Level 25 Icon for 2010]]
+[[File:Level_56_Xmas_2010.png|thumb|left|Level 56, The Grim Santa? 2010]] [[File:Snowy_Lev_25.png|thumb|A snowy Level 25 Icon for 2010]]
-In 2010, the Level Icons and Staff Icons were changed to a seasonal snowy theme.
+In 2010, the Level Icons and Staff Icons were changed to a seasonal snowy and/or Christmas theme. The winners of the Winter Flash Off were not announced until February 2nd 2010 and there were only four prizes handed out. The winner of the Winter Flash Off was Zanta Claws III.
+[[File:Luis_wrapped_2010.png|thumb|Luis wrapped for winter 2010]]
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