Holidays by Braleigh



Grade 5

McConnell Elementary School

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Grade Two

John Muir School

San Diego, California, USA

2nd Grade A

General School No.6

Arad, Romania

3d Grade

School #10

Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan

Elementary Grades

School Vicenti Forestieri

Cordoba, Argentine

Grade 4

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

Holidays

Christmas is when you get to give and receive gifts from other people.

Thanksgiving is the time when you get to eat and get fat.

Halloween is the time when you get to dress up as other people and don’t have to be you for 1 night.

New Years Day is when your world starts a new year!

Easter is the day Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

Hanukah is a Jewish holiday and you get to light candles

Valentines Day is the day of love and you get to send cards and love letters to each other.

4th of July is our country’s birthday and you get to see firecrackers.

Saint Patrick’s day is the day you get to celebrate a great holiday!

Braleigh

McConnell Elementary School

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Holidays

1. New Years Day is the day that you celebrate the day of a new year.

2. Valentine’s day is the day you send love messages.

3. St. Patrick’s Day is about Ireland people.

4. The 4th of July is the day we celebrate the Declaration of Independence.

These are 4 of the holidays we celebrate.

Payton

McConnell Elementary School

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Holidays

There are a lot of holidays and here are a few of them.

Christmas is when you give and receive gifts from other people.

Easter- is when Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

Valentines Day is all about love.

Saint Patrick’s Day is the day that you celebrate the Ireland people.

4th of July is our country’s birthday and you get to see firecrackers.

Thanksgiving is the time you get to eat and get fat.

Halloween is a time when you get to dress up as other people and don’t have to be you for one night.

New years day is when your world starts a new year!

Hanukah is a Jewish holiday and you get to light candles.

Raven

McConnell Elementary School

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Labor Day

In 66 countries, the contributions of workers are honored on Labor Day. In New Zealand, Labor Day is marked on the fourth Monday of October and celebrates the campaign for the eight–hour workday. New Zealanders have an extra day of rest from work — and a three-day weekend for picnics and other activities.

Labor Day in the U.S. is celebrated on the first Monday in September.

Angel

McConnell Elementary School

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Halloween

Halloween is on October 31 every year. We go to different houses and get candy. We dress up. This year we dressed like Lucy, pumpkins, scream, devils, Jason, angels, pirates, witch, vampires, Hawaiian girl, skeleton, a cheerleader and more.

We get pumpkins from the store. We carve them, and we get the seeds out. Then we carve it like a face or a witch. You buy a candle and put it inside.

We celebrate Halloween at school early. We have carnivals at school. People dress up and play games like ping pong ball toss. We had a haunted house this year. In one game somebody stands up, and we throw a pie at him or her. Sometimes we miss, but we try to hit their heads. There is a marriage game and a prize booth. There are teachers who sit on a board and you throw a ball to a target. The target wiggles, and if the thing goes down, they fall into the water. There is a cakewalk. There's bowling, and you win Tickets. There's an Astro Jump. All the kids jump up and down and bounce high. At the carnival we can also put people in jail by the playground, and we do walking wheelbarrows.

Grade Two

John Muir School

San Diego, California, USA

Holidays

Here are some facts about Halloween and this is the website I found this stuff on! /halloweenfacts.htm. Halloween is one of the oldest celebrations in the world, dating back over 2000 years to the time of the Celts who lived in Britain and northern France. It has its roots in the feast of Samhain, which took place on 31 October each year to honor the dead. The facts I found on the Internet tell a little bit about Halloween and this holiday is a really unusual holiday.

My second holiday I am doing is Flag Day and the Internet site I found is . Here is some info about our holiday Flag Day! This is the birthday of our national flag. Each year this day on the calendar to reminds us of the day the Stars and Stripes became our national flag-June 14, 1777. Honor our flag this Flag Day and learn about many different kinds of flags. Catch the wave of flag fever!

The third holiday I am going to do Memorial Day and the Internet site I found was .com/exhibits/memorial/memorial.html. Here are some facts I found out about the holiday Memorial Day! Memorial Day is much more than a three-day weekend that marks the beginning of summer. To many people, especially the nation's thousands of combat veterans, this day, which has a history stretching back all the way to the Civil War, is an important reminder of those who died in the service of their country.

