To celebrate the holy day of the Goddess of birth and renewal, people everywhere are called upon to show their children the way forward and share the day with them, teaching them, connecting with them.
The priests’ intention was a day of family bonding and learning for the next generation.
What they got was Bring-Your-Child-To-Work-Day for a fantasy setting. -- Tergon
[AN: Fun fact about Alfarell, the god of rebirth and sometimes fertility is Aurorus - the Dawn Lord...]
Some call the festival Icebreak. Some call it New Dawn. Some know it simply as Floodsfont. Nevertheless, the first day of spring is celebrated as the Dawn Lord's Holy Day. That's when the sun really gets down to business and getting on with what it's expected to do.
In the theme of new beginnings, people take up new hobbies, start good habits, or attempt to make amends with those they had wronged. This year, the temple of the dawn offered classes for those wishing to learn a new skill, with stalls in the festival space that had starter lessons for the curious.
Devotees of Aurorus were welcome to bring their families to the inevitable fair. The bishops of the temple forgot one simple thing...
As devotees of Aurorus, they had large families. Some of them had polycules. All of them had multiples in their relevant birthing events. The rest of the city/state came with their families to either learn for themselves or encourage their children to gain one.
The result was a horde of children over the age of four, and under the age of twelve, swarming the temple and fairgrounds. Desperate and overwhelmed Clerics enlisted the services of the local Bards and entertainers to give them something else to enjoy.
Druids could help with the distraction, convincing various animals to be amenable to juvenile contact.
Which gave the acolytes of Freja and Mastorava to bring out their most nutritious and delicious offerings for the crowd.
In brief, a fun and sticky time was had by all. They even had a chance to sing the welcome of spring as the orders of the day demanded.
[Photo by Jorge Franganillo on Unsplash]
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