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Line of Inquiry 1: Features of traditions and celebrations (form, perspective) Teacher Questions: What events and traditions are familiar to me? What does my family celebrate? What events and traditions do different people and communities celebrate? What do different communities celebrate? How are the sights, sounds, symbols and meanings of celebrations alike and different? Line of Inquiry 2: Reasons people celebrate (perspective, connection) Teacher Questions: What are the origins of different celebrations? What is the role of traditions in different celebrations? Line of Inquiry 3: Symbols in celebrations and traditions (form, connection, perspective) Teacher Questions: What do sights, sounds and symbols mean at different celebrations? How are the sights, sounds, symbols and meanings of celebrations alike and different?
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Celebrating The Year of the Dog

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We celebrate this event over 2 weeks and it includes lots of great fun information and pictures. Email me at carton_michelle@asdk12.org

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We are in our final week before Christmas - teachers, and students are ready to begin their annual festivities. We are all very excited; as we prepare to spend time with friends and family over the Winter break. For some it involves lots of traveling and time in the air ( on an aeroplane)
We have just finished our annual carol service - the link is attached: How different or similar is this to your celebrations? What do you all have going on this time of year?
Mr Towse

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ES Carol Night - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/seisen-events

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We just had a visit this morning from Russian Mamá and Papá Noel (thanks to two mothers from our class). They talked about the differences between Spanish and Russian Christmases, talked about their traditions and even passed out gifts. It was a lovely experience.http://www.infantmakerspace.blogsek.es/2017/12/11/russian-christmas-navidad-rusa/

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We celebrate New Years in April

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Here in Wisconsin, in the United States of America, we celebrate Christmas on December 25th. We leave out milk, cookies and other treats for Santa to enjoy as he makes his rounds to every house during the night of December 24th. When we wake up on the 25th, we celebrate Christmas with our families, enjoy delicious meals that often include turkey or ham, and open gifts. Christmas time is all about spending time with your family. This time of year is usually when we have a break from school, too. This year, we have off December 25th through January 1st for our winter break. We go back to school on January 2nd.

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Below is a slideshow I shared with Grade 1 on how and why people celebrate Guy Fawkes Night in the UK.  Mr Hughes.

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Remember remember the fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot!

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Celebrations Around the World - Indonesia

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Celebrations Around the World - Indonesia

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Click the link to learn more about celebrations from students at Ipeka Integrated Christian School, Indonesia

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In Hong Kong we always eat sweet food and noodles.

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I celebrated Marvel Day in Suzhou. I wore my Hulk costume and people were staring at me. In Australia we celebrate Christmas and Happy New Year and birthdays.

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My family celebrates Diwali. Just when we are in India. We pray and put colourful patterns on our hands. The ancient Indians used to do that.

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I celebrate Chinese New Year. It's a different time than normal New Year on January 1st. There is a new animal zodiac each year.

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In Sweden we celebrate Lucia. On the 13th of December they thought it's the coldest and darkest night. So Lucia came with the light.

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In China we celebrate Moon Cake Festival. We eat Moon Cakes because of a Chinese Story.
We also celebrate Dragon Boat Festival. We don't really know why. Maybe because it's to think about the dragons in the past.

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My favorite celebration is my birthday. I love birthday parties and surprises!

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My birthday celebration was at my home in Fukasawa.

Here I was turning 6 years old and it was on the 22 January 2017.

I was very happy and we danced to birthday songs from the laptop.

I had a cake and lots of nice food and snacks.

My parents and my brother bought me the presents and they sang me happy birthday songs.

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Birthday celebration
Kagura Shiratori

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 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION:Kagura ShiratoriOn my  6th Birthday , I had a party at home . We have a Sushi bar and a chef to cook for us  my friends came and we have lots of fun . I received many gifts from my parents and friends .Birthday is my favorite occasion. After the party my parents took me to Disneyland with my brother , I am so happy 😊

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 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION:Kagura ShiratoriOn my  6th Birthday , I had a party at home . We have a Sushi bar and a chef to cook for us  my friends came and we have lots of fun . I received many gifts from my parents and friends .Birthday is my favorite occasion. After the party my parents took me to Disneyland with my brother , I am so happy 😊

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My birthday this is the only time I can see all of my family in a year. Especially I am very happy to meet my cousin NANA who lives in HongKong.
We sing, we eat and we share presents each other. We have fun and I love my family so much.

