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Message: <blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 4488176" data-attributes="member: 25619">Sunny is the celebration for the laity, at the dawn of the day of the winter solstice.The real ceremony is held secretly at midnight the night before.  (The PC's need DC20 Know: Religion to figure this out, or they have to wait a year.)(I'm basing this on the Jewish and Catholic calendars, where holidays start at sundown the day before -- thus Midnight Mass for Christmas in Catholic tradition, and Orthodox Jews need to go home early -- before dark -- on Fridays in winter.)The ceremony involves a bonfire.  (Getting this from ancient pagan traditions for winter solstice, still carried on in Norway and some other parts of the world, including Louisiana.  The Norwegian explanation is that it's to attract the sun and make "the sun turn around".  Fits well here.)  Into the bonfire, the high priest steps and must cast Flame Strike, upon himself.  Because it's cool -- human sacrifice and all that.That's all I got.  Nobody expects a Pelorite ceremony at midnight.  Which is why you gotta do it!</blockquote>