Elizabeth

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Holidays

I celebrate December 25 because it is special. My family celebrates with me at home. I like it because it is fun.

Karina, Grade 4

John Muir School

San Diego, California

Holidays

I celebrate December 25 as the birth of Jesus. My family celebrates with me at home. We open presents. It's fun

Ryan, Grade 4

John Muir School

San Diego, California

Holidays

We celebrate 12/25 because it means a lot to us and it means something to our family. We celebrate at our house and invite people over. We talk about how we love each other, and we give presents. I like Christmas because I get to see my relatives that I have never seen before and I get to spend time with them.

Jasmine, Grade 4

John Muir School

San Diego, California

Holidays

We have five holidays. We like to celebrate them because they are part of our culture. My favorite holiday is Christmas because I get presents. What I want this Christmas is a mini-motorcycle. My mom said I might not get it. If I don’t get a motorcycle I want a PS2 game station.

Terre, Grade 4

John Muir School

San Diego, California, USA

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ROMANIAN HOLIDAYS CALENDAR

• 1st of January – New Year

• 8th of January – Saint John

• 14th of February – Valentine’s Day

• 1st of March – “Little March” Day

• 8th of March – Mother Day

• March/April - Eastern

• 1st of May – Labor Day

• 1st of June – Children’s Day

• 1st of December – Romania National Day

• 6th of December – Saint Nicholas

• 25th of December - Christmas

• 31st of December – New Year’s Eve

2nd Grade A

General School No.6,

Arad, Romania

MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY

Students from the 2nd Grade A

General School No.6

Arad, Romania

Romina

My favorite holiday is Christmas. I love it because I go carolling with my friends, I eat cakes and I decorate the Christmas tree.

Lorina

I like Christmas because I sing carols, I receive gifts and I eat cake.

Diana

My favorite holiday is Christmas because there will be snow, I receive presents and we decorate the Christmas tree.

Andra

I like most Christmas because:

• I sing carols

• I receive a lot of presents

• I ride my sleigh

Cosmina

The most special holiday to me is Christmas. I really love it for the gifts I get. I also like to go caroling and to decorate the Christmas tree.

Adina

My favorite holiday is Christmas. I like it because I go caroling, I receive presents and I ride the sleigh.

Alina

My favorite holiday is Christmas because we go caroling, we decorate the Christmas tree and we receive a lot of candies.

MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY

Students from the 2nd Grade A

General School No.6

Arad, Romania

Andreea D

My special holiday is Christmas. I love it for the snow, Santa and carols.

Brigitte

I like Christmas because I go caroling, I receive presents and I eat a lot of sweets.

Andreea B

I really love New Year’s Eve because I thunder firecrackers, I drink kids champagne and I watch the fireworks in the sky.

Dorin

My favorite holiday is Mother Day. I love my mother and I like to give her presents and to tell her “Happy Birthday.”

Vlad R

The most special holiday for me is Christmas because we decorate the Christmas tree, we listen carols and we go carolling to our friends.

Daniela and Rebeca

My favorite holiday is Saint Nicholas. I like it because Saint Nicholas brings me sweets, toys and a Christmas tree.

Catalin

The most special holiday for me is Christmas. I really like it because we make snowmen, we receive presents and my mother makes a lot of cakes.

Romania National Day

1st of December

2nd Grade A

General School No.6

Arad, Romania

On 1st of December 1918 the Romanians from Transylvania decided to reunify with Romania (the south and the east parts of the today territory). The event took place at Alba-Iulia (a town in the center of the country) and it is known as the Great Unification of all Romanians.

I celebrate with my family Romania’s National Day on 1st of December each year. I have a day off from school and my parents from work. We go down town to watch the shows for this special occasion. We admire traditional dances, songs and costumes. We walk and we play in the park. We watch at TV the festivities programs from Alba-Iulia.

Diandra

I go with my parents in front of Arad City Hall to see the shows. We cook little meat sticks by the size of a finger, called in Romanian mici. We eat mici with mustard paste and bread. I also slide with my sleigh if there is any snow.

Daniela

On 1st of December, when we celebrate our National Day, I watch TV with my family. We have a special dinner. We go to the City Hall to see the fireworks. We also walk through the city and we meet friends.

