Christmas 2018 Walkthrough

Introduction

This Christmas event is very similar to last month's rerun. New quests are released every day, and the best nodes unfortunately don't open until later on.
The lottery in this event is unlimited. Feel free to spend as many apples and AP on farming Miracle Stockings as possible. There won't be a farming event this lucrative for a long time.
In case it's not clear: now is the time to spend those saved up apples!
Jeanne d'Arc Alter Santa Lily is acquired (temporarily) straight away and can be permanently unlocked by finishing the main story and grabbing her Summon Ticket and copies from the Lottery/Event Shop.
The main quest is straightforward and tuned for beginners.
Always try to bring as many relevant Event Bonus Servants (and CE) as (safely) possible.
For a good approach towards farming, see the farming walkthrough below.

Main Quest Walkthrough

Step	Quest	Note	Drops
1	1st Night - What ever happened to Jeanne? (5 AP)	Rewards temporary copy of . Get her ascension materials and permanent Summon Ticket from the lottery! Finish the Main Quest to buy her from the Event Shop with the Summon Ticket.	Primary: Secondary:
Next Main Quest unlocks at: 2018-11-27 16:00 PST.
2	2nd Night - The Gift of the Fool (5 AP)	Rewards a copy of .	Primary: Secondary:
Next Main & Free Quest unlock at: 2018-11-28 16:00 PST.
3	3rd Night - We Are Middle Schoolers (5 AP)	Make sure to bring the correct bonus Servants/CE.	Primary: Secondary:
Next Main Quest unlocks at: 2018-11-29 16:00 PST.
4	4th Night - Merry Christmas in the Labyrinth (1/2) (5 AP)	Plenty of Miracle Stocking drops, focus on bringing Holy Night Supper.	Primary: Secondary:
5	4th Night - Merry Christmas in the Labyrinth (2/2) (5 AP)	Bring the correct event CE and bonus Servants.	Primary:
Next Main & Free Quest unlock at: 2018-11-30 16:00 PST.
6	5th Night - (...) Star, Again (5 AP)	Few currency drops.	Primary: Secondary:
Next Main Quest unlocks at: 2018-12-01 16:00 PST.
7	6th Night - It's a Wonderful Life Santa! (5 AP)	Few currency drops.	Primary:
Next Main & Free Quest unlock at: 2018-11-02 16:00 PST.
8	7th Night - Last Present For You (1/2) (5 AP)	Only Fruitcake drops! Bring the correct Servants and CE.	Primary:
9	7th Night - Last Present For You (2/2) (5 AP)	A single Miracle Stockings Drop, field bond CE instead.	Primary:
That's it! Enjoy the Mapo Tofu Summon Ticket! It's now possible to unlock Jeanne d'Arc Alter Santa Lily via the Event Shop permanently.

Introduction Farming Walkthrough

The time-restricted nature of this event may make farming difficult. It may be ideal to farm less efficient nodes early on if time is limited when the best nodes open.
Buy up any Holy Night Suppers from the shop ASAP.
Fill up empty CE slots with Holy Night Suppers.
Field the appropriate Bonus Servants when possible.
The plan of attack is simple:

Use Natural AP regeneration until the Powder Snow difficulty opens. Try to get a copy of Holy Night Supper with Fruitcakes before Powder Snow opens up. Do not use apples yet!
Farm Powder Snow difficulty with plenty of Cheesecake bonus before Snowflakes difficulty open up. Clear the shop of desired items costing Cheesecakes. Use apples if necessary.
Farm Snowflakes difficulty with a mixture of Fruitcake and Shortcake bonus to finish both of them at the same time. Clear the shop of desired items costing cakes. The shop should be empty by now, except for Bûche de Noël or unwanted items. Use apples if necessary.
Go nuts farming the Blizzard difficulty for optimal Miracle Stockings drops. Empty up all the apples, leave no lottery button untouched, grind, grind, grind.

If time is a problem and/or your stock of apples is very large, consider farming Miracle Stockings early in the Snowflakes node. Use less Fruit- and Shortcake Event CE and more Holy Night Suppers.

Farming Walkthrough

Step	Quest	Note	Drops
1	Stocking Gathering - Novice (10 AP)	Complete this once. Unlocks Intermediate difficulty.	Primary: Secondary:
2	Stocking Gathering - Intermediate (20 AP)	Complete this once. Unlocks Advanced difficulty.	Primary: Secondary:
3	Stocking Gathering - Advanced (30 AP)	Complete this once. Unlocks Expert difficulty.	Primary: Secondary:
4	Stocking Gathering - Expert (40 AP #1)	Drops all Currencies, but few Magical Stockings. Complete at least once. Unlocks Powder Snow difficulty after 11/28.	Primary: Secondary:
Next Free Quest unlocks at: 2018-11-28 16:00 PST.
5	Stocking Gathering - Powder Snow (40 AP #2)	Main Cheesecake node, but also drops Shortcakes. Farm Cheesecakes until all desired Cheesecake items are bought from the shop. Try to do this before the next quest is available, it's okay to use apples for this purpose. Unlocks Snowflakes difficulty after 11/30.	Primary: Secondary:
Next Free Quest unlock at: 2018-11-30 16:00 PST.
6	Stocking Gathering - Snowflakes (40 AP #3)	Main Fruitcakes/Shortcakes node. Farm until all remaining desired items from the shop are cleared. Use apples for this purpose if necessary. Unlocks Blizzard difficulty.	Primary: Secondary:
Next Free Quest unlocks at: 2018-12-02 16:00 PST.
7	Stocking Gathering - Blizzard (40 AP #4)	The Miracle Stockings Farming Node. Use up any remaining apples. Only available for a few days, so make the most of it!	Primary:

Quick Farming Overview

Due to the nature of the event, farming cakes will always coincide with farming Miracle Stockings.
Thus, farming later stages (except for Expert) will always yield a nice increase in Miracle Stockings per node.
The listed nodes don't sacrifice Miracles Stockings for more cakes.
Try and finish farming the cakes before the final, optimal, Miracles Stockings node opens.

Event Drop	Area	Note	Enemy Classes
	Stocking Gathering - Powder Snow (40 AP #2)	Unlocks at: 2018-11-28 16:00 PST.	Boss:
	Stocking Gathering - Snowflakes (40 AP #3)	Unlocks at: 2018-11-30 16:00 PST. Try to finish farming Shortcakes at the same time as Fruitcakes.	Boss:
	Stocking Gathering - Snowflakes (40 AP #3)	Unlocks at: 2018-11-30 16:00 PST Try to finish farming Fruitcakes at the same time as Shortcakes.	Boss:
	Stocking Gathering - Blizzard (40 AP #4)	Unlocks at: 2018-12-02 16:00 PST Short window for farming optimally, if time is limited or apples are plenty, considering farming the previous difficulty for Miracle Stockings.	Boss:

Holy Night Supper

CE	Effects
	Holy Night Supper 5★ NP Damage/Critical Damage by 10% (MLB 15%). Starting NP gauge by 30% (MLB 50%). Increase drops by 1 (MLB 2). [Christmas 2018 Only]

There's no way around this. This is a terrific CE and, once properly leveled, even an upgrade over Halloween Princes.
This is mainly due to having its raw stat budget fully allocated to attack.
However, there are only 4 copies in the Event Shop.
The final copy has to be farmed from the Event Quests.
It is highly recommended that you try to do so. Hybrid CE are great for a mix of farming and performance.
The best drop rate(2%...) is of course from the highest level quest. The Miracle Stockings farming location: Blizzard.
Since this coincides nicely with farming the lottery, hopefully the CE will drop for most dedicated farmers.
Best of luck.