Holiday 2018


 * For other editions of Holiday, see Holiday 2016 and Holiday 2017.

Holiday in 2018 is the third Holiday event in Pokémon GO.

Features
Ice-type Pokémon appeared more frequently in the wild with the return of festive Pikachu and Delibird. More Baby Pokémon had a greater chance of hatching from 7-km Eggs. Like previous events, Trainers also earned a free single-use Incubator once per day via spinning a Photo Disc on a PokéStop until January 2.

This year Holiday event was packed with a series of bonus, including:
 * December 18 to 22 – double Candy from catching and transferring.
 * December 23 to 26 – double Stardust from catching.
 * December 27 to 30 – double XP from catching.
 * December 31 to January 2 – half Egg distance.

Featured Pokémon
Following Pokémon had increased spawn rates in the wild:

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

Additionally, these Baby Pokémon were more likely to be hatched from 7-km Eggs obtained during the event:

The following Raid Bosses were available during this event.

Shop special offer
Similar to previous years, there were special offer boxes for this event available from the shop for a limited time from December.

Trivia

 * The Lake Guardians are seen in the promotional picture, but none of them was released in this event.