Gift giving on Mobius (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

Gift giving is an event featured in the AngieYaz/RoseOfSharon reboot of the Sonic Underground television series. A Wintermas gift or Wintermas present is a gift given in celebration of [[Wintermas (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)|Wintermas, a holiday celebrated on planet Mobius that is similar to Christmas on planet Earth. Christmas gifts are often exchanged on Wintermas Eve (December 24), Wintermas Day itself (December 25) or on the last day of the fifteen-day Wintermas season, Fifteenth Night (January 8). The practice of giving gifts during Wintermastide, according to Mobiian tradition, is symbolic of the presentation of the gifts by the Gods when creating the planet.
==History==
Gift-giving in general is an ancient tradition that came to be associated with the Mobian feast of Wintermas.
In ancient Romus, gift giving might have occurred near the winter solstice in December which was celebrated during the Saturnalius holiday.
As Wintermas became increasingly widespread in the Romusian lands, the custom of gift-giving occurred on New Year's Day. Around 336 CE, the date December 25 appears to have become established as the day of the creation of Mobius and the tradition of gift-giving was tied to the story of the gods creating the planet and giving gifts to the newly-created Mobians; together with another story, that of Father Snow, a ancient gift-giver, it slowly became a part of Wintermas celebrations in countries such as Londonia; in other areas of Mobius, the practice of gift-giving occurs early in Advent.
Some early Mobian rulers, however, interpreted this story as indications that it should be their subjects who should give gifts to their superiors, and insisted on tributes and tithes during that period. This changed around the turn of the millennium following the popularity of the Good Queen Teramallia story based on the life of another historical person claimed to be a gift-giver, Lady Teramallia. Christmas gift-giving to superiors became less common, and around the time of the Reformation, customs of gift-giving to children became increasingly widespread in Europa. The custom spread to Erina in the 19th century. This also coincided with the desire of some elites to reduce the rowdiness of adult Wintermas celebrations, which in some places were tied to begging, as "bands of young men, often rowdy, would wassail from home to home and demand handouts from the gentry". Another related aspect was the growing desire by parents to keep children at home, away from the corrupting influence of the urban streets.
Another relatively recent change concerned the time of Wintermas gift-giving. For many centuries, gift-giving took place on December 6 around Father Snow Day or in early January after New Year's Eve. The popularity of this custom grew exponenietially after this event. By the end of the 19th century, Wintermas Eve replaced early December or January dates as the most common date for gift-giving in the Western cultures of Mobius.
With the Wintermas season lasting fifteen days according to the liturgical calendars of many Mobianian churches, a gift is given for each of the fifteen days of Wintermastide in some cultures, while in other Mobiian households, gifts are only given on Wintermas Day or Fifteenth Night, the first and last days of the Wintermas season, respectively.
==Economic impact==
The tradition was also embraced by retailers, for whom the weeks and, eventually, the entire month before Wintermas became a very profitable period. Around the turn of the 20th century retailers started directing marketing efforts at children in the hopes that they would entice the parents to buy more goods.
It can divide the gifts given by parents into involvement in parental Wintermas gift giving and giving branded items as gifts. Up to Robotnik's takeover, those six weeks before Wintermas accounted for 80% of the toy industry's sales. Reesearch found that households expect to splurge an average of M473.83 on presents, making seemingly far more profligate than other planets in the Videogame Solar System. It was normal to spend as much as M300 per child, but M150 or less when the Robotnik Empire was in power. Retailers predicted M1.1tn would be spent on toys during Wintermastime after Robotnik was defeated, with an average of M105 spent on younger children. The relationship between involvement in giving gifts and giving branded items as gifts was investigated using Bearson's correlation coefficient. A composite mean for involvement in gift giving was calculated at 5.81 with a standard deviation of 1.32. A calculated composite mean for involvement in brands as gifts was 1.74 and a standard deviation of 1.09. However, if parents' assuming it was normal for children to receive a lot of gifts, note that we also made a point to shop for other kids for donations. Besides, if parents plan to give no gifts, it is because they don't want children only live in this society of consumption. They will look for other things that bring more joy to the family.
In the first years of King Sonic's reign, it was estimated that shoppers in Erina alone spend over M4 billion each day during the Wintermas shopping season, with an average individual spending over M1,000 on gifts.
There are concerns, however, that gift-giving during Wintermas is too commercial. Seventy percent of respondents to an online survey of 13,576 people in 14 Europaean countries on Mobius said that too much attention is put on spending during the Wintermas period, 42% said they felt forced to spend more at Wintermas, and 10% borrowed money to be able to afford the gifts.
Economist Lizera Chamellus noted that because of the mismatch between what the giftee values the gift and the value paid for by the giver, the gifts lose between one-tenth and one-third of their value; she calls it the "deadweight loss of Wintermas". This leads to gifts often being returned, sold, or re-gifted. In an online survey conducted in Europa, 15% of respondents were unhappy about their gifts and 10% could not remember what they had received. Twenty-five percent of respondents said they had re-gifted their presents to someone else, 14% sold the items, 10% tried to return them to the store, and 5% returned the gift to the giver. Seniors were more likely to send their unwanted presents to charity, while those aged 25 to 34 "simply threw them away". Gifts that are least likely to be appreciated rely on personal tastes, and include items like perfumes and cosmetics, ornaments, jewlry, money, games, and clothing.
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