Editing Crustan (section)

==Holidays==
===Winter Solstice===
Taking place on the last day of the year, this day represents the death of the year, a time of change and darkness.  It is celebrated by sacrifices, of wealth, material goods, or livestock.
===Spring Equinox===
Usually at the end of the month of Harmony, this day celebrates the renewal of life, a time of joy and excitement. It is usually celebrated with gift-giving (particularly hand-made, finished goods), parties, merriment, and entertainment.  Spring Equinox is the holiest day of the year for many of the followers of Crustan.
===Summer Solstice===
This holiday most often falls at the beginning of Prosperity, but occasionally slips to the end of the month of Fidelity. When it falls in Prosperity, it is a time of joy in the growing of crops and livestock, and is often celebrated by contests of strength and endurance (this is the genesis of the tradition of games and contests on the Pelor-centered holiday, Maliceana).  When it falls in the month of Fidelity (approximately once every 4 years), it considered a holiday of pious devotion to the god Crustan and thankfulness for his bounty. In these instances, it is celebrated by planting trees, plowing under a section of field and letting it lie fallow, or fasting.
===Day of Ascension===
Celebrated every 1 Bounty, this is the anniversary of the ascension of Bannoc OakenShield, and is usually celebrated by the planting of a tree or freeing of a captive animal. It is a new holiday, only celebrated beginning in the Year of the Sun 1339 (aka 1 Harvest, see below).
===Autumnal Equinox===
Also known as Harvest Day, this is one of the more well-known rites of Crustan, as it is pretty universally celebrated among farmers and ranchers, and was retained by the followers of [[Pelor]] as a holiday. This is a day of rest, and of thankfulness for the growth of crops and livestock.  This is another day of gift-giving, with the most appropriate gifts being food, salt meat, or other raw goods (wool, fabric, leather, an interesting piece of wood, etc). It is not unusual for a person to take the raw goods given to them on Harvest Day, work them over the winter into something beautiful, and then give this finished product back to the original giver on the Spring Equinox.