"Oh yes, it's that time of year again. Time to get together with family and friends, come in from the cold, whip up some hot cocoa and slaughter legions of Locust with your brothers and sisters in arms in Gears of War 2. Every day from December 22nd through January 2nd, we're unwrapping a spectacular gift for Gears 2 players the world over--an XP multiplier that starts at 12x and increases by one every day until we hit a whopping 23x experience!"

• 1. "On the first day of Gearsmas Epic gave to me, a concussion from a smoke grenade." Bringing the concuss back for day - Dec 22
  *2.Flaming Bloodmounts (2 Bloodmounts with Flamethrowers every wave) - Dec 23
  *3.Extra Clips (3 extra clips of ammo in every weapon) - Dec 24
  *4.Frag grenades (Frag grenade pickups have 4) - Dec 25
  *5.Torque Bow Tags (Many rifle creatures carry Torque Bows in Horde) - Dec 26
  *6.Melee Monsters (All melee creatures Horde) - Dec 27
  *7.Sires a storming - Dec 28
  *8.Old School Gears Heads (4 v 4 MP) - Dec 29
  *9.Boomers Booming (Boomer squads on every wave) - Dec 30
  *10.Waves of Tickers (all Ticker Horde) - Dec 31
  *11.Wretches Wretching (Wretches with Shotguns) - Jan 1
  *12.Some of the above (1, 3, 4, 8, 10) - Jan 2