#natsook

The most well-known and longest winter holiday is the one celebrated by the Natsook called the "Feast of the Sleeping Sun" that lasts for two weeks. In the Natsook homeland, the sun will set and not rise for months, dropping the once sweltering hot lands into a bitter, sudden, and deadly cold. During this time, the Natsook return to their subterranean cities and celebrate with a two week feast where they eat and gain weight....then sleep through the rest of the cold season in a food hibernation. Huge party and leads to long sleepy time just to best hibernate through the deadly cold.

<Picture of sleeping Natsook in their pillow n blanket cocoon of hibernation that I wish I could do>

Another winter holiday is Little Snow Folk Day that is celebrated by the Cu'Somadi. They have a cold season, but it usually is just cold rain and foggy weather. However, when they do get snow, a rare thing in the land, they celebrate the occasion. The Festival of the Little Snow Folk is celebrated with street stall food and walking about the city to look at all the snowmen that have been made and brought to life. The Cu'Somadi will compete to build and bring to life the most impressive snow creations. Children will create small snowmen called "Snow babies" and bring them to life where they will run about until they melt away when the cold rains return. It is a festive celebration that happens every time the rare snow day comes.

<Cu'Somadi child with a "snow baby" they made >>

The last holiday is a rather strange one that is practiced by the Crystalian people. For them, cold weather is all year round with just various degrees of cold but they thrive and adore the cold. However, in the "winter" the blizzards and snowstorms happen way more often leading to huge piles of snow drifts....and thus begins the Snowball season. During this season, various individuals will try to nail the high priest of Azorath in a given city with a snowball. If they succeed, it is a day off work as the entire city most then declare a massive snowball fight to last the whole day. Stalls of food are put out, huge stockpile of snowballs are made, all because someone hit the high priest. However hitting the high priest is not an easy feat as many of them are super paranoid around this season and are good at dodging snowballs and keeping the city from having anarchy everyday.

<A high priest who couldn't dodge in time....>

There are other winter holidays, but these three were the ones that came to mind first c: