Tag Archives: October celebrations
HISTORIC CELEBRATIONS: HALLOWEEN AND THE FEAST OF BASTET
Happy Halloween! Above is one of the FEW holiday pictures for which one of our cats co-operated. His name’s Lucky. In many places, black cats are deemed unlucky, but we’re British, so to us, black cats are a symbol of good luck. Hence his name. We’ve had four full blacks over the years (the others […]
DOUBLE CELEBRATION: THANKSGIVING & EID AL-ADHA
Happy Thanksgiving, Canada, and a Happy & Joyous Eid to all those celebrating the Festival of Sacrifice. It was in 1957 that the second Monday of October officially became Thanksgiving Day in Canada, but feasts and celebrations were held in abundance before that, and not just after the harvest. There were also thanksgiving celebrations for […]
MAKING HISTORY FUN: HISTORY HUNT
Abraham Lincoln once said, “We cannot escape history”. He was right. We can’t. Every day of the year has history attached to it. Take today, for example: · In 1187, October 2nd was the day Saladin captured Jerusalem. · In 1452, October 2nd was the day on which the Duke and Duchess of York welcomed […]
Time Travelling With Kids 