Editing Halflings (Warhammer) (section)

===Pie Week===
'''The''' single most important halfling holiday is Pie Week; an entire week (1st to 8th Erntezeit) devoted to doing nothing but baking and eating pies, pies and more pies. Originally a holy rite to the goddess Esmerelda, Pie Week has become viewed as a largely secular affair; as far as the halflings are concerned, so long as they're busy baking pies and stuffing them down their gobs, the goddess is pleased, so they don't really bother with a lot of religious pomp and pageantry the way humans do. Despite this overt lack of religious attributes, Pie Week is Serious Business to halflings. The [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] 2nd edition adventure "A Brutal Finish" spells it out plainly that only crazy halflings don't indulge themselves during Pie Week. As in, not only can you literally spot the insane halfling arsonist Clempo Buttleburr by the fact he's the only halfling not constantly shoveling pies down his gullet, but it's mandated that halfling PCs will suffer a whopping -20% penalty to their Fellowship checks with halfling NPCs if they refuse to eat pies during the festivities, since not gorging themselves will be taken as a sign that there is something seriously wrong with the non-indulgent halfling's mind.

In and of itself, Pie Week is largely devoted to eating pies, with competitive sideline activities such as pie eating, best pie, and most unusual pie being largely suggested by humans - the rite's lack of overt religiosity has seen it become fairly popular amongst humans as well. Pie Week is often folded together with other harvest season festivals in which it overlaps, such as Averheim's annual Wine Tasting Festival.