We all have holidays that we like the most, but what makes them special? I would like you to write about your favorite holiday and make it personal! Don't tell me you like Christmas because you get presents. Tell me you like Christmas because your mother used to bake a certain cake, or your father used to sing a certain song. I am interested in hearing why holidays are your favorite, or about one specific holiday that meant a lot to you.
This holiday can be from your country, or an American holiday. The best answers will be the ones that people don't know much about, so be creative when answering the question.
I like New year eve.We decorate tree, we have big meal in the evening.I m always prepare the food with my mom, and prepare the gifts too. In the evening we make fireworks in the balcony.My niece, nephew very excited see fireworks. The celebration usually starts 5 hours before midnight and the common tradition is to "say farewell to the old year" by remembering most important events of the last twelve months. At five minutes to twelve most of the people watch the president's speech on TV or watch popular New Year TV shows. During these last 10 seconds my father telling their secret wishes for the next year.As December 25 and 31 are working days, a lot of people also have small parties at work and school.
ReplyDeleteSongkran is my favorite thai traditional holidays. It is a thai Buddhist New Year when family and friends get together. What I like about this holiday is people are splashing each other with water, perfume or flower in the bucket everywhere in Thailand. Some people like to be on the truck and drive around town dousing water to people who are on another truck or on the streets. Additionally, I like spend most of the time during this holiday with my family, relatives and friends. The day before Songkran day, I go to the fresh market with my mother to buy some food to cook. We would make our favorite foods because Buddhist believes that live after dead, we will still enjoy our favorite foods. The next day morning, we would go to the temple and bring our foods to the monk and share with other people after that. We try do a good thins like making a merit and helping cleaning around the temple area and having a good conversation with family or friends who came back from the city to their hometown. It‘s very nice to see them during this long holiday.
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ReplyDeleteIt would be Songkran Thai new year. Songkran has so many meaning to every
one in Thailand. The traditional is we always douse the water on each other, music and dancing around the country. It is very fun and wild festival every one has to be careful during this wonderful Thai New Year, Songkran.
But for me Songkran has more meaning than just a week off of work or school. It is family time, I will have time to go back to visit my family up north, NAKORN SAWAN where my mom, my sister, my brother, and my nephew live.
All I can remember is I have been away from my home. I have to go school in the city to gain some good education, It is all intended in the city so by the Songkran festival come it is a big relaxing time for me. All my family will be waiting, looking forward for the festival to come. We will plan what we going to do together. I could see the happiness from my mom’s face when she sees me. I always surprises her by showing up without telling her. I like her smile with a little happiness tear .
And that why Songkarn’s Festival is my favorite holiday.
My favorite tradition is associated with Christmas Eve. In Polish tradition, just before the Christmas Eve supper we are breaking of the oplatek. The eldest family member takes the oplatek wafer, breaks it and shares it with the next eldest with wishes for good health and prosperity. Each person then exchanges oplatek with everyone else at the table. It is very emotional time every grudges are forgiven and forgotten.
ReplyDeletePolish holidays are rich in tradition and old customs. One of them and my favorite because it’s related to my name is the drawing (sinking) of Marzanna.
ReplyDeleteIt is a pagan tradition of spring. It takes place on March 21st- end of winter and beginning of spring. Marzanna is prepared as a doll and then usually children and young adults walk through the houses of the village with her. In the evening they partly burn her and march to the river and then the burned Marzanna is sunk in the river.
Fool’s Day is one of my favorite holidays because I do have fun all day. On that day, everyone tries to fool, to tease and to make joke others. Indeed, it’s really tricky day.
ReplyDeleteI try to be not fooled and to not believe in what my friends and families say. I do have to agree that I fooled and believed in some cases even if I knew it could lie. Sounds like I am Dum. Believe me it was very hard to not believe in what you were told because m friends, siblings know me very well. They know how to make practical joke. I do think hard and do my best to trick others too. Believe me it is really fun.
My favorite tradition is caring the bride across the threshold.
ReplyDeleteDuring the days of “Marriage by Capture,” the bride was not going to go peacefully into the bridegroom’s abode, she was carried across the threshold. In even earlier times, it was believed that family demons followed the woman and to keep her family demons from going into the groom’s home, she was carried across the threshold upon her entering for the first time. After that, the demons could not enter as she would come in and go out of the home.
My country Poland is a heavily Catholic country, and many Poles observe Catholic fast days by don’t eating the meat. Traditionally, many meat have been made from mushrooms.
ReplyDeleteThe two most important holidays are Christmas and Easter. The traditional Christmas Eve dinner is twelve or thirteen courses. There is one for each of the twelve apostle in the New Testament of the Bible. Sometimes there is a thirteenth course for Jesus. No meat is eaten at this meal. The main dish is carp or pike, two types of fish. Carp is serve with a sweat-and-sour sauce or a spicy horserdish sauce it’s my favorite. Other traditional dishes include mushroom soup, sauerkraut, noodles with honey and poppy seeds. Cookies and cakes are also served, and we put some cookies and used to decorate the Christmas tree.
Easter is the second most important religious feast of the year. The fast of lent is broken with Easter breakfast, and feasting continues through the day. Traditionally, a roasted lamb was serving for Easter. In recent years, a lamb made of sugar or butter has replaced the real lamb. Meats served for Easter in modern Poland include roast turkey, ham, sausage, veal. Painted hard-boiled Easter eggs are part of the celebration, and everyone eats part of an egg. Easter sweets include cheesecake it’s so good.
Eid El-fetur
ReplyDeleteEid el-fetur is a religious holiday; it is for the Muslim people. It’s come after Ramadan .Ramadan is a month all the Muslim people are fasting and it happen one time every year. We take about three to four days off in that holiday.
Its really interesting holiday for me and for the people they are celebrating this holiday because all the people from any class in our community go to pray Eid el-fetur in the mosque with each other after they done. They start go to visit , invite each other, go out with each other too and have a good time together . It’s great too to poor people because the reach and the people have money can feel them and try how you feel when you become hungry or don’t have money to buy food or clothes.