Important annual dates: - Mid-March - grimoire ceremony - Early(?) April - Star Festival - several days after Star Festival (Early April?) - Three Leaf Day - September - Knights exam
After so much (too much) internal debate, I've decided that the Clover Kingdom doesn't celebrate Christmas.
1. Because I don't even want to think about how Jesus fits into this dumb fantasyland, it's already stupid enough that they have Catholic-style priests and nuns without ever clearly defining who these churches worship (just a generic God???) and
2. The mini-arc involving rescuing the children leading into the cave fight with Licht is kicked off by Marie's birthday, which is stated to be December 21st, and finishes within one or two days (presumably) but no mention or visual cue is ever given for anything Christmas-y. I feel like, if nothing else, Gauche would have said something about bringing double the gift haul for Christmas AND Marie's birthday given the date, but since there was nothing, I'm taking this as an excuse to pretend there's no Christmas, yeehaw.
That said, given the Clover Kingdom's highly European inspiration, I'm assuming that they celebrate a sort of knockoff-Christmas, watered-down Yule -- wishing each other health and good luck, reflecting on and being thankful for the past year, a Midwinter Feast, a small exchange of gifts (though nothing as formal or extravagant as Christmas).
Edited 2020-12-01 15:10 (UTC)
regarding Three Leaf Day (because I find it unbearably cute)
Snippets from the light novel taken from Blazardragon's translations, part 1 and part 2:
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Three-Leaf Day.
Each leaf of the three-leaf clover has meaning attached to it: good faith, hope, and love. Three-Leaf Day is a special day which comes only once a year, where you a give a gift to someone in return for giving you at least one of these three things.
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“I-I’m telling the truth! I’m just giving him a gift out of courtesy, like during Valentine’s Day!”
“Jeez~, I get it, okay? You’re so stubborn!”
Oh god they have Valentine's Day
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“If you put it like that, then I cannot refuse you…… Ah! Aah, that’s right! A few days ago, during the Star Festival, I ended up owing a small debt to Yami! I’d hate to leave it unpaid, so maybe I should buy him something…… Ha ha, this is a good opportunity, after all. Let’s do it.”
So a few days after the Star Festival, which probably takes place in April.
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“Well then, I’ll take my leave.”
Sandler said, turning around to leave, but……
“Ah, could you wait just a moment?”
Vangeance opened the drawer of his desk and pulled out a small box. He went out of his way to walk to where Sandler was standing, and said as he held the box.
“Thank you for everything, Alecdora. Will you please accept this?”
“………V-Vangeance-sama, this is……?”
Sandler stammered, overcome with surprise. Vangeance informed him with a smile behind his mask,
“Today is Three-Leaf Day, isn’t it? You’re always trying your best, so I wanted to thank you for that. Well, this isn’t all that valuable, but……”
“N-no…… that’s no problem at all. I gratefully accept.”
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timeline nonsense
Timeline of canon-specific events
Important annual dates:
- Mid-March - grimoire ceremony
- Early(?) April - Star Festival
- several days after Star Festival (Early April?) - Three Leaf Day
- September - Knights exam
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1. Because I don't even want to think about how Jesus fits into this dumb fantasyland, it's already stupid enough that they have Catholic-style priests and nuns without ever clearly defining who these churches worship (just a generic God???) and
2. The mini-arc involving rescuing the children leading into the cave fight with Licht is kicked off by Marie's birthday, which is stated to be December 21st, and finishes within one or two days (presumably) but no mention or visual cue is ever given for anything Christmas-y. I feel like, if nothing else, Gauche would have said something about bringing double the gift haul for Christmas AND Marie's birthday given the date, but since there was nothing, I'm taking this as an excuse to pretend there's no Christmas, yeehaw.
That said, given the Clover Kingdom's highly European inspiration, I'm assuming that they celebrate a sort of knockoff-Christmas, watered-down Yule -- wishing each other health and good luck, reflecting on and being thankful for the past year, a Midwinter Feast, a small exchange of gifts (though nothing as formal or extravagant as Christmas).
regarding Three Leaf Day (because I find it unbearably cute)
---
Three-Leaf Day.
Each leaf of the three-leaf clover has meaning attached to it: good faith, hope, and love. Three-Leaf Day is a special day which comes only once a year, where you a give a gift to someone in return for giving you at least one of these three things.
---
“I-I’m telling the truth! I’m just giving him a gift out of courtesy, like during Valentine’s Day!”
“Jeez~, I get it, okay? You’re so stubborn!”
Oh god they have Valentine's Day
---
“If you put it like that, then I cannot refuse you…… Ah! Aah, that’s right! A few days ago, during the Star Festival, I ended up owing a small debt to Yami! I’d hate to leave it unpaid, so maybe I should buy him something…… Ha ha, this is a good opportunity, after all. Let’s do it.”
So a few days after the Star Festival, which probably takes place in April.
---
“Well then, I’ll take my leave.”
Sandler said, turning around to leave, but……
“Ah, could you wait just a moment?”
Vangeance opened the drawer of his desk and pulled out a small box. He went out of his way to walk to where Sandler was standing, and said as he held the box.
“Thank you for everything, Alecdora. Will you please accept this?”
“………V-Vangeance-sama, this is……?”
Sandler stammered, overcome with surprise. Vangeance informed him with a smile behind his mask,
“Today is Three-Leaf Day, isn’t it? You’re always trying your best, so I wanted to thank you for that. Well, this isn’t all that valuable, but……”
“N-no…… that’s no problem at all. I gratefully accept.”
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he says it so nicely ...................