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).
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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).