Halloween

Halloween or the eve of All Saints’ Day is celebrated on October 31. On that day many homes are decorated and lit by lanterns in the pumpkins that have been hollowed out. Kids dress up in witches, ghosts, and goblins and go trick-or treating to neighbours.

English settlers first celebrated Thanksgiving Day in 1621. Their first winter in America was very hard, over half of the settlers died. They had planted corn, the Indians showed them how to plant maize and they got a rich harvest in autumn. The colonists decided to make a holiday dinner, their leader proclaimed «a day of Thanksgiving unto the Lord» for the rich harvest. A national Thanksgiving came only after the foundation of the USA. It is the fourth Thursday in November. Every year, the President writes a kind of letter to the people. He writes that the fourth Thursday in November will be a national holiday. The people can spend Thanksgiving Day with their families, as it is a four-day holiday. Ever since the Pilgrims gave thanks for their survival in the new land in 1621, Americans have flocked to their churches to add their own prayers for their country, and then gone home for the traditional feast. The table is always loaded with many different kinds of delicious food. The main dish is the roast turkey, pumpkins, squashes, and cranberries.