Cosmina

Romania National Day

1st of December

2nd Grade A

General School No.6

Arad, Romania

On 1st of December I go with my family to watch the military parade. We assist at the wreaths depositions at the Wars Fallen Soldiers monument. We sing our national hymn and we pray for our heroes’ souls.

Andreea B.

On 1st of December we play remy game. We celebrate with champagne. We watch TV and we go to the parade. I like to draw and to color because is my school day off.

Vlad R.

Romania National Day

1st of December

2nd Grade A

General School No.6

Arad, Romania

I go with my family down town to see how the center is decorated. We visit the Children’s Park, which is opened for Winter Holiday on 1st of December. We visit our friends and we watch the show organized for our National Day. Back home we talk about the day we spent.

Andreea D.

I go with my family in the center of the city and in the Children’s Park. We go to the cake shop. We visit our relatives.

Romina

Romania National Day

1st of December

2nd Grade A

General School No.6

Arad, Romania

On 1st of December I go with my sister, my parents and my grandparents in the town we watch the soldiers’ parade. We wave little national flags and balloons. At home we watch at TV how is the National Day celebrated at Alba-Iulia and Bucharest. In the night, we go again in front of the City Hall to watch the show and the fireworks.

Diana

We go down town and we listen the national hymn. We watch the military parade. We walk in the park. In the night we watch TV.

Catalin

On 1st of December I go with my parents down town. We watch the soldiers’ parade. We listen traditional songs played by folk music bands. When we arrive back home, we have dinner together. Then we all watch TV to see how the rest of the country spent our National Day.

Daniel

Holidays in Kazakhstan

There are some big holidays in our country.

We celebrate New Year on the 31st of December. People go to the Central Square of our town to see the Christmas tree. We slide down from big ice-mountain in the Square Then people go for a walk. People make fireworks in the Square and in their yards. . We have a New Year party at home. We decorate our home and street of our town with the help of lights, tinsel and paper snowflakes.

On that day we wish our dearest and nearest a “Happy New Year.” When clock strikes twelve we drink a toast to the New Year. There are many presents we can find under the home Christmas tree. And every year we have the same popular films on the TV-set: Irony of fortune, Shurik’s adventure and other comedies. The most popular concert is in New Year night. There are many famous sing and singer in it.

Children and adults like this holiday because it is the most interesting and funny one.

But on the 22nd of March there is Nauryz (Kazakh’s new year). There are many people in Kazakh costumes in the street. People go to the Central Square and have tea and play different national Kazakh games.

The 14th of February is St. Valentine’s Day. People buy or make Valentine heart-cards and sent them to people they love. There are different cards to suit all tastes.

I’ll be your sweetheart

If you will be mine,

All of my life

I’ll be your Valentine.

The rose is red,

The violets are blue,

The honey’s sweet

And so are you.

On March 8th there is a holiday for women. On that day children congratulate their mothers and grannies. They give them different presents and say how they love them. Men give flowers and presents to their women.

Then we celebrate Easter. On Easter Sunday people give each other eggs, which were colored, and Easter cake. Russian Easter cake is made from curds and raisins. People shouldn’t say “Hello.” They say, “Christ is risen!” and you should answer, “He is risen indeed!” One week before we bring home willow branches and on Easter Sunday they blossom.

On April 1st there is a day for fun ñ April Fool’s Day. Children like this day very much. They play jokes and tricks on other people.

October 25 - the day of independence of our Republic. On the 1st of May there is Universal day of work. On this day we don’t go to school and go to the parade along town streets with balloons, flowers. On the 9th of May there is Victory day in our country. We congratulate veterans and give them concert. The heads of our town give them presents, too.

December16th - the day of independence of our Republic. It’s new holiday in our country. But it’s popular.

Students from 3d Grade

School #10

Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan

Christmas and Christmas Eve

The holiday I chose is Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Christmas Eve Night, I go to one of my aunt’s and uncle’s house, and we have a feast! Then, we open our presents. Next, we have desserts. Last, we go home. Early on Christmas morning my sister, Chelsa, and I go downstairs to get our stockings and go in one of our rooms. Next, we wait until my other sister and parents wake-up or Chelsa and I will wake them up. After that, the whole family opens presents. Last, we have a special dinner. I wish Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were every week.

Hannah

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

A New Holiday

I will invent a new holiday called the Skateboard Day! The people would skateboard all day. If some people couldn’t skateboard, they try their best. You can also eat junk food and watch

skateboard movies all day. It would be the best day ever!

