Very excited to get our first taste of the seasonal events (and super thankful the premium track isn't RLC/MS, good call!)! The music player is also quite charming, hats off to the composers.
Not thrilled about the Discord closing though, forums are nice for long-term events/conversations but feel very stiff and non-conducive to faster and more casual/friendly communication.
[Edit]: About soft-retiring stuff into a loot box for future years, perhaps consider Pack-specific boxes for each event rather than a singular box for everything? That way it'll keep the item pool from getting bloated so fast.