For those new to the site. StackExchange has a little winter themed event in December for sites to participate in called [Winter Bash](http://winterbash2014.stackexchange.com/) (2014 link).

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QOZfx.jpg)

Basically, users earned "hats" for their gravatars by completing certain tasks (similar to badges).

Certain actions would trigger the user receiving a hat, which their gravatar could then "wear". For example, editing a post would yield an editor-themed hat (fedora with pen) to the editor.

From previous years:

* Users had their entire hat collection on <http://winterbash2013.stackexchange.com>.
* Individual users who didn’t want to participate, didn’t want to see hats, and/or are generally anti-hat had an "I hate hats" option available..
* The only visual change to the site itself was the presence of the hats and the "I hate hats" button in the footer.
* If we choose to accept, the event will run from **15 December 2014** to **4 January 2015**. After the time period, all the hats go away into Last Year's Hat Bin.
* We need to decide if we want hats by **December 1**

This is totally optional so do we want them?

**For those who don't want to participate, there will be an option in the site footer to disable these.**

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Update:
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I submitted a reply, we will have hats.