Feast of the Winter Star

The Feast of the Winter Star is a festival that takes place on the 25th of every Winter. The player attends the festival by entering Pelican Town between 9am and 2pm. When the player leaves the festival, they will be returned to The Farm at 10pm.

The main event of the Feast of the Winter Star is secret gift-giving. A random villager will be selected to give the player a gift, and the player is assigned a random villager to give a gift to. A week beforehand, on the 18th, Mayor Lewis will send a letter telling the player who their gift recipient is. The player finds out who is giving them a gift at the festival.

The festival ends when the player leaves Pelican Town.

Shop

Pierre has a booth from which he sells the following items.

Fixed Stock

Image	Name	Description	Price
	Winter Banner	Can be placed inside your house.	data-sort-value="1000">1,000g
	L. Light String	Can be placed inside your house.	data-sort-value="800">800g
	S. Pine	Can be placed as decoration.	data-sort-value="500">500g
	Ornate Window	Can be placed inside your house.	data-sort-value="1000">1,000g
	House Plant	Can be placed as decoration.	data-sort-value="700">700g
	Festive Dining Table	Can be placed as decoration.	data-sort-value="3000">3,000g
	Large Red Rug	Can be placed inside your house.	data-sort-value="1000">1,000g
	Decorative Axe	Can be placed inside your house.	data-sort-value="1000">1,000g
	Wood Panel	Can be placed inside your house.	data-sort-value="500">500g
	Log Panel	Can be placed inside your house.	data-sort-value="500">500g
	Log Panel	Can be placed inside your house.	data-sort-value="700">700g
	Tree of the Winter Star	Can be placed as decoration.	data-sort-value="5000">5,000g
	Manicured Pine	Can be placed as decoration.	data-sort-value="800">800g
	Wallpaper	Decorates the walls of one room.	data-sort-value="500">500g

Random Stock

The first 3 items in Pierre's stock are randomly chosen from separate item pools. Each of these items have a purchase limit of 1 per year.

Item 1 Image Name Price Triple Shot Espresso data-sort-value="2500">2,500g Powdermelon data-sort-value="2500">2,500g Garlic data-sort-value="2500">2,500g Fire Quartz data-sort-value="2500">2,500g Item 2 Image Name Price Frozen Tear data-sort-value="2500">2,500g Fried Mushroom data-sort-value="2500">2,500g Duck Egg data-sort-value="2500">2,500g Bread data-sort-value="2500">2,500g Item 3 Image Name Price Cave Carrot data-sort-value="500">500g Perch data-sort-value="500">500g Clam data-sort-value="500">500g Winter Root data-sort-value="500">500g

Gift-giving

The gift the player selects for their villager will be worth 5x the normal amount of friendship points. After the player gives their gift, their Secret Gift-Giver will reveal themself and give them their present.

Possible Received Gifts

This is a list of gifts the player can receive from their secret gift-giver. The only children are Jas, Vincent, and Leo (if he has moved into Stardew Valley); everyone else is an adult. The Dwarf, Krobus, Marlon, Sandy, and the Wizard are never secret gift givers.

Image	Name	Quantity	Gift Giver
	Iridium Bar	1	Clint
	Gold Bar	5	Clint
	Geode	5 from Clint, 1 from any child	Clint or any child
	Frozen Geode	5 from Clint, 1 from any child	Clint or any child
	Magma Geode	5 from Clint 1 from any child	Clint or any child
	Egg	12	Marnie
	Wood	99	Robin
	Stone	50	Robin
	Hardwood	25	Robin
	Warp Totem: Beach	25	Willy
	Dressed Spinner	1	Willy
	Magnet	1	Willy
	Cookie	1	Evelyn
	Clay	1	Any child
	Ancient Doll	1	Any child
	Rainbow Shell	1	Any child
	Pumpkin Pie	1	Any adult except Clint, Evelyn, Marnie, Robin, or Willy
	Poppyseed Muffin	1	Any adult except Clint, Evelyn, Marnie, Robin, or Willy
	Blackberry Cobbler	1	Any adult except Clint, Evelyn, Marnie, Robin, or Willy
	Glow Ring	1	Any adult except Clint, Evelyn, Marnie, Robin, or Willy
	Deluxe Speed-Gro	10	Any adult except Clint, Evelyn, Marnie, Robin, or Willy
	Purple Mushroom	1	Any adult except Clint, Evelyn, Marnie, Robin, or Willy
	Nautilus Shell	1	Any adult except Clint, Evelyn, Marnie, Robin, or Willy
	Wine	1	Any adult except Clint, Evelyn, Marnie, Robin, or Willy
	Beer	1	Any adult except Clint, Evelyn, Marnie, Robin, or Willy
	Tea Set	1	Any adult except Clint, Evelyn, Marnie, Robin, or Willy
	Pink Cake	1	Any adult except Clint, Evelyn, Marnie, Robin, or Willy
	Ruby	1	Any adult except Clint, Evelyn, Marnie, Robin, or Willy
	Emerald	1	Any adult except Clint, Evelyn, Marnie, Robin, or Willy
	Jade	1	Any adult except Clint, Evelyn, Marnie, Robin, or Willy

Mail

“

“Dear [Player], I would like to give you some information about an upcoming event: the Feast of the Winter Star. It's a time for the community to come together and think back on all the good fortune we've had this year. A favorite tradition is the "secret gift exchange", where everyone in town is randomly assigned to someone else. On the day of the festival, everyone brings a gift for their secret friend and surprises them with something special! This year, your secret friend is: [Villager] Don't tell anyone! The feast will take place on the 25th from 9AM to 2PM at the town square. See you then! -Mayor Lewis”

Trivia

• Speaking to Willy gives the player the option to hear the story of the Winter Star:

"In the night sky of winter, there is a bright star only visible from this valley. No one knows why this is... but in times of old people would come from far and wide to see it. They believed that anyone who laid eyes on the Winter Star would be blessed with good fortune. Some even claim that the mysterious fruit known as Stardrop is connected to the Winter Star in some way."

• On the shipping summary screen at end of the 24th day of Winter, Santa Claus will ride across the sky with a few reindeer in his sleigh.
• If the player talks to George, he will deprecate the feast and shout "Humbug!", a reference to Ebenezer Scrooge, the elderly protagonist of Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol.
• It is possible to have your secret friend be Lewis. If that happens, Lewis will still send you a letter telling you so, and will still act surprised when you give him his gift.

Bugs

• It's possible for Leo to be the secret friend after the player meets him but before he moves from Ginger Island to the mainland. In this case, Leo does not attend the festival, so the player cannot give him a gift (and then cannot receive a gift).

History

• 1.3.32: Fixed bug where the player could not move after receiving their gift.
• 1.4: Fixed bug where the entire stack of items given to the secret gift recipient would be consumed. Fixed NPCs following non-festival schedules after the festival.
• 1.4.4: Quest items and non-giftable items can no longer be given as gifts at the festival.
• 1.5: Introduced Pierre's booth.
• 1.5.1: Leo can no longer be the player's secret friend if the player has not met him.
• 1.6: Fixed Lewis' letter for the Feast of the Winter Star saying it starts at 10am instead of 9am. Added new items to Pierre's booth.
• 1.6.6: Pierre's Missing Stocklist can no longer be given away at the festival.