Autumn holidays

birthday ,
anniversary
Special food:
cola ,juice ,turkey
cake
Activities: picnic ,
Dancing ,fireworks ,
parades

and friends to get together for a special meal. The

meal often includes a turkey, stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy, pumpkin pie, and vegetables. Thanksgiving Day is a time for many people to give thanks for what they have.

on or around Thanksgiving Day. Some parades or festivities also

mark the opening of the Christmas shopping season. Some people have a four-day weekend so it is a popular time for trips and to visit family and friends.

closed on Thanksgiving Day. Many offices and businesses allow staff

to have a four-day weekend so these offices and businesses are also closed on the Friday after Thanksgiving Day. Public transit systems do not usually operate on their regular timetables. Thanksgiving Day it is one of the busiest periods for travel in the USA. This can cause congestion and overcrowding. Seasonal parades and busy football games can cause disruption to local traffic.

United States since 1863. Not every one sees Thanksgiving Day

as a cause for celebration. Each year since 1970, a group of Native Americans and their supporters have staged a protest for a National Day of Mourning at Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts on Thanksgiving Day. American Indian Heritage Day is also observed at this time of the year.

in the city of El Paso, Texas in 1598. Another

early event was held in 1619 in the Virginia Colony. Many people trace the origins of the modern Thanksgiving Day to the harvest celebration that the Pilgrims held in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621. However, their first true thanksgiving was in 1623, when they gave thanks for rain that ended a drought. These early thanksgivings took the form of a special church service, rather than a feast.

harvest became more common and started to become annual events.

However, it was celebrated on different days in different communities and in some places there were more than one thanksgiving each year. George Washington, the first president of the United States, proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day in 1789.

October, of apples and orchards. It is celebrated mainly in

the United Kingdom.

in 1990 and has been celebrated in each subsequent year

by people organizing hundreds of local events. Common Ground describe the day as a way of celebrating and demonstrating that variety and richness matter to a locality and that it is possible to effect change in your place. Common Ground has used the apple as a symbol of the physical, cultural and genetic diversity we should not let slip away. In linking particular apples with their place of origin, they hope that orchards will be recognized and conserved for their contribution to local distinctiveness, including the rich diversity of wild life they support.

usually taking place on the Saturday and Sunday closest to

Oct. 21st although a number of venues now simply use the term Apple Day for their own events which can take place anywhere in the second half of October.

Covent Garden, London.

of local varieties of apple, and varieties from across the

country
An apple identification service
An Apple Doctor for advice on growing
Apple cookery demonstrations
Unusual varieties of apples to taste and buy
Orchard produce: cider, juice, apple cakes, pies, preserves
Bee keeping and orchard honey

trees for sale and to order
Orchard mapping and displays

Orchard walks
Illustrated talks
Storytelling
William Tell archery
Apple bobbing

Apple creatures
Orchard painting and photography
Fruit wood carving and

turning
Apple mummers plays
Cider songs
Longest Peel Competition

apple spoils the others, so you must show no quarter

to sin or sinners

It's a good apple tree that has the most sticks under it.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The rotten apple injures it’s nature

likes a lot or likes more than others
as easy as

apple pie-very easy
bad apple- a bad person
compare apples and oranges- to compare two things that are not similar and should not be compared

polish the apple- to flatter someone
rotten apple- a bad person
rotten to the core- to be completely worthless (like a rotten apple)
upset the applecart- to ruin a plan or event by a surprise or accident

is called …. day.
3. The day Christ was crucified... (2

words)
4. The day when many people promise to try and better themselves by, for example, giving up smoking. (3 words)
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1. British people call April 1st …s' Day. (2 words)
2. Most people like to relax at the …
3. A time in Britain when people buy a lot of presents.
4. The day of the week when people go to church.

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decorate
celebrate
carry

holidays
office holidays
bank holidays

Day
Columbus' Day

day of October.
Memorial Day
Halloween
Martin Luther King's Day

November
on the 31st of October
on the 1st Sunday of October

1st Tuesday of September
on the Monday of September
on the 1st

September

of November
on the second half of October
on the 1st Sunday

of October