Cafe World Thanksgiving Mystery Crate holds animated items inside

Thanksgiving Mystery Crate
While Zynga has already released its round of Thanksgiving items in Cafe World, the team has released a convenient albeit risky way of getting some of the best in this year's collection. For a limited time, players can get their hands on one of five animated Thanksgiving items through the Thanksgiving Mystery Crate.

For 10 Cafe Cash, or about $2, players will have a chance at items like the Happy Scarecrow, which normally costs 13 Cafe Cash (about $2.50),and Thanksgiving Dinner, a 15 Cafe Cash item (around $3). While Zynga didn't ruin the whole surprise, we can imagine the other three animated items inside will also go for Cafe Cash. So, that leaves the Crazy Turkey, Pile of Leaves and Squirrel Autumn Tree as possible items that are hidden inside, which normally cost 14 and 15 Cafe Cash, respectively. Not too shabby for an item that only costs $2. Not to mention that you're bound to get an interesting item. So, if you're feeling lucky, take a stab at one of these five animated Thanksgiving items. Preferably the turkey, because they're delicious.

FrontierVille: Serve your neighbors a feast for free Thanksgiving dishes

As most of us have come to learn by now, the final level of the Thanksgiving Feast missions in FrontierVille asks us to collect a whopping 40 of each food item associated with the event, those being Cranberry Sauce, Roast Turkeys, Sweet Potatoes, and Delicious Pies.

And while we all might be used to posting item requests on our walls and receiving help from friends, did you also know that you can gather some of your own ingredients, just by visiting friends? It's true, as we've come to learn that by simply visiting neighbors, and using one of your five daily actions to "Serve the Feast" at a neighbor's Thanksgiving table, you have a chance to earn one of the four main food items for yourself.

To be clear, this isn't a guaranteed opportunity, as you can also walk away with a small bundle of food, a single reputation point and an experience point. While you may not be guaranteed to receive a food item, if you're already visiting your friends as part of your daily routine or to complete an entirely separate quest, why not take a few seconds to see if you can spawn a free Thanksgiving dish while you're there? Even if just four or five friends' tables give you food items, that's four or five less items you have to wait for your friends to send.

Send Thanksgiving Flowers, earn 100 free Cafe World Cafe Cash

While we all know how much family means at a time like Thanksgiving, what if you couldn't make it home to celebrate the holiday with your loved ones? You'd still want to show them that you were thinking of them, right? Zynga is hoping that "flowers" would be the way you'd show you care, as they are offering a new cross-promotion in Cafe World, offering players 100 free Cafe Cash just for sending Thanksgiving Flowers from ProFlowers.

You'll find this offer below the Cafe World gameplay area, as seen at right. Clicking on it opens up a new window, where you'll earn that you can save up to 50% by ordering from ProFlowers via this offer. Once you complete your purchase on ProFlowers, you'll be able to refresh your Cafe World game page and will see your Cafe Cash balance boosted by a whopping 100 points.

This can apparently be done on the same account more than once, as all you'd need to do is simply close out the window and begin again on a second order, presumably to receive your second batch of Cafe Cash, and so on, until you've had your fill.

While flowers may not be the first thing one thinks of when talking about Thanksgiving, this might be an offer that's too good to refuse.