Hey loriseab,
GBU 2.
At 1st. I bought thru IWN the game last March. Then I "experience" loading problems and went thru IWIN help and Larry, a IWIN tech helped me til mid July, and didn't get the problem solved.
He then went thru this site and got Keaqgan to help out. Keagan suggested the free game, so I have been playing since mid-July.
My version is 2.4.24.
So I "guess" the people with the free version "doesn't" get the Christmas light event?
GBU and yours.