wtf Santa is just working his little too show off getting ready to deliver prezzies to you all come the 25th. I'm sure he's just been super busy organizing his army of elves so as to get everything done in time. Also, his satellite dish is prolly buried with snow, seeing as he lives at the North Pole and all, so that's why we haven't heard from him...
@topic: this game has never really been about the content so much for me, although that's always been a big plus when a cool update comes out. For me it's mostly the community that makes it fun. All the updates in the world wouldn't make this game fun for me if the community wasn't fun.