Special Holidays
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Our Holidays
We enjoy the holidays so please come and join in our activities...
Valentines Day
Valentine's Day is a great celebration
One of our favorites. We exchange cards and enjoy each others
company!
Saint Patrick's
Corned beef and cabbage is always served on
St. Patrick's Day and our neighbor Dave joins the fun!
Easter
Easter is gather the family time for a roast
and good conversation. Connor is still an "egg hunter" which entertains
the crowds.
Independence Day
To Mitch's home for a gathering of the throngs on the
4th! We bring our friends and watch
the fireworks
Halloween
Scary time Halloween... We enjoy being home
and awaiting the arrival of the kids all decorated in their costumes..
specially the "Rock".
Thanksgiving
Family gathers at grandmas house for turkey and all the fixings' on
Thanskgiving. Quite a crowd!
Christmas
Christmas... Probably our favorite holiday...
Makes December the month seem like December the week! Go go go!
New Years Eve
Holiday Fun
The word holiday has related but different meanings in English-speaking countries. A contraction of holy and day, holidays originally represented special religious days. This word has evolved in general usage to mean any special day of rest (as opposed to regular days of rest such as the weekend).
In the English-speaking world a holiday can mean a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation (e.g. "I'm going on holiday to Malta next week"), the North American equivalent is "vacation". Many Canadians will use the terms vacation and holiday interchangeably when referring to a trip away from home or time off work. In Australia the term can refer to a vacation or gazetted public holiday, but not to a day of commemoration such as Mothers' Day or Halloween.
In all of the English-speaking world, a holiday can be a day set aside by a nation or culture (in some cases, multiple nations and cultures) typically for celebration but sometimes for some other kind of special culture-wide (or national) observance or activity. A holiday can also be a special day on which school and/or offices are closed, such as Labor Day.
When translated from/to other languages, the meanings of the word "holiday" may be conflated with these of "observance" and "celebration".
In The USA
In the United States and periodically Canada, the winter holiday season is known as a period of time surrounding Christmas that was formed in order to embrace all cultural and religious celebration rather than only Christian celebrations. Usually, this period begins near the start of November and ends with New Year's Day on January 1. The holiday season is usually commercially referred to with a broad interpretation, avoiding the reference of specific holidays like Hanukkah or Christmas.