[seasonal event] Fake smiles and happy never after

Maea Big dreamers shoot for open skies Maea nodded, and considered the question while she let her hands keep doing the task she had done so many times she could continue with her eyes closed. "It's a celebration, really. For light returning, for making it through Long Night, for Flowerbirth and the start of a new year. We pray to Frey for a bountiful harvest, and enjoy ourselves for a day and a night... before the Longheat arrives with more work and no time for parties." She shrugged a bit, then threw a quick glance at Kiada. Moving away from the counted to check on the kettle, the knife kept chopping up the meat on its own, until the girl returned and resumed control over it with her hands. "You don't have anything like it where you are from?"