My end of event feedback is that I got 3 fully upgraded buildings for no diamonds thanks to the Shuffle Gods. Too bad the buildings are not up to par with other recent event buildings and will never see the light of day in my city.
Got a decent amount of daily specials too, which made me feel pretty good.
Reindeer didn't matter to me, but I did have a full sleigh available to look at throughout the event.
Calendar is a total waste of space the way it is configured, but I was able to use the 4 non-specific keys I earned from dailies and the event to open the doors to gain some forge points and a 1 up kit, so I guess it was fine from that perspective.
The event did feel like it was never-ending and a bit too long in my opinion, maybe partly because it is never one of the more fun events to play and always feels too scroogey because of the way it is set up with random picking, the shuffle that shows up when you don't want it but never seems to until the end if you do, and the obvious diamond grabs.
I'll give it 4/10 compared to last year being a 6/10.