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This is my older-brother`s birthday celebration. We usually celebrate birthdays of our family members at home. The way we do it does not much differ from the general western tradition. The person who has a birthday usually puts on a birthday hat. We add candles to the birthday cake and light them up. Then we sing a birthday song and the birthday boy or girl blows the candles out and receives gifts. The main difference is that we usually sing a Russian birthday song in which there are following words:

A wizard will suddenly appear
In a blue helicopter,
And will show me free movies.
He'll say Happy Birthday
And just before he flies away
He'll probably leave 500 ice cream cones for me.

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On January 5th in Spain you can see in almost every town no matter how small it may be the three kings parade. It reminds us of how this very important characters of the Bible reached the portal of Bethlehem where Jesus had born. They reached their destination following a very glowing star that appeared in the sky called "Olanda"

These parades are very important tradition where all the family gathers to see how the Kings follow their track. These parades always have Christmas carols and they throw sweets for the kids.
Every year we visit our grandparents house in Medina the Rioseco with my aunt's, uncle's and cousins and we spend the night together, we have a very traditional cake like called Roscon de Reyes and hot chocolate.
Later that night these three kings  visit every house and give presents to all the good children. We always leave some cookies and wine for the Kings and some milk or wáter for the camels that take them.

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Cabalgata de Reyes Medina de Rioseco 2016

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Cabalgata de Reyes en la dársena del Canal de Castilla de Medina de Rioseco. El espectáculo comienza con un audiovisual proyectado sobre la fábrica de harinas "San Antonio" que hoy está convertida en museo y continúa con la llegada de los Reyes Magos en el barco "Antonio de Ulloa".

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Birthday celebration has always been our big event of the year! As Rei grew up in America, it was very common to hold a birthday party in a park or a big play area with huge inflatables with lots of friends. It was always nice to hear Happy Birthday song sung by her friends with some fun claps in between! After the song, we eat this sheet cake with her edible picture and her favorite characters for the year. The cake is the symbol of the birthday and it brings back a lot of good memories of the year

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Shichi-go-San, which means 7, 5 and 3 year old, a Japanese annual event to celebrate their healthy growth and longevity. My family, we usually dressed up kimono or Hakama ( for boy ) and go shrine to pray for their healthy growth and wish longevity with their parents. And we also take commemorating photos at a photo studio.
Next year she is turning 7 year old girl. She has a celemony called "Obitoki". Until the age of seven, girls used him to thigh their kimono, but after seven they were starting to use Ono, which is just same as adult women wear.
Kokomi's family are very happy to celebrate her 7years Shichi go san this November. We wish her healthy growth and longevity with deeply appreciation.

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Lunar new year's day in korea(Hayul Cho)

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Lunar new year's day in korea(Hayul Cho)

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My family came together to celebrate my first birthday.
In Korea, Parents prepare rice cake on the party table.
White rice cake has the meaning of purity.Red bean rice cake is believed to keep the evil spirit away. The food is stacked high to symbolize a life of prosperity for the baby.
The first birthday girl become the first grader.

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Lunar new year's day in Korea(Hayul Cho)

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Lunar new year's day in Korea(Hayul Cho)

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Korean people celebrate lunar new year's day which is called 'Sol-Nal'. Extended family gather together in hometown and they eat rice cake soup together called 'dduck gguk'. They believe that they can get one year older as they eat rice cake soup. They also bow to older people wishing their happiness. After bowing, older people give a money to younger one as a reward. You can hear New year's song and saying "Happy new year" all around. You can see many people wearing Han Bok which is korean traditional costume. I love Sol-nal , because I can meet all my family and I can wear Han Bok. It makes me look more pretty.

