as conception would have fallen on Christmas holiday and New Year’s Eve. The early Christians rejected the practice of birthday celebration as pagan tradition of astrology! Orthodox Christianity even now prefers the celebration of name days only. People born on 29 of February celebrate their birthday only once in four years. Modern birthday celebrations and parties by kids (Kinderfeste) mainly came from Germany‚ where the birthday kid received presents‚ chosed a menu‚ and received a butter
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engagements‚ love affairs‚ New Year’s‚ anniversaries and many more can be made more memorable with the help obtained in making beautiful gifts from these websites. One of the popular events is the New Year and Christmas celebrations. If you are planning for New Year 2013 celebration‚ you can couple it up with Christmas party and prepare it all together. New Year can be turned sweet with New Year cards. A wide range of New Year cards can be seen in the market a month or prior to the New Year. All types
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earth will remain useful to our children‚ grandchildren‚ great grandchildren and the many generations to come. They felt that the forests‚ land‚ seas and wildlife were being exploited without any thought for the future. Earth Day is a day of celebration. It is celebrated with speeches‚ contests on earth-consciousness‚ poster-drawing competitions‚ composition-writing‚ song-writing and many other contests to let the people know about earth‚ its surroundings and its proper usage. Earth Day has helped
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Its a holiday that falls on December 26th‚ and lasts a total of seven days. The founder of this celebration goes by the name of Maulana Karenga‚ an African-American leader‚ he proposed this idea between December of 1966 and January of 1967. Kwanzaa is a holiday honoring the culture and traditions of the African origin. During the celebrations‚ candles are lit and libations (ritual performed as an offering to a god) are poured out of a wooden unity cup. The ceremony also
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Christmas Carols can be seen as ‘Scared’ or ‘Profane’‚ where non-religious people are participating in this ceremony‚ as shown in source 3. The picture indicates that people are singing Christmas Carols together as a community and engaging in this celebration. This shows people gathering together to celebrate a ritual‚ whether religious or not‚ providing a sense of
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understand how symbolic and meaningful the celebration really is. Although it may simply be a big fifteenth birthday party to some girls but‚ for me it was an eye opening learning experience. A quinceañera is the celebration of a young woman’s coming of age. In the Spanish language “quince” means fifteen‚ the age that a Hispanic girl becomes a woman. The term quinceañera refers to both the young woman and the name of the celebration. This celebration is composed of two equally important events
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example of right of passage is an quinceanera . Quinceanera is a celebration celebrating the transition into womanhood . Quinceanera has many parts and and rituals throughout the ceremony ‚ each one is very important in its own way having different meanings for each of them ("hallmark") The transition from child to women is a big thing in all cultures but ‚ in hispanic culture they calibrate the coming of age with a Quinceanera also known as a sweet 15 . Quinceanera celebration is believed to have begun a very long time ago when Spanish people brought the
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ever since. Now I have reached my girlhood‚ and every year‚ I am observing my birthday in which my parents are playing a very big role. My feelings on my birth-day: On my thirteenth birthday‚ my joy knows no bounds. Because I know that it is a celebration in which I am the central figure and all eyes are set on me‚ and that I am the queen of the occasion. How it is observed: Quite early in the morning of my birthday; I finish up all my morning-ablutions including my holy bath. I put on a set of
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Christmas “Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind people that they are here for something else besides their selves. “~Eric Sevareid Christmas is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ‚ who is considered the Son of God‚ and the savior of all people. Christ in Christmas refers to the Greek term Christos which means the anointed one. Christmas is usually the time which people spend with their family‚ friends and loved ones. As some songs
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No matter what the day is called‚ it is a day in the year everyone loves to celebrate. Halloween‚ as most call the day‚ has been going on for a long time. If it wasn’t for the history of Halloween‚ today’s society would not know of this great celebration. Halloween has come a great distance in history. Halloween originated from in the Paganistic times and dates back hundreds of years ago. Halloween began in Britain and Ireland‚ and according to the Christian Broadcasting Network the holiday began
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