halloween...
the halloween has it's origins in pagan festival's of the celtic civilization,people whose culture and religion dominated much of europe for many centuries.when the celts occupied britain and ireland ,they believed this on the night of october 31,the day before the on set of winter in that region,bad spirit's roamed the planet.
dessed as witches and ghost's, the celt thought that,so bad spirit's would be confused.
halloween was ,for all that the night of witches and wizards. the party lasted three days ,on day 2 had early celtic calendar the last two days of november was dedicated to the worship of ancestors hence the name all saints day eve then all hallows eve to end halloween.
halloween has as a synbol ''jack-o- lantern jack is a pumpkin with a face ghost anda flashlight inside ,his function is to chase the bad spirits.
thanksgiving day...
the thanksgiving day is a day as important as christmas to the u.s. for some time there it is also being celebrated in our country.it all started with the departure of the english puritans immigrants fropm europe on a ship called ''mayflower''.
in 1620,when they arrived in massachusetts, usa,founded ''plymouth''with the help of the indians,they learned to plant ,hunt and fish. a year later on the last thursday of november ,immigrants gave thanks to god for having survived their first year in a new world.the harvest was plentiful and they celebrated with a dinner and declared a holiday from there today.
currently ,this day is a family holiday.on this time ,distant relatives civing gather for a great dinner and give thanks for the past year.they usually offers a dinner with turkey ,sweet potatoes,corn and pumpkinpie.
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