Seasonal Holidays

Seasonal Holidays in Drevhall are dedicated times for festivities that tend to occur during every season, usually lasting from only a few days over a weekend to a whole week.

### Seasons and Festivals

* Spring - **Eggfest** > *Held last weekend of April*
* Summer - **Harvestfest** > *Held first weekend of August*
* Fall - **Spookyfest** > *Held last weekend of October*
* Winter - **Winterfest** > *Held last weekend of December*

These seasonal holidays come from the old kingdom of Devonia, whose traditions were brought to Drevhall by the migrating Devonians which founded the mighty nation of Laputria.

### Eggfest

Spring is the season of bloom, of sunshine and of rebirth, as nature wakes up after its wintery slumber. It is the season to be excited and intrigued, which is celebrated by the annual Easter egg hunts. These little treasure hunts allow people to come out of their winter hibernation and go outside, taking in the fresh air and experiencing the earth’s awakening.

Furthermore, it has also become a custom amongst the people to greet each other by throwing eggs at others. Some even hold competitions, to see who can egg the most people within a certain period of time.

### Harvestfest

This is when the last harvest of the summer crops happen. With people stockpiling and getting prepared for winter, the first of the two seasonal markets happen. Everyone prepares the best brews, cakes, pies and other food goodies to sell at a designated market for ANY price they want, with no restrictions and / or limitations of currency / price - with the only acceptable wares to be sold being food related items of course.

Once the market is done, a nation wide feast occurs, with most nations coming together to celebrate and discuss political matters with the nation leaders, kings and queens.

### Spookyfest

While the fall weather may be gloomy, and overall mood may be down due to the cold months of winter approaching, Spookyfest is a great way to boost that morale and get people excited once more. This is when everyone dresses up in wacky costumes and gets the chance to pretend to be someone they’re not! Wacky, jolly and funny costumes are common, but the scary ones are most appreciated. During this time, people also enjoy dressing up as monsters and scary creatures and attempt to scare their fellow friends, competing amongst themselves to decide who can scare the most people during this festival.

This is also the time for the second seasonal market to happen, and this time, it's no longer food related items that are being sold, but instead, it’s everything that you can possibly think of. FREE MARKET!!! Buy and sell anything you wish for whatever price you want at a designated market place, as long as the currency is Rubies, Shards or Shardlings.

### Winterfest

During the coldest month of the winter, Winterfest was introduced to warm up people’s hearts. This is done by decorating spruce trees in various different ornaments and playing the lovely game of “Secret Santa” - where people sign up and give gifts to someone who they choose at random, with the key point being that the gifts must remain anonymous.

The name “Santa” originated from the ancient word “Sancta”, which means “Holy” - referring to the period of time when the Sun God Sol engulfed the world in his Holy Fire to get rid of the Calamity and contain the terrors of the underworld in the nether. Thus, “Secret Santa” roughly translates to the “secret saint”, as this is precisely what the people act as when they participate in the festival, giving others gifts in secret, and warming each other’s hearts just like Sol allegedly warmed up the planet to save everyone during the great Calamity.