What is your favorite holiday? What traditions do you follow on it? What sort of food is eaten at that time? Are there special feasts and parties and other events that happen? Tell me about it!
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Journal Question #4
What's your favorite Holiday or Tradition? In a few weeks, Americans will be celebrating Thanksgiving, one of the country's most important holidays. It commemorates the landing of the first Europeans in New England at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620, and the Native Americans who taught the Europeans how to survive in the "new world." Today, Americans eat a huge meal the fourth Thursday in November, including turkey, potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing, gravy, pies... Thanksgiving also is the "official" start of the Christmas shopping season. This tradition began in the mid-1800's, when Abraham Lincoln was president.
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valentine's day !'
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homecoming because its a big tradition of the school
ReplyDeleteHa!Ha!it's a easy question!
ReplyDeleteOf cause is SUMMER VACATION !
because it have the longest vacation.....(smile)
You just need to finish your homework(a lot)
And you can just play for several months!!!!!
You also can eat any food you want to eat...
they will have many party or feast in summer vacations.
Ah~hahahahaha!
I like the Chinese New Year. Because in chinese new year we often can eat good food. And we can alway receive a lot of money form our parents.
ReplyDeleteAlso chinese new year can be a lot of revelites go to together.
So I like the chinese new year.
David Song
I prefer our National Day.It's Oct,1st.
ReplyDeleteBecause we have 7 days off.And there usually has a nice weather.
According to the tradition,I may answer"not really."
Another reason is Oct,5th is my birthday~~
So.
I think the best holiday for me is summer holiday. It is because it is the longest holiday, and we can play for two months. And I think not just me but all of the student love summer holiday!!
ReplyDeleteNational Day.Because after it is my birthday.
ReplyDeleteI like spring festival.Cuz the elders should give money for descendants. This is a occasion for me to make my wallet that get full of money.Also we have a big party,and we have delicious food,and I think it is the awesome festival!!
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ReplyDeleteschool days here are my holiday which compare with China,i enjoy the days here.
ReplyDeleteEvery holiday is my favorite because it's holiday~!
ReplyDeleteWell, Teacher's day is a good holiday cause it's 3 days before my birthday~!
Also , Nov.11th is good,too.It's the single day in china for those people who are singled. It's my favorite teacher's birthday haha~~
summer vacation!!!``
ReplyDeletebecause on summer vacation i can come back to China. Chatting with my friends, stay with my family, travel by myself`````
Eat a lot of chinese food, hot spice food, huoguo......so many!!!
```buy many clothes```!!!`
Of course summer holiday.
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we can do everything~~~~~
It's hot. I love hot date
Dragon Boat Festival~~~~~~
ReplyDeleteDragon Boat Race and Rice dumpling are must on Dragon Boat Festival.
Why didn't anyone say "Happy Teacher's Day!" on September 10th? I am so disappointed ! (Just kidding)
ReplyDeleteI say it to you even it's soooooo late.
ReplyDeleteHappy Teacher's Day Mr. Griffin!!
I like Christmas because we don't have school and the people smile are cheerful.
ReplyDeleteThanksgiving is my favourite. Because i can eat many food .....
ReplyDeleteI like Children's day best though i can't spent it any more
ReplyDeleteHappy teacher's day
ReplyDeletemy favorite festival is spring festival, it is the biggest festival in China.and it is in our winter vocation. i like to see the fireworks during the festival,it is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Mid-Autumn Festival. At that day, our family members get together and have a big meal. After that, we'll have mooncakes,which are pastries with mostly sweet fillings. And my favorite is red bean flavored mooncake. Once, I spent my whole Mid-Autumn Festival with my classmates. We exchanged our mooncakes and saw the beautiful, bright and round moon. We had so much fun.
ReplyDeleteI love Spring Festival in China. On that day, we can eat dinner with our family members, and we can also eat with your best friend's family. We eat dumplings, play fireworks and watch TV together. We will stay up until one or two a.m.. Some people won't sleep the whole night. After that day, I will sleep until 11 a.m.. It's so funny! I like Spring Festival
ReplyDeleteOf course Spring Festival
ReplyDeleteWe will have a long holiday and we always have a big big dinner and watch the entertainment with the whole family and play firecrackers, no one will sleep that night until the sun rise up
What's the most important, all the children will get a lot of lucky money from their parents!!!
I like mid-autumn festival. Because my family enjoy eating moon cake and watching the round moon!!
ReplyDeletespring festival,because I can reunion with my family mumbers.
ReplyDeleteChinese National day, Because we have 7 days off.
ReplyDeleteIt is spring festival.Because we can always have a one-month holiday during that period of time and children can get a lot of pocket money form relatives
ReplyDeleteof course is summer holiday , it's long and i can play for a loooooonnnnnnnnggg time , and now i 'm in MAINE i don't have homework for holiday hahahha
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