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Every year on Christmas Eve, our family gets together in the U.S. for a special "Seven Fishes" dinner.  I help my mommy make crab cakes. We usually go to see the Nutcracker ballet. I can't wait to go and see all my cousins again this year!

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My whole family celebrated my Shichi-go-san when I was 3 years old. We went to the shrine and celebrated my growth. There was a loud sound of a drum throughout the celebration. That was very noisy. I didn’t like that. After the celebration, I got an omamori and Chitose-ame and I was very happy.

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It is the important celebration to my family because we are having  a fun and great time every year by putting Halloween costumes on and making the jack-o'-lantern. Trick-or-treat is also fun because I could get a lot of candies.

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Important celebrations in my life. My first Holy Communion and my graduation.  

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Important celebrations in my life. My first Holy Communion and my graduation.  

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Click on the youtube link below to find out about a couple of celebrations that have been important in my life.

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I am going to talk about shichi-go-san in this video.

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I celebrate Christmas every year. It's an  important time for our family to get together.

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I got a piece with fève and wore a crown!

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Galette des rois is a celebration in France to eat a cake at Christian festival called Epiphany.

We eat a tart filled with almond cream and there is a hidden charm called "fève" in the tart.

Person who get a slice of galette with fève wears a crown and it's said that person will have a good luck during that year.

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Many peolple congratulated my 1st birthday. I heard peolple's clapping sounds. There were many foods in the birthday party restaurant. My parents and I wore 'Hanbok' that is a Korean traditional clothes. There was Doljobi event. I holded writing brush. It means that I would become a 'professor'.

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All Saint's Day / Day of the Dead (1st November) - Chloe Laurel

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All Saint's Day / Day of the Dead (1st November) - Chloe Laurel

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During All Saint's Day we visit and put flowers and candles on the grave of my grandpa. The flowers symbolize peace and the candles symbolize light. In the cemetery we also see and herar other families praying, talking and singing.

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on Diwali, people visit temples and eat special food like ladoos and payasam (yum). Homes are filled with lights, flowers and candles. We light up fireworks and the sky is full of colors!

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My family celebrated that I have eaten a food first time.
"Okuizome" is a Japanese event that we happy to be a health.

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I prayed.

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On Diwali, people visit temples and eat special food like ladoos and payasam (yum). Homes are decorated with lights and flowers. We light up fireworks and the sky is full of colors!

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On Canada Day our town has a parade where we see horses that say “neigh!”, red/white balloons, Canada flags and other floats.

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With Snoopy

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Canada Day- Ella Tierney
This me with my cousins.We all wear red and white and have special Canada tattoos!

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This is a photo of Akane's birthday party.  It was so fun. I saw my friends.  My teachers were also there.  We ate fruits, vegetables and chickens. We drunk juice and tea.  We played so much and we had so many presents.  We played soccer,too!

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My family and I celebrate the birthday of the country we are from - Canada!  Canada Day is on July 1st.
On this day everyone wears red and white because they are the colors on our flag. Many towns have parades and we see Mounted Police, horses, Canada flags, balloons and floats. The fire department throws candy for the kids from the fire trucks.
After the parade we hear the band play “O Canada” and we sing along.
Sometimes people even paint their faces and get Canada tattoos for the day.
At night we can hear the BANG of the beautiful fireworks!

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I celebrate my 753.l pray happy and good health at temple.
After the temple I ate the dinner with my family.

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I celebrate my birthday with friends. It is my sixth birthday party.
I invite my  friends at Kid play cafe. We eat delicious food and paly for 4hours. My friends sing a birthday song for me and give me a lot of presents.
I really like a birthday party.

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I celebrated my turning of 7th age with my cousin who was celebrating turning of 3rd age.
We wore kimonos and set our hairs up. The celebration was at Zojyoji Temple.
In the olden days when there were no doctors, many children got sick and were not able to live up to 7,5,3 years of age. That is why when we reach the age of 7,5,3, we celebrate for our happiness and our health.

