Holiday 2016


 * For other editions of Holiday, see Holiday 2017 and Holiday 2018.

Holiday in 2016 is the first Holiday event in Pokémon GO.

Features
Each day during the event, trainers were awarded a single-use Egg Incubator when they visited their first PokéStop of the day. There was also a greater chance of obtaining Pokémon Eggs which would hatch Baby Pokémon from Johto region.

Lure Modules' duration were also increased up to a whole hour, rather than their normal 30 minutes.

Featured Pokémon
Two weeks prior to this event, on December, 2016, Johto-region Baby Pokémon were released. Pikachu and Raichu wearing festive hats began to circulate the same day. They were available until the end of this Holiday event,  and any captured would persist in the inventory if not transferred.

Additionally, from the afternoon of December, 2016, through the afternoon of January 2017 (PST), starter Pokémon and their evolved forms were encountered more often.

Shop special offer
During this event there were Holiday Boxes available from the shop for a limited time.

From the morning of December, 2016 through the afternoon of December , 2016 (PST) Special, Great, and Ultra Boxes were available for purchase from the Shop. These boxes contained some items that are usually not available for purchase and they were offered at a discount rate.

From the afternoon of December, 2016 through the afternoon of January , 2017 (PST) Bronze, Silver, and Gold Boxes were available for purchase. The items in these Boxes included Incense, Lure Modules, Lucky Eggs, Poké Balls, and Great Balls.

Promotional pictures
Following promotional pictures were published by creators of the game across their social media channels.