\u003C/a>\u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/162102/monica-cellio\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8850\" src=\"https://stackoverflow.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/B1423763-AE8C-4263-A75C-08B1C066C547.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"192\" />\u003C/a>\u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/182734/ankit-sharma\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8854\" src=\"https://stackoverflow.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/69210219-E658-4BC6-A96B-AD87CB754810.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"213\" /> \u003C/a>\n\n\u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/366373/whosaysbigcatsdontwearhats\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8851\" src=\"https://stackoverflow.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/233E455B-BC4A-4432-9A44-D304E10D7BEA-298x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" />\u003C/a> \u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/266735/kendra\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8852\" src=\"https://stackoverflow.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/F3E5944C-68F9-4892-9C08-1F75673215D2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"203\" />\u003C/a> \u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/157163/ambo100\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8853\" src=\"https://stackoverflow.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/56C979CF-E405-4743-A127-2C98FF924EB5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"288\" /> \u003C/a>\n\nThese hat shots came from the MSE community. Check them all out \u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/305135/show-off-your-hats\">here\u003C/a>!\n\nThe very first hat to be earned was \u003Ca href=\"https://winterbash2017.stackexchange.com/foot-of-the-rainbow\">Foot of the Rainbow\u003C/a>, earned by \u003Ca href=\"https://stackoverflow.com/users/1221571/eran\">Eran\u003C/a> on Stack Overflow mere minutes after the event began. The first \u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/304340/winter-bash-2017-hats/304345#304345\">secret hat\u003C/a> (spoiler alert) was awarded almost immediately thereafter: \u003Ca href=\"https://winterbash2017.stackexchange.com/ooh-shiny\">Ooh, Shiny!\u003C/a> went to \u003Ca href=\"https://stackoverflow.com/users/4774918/olaf\">Olaf\u003C/a>, also on Stack Overflow. A whopping 23 hats were discovered on that very first day, with the remaining hats trickling in over the next few days (except for the date-based hats like \u003Ca href=\"https://winterbash2017.stackexchange.com/row-of-many-candles\">Row Of Many Candles\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://winterbash2017.stackexchange.com/glasses-with-a-number-on-top\">Glasses With A Number On Top\u003C/a>, and a handful of others, which were awarded on their corresponding dates, naturally).\n\nThe most-awarded hat was \u003Ca href=\"https://winterbash2017.stackexchange.com/and-you-get-a-hat\">And YOU Get A Hat!\u003C/a>, which was awarded to every user on a site as soon as 20 other hats had been unlocked on that site. The hat was awarded 197,452 times to 170,786 distinct users. The first site to unlock it was Stack Overflow, followed by Mathematics, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Movies & TV, Meta Stack Exchange, and Unix & Linux. The last sites to unlock it were Webmasters, Pets, and Parenting, who all squeaked in under the wire on January 2.\n\nThat’s enough stats for one post, but there’s a ton more where that came from on \u003Ca href=\"https://winterbash2017.stackexchange.com/stats\">the public stats page\u003C/a>, new for this year (thanks @balpha!).\n\nNow, Winter Bash isn’t really a competitive event, but why should we let that stop us from having \u003Ca href=\"https://winterbash2017.stackexchange.com/leaderboard\">a leaderboard\u003C/a>? Please join me in congratulating the #1 hat earners network-wide. This year it was a 4-way tie between A J, David, alecxe, and JonathanReez.\n\n\u003Cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8847 size-large\" src=\"https://stackoverflow.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/78AFBBA9-5759-4689-A2F1-46CE26D28FAA-1200x594.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"507\" />\n\nThis is alecxe’s second appearance at the top of the hat podium (first was in 2016) and David’s third (2015 & 2016). Congratulations to alecxe on the repeat and to David on the \u003Ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat-trick\">hat trick\u003C/a>!\n\nFor the first time ever (to my knowledge but don’t hold me to it), Winter Bash featured \u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/304500/a-moose-some-silly-putty-and-a-desperate-plea-for-help\">an IRL hat component\u003C/a> this year. They’re \u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/304500/a-moose-some-silly-putty-and-a-desperate-plea-for-help/304587#304587\">punny\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/304500/a-moose-some-silly-putty-and-a-desperate-plea-for-help/304591#304591\">festive\u003C/a>, and even \u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/304500/a-moose-some-silly-putty-and-a-desperate-plea-for-help/304644#304644\">downright delicious\u003C/a>. Check them out - you might even see some of them make their way into Winter Bash 2018...\n\nFrom all of us at Stack Overflow/Exchange, thank you for everything you do throughout the year to build the amazing communities that make up our network. We hope you enjoyed this year’s trip down Hat-Related Memory Lane and the chance to spread a little merriment around the sites.\n\nThat’s all for Winter Bash 2017: Greatest Hats. 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