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Halloween Event

Ashrem

Oh Wise One
Halloween is still a fixed day of the year, regardless of how many countries there are.
To hearken back to the self-centeredness and your superior grasp of calendars, for millions of people in countries that follow the Orthodox calendar (like Russia and large chunks of Eastern and southern Europe, including a large chunk of Elvenar's servers), October 31st is five months earlier, and some celebrate Halloween in May. In others they don't celebrate Halloween at all, so the relevance of Oct 31 is non-existent to celebrating the spirits of the dead.
Still not sorry for being "self centered" because I understand calendars and the fact that they are cross cultural.
Good grief. Calendars are only cross-cultural if you accept the premise that the only culture that matters is the Western-European-Christian culture. You've just blatantly written off as irrelevant any countries that don't use the same calendar as you, (let alone those parts of the world which celebrate the dead and the supernatural in non-Halloween traditions) your understanding of calendars, let alone of acceptable dates for the Misty Forest Event is imperfect.

You might try a simple web search before making any more superior knowledge claims about calendars being cross-cultural.
 

Ashrem

Oh Wise One
While there's been a clash of ideas, I'm not sure there's been much personal in the conversation. Opinions are opinions and facts are facts, and never the twain shall meet.
 

Ashrem

Oh Wise One
Halloween and May Day are also two different holidays. Please feel free to discuss.
Halloween is associated with Samhain (celebration of the dead and the end of summer growth) May Day is associated with Beltane (celebration of life and the return of spring) Countries that celebrate Samhain in May (mostly the southern hemisphere) are not celebrating May Day, so there is no comparison at all.
 
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