- Go to town to pick up quest
- Go to other towns to talk to random NPC's and watch short cutscenes
- Repeat several times

That's it. Events that last for 2 weeks in-game are done in about an hour, and I get barely enough gil to cover the costs of teleporting/airshipping around. Heck, even the quest NPC makes mention of it like it's nothing:

Quote Originally Posted by Serendipity
I trust that traversing the realm will not overly trouble an accomplished adventurer such as yourself. I've no doubt you're well accustomed to teleporting all about the place. I suppose it's faster, albeit slightly more expensive, but— Ahem. Where was I? Oh, yes!
"But Tetsaru! You also get exp, seasonal gear, minions, and achievement points!"

The minions are awesome and adorable; I won't deny that. Achievements are fine too. And so is the seasonal gear for derping around at times, but let's face it - as soon as I can stick it in the armoire, I'd rather have it in there instead of hogging up room elsewhere.

Oh, and I already have all my classes/jobs to 50, so I can't even utilize the exp for anything, despite the fact that exp is handed to us everywhere in this game. *COUGH* merit system *COUGH*

On that note, I found it insulting that one of the quest NPC's even assumes I'm not capable of crafting my own doll for the event, despite having all of my crafts maxed out:

Quote Originally Posted by Royal Seneschal
What? You lack the manual dexterity required to make a doll for the contest? I will hear no such nonsense! Still, if you so doubt your aptitude for crafting, you might consider purchasing a doll for the contest. It is not unheard of for those who cannot create their own to use one.
Personally, I'm not sure how you could implement it, but I think it would've been really cool to let players craft their own dolls and enter them in a server-wide contest, then have the winner receive a one-of-a-kind item, similar to the Ahriman Chokers SE gives out for their other contests, or use their doll design as another minion.

I'm just asking for more depth to these seasonal events. Give us house decorations, mini-games involving multiple people, some well-made FATE's that don't necessarily involve killing monsters, SOMETHING besides "run around each town and talk to people."