THANKSGIVING DAY IN THE USA

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thanksgiving_cornucopia Every year, on the fourth Thursday in November, Americans join for a day of feasting, football and family. Today’s Thanksgiving celebrations are very different from the original 1621 harvest meal, but it continues to be a day for Americans to come together around the table to share autumn food with their families, and give thanks.

 

 

 THINK FOR A MOMENT AND TELL US…WHAT ARE  YOU THANKFUL FOR?

Bonfire Night in the UK

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fireworks-header  BONFIRE NIGHT is a very British celebration. It has its origins in 1605, when a group of plotters wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill king James I. The most famous is Guy Fawkes.

Nowadays it is a very colourful festival, with lots of fireworks and bonfires.

Children prepare a “guy” to ask for money in the streets, and to burn it at the top of a bonfire.

People eat baked potatoes and saussages, and sweets and toffe apples.

They go and see a big bonfire display in their towns and villages.

See more:

BONFIRE NIGHT IN BRITAIN

 

This video can help understanding what people do on Bonfire Night in Britain:

 

And this song is for the little ones

HALLOWE’EN 2015

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Halloween1     Halloween is a festival with a Celtic origin. It is celebrated on the night of 31st October , in English speaking countries (USA, United Kingdom, Canada…) and all over the world. 
Little children go from door to door asking for candy – that’s the trick or treat. Other activities are custome parties, playing bob for apples, lighting bonfires and listening to horror stories.

 

Witches, black cats, ghosts, jack o’lanterns, skeletons… These are the typical Hallowe’en characters.

Some of them are in these songs:

 

 

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Boys and girls in Cicle Superior can watch this video about  THE ORIGINS OF HALLOWE’EN

 

PLAY SOME HALLOWEEN GAMES ONLINE

BONFIRE NIGHT

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guy fawkes“Remember, remember,
the fifth of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
We see no reason why
Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!”
Words to Guy Fawkes Rhyme 

 

bonfire night mosaicOn 5 November every year, children in Britain get excited because it is Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes’ Night). They lit bonfires and enjoy fireworks displays. On top of the fire is a guy (a homemade dummy, like a scarecrow). They also eat sausages  and jacked potatoes.

They do these things because they remember the attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament and the king James I. It was the Gunpowder Plot.

If you want to know more, follow this link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/15351828