Holiday Party 2009

The Holiday Party 2009, also known as the Christmas Party 2009, was the 2009 incarnation of Club Penguin ' s annual Christmas celebration. It began on December 18, 2009 and ended on December 29, 2009. A sleigh ride was installed for members only during this party. Rockhopper returned with Coins for Change 2009 and his ship was decked out for the second time. The Santa Hat returned, but the Santa Beard, Reindeer Antlers, and Christmas Scarf were excluded. There was construction at the Town and the Night Club. One could see the Launch Pad from the Night Club Rooftop on a crane. This was because a sleigh was installed on a roof for members to travel in. The Sleigh would come up from the Launch Pad. Even though the party was supposed to end on December 27, for some unknown reason, the party ended on December 29, 2009.

Magic Sleigh Ride
One aspect of this party was that there was a party room called the Sleigh Adventure, segregated to members only. It was obviously a Sleigh and it took members on an "adventure" around Club Penguin to help deliver presents by dropping presents into chimneys. A sneak peek of it was released as a login screen which showed four penguins on the Sleigh, with presents in the background. It was a popular place for Santa Penguins. The Sleigh was located on the Night Club Rooftop.

External Activities

 * Rockhopper Cookie Mix
 * Cookie Mix Gift Tag
 * 12 Days of Christmas Sharing

Gifts
The Christmas Party offered "gifts" for penguins. One delivered, the Mystery Present. It was unwraped on Christmas Day and was touted as a big surprise. Gifts were also delivered courtesy of the Sleigh Adventure, as implied by the What's New Blog. It was also possible to send gift postcards via Penguin Mail to both members and non-members.

Trivia

 * This is the first Christmas Party to have a night sky.
 * The Night Club Rooftop came back. This time, it was hosting the Magic Sleigh Ride.
 * There was a glitch with the Magic Sleigh Adventure. When it was loading it would say "Loading Maze". This was because the last members-only party room was The Great Snow Maze during the Winter Party 2009. The glitch was fixed at the Holiday Party 2010 which said "Loading Sleigh".
 * This was the first party in Club Penguin that used a politically correct alternative term to name a party. In this case, it was called the Holiday Party to not offend people who do not celebrate Christmas.
 * It was the second time the Command Room and HQ were decorated, the first one being for the Christmas Party 2008.
 * You could see the Sleigh from the Town Center.
 * Aunt Arctic said she would make an appearance, as it said so in the Club Penguin Times, but she only appeared in the last half of the party.
 * At this party, it was the first time the Map changed its background to match the skies around Club Penguin.
 * Rockhopper said that Yarr decorated The Migrator.
 * When you throw snowballs at the Forest, you would throw Christmas tree ornaments instead of snowballs.
 * Many astronomy-liking penguins tried to make a constellation out of the stars.
 * There are Test Robots on the Ski Hill and Ski Village and the Dojo Courtyard.
 * On December 25 (technically Christmas), a penguin named Santa Claus was spotted on the server Christmas in the Book Room. He was actually pretending to take pictures with penguins, and other penguins were confused. It is unknown if he is a famous penguin that will return every Christmas Day, but many penguins claim that he was a famous penguin that they met. It is also unknown how the penguin got the name, since penguins dating back to 2006 have tried to get the name. Since the name was unavailable so long ago, he might be a Beta Tester or even possibly a new famous penguin. However, he didn't return for the Holiday Party 2010, 2011, or 2012.

Rooms

 * Agent VR
 * Lodge Attic
 * Beach
 * Beacon
 * Boiler Room
 * Book Room
 * Box Dimension
 * Cave
 * Captain's Quarters
 * Coffee Shop
 * Cove
 * Crow's Nest
 * Dance Lounge
 * Dock
 * Dojo
 * Dojo Courtyard
 * Forest
 * Gift Shop
 * HQ
 * Iceberg
 * Lighthouse
 * Migrator
 * Mine
 * Mine Shack
 * Night Club
 * Ninja Hideout
 * Pet Shop
 * Pizza Parlor
 * Plaza
 * Santa's Sled
 * Ship Hold
 * Ski Hill
 * Ski Lodge
 * Ski Village
 * Snow Forts
 * Stadium
 * Stage
 * Town