Event

Seasonal Events[]

Azeroth Event	Time Period	Related Earth Event	Additional Info
New Year	Dec 31 - Jan 1	New Year's Eve	Gregorian calendar
Lunar Festival	Varies (Spring)	Lunar New Year	Chinese calendar
Love is in the Air	Feb 11th - Feb 16th	Valentine's Day
Noblegarden	Varies (Easter)	Easter
Children's Week	May 1st - May 7th	Children's Day - Japan Mother's Day - US (and in most other countries, including: UK, Belgium and the Netherlands)
Midsummer Fire Festival	June 21st - July 5th	Midsummer Canada Day - CAN Independence Day - US	US observed! Fire in the Sky Engineers' Explosive Extravaganza
Harvest Festival	Sept 8th - Sept 13th	Roughly Thanksgiving - Canada, US (actually celebrated in October and November in Canada and US, respectively) Columbus Day - US US Stress Test ended: September 12, 2004
Pirates' Day	Sept 19th	International Talk Like a Pirate Day	First observed Sept 19th, 2008.
Peon Day	???	EU Closed Beta began: September 30, 2004	EU observed! ^[1]
Brewfest	Sept 20th - Oct 4th	Oktoberfest - Germany
Hallow's End	Oct 18th - Nov 1st	Halloween
Feast of Winter Veil	Dec 15th - Jan 2nd	Christmas
The Spirit of Competition	Once every two years	Olympic Games	First occurred for 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

World Events[]

Gates of Ahn'Qiraj
- Ahn'Qiraj War Effort
The Scourge Invasion
Dark Portal Opens
Capture of Sun's Reach and Opening of the Sunwell Gates
Spirits of Competition
Zombie Infestation‎

Exclusive recipes[]

Recipe	Source		BoP
Feast of Winter Veil
[Recipe: Gingerbread Cookie]	sold by Penney Copperpinch Wulmort Jinglepocket	25
[Recipe: Egg Nog]		2 40
[Recipe: Hot Apple Cider] ¹ ²
[Pattern: Winter Boots] ¹ ²
[Pattern: Red Winter Clothes] ¹	sold by Wulmort Jinglepocket	50	x
[Pattern: Green Winter Clothes] ²	sold by Penney Copperpinch	50	x
[Plans: Edge of Winter]	one randomly from [Smokywood Pastures Special Gift] quest reward for [35] A Smokywood Pastures' Thank You! or [35] A Smokywood Pastures' Thank You! commonly sold on AH
[Schematic: Snowmaster 9000]
[Formula: Enchant Weapon - Winter's Might]
[Recipe: Elixir of Frost Power]
[Pattern: Gloves of the Greatfather]
[Pattern: Green Holiday Shirt]
Lunar Festival
[Schematic: Small Blue Rocket]
[Schematic: Small Green Rocket]
[Schematic: Small Red Rocket]
[Schematic: Large Blue Rocket]
[Schematic: Large Green Rocket]
[Schematic: Large Red Rocket]
[Schematic: Blue Rocket Cluster]
[Schematic: Green Rocket Cluster]
[Schematic: Red Rocket Cluster]
[Schematic: Large Blue Rocket Cluster]
[Schematic: Large Green Rocket Cluster]
[Schematic: Large Red Rocket Cluster]
[Schematic: Firework Launcher]	sold by Fariel Starsong	5 [[Image:Coin of Ancestry.png\|16px\|link=Coin of Ancestry]]	x
[Schematic: Cluster Launcher]	sold by Fariel Starsong	5 [[Image:Coin of Ancestry.png\|16px\|link=Coin of Ancestry]]	x
[Pattern: Festival Dress]	sold by Fariel Starsong	5 [[Image:Coin of Ancestry.png\|16px\|link=Coin of Ancestry]]	x
[Pattern: Festival Suit]	sold by Fariel Starsong	5 [[Image:Coin of Ancestry.png\|16px\|link=Coin of Ancestry]]	x
Midsummer Fire Festival
[Formula: Enchant Weapon - Deathfrost]	dropped by Ahune		x
Recipe	Source		BoP