You're climbing to the Slapple Island but then, when you reached it, you see a person walking, circling around the island, smiling with it's eyes swirling and tongue out. Well, that's Pepper, They're walking around the island, in a joyful gait.

You approached them, interacted them, and they stopped walking and turns into you. They speak in Christmas bells.

Pepper: Oh hey. I see you're going to join us for the winter update. Yippee!

They after the winter update, they always say like that.