Clothes + Holidays + TRADING = December Updates? Makes sense for the clothes and trading, because of the season of giving and all that, and of COURSE the islands will be dressed up for the holidays.

I doubt that trading is being released. This is the "Different Clothes every other Week" thing that a few forums have mentioned. Trading would be to complex for many of the younger users. I am sure that they would release the Kraken before Tradeing.