The Chinese celebrated their festival Chung Ch'ui with the full moon that fell on the 15th
August. This day was considered the birthday of the moon and special "moon cakes". Each cake was stamped with the picture of a rabbit - as it was a rabbit, not a man, which the [...]
Canadian Thanksgi
ving is celebrated on the 2nd Monday of October. This year
Thanksgiving will fall on Monday, October 8, 2007.
European farmers in Europe held celebrations at harvest time to give thanks for their good fortune of a good harvest and abundance of food. [...]
In 1621, the first year in America was hard but the Pilgrim's first autumn
harvest was very plentiful.
They were at peace with the Native American Indians. Their Governor, William Bradford, proclaimed a day of [...]
IN the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th
Thursday of November. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621. The celebration was based on harvest traditions that the colonists brought with them from England. In
1863, Thanksgiving as a national [...]
Thanksgiving in Canada is celebrated on the second
Monday in October. Observance of the day began in 1879
Happy Thanksgiving In 1879 Canadian Parliament declared November 6th a day of Thanksgiving and a national [...]
The Chinese have got a festival who's called Chung Ch'ui on the 15th day on
the 8th month that is to say on the 15th August. It is the moon's birthday. On the night, they saw a rabbit, not a man, on the moon's
face.
On this special day, they cook rabbit and cakes and eat [...]
The Hebrews' thanksgiving is called Sukkoth (or Hag Ha Sucot and Hag Ha Asif).
Sukkoth is celebrated each Autumn.
A succot in English is a hut (in French: "cabane"). The first 2 nights, the families eat in the evening when the sky is black.
The Israelites made the huts fourty [...]
The Romans festival's name is Cerelia.The
romans honored Ceres their goddess of corn . The festival takes place in October 4th in the
past.
The festival included music, parades, games and sports and a [...]