Billy

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

Christmas

Every year on Christmas morning, my sister and I are usually the first ones to wake up. Since we wake up at about 7:30 A.M., we wait about an hour so we can wake my parents up, and ask them if they can come down so we can open our presents. When my sisters and I start opening our presents, my parents usually just watch. Then we give them their presents and they open them. My family and I always have the best time on Christmas!

Alexandra Burdick

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

Christmas

When my family celebrates Christmas we cannot go down stairs to our family room before my dad before 7:00 am. Then my dad videotapes us while we open our presents. Then we have breakfast at 8:00 am. After that we play with our toys for the rest of the day.

Mitchell

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

CHRISTMAS

I like Christmas because it is about joy and leaving the bad things behind. I personally like to give more then receive. I like to see smiles on people’s faces. For example I went to a party where you exchange gifts. I brought a gift to the party and got one, but I gave it away. Christmas is great. Christmas is to celebrate Jesus Christ’s birthday.

HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS!!

Monique

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

Hanukkah

I celebrate Hanukkah every December. It is a Jewish holiday that means the festival of lights. Long ago an oil lamp in a temple was only supposed to burn for one more day but it took eight days to bring the oil back. It was a miracle because the oil lasted the whole time. That is why Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah for eight days. We light a candle on a menorah for each night and exchange gifts.

Drew

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

Pet Day

If I could make a holiday it would be called “Pet Day.” Pet Day is when you bring your pet everywhere that you go. At school, your pets will sit in little desks. At work, your pets will wear matching outfits with their owners. Pets will have little cages to sit in while you do your work. Either at school or work there will be a pet show. Each pet will receive a special treat. When it’s lunchtime, pets can choose from different snacks on the pet buffet. After lunch, everyone relaxes or plays with their pets. I think the pets will have the best time at school during gym with their owners because they get to do a lot of exercise! Finally, everyone must bring in supplies to help the pets without families. That shows respect towards animals.

This holiday will be celebrated on June 10th because the weather is good for it. Animals bring love, joy, happiness, and warmth to us (even the wet noses). They need a special day for themselves.

Arlene

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

Thanksgiving

On Thanksgiving my family and I go to my Aunt Lynn and Uncle Mike’s for a big dinner. We have lots of desserts and food to eat. It’s even more fun when my two cousins are there. Their names are Caitie and Billy. Caitie is 21 and Billy is 17, they aren’t kids anymore, they are adults. They live in Pennsylvania in a town called Lansdale. We leave my house at about 1:30 pm and get there around 3 pm. We leave to come home at around 9 pm. When we get home I go straight to bed because I am very tired!

The next day we leave at 12:30 pm to get our Christmas tree. We have a family tradition. Every year on the day after Thanksgiving, we go get are Christmas tree with my aunt and uncle. We go to a place in Pennsylvania called Beck's. They have really nice trees. My mom brings hot chocolate and cookies. After we get our tree, everyone comes back to my house and my mom and dad make a big dinner and a delicious one too. We do a lot of talking! That is what I do on my Thanksgiving weekend. This is why I chose this special day.

Emily

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

Thanksgiving

A holiday I celebrate is Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is when you give thanks for everything. When my family has Thanksgiving, we invite a bunch of people to our house. We eat all kinds of foods such as: turkey, corn, and stuffing. Thanksgiving comes on the last Thursday of November. Look forward to Thanksgiving because it’s close to my birthday, then Christmas is only a month away.

Brette

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

Christmas

Christmas is a holiday that my family and I celebrate. I like to celebrate Christmas because our whole family gets together and we get lots of presents. We also eat lots of food like shrimp and calamari. The children also get many days off of school. That is why I like Christmas the most and when Santa gives us presents. We can play with the presents that got from Santa. That's a way I like Christmas.

C.J.

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

A Holiday

Halloween is a holiday that I celebrate. I start by carving a pumpkin. Next I go to school in my costume and everyone gets to see whom I am. Then my friend and me go Trick or treating. After that we come home and count our candy. Last we go to bed. That's how I celebrate Halloween.

Gregory

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

Moon Day

Moon Day is a Chinese holiday usually celebrated in January. Moon Day is the day the moon shines the brightest. Every Moon Day, you would have a traditional Moon cake that tastes like something you never tasted before. Not many people put up decorations like an origami paper moon, but most have family gatherings. I sometimes celebrate Moon Day if it is during school vacation.

