2013 Christmas event

Up to Snow Good is the 2013 Christmas holiday event. Zamorak, angered at his loss in the Battle of Lumbridge, has sent his greater demon minion "San’tar Klaws" to kidnap Santa Claus and ruin Christmas. Participating in the event involves players choosing between Santa's 'Naughty' and 'Nice' lists, deciding whether they want a Zamorakian Christmas, which will be filled with chaos and disorder, or if they want a traditional Christmas, full of festive cheer.

The event takes place in the Lumbridge crater, which, in celebration of the season, has been blanketed in snow and festively decorated. A large snow globe containing a model of Lumbridge Castle can be found floating over the hole in the center of the crater, and boxes of presents can be found scattered around, some of which function as a bank, and finally, a large Christmas tree can be found in the center of the crater that players may decorate with baubles.

A number of characters from past Christmas events make small cameos in the event, including the Snow imp, the Queen of Snow, Jack Frost, and Marmaros and Thok.

Starting the event
The event can be started by entering the Lumbridge crater, found just west of Lumbridge. You can either teleport there using the Lumbridge lodestone, or talk to a Snow impling next to the Grand Exchange or in Varrock Square, whom will teleport you to the crater.

When you enter the crater, Santa Claus will call to you for help. Talk to San'tar Klaws or the imprisoned Santa, and you will discover that San'tar was sent by Zamorak to ruin Christmas, and that he kidnapped and imprisoned Santa after he attempted to hold a fair to cheer up the citizens of Lumbridge.

San'tar will tell you that the Christmas festivities have been cancelled, but after you ask him if there will be any presents, he tells you that you can earn some presents if you participate in the fair in a suitably naughty manner, ruining christmas. Santa Claus will interject and say that's not the only way, and that if you participate in the fair nicely, your Christmas cheer may be able to scare the demon away and save Christmas.

Collecting points
In order to either impress San'tar Klaws or scare him off with your merriment, you will need to gain either 750 Nice points or 750 Naughty points. Both types of points can be obtained by participating in one of the activities of the fair, with each activity having a "nice" way to complete it in addition to a "naughty one", with the rewarded type of points being dependent on your actions.

Every 20 minutes, one of the activities will become an "Enhanced Event", and will grant double Naughty or Nice points for participating in it. The current Enhanced Event can be seen on the interface at the top of the screen.

Rewards will also be unlocked as you participate in the event, unlocking once you reach a certain a combined total of your naughty and nice points.

Snowball Arena
The Snowball arena can be found in the south west of the crater, overseen by the Queen of Snow and Jack Frost. The Queen of Snow has enchanted piles of snow with christmas spirit, these snowballs can be thrown at players to gain "nice" points. Meanwhile, Jack Frost has turned some other piles into explosive snow, which can be thrown at players to gain "naughty points".

To gain points in the event, gather some snowballs from your chosen pile, and throw them at other players. Snowballs can be dodged by moving before they hit you, points are only awarded when a player is successfully hit. Players who are hit too many times will be evicted from the arena, and all their snowballs will melt.

Wizard Banquet
The annual Wizard's Tower banquet is being hosted in the north-western section of the crater, and it is once again being catered by the goblin cook Kringle, and his troll apprentice, Kris. The items they cooked "incorrectly", such as Turkey drumsticks, Yule logs and Christmas puddings, can be served to the wizards for nice points, while the food they cooked "correctly", such as Rubber chicken drumsticks, Wood logs and Cannonball surprises can be served for naughty points.

The player is asked to serve the eight wizards seated at the table from the food provided. Serving the food requested by the wizard gives 1 nice point, which increases every five correct servings until it reaches 5 points. Similarly, serving the corresponding "naughty" foods will earn the player the naughty points. The points received will increase to 8 and then 10 if Wizard Banquet is the currently enhanced event.

This is the fastest point-earning event.

Reindeer Petting Zoo
The Reindeer Petting Zoo can be found to the south-east of the crater. The Snow Imp is in charge of the zoo, and informs players that San'tar Klaws has cursed some of the reindeer, turning them into "evil" reindeer. Interacting with either type of reindeer will give points, with friendly reindeer giving nice points, and evil reindeer giving naughty points.

