I'm preparing to DM my first one-shot. It is Christmas-themed, and I need a winter deity with a good alignment to replace "Santa Claus", because I'd rather tie it in with D&D lore. However, most of the winter deities I've found are evil, or simply not the Santa type (i.e. Frostfell's gods). Any suggestions for good-aligned, winter/festive/gift-giving/generosity/warmth deities?
Caravance (Tarsakh 2nd): a gift-giving holiday commemorating the traditional arrival of the first caravans of the season into the city, and many parents still hide gifts in their homes, telling their children that Old Carvas left them (Old Carvas is the mythical old peddler who arrived with the first caravan into Waterdeep, his wagon loaded down with toys for all the children in Waterdeep). Society: Nobles turn out en masse on this festival day to shop at the newly-opened Market.
I'm preparing to DM my first one-shot. It is Christmas-themed, and I need a winter deity with a good alignment to replace "Santa Claus", because I'd rather tie it in with D&D lore. However, most of the winter deities I've found are evil, or simply not the Santa type (i.e. Frostfell's gods). Any suggestions for good-aligned, winter/festive/gift-giving/generosity/warmth deities?
Caravance (Tarsakh 2nd): a gift-giving holiday commemorating the traditional arrival of the first caravans of the season into the city, and many parents still hide gifts in their homes, telling their children that Old Carvas left them (Old Carvas is the mythical old peddler who arrived with the first caravan into Waterdeep, his wagon loaded down with toys for all the children in Waterdeep).
Society: Nobles turn out en masse on this festival day to shop at the newly-opened Market.
Via http://oakthorne.net/wiki/index.php?title=Waterdhavian_Festivals (taken from Waterdeep Dragon Heist so that's everything, no more info on Carvas)
Not a deity but it might help to point you in right direction.
WotC stat'd Santa a few years ago (3.5ed?). There's a PDF of that somewhere on the interwebs.