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 Holidays have seasonal, patriotic, and religious roots and meanings.  Each one is different and should be celebrated in appropriate and special ways.

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     Jane Marie  

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Heroes' Day - Nancy proposes a new holiday so we can each honor our special heroes - Weblog October 30, 2005 - please scroll down

New Year

"Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve.  Middle age is when you're forced to."  Bill Vaughn 

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Valentine's Day

Purim - Purim celebrates the victory of tolerance over hatred and greed by commemorating the story of Esther, raised from obscurity to be queen of Persia and save the Jewish people.  Make noise, wear masks and eat hamantaschen pastries.

Diversity

St Patrick's Day - A great day to wear green

 

March is National Crafts Month

 

Lent - Lent is a time for fasting and reflection.  Christians prepare for the sadness of Good Friday and the joy of Easter.

Easter - Check out the photo of handbell ringers at the historic Ft. Clinch Easter sunrise service.

April Fool's Day - Perhaps of French origin, April Fool's Day appears to have begun around 1582 when the Europe shifted to the Gregorian calendar.  Those who followed the old Julian calendar and celebrated the beginning of the year on April 1 were called "fools."

Passover

The best book promo ever can be found at http://www.passovergreeting.com/ "Who Let the Jews Out?" is performed as an animated song to celebrate the publication of Schlepping Through The Alps by Sam Apple.  I haven't read the book yet, but it's on my list.  Nancy

 

 

 

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

 

Mothers - Our pages for and about mothers

Memorial Day
 

graves of the fallen at Vicksburg National Military Park

 

Fathers - Our pages for and about fathers

Juneteenth - On June 19, 1862, the US Congress freed the slaves in the territories it governed.  Initially a holiday celebrating emancipation in Texas, it has spread to other parts of the country.  Visit our page on Diversity.   

July 4

Independence Day 2003 - "This was a day for an English-speaking nation rooted in English common law which just fought its sixth war in a century alongside England to pause and celebrate its release from English tyranny."  Argus Hamilton

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Rosh Hashanah - May you and yours be inscribed in the book of life and prosperity.

Sweetest Day

Halloween

Thanksgiving

Dressing up for the Holidays - Some inexpensive suggestions

Christmas  

Hanukkah

 

 

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When my daughter, our CDO, informed me we didn't have enough family traditions, we started looking for ideas.  These are some of the books that were most helpful.  Nancy

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Claude Monet's La rue Montorgueil: fête du 30 juin 1878 in the Musée d'Orsay celebrating an International Exhibition

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