Well we have come to the end of our tale of the three pumpkins. First, we met the lovely and vintage Book Page Pumpkin. Then our journey brought us to the glamorous and classy Faux Nailhead Pumpkin and last we meet the sweet and cheery Ribbon Pumpkin.…
Another tradition is that on this holiday are, Calavera or just sugar skulls. Some of these skulls are just for decoration and some of them are made of chocolate which will sometimes be eaten.…
2. Corn mazes. We've all gone to corn mazes when we were kids. This fall, reminisce and go get lost among 6-foot-tall corn stalks!…
The entire idea of Thanksgiving is essentially molded around the idea of crops. Thanksgiving is thought to be, historically, a time where the Pilgrims and Indians came together to give thanks for the great harvest. In reality, The Native Americans celebrated the gifts of harvest as often as possible and the Pilgrims and Natives didn’t come together celebrating crops, but instead crops such as corn, and land in general was stolen from the Native Americans.…
Jack Skellington is the Pumpkin King – the creative genius behind the holiday of Halloween, designing each year to be scarier and more horrible than the one before. However deep inside he longs for more than the horror and scares of Halloween Town, a longing he cannot understand until he stumbles into Christmas Town and sees happiness and cheer the likes of which has evaded him all these years. Having finally worked out what Christmas is all about, Jack decides to kidnap Santa and make himself the new king of Christmas Town so that he can have the happiness of Christmas all the time. But the others in the towns realize the significant consequences that this disruption of the norm will have as Jack's evil nature proves harder to overcome than…
If you normally leave your pets outside, you should bring them on Halloween night. All the people coming and going, the costumes, and loud noises can scare pets. So bring them indoors to keep them safe, comfortable, and happy.…
Well, if I have to select between Thanksgiving and Christmas as my favorite festival, I will definitely choose Thanksgiving over Christmas, because we can eat turkeys and pumpkin pie in that time. I enjoy turkeys; however, it is equally important to maintain the health and stay far away from any health issues. Everyone loves Thanksgiving and everyone enjoys eating, we love to eat with our friends and family. However, people from any background and situations celebrate it in their own way; for example, a vegan may demand Asparagus salad, whereas a foodie may desire sugary spice pecans. What my point is, despite having various choices of food, health should be the utmost priority.…
Due to the fact that I was not born in the United States, I didn’t learn American history; therefore, my knowledge about pilgrims is very limited. I know the basics about how Thanksgiving came to be. There was a Native American who helped teach the pilgrims to plant corn by using dead fish as fertilizer. His name was Squanto. The pilgrims and the natives came together and feasted on turkey. Thanksgiving became a holiday and turkey became the main dish.…
"Oranges" begins with Gary Soto narrating one of his life experiences in this poem. He remembers a particular experience of walking side by side with a girl. There are two characters a twelve year old boy and his date. When the poem begins, the narrator is alone, and on his way to go pick up the girl. It was winter time and he only had two oranges with him, which his purpose was to share them with his date. The beginning of the poem is not very positive, though, but rather negative. In addition, he allows his focus wandering from the poem's main situation, his first experience with a girl, and instead makes a point of dwelling on the cold weather.…
In modern times, Halloween is celebrated by both children and adults. Children dress up in costumes and go trick-or-treating for candy. They ask the old question “trick or treat,” suggesting that they will cause trouble if no treat is given.…
Thousands will come to us this fall for food and care—hundreds on Thanksgiving Day alone, for a wholesome meal with all the trimmings: turkey, stuffing, fresh vegetables, even pie!…
But how come we eat turkey and nott some other piece of meat on Thanksgiving day? There is really no significant reason on how it became what it is today, but tradition has to do with it. Ever since 1621, it was consumed because it was a unique and just a delicious bird. There are also other side dishes that are traditions for Thanksgiving, like pumpkin pie. Pumpkin pie is a more modern food that wasn't ate back at the first Thanksgiving. But according to Organicauthority.com, the squash dates back 9,000 years to Mexico which they roasted or boiled food. Green bean casserole could be dated back to the 50s, which was invented by the company Campbell's. We also can't forget about that delicious stuffing; it has been eaten since the Romans and even before them. All of these delicious foods that we eat on Thanksgiving help make the holiday more special and more unique than each other…
Pagans believe that the wandering spirits of the dead would return to their original homes in order to placate these spirits it was believed that you must feed them and provide them with shelter for the night otherwise you are in danger of harm hence the modern practice of Trick or Treat, bobbing for apples the hollowing out and lighting of pumpkins, cats, ghosts, goblins, death and a preoccupation with satanic paraphernalia on October 31st as filtered down from the ancient Scottish, Irish and Celtic custom surrounding samhain.…
Cool temperatures come around during the fall as well as: sports, Halloween, and Thanksgiving. To understand the intensity of fall sports, one must go to a football game. Fans go to support their team, no matter how bad they are, throughout the entire game. In the middle of fall comes an holiday that most people look forward to, Halloween. Boo-goes children all over the U.S. trying to scared their friends. Gathering around the table as a family, turkey is thrown on the table during Thanksgiving. The fall is an amazing season ;in particular, the energy that comes around during the…
Thanksgiving: Then and Now Americans love Thanksgiving. Let's face it. They love eating, and they love football. But, where did this holiday come from? Actually, the tradition of Thanksgiving dates back to the time before our country's birth. Modern day Thanksgiving represents a time where Americans gather together with their friends and family. It is a time of year where people are thankful for being blessed with these friends and family. The first Thanksgiving was also a gathering where its participants gave their thanks for what they were fortunate enough to have. The Pilgrims are credited with organizing the first Thanksgiving after they arrived in America. It was a celebration of a bountiful harvest. Both the early and modern Thanksgiving centered around a feast consisting of a variety of foods. There are few other similarities to discuss aside from these. Overall, there is a sharp contrast between the first Thanksgiving held nearly 400 years and the Thanksgiving that Americans now celebrate in modern times.…
