Not...exactly. [ He's not sure what a B & E is either, actually. ] Most gifts are given just by people themselves during the Starlight season.
You see, The tradition of the Starlight Celebration dates from several generations ago and begun in Coerthas - my homeland - during the beginning days of the Dragonsong War. Many were left homeless with Ishgardian children forced to endure in the land's chilling winds. [ A part of the history that is painful yet still important to remember. ] But each night, a handful of Ishgardian knights would seek these children and offer them room within their company barracks. As this act of kindness was strictly forbidden by the knight's charter, these kind men and women - many being once orphans themselves - would conceal the children beneath the red jackets of their uniforms.
After several months, the fighting eventually subsided during one of the Dragonsong War's ceasefires and the incident was soon forgotten. However, a group of former orphans gathered together years later to pay tribute to the knights who rescued them so none would ever forget their remarkable deeds. During the coldest weeks of each year, they would dress up in brilliant scarlet uniforms and pass out gifts to the children of the realm, passing along the happiness that they once received on a starlit night long ago.
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You see, The tradition of the Starlight Celebration dates from several generations ago and begun in Coerthas - my homeland - during the beginning days of the Dragonsong War. Many were left homeless with Ishgardian children forced to endure in the land's chilling winds. [ A part of the history that is painful yet still important to remember. ] But each night, a handful of Ishgardian knights would seek these children and offer them room within their company barracks. As this act of kindness was strictly forbidden by the knight's charter, these kind men and women - many being once orphans themselves - would conceal the children beneath the red jackets of their uniforms.
After several months, the fighting eventually subsided during one of the Dragonsong War's ceasefires and the incident was soon forgotten. However, a group of former orphans gathered together years later to pay tribute to the knights who rescued them so none would ever forget their remarkable deeds. During the coldest weeks of each year, they would dress up in brilliant scarlet uniforms and pass out gifts to the children of the realm, passing along the happiness that they once received on a starlit night long ago.