Office of Public Festivities & Observances
“Lit by lanterns, lifted by lace, and always followed by pie.”
📘 Overview
Eyehasseen reveres not only its own heritage, but the sacred rhythm of the liturgical year, celebrating the great saints of the Church with vibrant local traditions, colorful pageantry, and candlelit revelry.
Alongside these, the Kingdom also hosts Bunting Ceremonies (essential for elevating morale and rooflines) and the famous Night Parades, where memory and merriment weave through starlit avenues. Below is a curated scroll of Eyehasseen’s most treasured public celebrations.
🌟 Major Feast Days (Catholic Liturgical Calendar)
🕊️ Feast of the Annunciation – March 25
Celebration of the Incarnation and Mary’s Fiat.
Marked in Eyehasseen with quiet dawn hymns, white bunting across chapel doors, and the gentle tolling of the Bell of Joyful Consent.
🪔 Feast of St. Joseph – March 19
The Patron of the Universal Church.
Citizens honor him by crafting small wooden items, setting tables of shared bread, and hosting the “Silent Toast,” where all raise cups and say nothing for a full minute.
⚔️ Feast of St. Joan of Arc – May 30
Patroness of Courage and Eyehasseen’s symbolic defender.
Celebrated with a Night Parade of Lanterns and Horses, armor-polishing contests, and a dramatic retelling of Joan’s final prayer beneath the stars.
✝️ Feast of Corpus Christi – Variable (June)
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ.
In Eyehasseen, flower petals are strewn before processions, with bunting sewn in gold thread. Children bear symbolic tabernacles made of paper and reverence.
👑 Feast of Christ the King – Last Sunday of Liturgical Year
The ultimate Sovereign of all creation.
Parades of banners, gilded crowns of ribbon, and trumpet fanfares from towers. The King and Queen of Eyehasseen attend the High Mass and distribute “Tokens of the Realm.”
🧵 Bunting Ceremonies
🎗️ The Raising of the Ribbons
Held on the eve of major festivals, households gather to suspend their family’s ceremonial color bunting across doorways and balconies. Legend says misaligned bunting brings gentle but persistent misfortune (usually misplaced spoons).
💐 The Garland Knotting
Celebrated during spring feasts. Citizens bring grievances, tie them into floral garlands, and ceremonially hang them on the Arch of Honest Airing, after which they are quietly composted.
🕯️ The Lifting of the Night Drape
A midnight bunting ceremony where lamplighters string illuminated sashes from tower to tower. Marks the beginning of the Lantern Season, which concludes with the Feast of the Epiphany.
🌌 Night Parades
🐉 The Procession of Flickering Saints
Held during the Feast of All Saints. Citizens wear cloaks of candlelight (or lantern belts) and carry icons through silent streets, ending with chanted litanies in the town square.
🎠 Twilight Revel of the Winding Lane
A midsummer celebration involving decorated carts, jugglers, musicians, and glimmering floats that travel slowly through Eyehasseen’s winding streets. The route is never quite the same twice.
🦢 The Moonlight March of the White Swan
A solemn procession honoring the departed, especially those without known descendants. Paper lanterns are floated down riverways, each one bearing the name of a soul remembered.