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Winter Wonderland

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~WINTER WONDERLAND~
Dec. 1 through Feb. 28

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Winter Wonderland is located in the heart of Old Temple, a festival that transforms one of the district’s busiest plazas into a glittering winter attraction all season long. Once a humble, open-air holiday bazaar, the celebration has grown in more ways than one, filling every corner of the plaza that hosts it with a variety of attractions and shows, street food stalls, festive bars, and live music.

The festival itself boasts hundreds of lighted displays, including the brilliantly illuminated RhyDin Eye ferris wheel at one end, whose lights cast a rainbow of soft colors over the area. A holiday market sits at its feet, flanked by a variety of evergreen trees and centered around a whimsical double-decker carousel radiating light, music over the crowd browsing the market. The vendor stalls and the decorations around the market change with the holidays throughout the long winter season, with various celebrations of love, light, and the beginning of a new year spanning from December through February.

An open-air pavilion sits at the center of the festival, ringing a giant evergreen tree at the center that stands nearly as tall as the temples nearby. Subtle magic keeps the air in here warm and comfortable, and the pavilion’s dwarven hosts bring out hot drinks, hearty food, and strong spirits for customers to enjoy. There are cozy fire pits shaped into the stonework, with warm blankets and giant cushions for relaxing together around the fire.

On the opposite end of the plaza from the market, the new Hakodate Snow Palace is a Japanese-style castle, surrounded by a moat of ice for skaters to enjoy and accessed on foot by a bridge over the rink. There are two levels inside, with skates available to rent and a fully stocked bar made of ice on the upper level; and a ring decorated with dangling strands of lights down below, where skaters can pass through from the rink and put on a show for the spectators up above.


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Re: Winter Wonderland

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The Kabuki Street Party Planning Committee is back at it again after their Orktoberfest candle extravaganza!



Peppermint Candy Cane, Roasted Chestnut, Special Cinnamon Christmas blend, and more! All on sale inside the Winter Wonderland bazaar!
Gift wrapping and personalized carved candle holders are only a few of the extra items on sale as well! Come by the booth today!
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Re: Winter Wonderland

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Premiering in time for the Gala at Winter Wonderland and available from different vendors throughout Winter Wonderland itself: Mad Fairy Winter Ale re-release!

As a special addition this year in collaboration with House of Summer, Inc., many bottles have an actual fairy inside!

Open the bottle, set your fairy free, and make a wish before you take that first sip.


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WARNING: Fairies may be intoxicated upon gaining their freedom and unable to properly grant wishes. Red Orc Brewery and House of Summer, Inc. are not responsible for any harm caused by the fairies; wishes that are misinterpreted due to intoxication or your inability to enunciate; or any mischief the fairies may cause once they have gained their freedom. If your bottle is already empty upon opening it, you are not eligible for a refund.




((How to play along: Not all Mad Fairy Winter Ale bottles have a drunken fairy inside, but a lot of bottles do! The little drunken wish fairies can grant a wish correctly, be too drunk to grant a wish at all, misinterpret a wish out of malice or intoxication, or grant whatever wish they want for the fun of it. They may give your character some fancy new shoes, fabulous clothes, or the worst haircut of their life! You decide!))
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Re: Winter Wonderland

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Representatives of the Matadero Meat Company are scattered about Old Temple all season long, identifiable by the festive ugly sweaters they are wearing.

Or any other variety thereof.

When wished a “Merry Pigmas,” these representatives will bestow a voucher good for half off the price of a half pound honey glazed holiday ham, which can be purchased at the Matadero Carniceria, courtesy of the Matadero Meat Company.

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One in twelve lucky voucher recipients will receive their holiday ham absolutely free! There is no special version of participation required. These bonus vouchers are bestowed completely at random. Not even the festive Matadero representatives know for certain which one is which.


* Please note that Salvador Delahada himself is not one of the representatives that may be encountered. The people that work for him do that job. Your character, if previously established is under the employ of the Matadero Meat Company, may act as a representative if you so choose. Should you decide to acknowledge this portion of the event, whether or not your character receives a half off or free voucher is entirely up to you as well.
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Re: Winter Wonderland

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Gardenhome Orchards will have a booth at the Winter Wonderland Market selling hot pastries (apple tarts, peach cobbler, cherry turnovers), home baked and kept nice and warm in portable display warmers. They will go perfectly as dessert for any holidy meal!

There is also a selection of sangria and sangra blanc that Eregor has blended from the fruits of the orchards.

Available flavors:
- apple
- orange
- peach
- cherry
- raspberry
- strawberry
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