Moon Day is not a major holiday, but it is a very fun holiday!

Terry

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

Kids Day

If I were to create a holiday, I would call it Kids Day. Kids Day would be celebrated on June 15th every year. Kids all over the world would celebrate this day. The purpose of this day would be to give one day out of the year that kids are in charge without their parents bossing them around or telling them what to do. Kids will get to do whatever they want besides taking over the world and going to school I think you would really want to be a kid so you don’t miss out on this holiday!!!!! Kids Day is the holiday of my dreams.

Gabrielle

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

My Birthday

A minor holiday that we celebrate is my birthday. On my birthday I get a lot of presents. When I go to school I bring in cupcakes and I get pencils and stuff from the teachers. Then I get home from school I get to pick where we go to eat. I usually like to go to Chuck E Cheeses because it has pizza and you can win prizes. Then my family calls me and wishes me a Happy Birthday and then I go to sleep.

Lucas

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

A New World Holiday

If I were to make a new world holiday that everybody in the world would celebrate I would make a holiday called Kid’s Day. On this holiday, kids would be able to shop at any store for free. Even in amusement parks, they would be allowed in the acts and performances. I would set this holiday on April 21st, one day before my birthday! I would chose this holiday because I am a kid and I have always thought it would be fun to have a holiday like this. I think everybody would like this day, except maybe the storeowners.

John

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

Boy’s Day

If l could create a new holiday, l would create Boy’s Day. It would be on July 26th, which is my birthday. It would be celebrated with

everyone worshipping boys and giving them presents. That's why l would create boys day.

Jimmy

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

A Special Holiday

Christmas is a special holiday in our house. On Christmas Eve day my Dad’s family goes out to brunch, and my Mom, Dad, my sister Erin and I go, too. After we are through eating brunch we go to my Grammy’s house and exchange presents. I always get really good presents. When we are through we go home and get ready for Christmas Eve. We put out our presents to each other and get in our Christmas pajamas. We always have hot chocolate, leave Santa his cookies, and read holiday stories. Erin and I go to bed and she usually falls asleep, but I never get much sleep that night. After a long time I fall asleep, then Santa comes. As he goes he somehow sprinkles magi on me. I believe this magic is to make me get up look at the presents and wake up my parents. I’m so anxious to open all my presents. After we open the presents my Mom makes a delouse breakfast for everyone. Around 2:00 PM in the afternoon we go to my Mom’s side of the family and I still get more presents. I do love getting presents but it is better to be with my family. Christmas is great!

Meghan

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

Cool Day

If l could make a holiday it would be called cool day. It would last for 10 days. All kids would get 10 presents a night. There would be no school or work. It would be celebrated December 1st - December 10th. All kids would love the holiday. Everyone would have no school or work until January 2nd. It would be the best holiday ever.

Scott

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

Kids’ Day

On Kids’ Day children get to have anything they want for free. They also get to do anything they want. The parents cannot tell them what to do or punish them. Their holiday would be celebrated on August 16th because it has good weather and it is in the summer.

Stephanie

Fourth grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve I go to my aunt’s house. At my aunt’s house I go to towns and look at lights. After that I go and play. Then I eat. Finally I open presents. That is my Christmas Eve.

Brittany

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

My Favorite Holiday

My favorite holiday is Christmas because I get to spend most of it with my family and I get a lot of presents. Some children believe in Santa Claus. Most children believe in Santa when they are young. But I like sharing Christmas with my family the most.

Shannan

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

Christmas

Christmastime is special to my family. We have traditions such as baking cookies and decorating, inside and out. We drive to a few places to see their nice decorations every year, too. On the weekends before Christmas, we have friends over to celebrate. On Christmas Eve, my family exchanges gifts with each other. On Christmas morning we open our “ stocking” gifts, have breakfast, and then we open our “Santa” gifts under the tree. After lunch we go to my grandparents house. There, we get even more gifts! We also get to see all our cousins. The next morning we refer to as “Pajama Day”. We sleep late and lay around all day in our new stuff.

I love Christmastime.

AJ

Fourth Grade

Franklin Township School

Quakertown, New Jersey, USA

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