The windigos left Equestria gripped in the clutches of a seemingly eternal winter, driving ponykind to the brink of extinction. However, in Equestria's bleakest hour an act of friendship between an earth pony, unicorn, and pegasus drove back the windigos' curse and lifted a decade of snow and ice.
This story became the hallmark tale of Hearth's Warming, a holiday to honour the ponies lost and friendships gained during those dire times. A holiday which also has the added benefit of reinforcing the magical barrier which holds the windigos at bay.
With the stakes so high, a meaning so noble, and memories of the Great Winter still fresh in mind, getting ponies to celebrate shouldn't be too difficult.
Right?
Edited by the fantastic Rose Quill.
Death and violence tags are merely for references of the acts and neither actually appears in this fic.
So delightfully insightful as to the rocky start the unity of the three tribes probably suffered through in the early days.
But why do I have a feeling she is going to forget to tell Luna about the change of venue?
I feel this could have gone with another proofreading for minor issues, like adding a comma here and there and adding a few little flairs to cement the historical setting more distinctly, but this was a nice example of political discussion with the sisters.
An excellent presentation of the tenacity of tradition long after it's outlived its usefulness... and how progress can be much quieter, and thus much harder to notice. Good stuff. My only complaint is that you use "you" and "thou" interchangeably.