This day is the day for lovers to show how much they care for one another. Much like the Earthen Valentine’s Day.
It is said a little fairy goes around sprinkling dust of love all about bringing lovers and couples together. Sometimes for fun the fairy hooks up the two most unlikely couple.
But then there is that select few that are soul mates and they feel it more than ever. If they are together pure contentment occurs but if separated they go through immense loneliness until they are in each other arms again.
A week long festival to celebrate the rebirth of the land. This is the time when planting begins. Angel food type cakes, Aezyderian chocolates, and delicious sweets are made to look like baby creatures and flowers. Flowers are seen everywhere.
Parties throughout the week and a masquerade ball at the end of the week.
It is said to be the birthday of the Queen.
There is a ball, talent show, and sparing contest. Many conceive and marry during this festival.
Both moons are again out. Shifters can’t change except to their natural form. This day is opposite the one in the winter. The creatures normally not dangerous and violent like a seraph or unicorn are . Others that are in a dangerous form are about as cuddly as a teddy bear until the next day the shifters tend to voluntarily lock themselves up for their own good until the next morning. After the day is up there is a celebration of life. No meat is eaten by shifters or anywhere on this day.
A night for celebrating the harvesting of the food. Contests galore occur. Dancing, sparring, jousting, talent show, pie eating contest, and harvest contest, log rolling and other kinds of games are celebrated on this day.
During this week this be the beginning time to harvest the food for the winter.
There use to be a time when the superstitious people would give offerings to the ones wearing a costume to scare the evil creatures away. These dressed up Druids would go about demanding gifts of offerings to appease the Powers of be.
During this night to commemorate the evil powers that be there is a masquerade ball.
After such ceremonies and parties from last night this day is peaceful to pray for blessings to protect them from the evil forces and pay homage to their beliefs and faith.
Winterfest-A special time of the year when winter is celebrated as well as future rebirth. Family comes together giving one give of love per day does not have to be tangible. A Parade starts on the 21st of December with the designated girl, St. Lucia, from each family holding a candle lighting it and parading once around the town before heading home with the still lit candle that will be lit for 12 full days.
The St. Lucia bears a wealth of candles on her head while the others are in the temples praying she sets out the gifts and makes the special meal for the whole family sacrificing her love and time for them.
Th. girl, St. Lucia that worked the night before is honored and allowed to be served as a princess doing nothing that day for the service was done the night before.
Both moons are out both the Luminesse and Illuminati (shadow moon). It is said to bring a blessing or a curse to those that wed or have babies on this night. More marriages and births happen this night than any other time other than the Day of the Luminesse on the otherside normally last full moon of June or first of July. Werecreatures are in their true forms because the alignment is so strong it will not let them out of it until the next day. Most stay in their homes if they become violent. Magick is extremely high on this night.
This day a gift of sacrifice is made the best liveststock is slaughtered for the feast to be eaten. Only the best is used. The town itself uses no magick for the powers of love drive us on that day. The best gift is given to your loved one but also then a special gift is given to a complete stranger. The better the gift from the heart the better it is said to come back to you 10 fold. Love and happiness the next year. Resolutions are made and at the stroke of midnight the sky lights up with fireworks and if you are with your loved one you feed them a piece of chocolate only using your mouth. At that time it is said the New Phoenix is born. or perhaps it is a dragon.
A stroke of red flows through the sky throughout the day and a parade of the lights that had been burning occurs once more. The designated boy carries it through the streets and at Noon blow them out sinmotaneously.
A huge pot for the town is pulled out and the men who are in charge of cooking start having the stones one per person and put in the pot.. 12 stones that are not stones but gems are also put in. and even the royals and nobles participate in the stone soup. One stone is pulled out for each person. The ones that get a gems are said to have prosperity for the rest of the year. This is a time of community to come together and celebrate the future of the new year.
