The winter event sounds fun and balanced so far, but I'm not fond of the idea of limited sets getting smaller :/ I was rather happy when the sets became 8 pieces! leaves more room for error imo. We've had some where a few items were duds and the extra pieces gives you the more of a chance to have good pieces to cancel out the lame ones. Skins, eyes, and backgrounds seem to be more the norm and I love it! but that doesn't leave much for other cool items having those if we have those so the likelihood we get those is smaller.
Maybe it'll be fine but makes me concerned to think about, especially if we're losing out on cool clothing items to have a semi-permanent or seasonal pet. I know lots of people are big on pets, but I play DV almost exclusively for cool clothing items to dress up my avatar. Pets on the other hand are just another chore.