Summer Solstice

Across the kingdom, the longest day of the year is a highly anticipated event, occurring on the twenty-second day of the sixth month. It is around this time that the summer heat becomes greatest and the workdays long and weary. Therefore, a day off from labors to enjoy the holiday is much enjoyed by people of all stations. Summer Solstice is a celebration of all that is good in life: food, drink, family, friends, entertainment, and good health. The length of the day makes it ideal for celebrating so many blessings bestowed on all people regardless of class.

Breezy canopies are set up in city and village alike for the populace to cool off under. The traditional fare includes a wide array of summer fruits and vegetables, as well as honey sweetened treats and mead. In most areas, there is a competition to see who can concoct the best or most usual honeyed delicacy, as a celebration of the sweetness of life. There is also typically contests revolving around melon growth or seed spitting, and seeing fruit juice stained faces is a common sight everywhere. The celebrations begin at sunrise and continue until well past the late sun setting.