Holidays

*"Atriarch is a word I made up just now. I'm a genius!" - Aminus, whilst wearing a conical hat.*
The following is a list of all of the Holidays celebrated on Aminus.

## Set-Date Holidays

* Phoenix Night
	+ The Aminus equivalent of New Year's Day. It is celebrated in the beginning minutes of a new year, and *plenty* of hard alcohol is served. Fizzy fruit beverages are served to minors in place of liquor.
* Soberity Pledge Day
	+ A holiday in which those who drink liquor don't drink at all on this day. They create non-alchoholic substitutes to drink and eat.
	+ Then, at exactly midnight, they all pull out the hard liquor and drink it.
* Attraction Day
	+ The Aminus equivalent of Valentine's Day, and celebrated at roughly the same time. Couples give sweets to each other to celebrate their lasting relationship, while those who are single anonymously give gifts to the person they admire, if they have one.
	+ Recently, younger Aminonians, usually mages, will gather in secret, and they will ***BRING THE BEER*** and they will form relationships over night.
	+ *"That is a sin" - Goldaeists*
* Goldaeist New Year
	+ Religious holiday celebrated by the Goldaeists. Goldaeists sit quietly in their homes or in their churches as they ponder how to rid the earth of imperfections to have a "Pure Year" finally come about. It is said that there will be an actual cheerful party when that happens.
	+ Non-Goldaeists will drink a lot of hard liquor on this day just to make the Goldaeists miffed.
* Clover Day
	+ The Aminus equivalent of St. Patrick's Day, and celebrated at roughly the same time. The holiday celebrates luck, and search parties for star clovers are held all around the world. There's also a lot of liquor.
* Matriarch Celebration
	+ Celebrated in the early summer. The holiday is a day for all of the women, girls, and female people around the world. Fancy things like ornate dresses and teacups, as well as high-quality dolls are sold at a discount price.
	+ Hard liquor.
* Patriarch Celebration
	+ Celebrated mid-summer. The holiday is a day for all of the men, boys, and male people around the world. Things like bows and arrows, armor, and hard liquor are sold, as well as kites and wood-carved toys of knights and horses are sold at a discount price.
* Atriarch Celebration
	+ This is a less-widely celebrated event, but can be found being celebrated in towns where sexless and genderless races reside. Things like unisex clothing, hats, animal toys, and hard liquor are sold, as well as stuffed animals and various tools are sold at a discount price.
* Sweets Night
	+ Celebrated in the late fall.Traditionally, at evening, people would exchange sweets with each other. This is still practiced today, but if you don't have any sweets, you're probably drinking a lot of hard liquor and scaring young children with evil cultist hoods.
* Sun cycle of the Fallen Leaves
	+ Celebrated in the autumn. The celebration involves decorating *everything* with fallen leaves, and having a feast. At the end of the day, everyone watches the sunset, and the celebration ends. Did I mention there's hard liquor?
* Turning of the Wind
	+ A simple holiday to mourn fall's end and celebrate winter's coming. Nothing really out of the ordinary happens except for everyone running to stores and buying all the pumpkin spice hard liquor before it's too late.
* Snow Trade
	+ The Aminus equivalent of Christmas. Despite being called a "trade," there's actually no trading, simply giving gifts to one another and eating sweets. And drinking hard liquor.
	+ The Snow Trade is celebrated because of a devastating blizzard in days past. Survivors would pack together and give gifts to one another to keep them going. Stuff like hard liquor.

## Non Set-Date Holidays

* Birthday
	+ Self explanatory. Lots of cake flavored hard liquor for all of the adults celebrating.
* Mahou Pidu
	+ A Mahou Pidu is held for mages when they turn sixteen and get their energy symbol. They are given gifts that will help maximize their core magic ...and hard liquor. They dance and celebrate through the late night, and the party only stops after 24 hours, or when everyone gets too tired and falls asleep where they're standing.
* Day of Passing
	+ A mournful holiday which is held when a loved one dies. People who knew the deceased person well will mourn, and drink lots of hard liquor out of depression.
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