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I celebrated my turning of 7th age with my cousin who was celebrating her turning of 3rd age.
We both wore kimonos and set our hairs up.
The ceremony took place at Zojyoji Temple.
In the olden days when there were no doctors, many children got sick and were not able to live up to 7,5,3 years old. That is why when we reach the age of 7,5,3 we celebrate for our health.

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I celebrated my turning of 7th age. My cousin also celebrated her turning of 3rd age.
We did our celebration at Zojyoji Temple.
I wore a kimono and set my hair up.
In the olden days when there were no doctors, many children got sick and were not able to live up to 7,5,3, years old. That is why when we reach the age of 7,5,3, we celebrate for our health

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I choose birthday  celebraion. Because I like a birthday party. On birthdays, I celebrate the day with family , get a present and have yummy foods.

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Christmas is a celebration because you get presents from Santa. And you sing songs, make a card and eat cakes. We make a snowman outside. We make Christmas tree in my house.  It is so much fun!

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Birthday is important for my family. We celebrate with my friend and family. On the cake, there will be candles to blow with making wishes and evey year I will have additional candle because I will be one more older!

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Anne van Weezel

For my birthday I had a princess party with my friends. We played games, ate cake and had fun together. The decarations were very pretty! We also sang songs and opened birthday presents so I was very happy.

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We celebrate Christmas and we put cookies and hot milk for Santa and we draw some pictures so Santa Claus knows what we want. We put the letters outside the window and when I wake up I cannot see my letter again. I was thinking Santa Claus take it away. We put the socks under the tree and the fairy come and put chocolate and candies inside the socks.

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Diwali is the biggest festival in india. We celebrate light to warship goddess Lakshmi, goddess of wealth. My grand parents were visiting Japan so we celebrated together in Japan. We put many candle lights outside home and enjoyed fireworks!!

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Shichi Go San 7-5-3 celebration- Kokoro Shikanai

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Shichi Go San 7-5-3 celebration- Kokoro Shikanai

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Shichi Go San is a celebration for children who become 7 and 3 years old for girls and 5 years old for boys.We go to shrine to thank and pray for the growth and health. We got “Chitose Ame” which is long, pink and white color candies, wishing children’s happiness and long life. We have feast with family.

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Christmas is one of my favorite celebration.  Every Christmas we decorate the house and Christmas tree and fill each other's stockings with gifts.
We also put up a wreath on our front door.
I sing Christmas carols at the school concert and play Christmas songs at the piano concert.
I love dressing up in pretty dresses and eat candy cane and Christmas cake.  On Christmas day we open presents from Santa.
I also love seeing the bright lights outside.

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On my birthday, we celebrate with my family and friends.I eat birthday cake, and open the birthday presents!

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Birthday is my favorite celebration of the year. I eat birthday cake, get a lot of presents and play with my friends.
Before we eat the cake, everyone sings happy birthday song and I blow out the candles.
This is a picture of my 6 year-old birthday party.

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This celebration is special to me because it’s my big sister’s birthday and it
celebrates the birth of Jesus.

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These are Christmas lights. Many  people decorate their houses. Have you decorated your house before?

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This is a picture of me and my little brother with a christmas tree. You could see that we have a lot of presents. I have two ballerinas in my hands. My little brother has a nutcracker in his hand.

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On Christmas you can make a gingerbread house. Also you could bake cookies for Santa.

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We celebrate birthdays with the birthday song and sometimes with crackers!
Birthday cake and candles are symbols for the birthday. We also enjoy yummy foods.

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This is a picture of me and my little brother with Santa. I was Mrs Claus and my little brother Hugo was an elf.
I heard Christmas songs everywhere.

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On Christmas, our family gathers around and we put up a big Christmas tree. Sometimes we visit our Grandpa and Grandma once a year. We see our cousins too.

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Every Christmas I celebrate with a big feast and a cake.The exciting part is when I write a letter to Santa and put it at our Christmas tree.Last year I got a special present!

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Every Christmas I celebrate with a big feast and a Christmas cake.Exciting part is when I write a letter and put it at our Christmas tree.Last year I got a special present from Santa.

