Winter Festival

The Winter Festival, also sometimes called the Winter Holiday, is an internationally celebrated holiday which has its origins in classical times. The festival in its traditional sense celebrated the end of the winter season, and the return of warmer months.

The Winter Festival's origins are found in several common practices and customs throughout Avanoran cultures which began in the continent's prehistorical era. According to imperial sources, the Winter Festival had long been apart of Auene culture, with many families originally celebrating with just a single large meal on the final day of winter with all the remaining food stuffs which had been saved for the winter months. In the Thanic culture, the Winter Festival held even further significance, as winters were harsher there and elderly and young people tended to die more often in the winter months, so the festival was often a celebration of survival through the winter, and the end of the festival often included a gathering of extended family, which endures even to this day.