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Topic: What Holidays do you Celebrate?
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Jokie Smurf
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posted 01-29-2012 05:00 PM
I just thought that it would be interesting to hear what holidays you all celebrate. In New Orleans, Louisiana we celebrate something that you might have heard of called Mardi Gras (Pronounced Marty Graw)where we go to parades where they throw out colored bead necklaces, give out king cake (a cake with white frosting, purple green and gold colored sugar sprinkles, and your choice of a filling. Mardi Gras is mostly celebrated here but they do celebrate it a little in Alabama and I don't know about other places. ![[Happy Smurf]](graemlins/Happy_Smurf.gif) In Mardi Gras some people wear funny masks and hats. You can find more about it by searching on the computer. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
By the way, Mardi Gras is February 18, 2012.
I LOVE MARDI GRAS!!!!!!!!!!
I'll tell you more of the holidays later.
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Smurfette
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posted 01-29-2012 05:04 PM
Christmas
Birthdays
Easter
Halloween (although its not as big here as is in America)
Valentines day
Sir Edmand Hillary day
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Jokie Smurf
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posted 01-29-2012 05:40 PM
Cool Smurfette.
The only thing on your list that I don't celebrate is Sir Edmand Hillary day. I don't even know who he is. Could you please tell me who he is?
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Smurfette
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posted 01-29-2012 06:14 PM
Sir Edmand Hillary was the first person to reach the top of Mt. Everest (the highest mountain in the world, based in Nepal)! He was a New Zealander so you can understand why us in New Zealand celebrate it!
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Wizard Smurf
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posted 01-30-2012 01:14 AM
Actully here we celebrate all of the holidays.
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Wizard Smurf
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posted 01-30-2012 01:18 AM
My favorite is Rizal day.
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Jokie Smurf
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posted 01-30-2012 07:32 AM
That's cool Smurfette. I've heard of Mt. Everest before. I just never heard of him.
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Jokie Smurf
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posted 01-30-2012 08:34 AM
Also, what do you do on Rizal Day Wizard?
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Posts: 2871 | From: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Registered: Nov 2011
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MissCassidy
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posted 02-07-2012 04:21 PM
**taps chin**
If I recall Mardi Gras is the celebration up to the beginning of Lent. It is part of the Christian holiday or (holy day) ecumenical year. I don't celebrate Mardi Gras to the extent as people do in New Orleans although I do know it is celebrated elsewhere around the world, and is known as Carnivale which culminates with Fat Tuesday the day before Ash Wednesday.
The Usual Holidays we celebrate are:
Christmas, New Years, and Easter
Some family Holidays:
Thanksgiving
Boxing Day
Guy Fawkes Night
St. George's Day
St. David's Day
4th of July
Memorial Day (Race weekend for Indiana people)
Summer Bank Holiday (labor day)
Birthdays of course and Anniversaries.
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Smurfette
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posted 02-07-2012 07:41 PM
We also do guy Fawkes, but round here we say "fireworks"
Labour Day
And Waitangi Day (the day the English and Maori signed an agreement to live in piece here in NZ)
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MissCassidy
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posted 02-07-2012 09:17 PM
ANZAC Cookies ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Smurfette
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posted 02-07-2012 09:28 PM
ANZAC- we do that too (australia-new zealand-army- corps from WW2)
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Animator Smurf
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posted 02-10-2012 12:36 AM
Christmas
Easter
Smurfdays
Valentines Day
Boxing Day
Bonfire Night
St. Patrick's Day (One of my favourites)
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Jokie Smurf
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posted 02-10-2012 05:42 AM
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Originally posted by MissCassidy:
**taps chin**
If I recall Mardi Gras is the celebration up to the beginning of Lent. It is part of the Christian holiday or (holy day) ecumenical year. I don't celebrate Mardi Gras to the extent as people do in New Orleans although I do know it is celebrated elsewhere around the world, and is known as Carnivale which culminates with Fat Tuesday the day before Ash Wednesday.
The Usual Holidays we celebrate are:
Christmas, New Years, and Easter
Some family Holidays:
Thanksgiving
Boxing Day
Guy Fawkes Night
St. George's Day
St. David's Day
4th of July
Memorial Day (Race weekend for Indiana people)
Summer Bank Holiday (labor day)
Birthdays of course and Anniversaries.
I don't celebrate most of those holidays except for 4th of July, Memorial Day, and Thanksgiving. It's really cool that we're all getting a chance to learn about holidays in different places. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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When people say giving is better than receiving they are talking about me. Giving someone one of my exploding presents is WAY better than receiving one. ;)
Posts: 2871 | From: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Registered: Nov 2011
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Animator Smurf
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posted 02-10-2012 05:46 AM
Do you guys celebrate St. Patrick's Day? (Irish)
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Jokie Smurf
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posted 02-10-2012 05:51 AM
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Originally posted by Chloette Smurfette:
I just thought that it would be interesting to hear what holidays you all celebrate. In New Orleans, Louisiana we celebrate something that you might have heard of called Mardi Gras (Pronounced Marty Graw)where we go to parades where they throw out colored bead necklaces, give out king cake (a cake with white frosting, purple green and gold colored sugar sprinkles, and your choice of a filling. Mardi Gras is mostly celebrated here but they do celebrate it a little in Alabama and I don't know about other places. In Mardi Gras some people wear funny masks and hats. You can find more about it by searching on the computer.
By the way, Mardi Gras is February 18, 2012.
I LOVE MARDI GRAS!!!!!!!!!!
I'll tell you more of the holidays later.
The first Mardi Gras parade in my area is tonight. It is called Krewe of Cleopatra. My favorite is Krewe of Alla. The reason why is for 2 reasons, one is that a couple of hours before Alla my whole family gets together at a person's house (it's always the same person) and we eat lunch before going to the parade. Second is because, I went to real school (not online school) for Pre-K to First Grade and in that amount of time I'd made one friend. Every year at Alla I get to see my friends. I am really excited. I love Cleopatra too, because my grandma used to ride in it every year until around 2009 or 2010.
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When people say giving is better than receiving they are talking about me. Giving someone one of my exploding presents is WAY better than receiving one. ;)
Posts: 2871 | From: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Registered: Nov 2011
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Jokie Smurf
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posted 02-10-2012 10:37 AM
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Originally posted by Animator Smurf:
Do you guys celebrate St. Patrick's Day? (Irish)
Yes, I do.
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When people say giving is better than receiving they are talking about me. Giving someone one of my exploding presents is WAY better than receiving one. ;)
Posts: 2871 | From: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Registered: Nov 2011
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Oakley Smurf
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posted 02-10-2012 05:53 PM
We have many holidays in Thailand but here's my list:
Songkran Festival (water festival both modernized
and traditional style)
Father's day
Mother's day
children's day (i'm always young at heart so that's totally fine)
christmas day
New year eve
Smurfday of course!
Other holidays weren't meant to celebrate like
many religious holidays,political holidays i
hang out at my house the rest of the day,no celebration.
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Jokie Smurf
Jokie Smurf22 / Chloette / Elton John Smurf / My dog Padfoot
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posted 02-10-2012 05:58 PM
Sounds cool Brainy Smurf Snaeha.
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When people say giving is better than receiving they are talking about me. Giving someone one of my exploding presents is WAY better than receiving one. ;)
Posts: 2871 | From: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Registered: Nov 2011
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