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Every year we celebrate Christmas. My mom put a candle wreath on the table. We start on december, 1st with the first candle and every day a new candle will come on the wreath till the 24th.
On the 24th Jesus Christ was born in a crib in Bethlehem. So we also celebrate every year his Birthday.
We also has a beautiful Christmas tree with real, red candles on it. The "Christkind" will also bring us a present on this day. But we have to write a letter to to him with our wish. I like Christmas very much, because it is very nice and in our house there's always a smell with cookies, candles and oranges. Sometimes there will be also snow.

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Yuna's birthday celebration with the new baby

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Yuna's birthday celebration with the new baby

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I had my 7th birthday on September 10th. It was the first time celebrating with my baby brother Noah. It was a happy happy day for everyone. We sang a happy birthday song and my dad nearly dropped Noah. My mom made a mistake and sang "happy birthday dear Noah" instead of Yuna.
When I tried to blow the candles out, my dad blew them off so I shouted "hey!" and hit my dad. My dad said "oops, sorry!"

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We wear new traditional dress, visit each other house, we say "eid Mubarak" when meet someone. We check the moon before the eid day. Adults do pray in the morning then visit their friends too.

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Hinamatsuri is an Japanese traditional cerebraion to pray for young girl's growth and happyness. Familys with girls display dolls which called Hina-doll. Girls and Familys have special meal, Chirashi-sushi, Hamaguri-Soup and Amazake-drinnk.

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Birthday's are fun! Many of my friends came over to play, draw, sing and just have a great time! Mommy cooked us lots of food like popcorn, mac n' cheese, chicken and fruits!   The best was the cake. I wore a blue dress! My friends gave me lots of presents. I loved the Gelatoni cat and bag the most! I want to have another party just like this!

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During celebration, everyone eat cakes and yummy treats. We get to open presents received. Birthday song is sang. There are balloons and drinks as well. Family pictures are taken, pictures with friends too. Some times we received birthday cards too.

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Thanksgiving Day is traditionally a day for families and friends to get together for a special meal. The meal often includes a turkey, stuffing, candied yams, cranberry sauce, gravy, corn muffins, and vegetables. Thanksgiving Day is a time for many people to give thanks for what they have. We celebrate this day every year even after we moved to Japan, and I love the Turkey my mom cooks in the oven!

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We celebrate Christmas with the whole family. We put up Christmas tree and decorate it with ornaments; Christmas balls, lights, and candles. We hear Christmas songs and bells around that time of the year. We make cookies for Santa Clause on Christmas Eve and open presents on Christmas day.

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Veterans Day is holiday in America. It happens on November 11. This is because it celebrates the day that World War I ended, and on that day, a peace treaty was signed on 11/11 at 11:11 AM.  This day honors veterans who serve in the military. People go to parades.

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My birthday is October 5th. Eery year I invite my friends who are also born on October, and celebrate our birthday together.
At the birthday party a chef comes over to our home and cook us some special party foods. It's so yummy!
Besides, we have the birthday cake which is handmade by my Mom's friend Kyoko. She puts some princess cookies on the cake this year.
We sing birthday song and enjoy cakes and get presents!!
I like Birthday !

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I celebrate birthday every year.
I eat lots of treats and birthday cake.
I get lost of presents from my family and my friends.
My family and friends sing Happy birthday song.
I blow out the candles of the numbers of years on the birthday cake.

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On my birthday, I invite my friends and have party. We play together and have foods and snacks. I blow out candles and eat cake with friends. I also get presents from my parents and friends. Everyone sings 'Happy birthday song' to me. The party is so much fun!

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At day of the dead people make a big parade people dress up as skeletons.

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In September my sister and I draw out our Halloween costumes.  We give the drawing to my mum and she makes it for us.

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In our family we celebrate Christmas every year with our close friends the Hagio's.  During the month of December we decorate our house and put up a Christmas tree to make it festive.  We collect gifts and keep them under the Christmas tree.  On December 25th we take it in turns to open our presents.  After that the eight of us sit down and eat a roast dinner together -YUM!

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It is nice to celebrate with family

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Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus. So it is important