Happy Tuesday morning, everyone. The Holidays are winding down, which means everyone's winding up and eager to get onto that patch 5.2 PTR. Alas, until it does open, we're forced to stick with speculation and a bit of datamining. Still, that's pretty fun, right? Read on for some interesting patch 5.2 sneak peeks, some more year-end retrospectives, and a bit of money making advice, among other things.

Hot news and features

• Did you get your Winter Veil gifts yet? You only have another day or two to grab them.
• Anne speculates on the Isle of Giants from patch 5.2.
• Sunsong Ranch is getting some big changes in patch 5.2.
• Check out this datamined footage of the upcoming Throne of Thunder raid.
• The Best of WoW Insider continues a month-by-month retrospective of our best articles from 2012.
• Rossi explains why his Orc loves Hellscream and why his Worgen loves killing blood elves.
• Anne's character isn't quite as happy with Garrosh.

Class news and guides

• Lichborne analyzes the unholy death knight changes coming to the patch 5.2 PTR.
• Encrypted Text examines the implications for the upcoming Blade Flurry nerf.
• Spiritual Guidance takes a look at the patch 5.2 PTR notes from a priest's perspective.
• The Light And How To Swing It has a guide to retribution utility.

Dungeons, items, professions, PvP, and more

• Gold Capped offers a guide to getting cheap Ironpaw Tokens, as well as a followup on training Nomi for even more cheap tokens.
• We have some advice for making gold from enchanting and from inscription.
• Addon Spotlight answers some of your questions.

Odds and ends

• Know Your Lore makes some wild speculations about lore in the year 2013 and discusses more of the most significant lore developments of 2012.
• 15 Minutes of Fame interviews the first level 90 winner of the Ironman Challenge.

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