Have yourself a loopy, shady Christmas
Place akari lights
Next year all deductions will be out of sight

Have yourself a number placing Christmas
A Yuletide Parquet
Next year we'll have grids that come in cool, weird shapes

Someday soon we all will solve together
If discord allows
Until then we'll print and pencil through somehow
So have yourself
A region forming Christmas now

Merry Puzzlemas everyone! We have stocking stuffers like last year so we really hope you love your presents! Just like last year, rules will be on the next post (since I don't have Nitro)

Freddie's Star Battle: https://tinyurl.com/36zmnfke
Eric's Nurikabe: https://tinyurl.com/2p93htw6
Shye's Tapa: https://tinyurl.com/3mjtbf4c
Jovi's Icebarn: https://tinyurl.com/bdh9wecc
Tyrgannus' Square Jam: https://tinyurl.com/ynuj74tx

For times, just add up the five times you get. No need to marathon them all in one sitting (but of course, feel free to) so no pressure to quickly open links between solves.

For a Speedy Sloth🦥 , finish in 6:30
For a Quick Crab🦀 , finish in 13:15
Finish with anytime at all for a Yuletide Yungas Pygmy Owl🦉

Rules below on the next post!!!

Continued from previous post

Star Battle Rules: Place exactly as many stars is indicated above the puzzle in every row, column, and region. Stars cannot touch themselves orthogonally OR diagonally.

Nurikabe Rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be shaded, and every orthogonally connected area of unshaded cells contains exactly one clue, the value of which represents the size of the area. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded.

Tapa Rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded.

Icebarn Rules: Draw a path through the centers of some cells, entering the grid at the “IN” marking and exiting at the “OUT” marking. The path must travel through all of the arrows in the indicated direction. Two perpendicular line segments may intersect each other only on icy cells, but they may not turn at their intersection or otherwise overlap. The path may not turn on icy cells, and each orthogonally connected group of icy cells must be passed through at least once.

Square Jam Rules: Divide the grid into square regions of orthogonally connected cells. A number indicates the side length of the square it’s in. Region borders may not form any four-way intersections.