I want to be incredibly ticked off about this too.
I would have thought that at least Xmas time would merit a free gift that is actually free.

But then I remember, it's not Xmas yet.
If we get past December 25th and there's no actual free gift, then I shall join your ire at Evony's greed. I'm not saying there's no validity to your anger.Of course there are plenty of reasons to be upset by with Evony.

But as far as getting mad about no free Xmas gift, let's wait until the deadline passes before we jump to conclusions. They may have some very large package planned to put under the tree on the 24th, and we just don't know about it.