Talk:Quests/@comment-173.50.65.32-20150305054602/@comment-24668482-20150305122509

The Christmas update challenge timer ended in January for most devices. After the challenge timer expires, those 30 special quests with the decorative border are no longer available to play. So you will never get them in the game if you are starting now (just as you will never get the 30 Halloween quests, 30 Tavern quests, 30 Valentines 2014 quests, 30 Christmas 2013 quests or 24 Halloween 2013 quests). Once the challenge is over they are no longer available in the game.

Once a quest appears on your list on the left hand side of your home desktop, it is there until it is completed, and that sequence can't move forward until it is completed. If the quest is active, then it must be winnable in the picture/mode it states it is winnable in (but it won't be after the quest is completed). If the item is giftable (has a green plus sign next to it in collections tab), you could put it on your wishlist, and receiving it as a gift from friends will complete the quest for you. If it is isn't giftable, then you can still get the item from the Collectors Desktop award, from opening Pandora's Boxes and as a random reward while visiting friends. Getting the item in any of these ways will also complete the quest for you, but of course it takes time as there is no way to force it drop any of those ways.