Best Gifts (that I can find so far?)

[Krysmphoenix]

Sarah - Paint Set, assembled from the three christmas spirits
Toby - Sword and Shield, from Janet's dream and upgraded
Andy - Engraved Earrings, from Decker's dream and upgraded
Pyreworm - Flying Spahgetti Monster Plush, trade book of Alternative Religions
Decker - Don't.

That just leaves Mrs. Best and Janet, which I haven't figured out yet. I haven't gotten the achievement for making someone's best gift even better yet, so missing something.

Also despite dream dancing with Pyreworm and giving the plush, I can't get her to 115% so I can't be super gay techno fire lesbians yet. :(

[Doopliss]

Pyreworm's 115% ending is Dream dance plus Marigold (rescue matchstick girl)
Janet is Finish the normal hearts in Janet's dream, use Mania to resurrect Janet's Mom, and use Janet's Mom plus the ghostly name at the bottom of the circle for Agape (highlight the text if you can't see it)

Mrs. Best still has me baffled. I can't even think of anything to try at this point.

[Diogenes]

How do you upgrade gifts?

[Wingyl]

Two ways

you can trade them with elves, or on the final day, if you fully protected the school, go check out BEL/S's favourite decoration

[Krysmphoenix]

Ah, thanks for both. I must have given the romance gift on my smokey the bear run. I must try again.

I also remember trading one of the snowman essays for a metal art statue thing, gonna try upgrading that now that I can reliably access that route. Maybe it'll work for Mrs. Best. If not, then comes savescumming Christmas.

[Astraea]

Yeah, I can't find the best gift for Mrs. Best either. I assume it has something to do with the frankincense you get on the 24th from the school, but I've found no way to upgrade it. Neither the smith nor the foulmouthed spirits seem to want it, and by itself, it only counts as a good gift.

[Krysmphoenix]

Aha! I found it!

In Sarah's dream, you can give any book that isn't a paperback to the menorah for dream delivery. The only two books you can take are the Alternate Religions book, and the Greek History book...on Sapphic poetry.

It seems counter-intuitive, but trade the poetry to the humbugs. That's Mrs. Best's, uh, best gift.

[Krysmphoenix]

Also has anyone gotten the achievement for completing Mrs. Best's dream? I can't get mine to unlock no matter what I do.

[Doopliss]

The Mrs. Best dream is a confirmed bug. If you got the achievement for completing all the dreams, you should also be getting the achievement for Mrs. Best's.

Thanks a ton for sharing the Sapphic poetry book. I doubt I'd have ever sat down and looked at all the available books.

[Wingyl]

That's HARDCOVER?


I thought it was paper and only the religion book was hardcover!!

[Astraea]

Thanks, now that I know the old lady just really likes her porn, I finally got the perfect run. Never would have figured that out on my own.

So what purpose does the frankincense serve then?

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[Pingcode]

Oh geeze, is that what it was? Spent ages trying to figure out how to transform the piece of dawn

[Krysmphoenix]

Yup! Most of the gifts come from dreams...but not necessarily their dream it turns out!

[Effé Kay]

Is there a way to take both the religious and greek books from Sarah's dream? If not, how do you secure the retirement home completely? I only know how to by having Mrs. Best use the alternate religions book to put up some charms, is there another way I can protect it while getting her best gift as well?

[Doopliss]

The retirement home can also be protected using the black cat and baby skeleton (both from playing with Eek on day 1). If you also want to rescue the angel of death, you can always use the piece of dawn.

[Pingcode]

Besides using the black cat and baby skeleton, using firepower is good for a half-fix too - getting half-help (eg. from Mrs. Best putting up just a few wards, or one of spirits helping out) plus starting a few fires is enough to completely protect a location