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It’s the season of goodwill to all men, which may be why Microsoft has decided to offer loyal Windows Phone users another 20 GB of room on its SkyDrive cloud storage platform. The deal must be claimed by January 31st and adds on 20GB to whatever storage space you already have for a period of one year. The deal was first spotted by Windows Phone users who received an official email from Microsoft. “To show our appreciation of Windows Phone customers,” the message reads, “we are giving you an extra 20GB of free SkyDrive storage for one year. This is in addition to the 7 GB of free SkyDrive storage that all customers currently have.”

If you're a Windows Phone user, check your email -- you're about to get a big holiday treat. Microsoft has followed up its earlier Surface promo by giving Windows Phone owners a free 20GB of extra SkyDrive storage for the next year. The bonus capacity stacks on top of whatever is already present, and customers have until January 31st to claim their additional cloud space. You'll have to wait for an email like the one above before you can take action, but we'd expect these notices to roll out to all registered Windows Phone users in short order.

It’s not the only deal that Microsoft is offering this holiday season: the company is also dishing out a generous 200GB of space to anyone who buys a Surface 2 or Surface Pro 2 tablet over Christmas. This offer lasts for two years, and you can get details over at the Microsoft website.