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If you’d like to check out more exciting tidbits about Winter/Summer Bash 2022, all of our public stats for the event can be found on \u003Ca href=\"https://winterbash2022.stackexchange.com/stats\">this page\u003C/a>. \u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>Also, a special shout out to the community members who participated in the chat room to puzzle out all of the secret hats (and the Sparkles the Unicorn puzzle). There were over 6,000 messages over the course of Winter Bash!\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>Before we sign off, it’s become a tradition to share some of our favorite avatar and hat combinations shared in the yearly \u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/384712/show-off-your-hats-2022-edition\">Show off your hats!\u003C/a> post on Meta Stack Exchange.\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>From \u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/1093401/rdk\">RDK\u003C/a>, we have Albert Einstein quite literally being Albert Einstein:\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:image -->\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/qOYtekv1StpXeeZDe5wxmQnP60ScYhiAioUvmybDQbM_lDB67vMy0BGN7wvtDXeA1ZjdUr8G1Nyr57PqLurGStkoqf7eNNeY7IoCEGi_--llHfVeLGv_OpNeWsQ6I_HHQl4khHpJit4cMLgHPkeD5xlzBOBfRF6YleV6ODvbDqDTnNEPXTnbkBHW3JKmLA\" alt=\"\"/>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C!-- /wp:image -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>From \u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/289255/adiga\">adiga\u003C/a>, we have a low power situation and the mood we all feel in this situation:\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:image -->\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/yKRSbRSA9HUlTmkCflqcDY-eLnDHC3ltSKvEepJb7mp97VwNed42xU5jmEJm1zyttv4Poou7kSh34wcPImaPxrHUwUE7eYaRjhh3FjWviL2bsBj5IhKXTQH1ONu-OdGM5gHABi0QMKUSGsgPcbQtOS6p9PeYbdjfYUm4hFXhVxixHYWN9dF8nuZt9paLAw\" alt=\"\"/>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C!-- /wp:image -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>Last but not least, we have \u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/401803/hkotsubo\">hkotsubo\u003C/a> giving us the perfect reason to climb a mountain:\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:image -->\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_TLNST1dwVIMKTgzetQE7LY75NxokNY-les0GOFkRuZuLBfeoKsXPrrUZltk0FqrRDkIrfbuz6yOeqlCuv-Sd88giycmcl0y-TeGwikUVqEaG96_tGBZ0QmvPrAakqKgADmdQifzrTxX2ykC7M3Tg08LPzesdlmFmWfLzW3D4mI2z123DpkI6un5P7GJ6Q\" alt=\"\"/>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C!-- /wp:image -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>We had a lot of fun creating Winter/Summer Bash 2022, and we hope you enjoyed participating. 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