The Midwinter Festival is a traditional celebration held in Midwinter, or winter solstice, which marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year. It involves handing out presents to family and friends alike late in the evening, sometimes in the privacy of home and other times at a larger gathering in some larger building like a town hall. Variations of the Winter Festival are known to be celebrated among humans, elves and dwarves. The fabled figure of Clausandus Elswyth--or Murder Claus, or the White Elf from the Willow Trees--is believed to deliver presents and punishments to nice and naughty children--and sometimes adults--alike.
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| Third Age Calendar | ||||
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| Spring: | Feast of Starlight · National We Killed All The Lawyers Day · Feast of Paedün | |||
| Summer: | Festival of the Ascension · Midsummer Festival · Day of the Damned · Tsèni Tournament | |||
| Autumn: | Celebration of the Harvest Moon · Feast of the Hunter's Moon | |||
| Winter: | Night of Sorrows · Midwinter Festival | |||
| Special: | Coronation · Great Fire of Falgorn · Night of Blood · Remonton Summit · Maar Sul Ball · Festival of the Dead · Sinking of Khrima · King and Queen's Ball · Trollmoot | |||