2012 Christmas event



A Stray in a Manger is the 2012 Christmas holiday event.

Walkthrough
Speak to the Snow imp near the Draynor lodestone. The Snow imp will explain about different Christmas for different groups and he is the Pet Santa, in charge of pets. Finish talking with the Snow imp and he will instruct you to find four stray dogs with four Reindeer antlers. The Stray Dalmatian in the Al Kharid bazaar, the stray Doberman near Draynor prison, the Stray Labrador in front of the White Knight's Castle in Falador and lastly, the Stray Mongrel in Varrock near Aubury and the Blue Moon inn.

After finding all the dogs, return to the Snow imp. He will give the dogs names. The Dalmatian is named Little 'Elper. The Dobermann is named Oddie, after a scientist near Draynor. The Labrador is named Sir Chen Rescoo, because he is from Falador, home of the White Knights. The Mongrel is named Patch.

Soon after, he will whisper that they are Dragon's belly, which means smelly. He would then like you to clean them and gives you a bucket of water. Clean the four dogs and return to the Snow imp. The dogs would then become reindeer for his sleigh and there will be a cut-scene. After seconds, he would have the presents magically delivered and eating mince snowballs that the pets left for him.

The Snow imp would then ask you to choose a dog so that they can live with someone. He would suggest near Aggie in Draynor Village, outside the Party room with Party Pete looking after it, next to Gertrude in Varrock or in Al Kharid by the Sorcerer's Apprentice. He would give you a Kennel flat pack. After choosing a location, build the kennel at the kennel hot-spot. The Snow imp will appear after building the kennel and say you deserve a present. He will then give you a genuine Santa beard followed by vomiting a Gift of Giving (active). The Snow imp would then ask you to open the gift.

Quest Complete!

Rewards

 * Santa Beard
 * Pet stray dog
 * Gift of Giving
 * Customisations for kennel, "Santa" title (members only), Santa Sack and up to 200k Bonus Hunter Experience can be a possible reward from Gift of Giving by getting all four Snow Implings and giving them to Snow imp
 * Miscellaneous objects, such as fireworks, confetti, firecrackers, christmas pudding, and snowballs.(Note:You must trade the Gift of Giving many times with other players in order to get these items.)

Snow Imps

 * One seems to spawn very close outside of the south Varrock gate
 * Draynor

Trivia

 * Just like all White Knights, the Labrador, Sir Chen Rescoo, has a play on words. In this case, the dog is likely to be named "Search and Rescue".
 * The four snow implings' names (Susy, Pete, Eddy, Lucy) are a reference to the main characters in the Chronicles of Narnia (Susan, Peter, Edmund, Lucy).
 * A Snow imp with a random name has played a part in all Christmas events since 2008 (with the exception of 2010) and the 2012 Easter Event. Once a player obtains a Snow imp in one event, they will get the same Snow imp in subsequent events.
 * All the dogs are named after dogs from popular culture. Snow imp's Little 'Elpe is based on Santa's Little Helper, from The Simpsons. Oddie is based on Odie, from the Garfield franchise.
 * After completing the quest, the Snow Imp will allow the character to build a kennel for their new pet using a simple 'Imp-kea' flatpack. This is a reference to the Swedish DIY warehouse Ikea