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The 31st of October is the day Halloween is celebrated. This is the evening of ‘all hallows’ day’, in which all saints are being honoured. But most people think of other things when Halloween is the topic.

One of them being pumpkins of course. During Halloween you see pumpkins carved, a ‘jack-o’latern’, mostly in a scary face silhouette. Another being the so-called ‘trick-or-treat’ activity by children. All dressed up as a monster or other scary/crazy creature, they go around houses to ask for treats. These are also nights that thriller and horror movies are on television, scary stories are being told and of course haunted houses are being visited. In some neighbourhoods it is a sport to decorate your own house as scary as possible, from visual special effects to old school decorations like spider webs, coffins and a Grim Reaper.

But back to its origin, because it is a Christian holiday. That’s why religious people are going to the church and go to the graves of the dead to re-light their candles. Christians also don’t eat meat on this day but instead eat apples, pancakes and cakes. For them it’s not a commercial fun day but a religious holiday.

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A football player, an actor, probably not the careers you have heard of when thinking about Orenthal James Simpson. No, O.J. Simpson is known for his murder conviction on his wife Nicole Brown-Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman back in 1994. But the trial and the outcome of it are even more famous.

The trial, which began on the 23th of October in 1996, was one of the most publicized ones worldwide. It even was called ‘The trial of the century’, probably because of the verdict that was said on the 3th of October 1995. Not guilty for the murder of Nicole as well as the murder of Ronald, was the jury’s outcome. Almost 100 million international viewers witnessed this verdict.

Later, on February the fourth 1997, a new lawsuit was filed against O.J. The jury found O.J. responsible for the murders of Nicole and Ronald and he also had to pay a total of 33,5 million dollars to the Goldman family.

This trial showed the American way of prosecuting a suspect, especially the influence of a jury. Last year Netflix showed us again the strangeness of an American trial with Making a Murder. In this case it was the other way around, Steven Avery was found guilty for a murder which he didn’t commit. Again, by a verdict of the jury that was found strange by almost every citizen..

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Thanksgiving Day, which is a national holiday in the US, found its origin back in the days when people were asking God for a good harvest and also thanking Him for the harvest from the year before. Every fourth Thursday of the month November this holiday is celebrated all of the US. English immigrants took their traditions, Days of Fasting/Thanksgiving with them to New England (US).

But Thanksgiving Day wasn’t always celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. It goes all the way back to the Founding Fathers till Abraham Lincoln, during these years almost every state in the US had a different date on which Thanksgiving was celebrated. In 1863, during Lincoln’s presidency, the final Thursday of the month November became the national date for Thanksgiving. Later, in 1941, president Roosevelt changed the national holiday date to the one it is today, the fourth Thursday of November.

One of the most famous traditions on this day is the feast, Thanksgiving Dinner. One course is on almost every table in the country every single year, namely the roasted stuffed turkey. As side dishes people use traditional native American food, to keep the tradition alive. The tradition being that the immigrants from England (pilgrims) got their Thanksgiving food as a gift from the native Americans.

Thanksgiving is mostly celebrated with family or close friends. People bring their own drinks along with them and sometimes a course or a side dish for the Thanksgiving Dinner.

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"And now, please take a knee for the national anthem"

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"And now, please take a knee for the national anthem"

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Ever since San Fransisco 49'ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the 'star spangled banner' instead of standing up in August of this year, the nation is devided regarding this remarkable action. Kaepernick did it out of protest against the recent acts against African Americans and other minorities all over the USA.

"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick said afterwards. By taking a knee, he is standing up for civil rights, especially of the minorities. Although Kaepernick doesn’t say it himself, his protest looks like a support act towards Black Lives Movement. This movement fights the inequality and racism in the US. A matter that is been known for decennia in the United States. But since recent shootings on African Americans by the police, the Black Lives Matter movement is more alive than ever before.

Colin Kaepernick isn’t the first athlete to use his position to show support for civil rights, but he is the latest and the one showing it in an unique way. But with one football player not standing for the national anthem, citizens find themselves on opposite sides once again.