Articles related to "Harvest Celebrations"

August is the month of Cowes Week, shooting stars, holidays and carnivals. If ordinary barbecues and picnics don't appeal, here are some ideas for a themed party.

When Edgar Corbiere combined his vision for a history lesson with a local need, a great cancer fundraiser displaying hay farming practices of the 1930s was born.

The ripening and reaping of grains were cause for great festivities. There were ceremonies and a feast. Celebrate the festival and enjoy recipes for the banquet.

Windfalls of apples greet backyard orchardists every October morning. Apple enthusiasts at Botanic Gardens and at Apple Festivals will be celebrating this month.

If you're attending a harvest celebration or Halloween party this fall, bring a hostess gift that celebrates autumn. Hostess gift ideas include food, drinks, and décor.

No matter who you are or where your people came from, everyone's ancestors had magical ways of honoring the autumnal equinox, when the day and night are of equal length.

Oktoberfest has been celebrated in Munich, Germany since 1810, when a Royal Wedding became an annual event. Cities across American emulate the popular beer festival.

Western Europe has many harvest celebrations each autumn, including Oktoberfest, Martinsmas, and Saint Leopold's Day.

As the residents of Alberta's Lakeland area finish baling the last of the season's hay crop, they join in Mallaig for a cancer fundraiser honoring 1930s haying practices.

Meat and fish were plentiful but what kind of vegetables did the pilgrims and native people share at the first Thanksgiving? Here, we will take a look at what is known.

Here are some great ideas to capitalize on the finest points of the autumn seasonal changes. Incorporate nature, fun, family and friends into your social calendar.

Families and school groups can visit Circle S Farm this autumn for photo ops, mazes, barn slides, hayrides, and a trip to the pumpkin patch during Fall Fun Days.

Thanksgiving, an American harvest celebration, calls to mind warm images of collective joy, marked by thanks, feast, family, friends, food, and... football?

Farms and orchards offer many enjoyable autumn activities. Some Midwest and New England farms even allow and teach patrons to make their own cider using a cider press.

The gathering of the harvest has been celebrated for centuries around the world in the form of harvest festivals or by giving thanks at Thanksgiving celebrations.

Pilgrims and Wampanoagans celebrated the first Thanksgiving. The tribe had its own feast day. Future Pagan immigrants brought their harvest festivals to America.

Looking for some fun Thanksgiving team building activities for the kids? Teach them to work as a team with great group games for children this November season.

Martha Stewart's Thanksgiving recipes, crafts, and decorating ideas for a gorgeous Thanksgiving celebration

The green and leafy South Park Blocks, next to Portland State University, are crammed with shoppers on Saturdays, from late March to mid-December.

National Geographic photos paired with careful historical research create a top-notch children's photo-essay that highlights the Native American experience in 1621.

Oktoberfest -that ubiquitous autumn festival- has a history and a charm that has been overshadowed by the beer that bears its name. Here's a glance into its past...

Hollyhock flowers are favorites for traditional cottage gardens; however, the term 'hollyhock' is often used to describe both the Alcea and Althaea botanical species.

This late November holiday evokes images of turkeys, maize or Indian corn, pumpkins, wheat stalk decorations and cornucopias. Why do they represent this holiday?

Why does the tradition of Thanksgiving Day seem to radiate such a hallowed feeling of harmony, wellbeing and the bond of American identity?

Kwanzaa is a holiday that was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga in the mid-1960's. The holiday is an ethnic holiday that celebrates family, tradition and community unity

Thanksgiving in Canada emerged from British customs and the American holiday. Thanksgiving history started as a time to give thanks for successes and triumphs.

The holidays are known as at time for warmth and friendship, but between Santa Claus, the birth of Christ, presents, cookies and conifers what does Christmas mean?

This Sabbat is also known as Feast of Avalon, Wine Harvest, Cornucopia, Alben Elfred, Winter Finding and Equinozio de Autunno. Enjoy sample feast recipes!

Parents of elementary aged students often participate in the planning of a fall or Halloween celebration for the class. Check out these suggestions for a great party.

Find amazing eagle and tsunami pictures in these books by Caldecott winner Ed Young and author Kimiko Kajikawa that retell an African fable and true Japanese story

What could be better than cocktails with the great tastes of fall and the holidays? Yummy!

Suite101 presents the greatest songs about Thanksgiving to ever go from mouth to ear. Enjoy them with or without cranberries.

Native to the New World, wild turkeys are intelligent. One Founding Father believed that this bird, not the bald eagle, should have been America's avian symbol.