Holidays & Celebrations

Various holidays are celebrated a bit differently in the New Real. This is a list and explanation of the holidays, along with links to relevant information.

Springsday
Springsday is a festival celebrated in late spring, though the date varies depending on local traditions and yearly weather patterns. It also has more recent connections to romance due to the influence of St. Valentine's Day, as well as to birth due to the influence of Resurrection Sunday.

October Festival
While alcohol is a common theme of the October Festival, it also has connections to the Fall Fair, the harvest season in general, and to Thanksgiving as it was celebrated in Canada in mid-October.

Allhallowtide
Probably the most diverse of Gaian celebrations, Allhallowtide draws upon the traditions of Tōrō nagashi and bon, the Day of the Dead, and of course All Hallows Eve. It takes place over three days at the end of October and first day of November.

Giftsgiving
Giftsgiving is a two-week-long festival based on Kwanzaa, Solstice, Hanukkah and (as you probably guessed) Christmas. It involves the lighting of candles and the giving of gifts (usually one, to a person you feel is in need), and is also considered the busy season of the Saint Nicholas Foundation.

Infinite Eve
Infinite Eve is based on New Year's traditions, both the Chinese New Year and related Lantern Festival, and the western New Year's Eve/Old Year's Day and New Year's Day. It takes place on February 31/March 1, and generally has no numbers attached to the old and new year due to the finite nature of computing and data storage.