Last Day / First Day

Three-hundred-sixty-five days.
  This is a single year on Tarris Six.
  But it is also a holiday.
  And it is one of the most well known.
  Last Day, as evidenced by it's name, is the last day celebrated in each year, and is the last and first holiday celebrated in the ending year and the new year that follows it.  It is the celebration in which the worship turns to the gods of Tarris Six as a great thank you to the deities for sparing the world once more to provide them with one more long year of life, even if that year was not as pleasant and eventful as many might have wished for in their personal lives. 
  The festival is often started by a gathering of people across the cities and towns to spend time together by sharing picnics and food together in the outdoors as a show of brother and sisterhood between races and communities that live amongst one another in those towns and cities. To follow, a fireworks show is the main event, usually represented by a single large firework for every month of the year with their own specially-chosen color for those large fireworks, while smaller explosions follow them for every day of that month of the year, although in recent times this exact requirement has changed to simply adopt a mixture of fireworks of all shapes and sizes, while the holiday continues to be celebrated every year for the same reason.
  It is not uncommon to roast Cottonberries or Bellberries over a fire and make candywiche's, which are pieces of hard bread or cracker with a layer of chocolate and the aforementioned Cottonberries and/or Bellberries situated between them. These are a holiday favorite snack and are even roasted around campfires by hikers and adventurers as a traveler's must food during their explorations throughout the continents and even throughout the realms. Also common for the festival is the incorporation of musical displays and even plays and theaters, which will present plays and events based on many stories and fables from the world's history, influenced by many of the cultures and races found across the globe throughout history and even into the modern ages of the world.
  But there is one more segment of the holiday, regarded as the most important. It is called First Day.
  First Day is, as noted in the name, the first day of the new year following Last Day, meaning that the holiday is often celebrated in tandem as a two-day holiday. 
  First Day is ushered in often by a grand morning feast surrounding many different styles and cultures of the food, used to remember their history and lifestyles from across the world and as a means to celebrate their survival and continued life in the mortal plane. Foods brought by Dwarves, Elves, Psedi, Kitsune, and other races are extremely common, as are friendly competitions held between the races to see who can cook the better meals for the morning feast. This same competition is actually part of a long series of events that take place during the year to see which race holds the honor of hosting the meals eaten every Last Day and First Day, and for many years the Kitsune and Elven races held that title for themselves despite extremely well-played contest from other races that had taken part in the events. Usually, First Day is a day of relaxation and thoughtful meditating and spending time with friends and loved ones to start off the new year in the best way, but every First Day, there is one tradition that is celebrated by all nations and their people, no matter their race, ethnicity or cultures or way of life. This event is called the Morning Of Stars.
  The Morning Of Stars is representative of all living members of the races that inhabit the planet, and is a way of giving thanks to the gods for the lives of those people and the time they have spent with their friends and families, although it is also thought to be a way of speaking with the gods, especially for those who are older and coming to the end of their lives, preparing to cross in to eternity to meet the gods in the 'Eadhraeeln. During the event, all participants are given a floating lantern made of paper or other light fabrics that rise with the heat of a small flame ignited in their center. When a signal is given, all the lanterns are lit and are released into the air above the grounds, and it is common practice for all lights in a town or city to be put out until all the lanterns have vanished from sight, after which the lights will be ignited again, and the Morning Of Stars will officially come to an end.