2015 Christmas event

The Pinch Who Stole Christmas is the 2015 Christmas event. It consists of a four-part quest, a short part of which is released weekly over December. Quest episodes do not have to be completed on the weeks that they are released; all the episodes can be done at once after their release. Ironman accounts are able to participate in this event, with the exception of some skilling events.

Players may begin the event by talking to any of the Snow imps in Lumbridge, Burthorpe or Prifddinas. This will unlock a lodestone teleport to the area at which the 2015 Christmas event takes place, an iceberg near to Daemonheim which is covered in presents. The teleport can be used by clicking the "present" icon in the lodestone network interface.

Each quest episode will grant the player with a reward on completion. These include a snowboard and a penguin outfit. Just like all holiday events, all Christmas emotes and audio tracks will be unlocked upon completion of the event.

The Christmas Advent Calendar, Winter Weekends and a number of community events were also released alongside the main event, information regarding them can be viewed by clicking the snowman icon in-game.

Locating your imp
The first part of the event was released on 30 November and may be started by talking to a snow imp at Lumbridge, Burthorpe, or Prifddinas. They will reveal that your snow imp friend, Jack Frost, the Queen of Snow and Santa Claus disappeared after visiting an iceberg to the north of Daemonheim, and wants you to investigate. To reach the iceberg, click your home teleport button and then click the red Christmas present.

On entering the area, your first objective is to find the package with your imp's name on it. If you don't remember the name, you can speak to one of the imps at Lumbridge, Burthorpe, or Prifddinas to hear it again. Once you find the present, right click it and open it to reveal your imp. He will reveal he was knocked out and stuffed in the present after arriving here on the iceberg, and asks you to help him find Jack Frost. If you don't already have one, he will then hand you an ice amulet so you can summon him.

Preparing a feast
Talk to your imp again by right-clicking the ice amulet to summon him (you cannot summon the snow imp if you have a follower), and he will instruct you to look around for Jack. Head east to the range near the red present, choose Open Present and a group of penguins will surround you. They will reveal that they are responsible for kidnapping everyone, but since they realise people will come looking for you if they kidnap you, they decide to make a deal. They will free one prisoner if you and the other Snow imps prepare a Christmas feast for them.

Two new snow imps will then appear to help you with the feast. Speak to one of them, and they will give you instructions cooking food for the feast, or taste it. An interface will appear on the screen showing which food needs to be cooked on the range, and which food needs to be tasted.

Food may be cooked at the range to the north. When you interact with it, an interface will appear that allows you to select what item of food you wish to cook. When the required food item changes, the nearby imp will shout what it has changed to. In order to progress, you must cook 15 correct pieces of food.

Food may be tasted at one of the four tables to the south. Unlike the range, you must move between the different tables depending on which food is required. Like the range, a nearby imp will shout whenever the food changes. 7 correct pieces of food must be tasted before you may progress.

Saving Jack
Once you have completed both activities, another penguin will appear and reveal that Jack is inside a nearby present. Open it to free Jack, and your snow imp will eventually convince him to help save the Queen of Snow and Santa, but he will need to think of a plan first. In the meantime, he will tell you to open up the nearby purple present for a reward.

Rewards

 * Ability to cook and taste food for Cooking and Defence experience.
 * Snowboard (penguin).
 * Ice amulet (if you didn't complete the 2008 Christmas event)

Rewards experience
Clicking once on the stove will give repeating Cooking experience depending upon Cooking level and food selected. Click on the correct food in the cooking selection box to get the higher experience.

Clicking once on a tasting table will give repeating Defence experience. Click on the correct table to get the higher experience.

Making ice skates
Speak to Jack Frost on the east side of the iceberg. He'll say you need to come up with a plan to rescue his parents, who are higher up in the iceberg. The penguins guarding the presents up there will need to be distracted, and your snow imp recommends making an ice skating rink to divert their attention. Jack makes an ice staircase to reach the area, and tells you to make some ice skates out of leather boots and two iron battleaxes. Use the boots on the battleaxes (off-hand versions will work as well), and climb up the stairs.

Ice skating
Dismiss any followers, and remove anything in your feet slot, and talk to Jack Frost next to the newly created ice skating rink. Start skating, changing lanes to avoid hitting any obstacles (sleeping penguins, slippy ice, and a drunken Sir Amik Varze). Every lap you complete without hitting anything will cause one of the penguins guarding the presents to slide onto the ice. After four laps, the presents will be unguarded.

Saving the Queen of Snow
Open the big present to rescue the Queen of Snow. Jack tells her that Santa Claus is still kidnapped, but they'll have to figure out how to save him first. Open the pile of presents to receive the Ice Skating Champion emote.

Rewards

 * Ability to gain Agility experience from ice skating.
 * Ice Skating Champion emote

Episode 3: Licence to Chill
Episode unlocks 14 December.

Episode 4: Quantum of Solstice
Episode unlocks 21 December.

Music

 * Snow Patrol

Glitches

 * There is currently a bug where the cutscene in 'Preparing a feast' sometimes does not load when a player tries to interact with an object in the other area. The player can avoid this by simply walking to the other area.
 * Upon running up the icy slope, located east of the range, with your snowboard equipped, you will slide for a very short distance.
 * After you have completed Episode 2, you can visit the areas of Episode 3 and 4, and get some information of what they would look like.
 * *SPOILER* These areas consist of crafting ice blocks, luring fish for the penguins and many more.

Trivia

 * During the event, players are able to use the Ice amulet to summon their Snow imp anywhere in the game that allows followers. If a player tries to activate the amulet before starting the event, they will receive a message saying "You attempt to summon [name], but he doesn't respond. Maybe you should have a chat with the snow imp in Burthorpe, Lumbridge or Prifddinas to find out why."
 * If one were to open the present addressed to themselves, a giant penguin will appear to knock them out. Afterwards, they would appear near the Fremennik shipmaster's longboat near Daemonheim, having been washed ashore, stuffed inside the box.
 * The main title of the event is a wordplay of Dr. Seuss' , commonly dubbed as "The Grinch who stole Christmas".
 * Each of the episodes are related to a James Bond film title: ', ', ' and '.