Holiday 2017


 * For other editions of Holiday, see Holiday 2016 and Holiday 2018.

Holiday in 2017 is the second Holiday event in Pokémon GO. Moreover, this event is connected with the release of twenty aquatic-themed, Hoenn-region Pokémon.

Features
Similarly to the year-before event, for the duration of the event, Lure Modules lasted for six hours before they expire. and as a special bonus, the first PokéStop visited each day between December, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. (PST) and December , 2017, at 1:00 p.m. (PST) awarded trainers with a single-use Egg Incubator.

Featured Pokémon
Festive Pikachu returned with release of a Pokémon from the Johto-region, "present-bearing" Pokémon Delibird. Lapras did not appear near to water region only. These Pokémon had increased chance to appear in the wild during this event.

Additionally, during the event there was possibility to hatch Pichu wearing festive hat from 2-km Eggs.

Moreover, these Shiny Pokémon were released with the start of the event.

Shop special offer
Year after the very-first special offer boxes, there were new ones for this event, available from the shop for a limited time.

From December through December, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. PST, special boxes featured items such as Super Incubators, Lure Modules and newly introduced Star Pieces.

From December, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. PST through January , 2018, special boxes featured items such as Premium Raid Passes, Super Incubators, and Star Pieces.

This offer introduced new graphic design for such boxes and it differs from previous special offer boxes by having futuristic style with more winter, holiday theme.

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