Stroking either type of reindeer will reward players with 2 points, and feeding them carrots, which can be obtained from the buckets around the zoo, will reward a player with 3 points. A player can convert the reindeer between friendly and evil by right clicking them, saying either "Ho ho ho" or "Muahaha" depending on the direction of the conversion, and this will also reward points.

Baubles
Finally, the Christmas tree in the north-west of the crater can be decorated with baubles, rewarding either 10 naughty or 10 nice points for doing so, depending on whether you choose to decorate it badly or not. Baubles can uncommonly be obtained while skilling, from monster drops, and from the Squeal of Fortune.

Freeing Santa
After you have obtained either 750 Nice points or 750 Naughty points, San'tar Claws will either be terrified of your Christmas cheer or impressed by your naughtiness, and as a result, he will free Santa from his cage and disappear. Santa will either thank you for saving Christmas, or chide you for ruining it, but regardless he will reward you with a Large festive lamp if you're a member or a small festive lamp if you are free to play. All players will also get the Rockin' Around the Tree emote.

Other activities
Besides the main event, a number of other activites can be performed around the crater. Thok has created a large bonfire, on which things can be cooked for extra cooking experience. Adding logs to the bonfire also grants boosted experience, with more experience being given if you are wearing a festive outfit (items rewarded from Christmas events). The christmas presents next to Thok serve as bank chests, making them useful for restocking on food and/or logs.

A number of other recognizable characters can also be found around the crater, most of whom serve no function, but can be chatted to for optional dialogue. These include:
 * The Snow imp (in the form of 'Pet Santa') and his Stray dog 'reindeer', who is running the Reindeer Petting Zoo.
 * Sir Amik Varze, who has once again had too much to drink. Using mulled wine (must be bought from Diango) on him results in some amusing dialogue.
 * Thok and Marmaros can be found next to the bonfire, Thok believes San'tar Klaws to be "second Santa", and Marmaros is terrified of him.
 * General Wartface and Bentnoze can be found arguing over the colour of wrapping paper, with Wartface preferring green and Bentnoze preferring red.
 * The Queen of Snow and Jack Frost can be found running the Snowball Arena, with the Queen of Snow extremely worried about Santa, and Jack Frost seemingly unfazed, saying that San'tar is just having a bit of fun.
 * The wizards from the Wizard's Tower, Archmage Sedridor, Wizard Jalarast, Wizard Traiborn, Wizard Isidor, Wizard Valina, Wizard Mizgog and Wizard Grayzag/Taloram can be found having the yearly Wizard's Tower feast.
 * Kris and Kringle can be found cooking the aforementioned feast, cooking a variety of "unique" dishes for the wizards.
 * Diango can be found selling various Christmas foods, in addition to performing his regular roles of selling toys and returning holiday items.

The Grand Exchange was also festively decorated as part of the event, and Snow implings can once again be found around Gielinor and caught for "stocking fillers" and a small amount of Hunter experience.

On freeing Santa
These rewards are unlocked when you gain 750 Naughty or Nice points and drive away the demon.
 * The Rockin' Around the Tree emote (as well as previous Christmas emotes if you haven't unlocked those yet.)
 * Small festive lamp (If not a member) (at 750 points when you drive away the demon - if you are nice, or... if you are naughty)
 * Large festive lamp (Members only) (at 750 points when you drive away the demon - if you are nice, or... if you are naughty)

Presents
These rewards are unlocked, not bought, at certain levels of "total points" i.e. naughty + nice. So a total of 2,000 points will allow all rewards to be unlocked. They can be accessed and unlocked by clicking on the presents under the Christmas tree in the crater.
 * Tinsel scarf (500 pts)
 * Festive jumper (1,000 pts) (Members only)
 * San'tar spawnling (2,000 pts) (Members only)

Lists
The top 5 players for each type of point (Naughty or Nice) are ranked on the respective list - Naughty and Nice. The points are recorded for the current login session; players who log in start with 0 points, and players who log out are removed from the list.

Trivia

 * A book titled "A Visit from San'tar Klaws" can be found underneath the main Christmas tree, with the examine text "'Twas the night before Christmas...".
 * The examine text of Santa's cage after he is freed reads "Nicklaus's cage.", a reference to the actor.
 * The bank box examine text "Just hope you don't get charge North Pole Tax!" is a pun on.