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Thanksgiving Planning and Party Websites

Thanksgiving Planning and Party Websites

The average American has a lot of things happening on Thanksgiving Day. With all of the football games going on around the country, chances are your favorite team is playing and not watching the game is not an option at all. Perhaps you have...

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Thanksgiving Traditions

Thanksgiving Traditions

Thanksgiving, which is celebrated on the last Thursday of November, is a time for families to come together and enjoy the Thanksgiving feast. The first known celebration of Thanksgiving celebration was recorded by the Spanish on September 8, 1565, but the tradition that we model our version of the feast after...

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Dissecting the Halloween Economy

Dissecting the Halloween Economy

Beyond childhood, few of us ever stop to contemplate Halloween, much less how it affects the rest of he world. While nothing beats nostalgic memories of free candy and jack-o-lanterns, it's worth exploring the many ways in which Halloween shapes the economy both before and after the...

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Halloween Traditions

Halloween Traditions

What we now know has Halloween actually has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as the Samhain. Sometimes regarded as the Celtic New Year, the Samhain celebrated the end of the harvest season. During the time of the festival, Celtic people would take stock of all their supplies and slaughter the livestock in anticipation...

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Columbus Day Parades Across the U.S.

Columbus Day Parades Across the U.S.

Every schoolchild knows that Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, and his historic journey is said to have paved the way for the New World to exist as we know it today. Many cultures through North and South America celebrate Columbus Day, and we in the United States...

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Planning a Visit to see Fall Foliage

Planning a Visit to see Fall Foliage

Few things are more breathtaking than the vast array of colors that one can witness during fall when the leaves on the trees begin to change colors. Although many vacationers may find that they used all of their allotted vacation days during the summer, autumn is a wonderful time to see the...

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Labor Day

Labor Day

Although you may view it simply as a delightful three-day weekend at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, Labor Day’s significance far surpasses that which you would be led to believe. The holiday, which is celebrated on the first Monday in September, is unlike many other federal holidays because of...

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How to Plan A Summer Picnic

How to Plan A Summer Picnic

If you ask a few strangers about the most memorable picnic they've ever been on, chances are that they'll share stories of a great idea gone awry. It is deeply embedded in human nature to focus on the negative. Having something go wrong incites the same part of your memory that holds grudges and spawns...

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