Greetings Zwinksters! Hope you're enjoying the holiday season. Mr. Metropolitan's been busy returning some ridiculous Christmas gifts this week. I mean....a baby robot dinosaur? What were they thinking? As a result, I haven't yet had time to open up the old holiday Znote mailbag! So without wasting more of your valuable holiday break, let's get to your questions....now!

Festively adorned hipster greenmonstah writes:

hey mr. m! wondering if you had any cool plans for the holidays. take 'er easy!

Great question, greenmonstah!  Based on your username, I can only imagine you had a great October this year, unlike Mr. Metropolitan. As for cool holiday plans, I have quite a few of them. But none of them are cooler than hanging out in Zwinktopia's Winter Wonderland!

Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you've probably noticed all the winter trappings and ultra-fun activities around the world of Zwinky this season. Personally, I've spent so much time hurling snowman heads and fruitcakes at the Ice Zwink! and snowy beach that I'm feeling completely exhausted. And hey...you take 'er easy, too, monstah! Whatever that means.

Your friend and mine - honeybunni3333 - wrote in to say:

i have a problem my friend wont come on. she was off for 3 months now. and i dont no who 2 hang out with? What can i do.

Well, honeybunni333, this is an easy one. It can be summed up in just three words: GET NEW FRIENDS!

Seriously, if your one and only Zwinky friend has abandoned you, what are you going to do? Spend countless days trolling around Zwinktopia with a lost look in your eyes? Waste numerous hours trying to talk to the guy behind the info desk at the mall? No - you start talking to people, and soon enough, you'll have some brand new Zwinky friends to chat with. And hang out with, too!

Finally, curious Zwinky dirt-rida-057 writes in:

hey Mr.metropolitan! Could you tell me how to become invisible? Everyone is doing it and yes I know I should be different but I really want to know how to do that. Thanks!

Sadly, dirt-rida-057, there are things in this world which Mr. Metropolitan doesn't know. There are only a few things that fall into this category, such as why Carson Daly has his own late night talk show and why Angelina Jolie never returns my phone calls.

But if people are, in fact, becoming invisible in Zwinktopia, I haven't seen it. I guess that's the whole point of becoming invisible, right? One trick that Mr. Metropolitan has heard of...to ensure your ability to see fellow Zwinkies at all times, be sure to clear your browser's cache. You can do this by closing your Zwinky window, going into your browser's Tools menu, selecting Internet Options, then clicking the "Delete Files" button. Then open Zwinky again. Don't ask me why that works, though. But it is a cool trick.

I do, however, know of one sure-fire way to become invisible to others -- and that's simply to press that large "Exit Zwinktopia" button in the bottom left corner of your Zwinky window. But I really don't recommend that method, as it's known to come with pretty bad side effects - including, most importantly, missing out on all the fun of Zwinky!

On behalf of everyone at Team Zwinky, we wish you a very happy and healthy New Year. Until next time, take care and be safe out there!