Also for the HQ hat,
You must do the smilebringer event
Smilebringer:
Smilebringer Locations
Northern San'Doria: (D-8)
Windurst Waters: (F-5)
Bastok Mines: (I-9)
You must wear your hat to give presents, if you do not have one from last year, buy one from a Moogle vendor for 10k.
The Smilebringer will warp you to another area after you distribute presents if you have enough joy. Collect joy in one of two ways; first, by trading the present the Smilebringer gives you to child, and second, by trading fireworks to a child. (Fireworks can be obtained from NPC moogles or from the card event)
Joy message.
After trading approximately 18 fireworks, I talked to the Smilebringer again, and the NPC turned into a pirate, and gave me a present to give to a kid. The present gives you "barrelfuls of joy to the children of Vana'diel!"
Smilebringer theory:
Kittyn pointed out you can outpost warp anywhere for only 10 fireworks from your local NPC teleporter. Fireworks seem to be different for each nation.
San D'Oria Fireworks = Sparkling Hands
Windurst = (Need information)
Bastok = 10 Brilliant Snows
Dream Hat +1:
Once you have a regular Dream Hat (from last year or from moogle) and you place a tree in your layout, the next clock reset (next day Japan time) you will get this message.
When you check your invetory, you will have a Special Present. You cannot open your present in your mog house.
Once outside, open your box. A firework show will commence, when its over check your invetory, and ta-da! You have your very own Dream Hat +1
Notes:
-Your tree and nation do not need to match: (You can be from Bastok, have a Windurstian Tree, and still get a present.)
-You only need to have one tree in your layout
-You *MUST* be in your regular moghouse, not a rent-a-room!
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I have 3 char doing this,
First one I traded a stack of the hands to the flower girl in northern sandy and I was done...
second 2 have had the tree's in the layout for a week now and still have nothing...
there is no wait on when you can grab your hat, once you trade enough it is in your mog and moogle will give it to you