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Many people visit cemeteries and memorials on Memorial Day to honor and mourn those who died while serving in the U.S. military. Many volunteers place American flags on the graves of military personnel in national cemeteries. Memorial Day is also considered the unofficial beginning of summer in the United States.[4]
The first national observance of Memorial Day occurred on May 30, 1868.[5] Then known as Decoration Day, the holiday was proclaimed by Commander in Chief John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic to honor the Union soldiers who had died in the Civil War.[6] This national observance was preceded by many local ones between the end of the Civil War and Logan's declaration. Many cities and people have claimed to be the first to observe it. However, in 2022, the National Cemetery Administration, a division of the Department of Veterans Affairs, credited Mary Ann Williams with originating the "idea of strewing the graves of Civil War soldiers - Union and Confederate" with flowers.[7]
Official recognition as a holiday spread among the states, beginning with New York in 1873.[8] By 1890, every Union state had adopted it. The World Wars turned it into a day of remembrance for all members of the U.S. military who fought and died in service. In 1971, Congress standardized the holiday as "Memorial Day" and changed its observance to the last Monday in May.
Two other days celebrate those who have served or are serving in the U.S. military: Armed Forces Day (which is earlier in May), an unofficial U.S. holiday for honoring those currently serving in the armed forces, and Veterans Day (on November 11), which honors all those who have served in the United States Armed Forces.[9]
Mother’s Day is a holiday honoring motherhood that is observed in different forms throughout the world. In the United States, Mother’s Day 2023 will occur on Sunday, May 14. The American incarnation of Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. Jarvis would later denounce the holiday’s commercialization and spent the latter part of her life trying to remove it from the calendar. While dates and celebrations vary, Mother’s Day traditionally involves presenting moms with flowers, cards and other gifts.
Celebrations of mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who held festivals in honor of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele, but the clearest modern precedent for Mother’s Day is the early Christian festival known as “Mothering Sunday.”
Once a major tradition in the United Kingdom and parts of Europe, this celebration fell on the fourth Sunday in Lent and was originally seen as a time when the faithful would return to their “mother church”—the main church in the vicinity of their home—for a special service.
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EASTER--Easter also called Resurrection Sunday or Pascha is one of the most important days in the Christian faith commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead according to the New Testament. The Easter Triduum or Paschal Triduum starts on the evening of Maundy Thursday with the last supper continuing on through Good Friday and the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ into Holy Saturday and ending with prayers on the evening of Easter Sunday. The day is the beginning of the Eastertide season and the end of LenT (40 days of fasting and prayer starting on Ash Wednesday ending on Holy Saturday) and Holy Week that started on Palm Sunday and lasts 7 days through to Holy Saturday. Although it is not a federal U.S. holiday, many stores are closed or operate minimal hours on this day.
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HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY
St. Patrick’s Day, feast day (March 17) of St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. Born in Roman Britain in the late 4th century, he was kidnapped at the age of 16 and taken to Ireland as a slave. He escaped but returned about 432 CE to convert the Irish to Christianity. By the time of his death on March 17, 461, he had established monasteries, churches, and schools. Many legends grew up around him—for example, that he drove the snakes out of Ireland and used the shamrock to explain the Trinity. Ireland came to celebrate his day with religious services and feasts.
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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY Valentine’s Day occurs every February 14. Across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint and where did these traditions come from? Find out about the meaning and history of Valentine’s Day, from the ancient Roman ritual of Lupercalia that welcomed spring to the card-giving customs of Victorian England.
The Legend of St. Valentine
Saint Valentine, who according to some sources is actually two distinct historical characters who were said to have healed a child while imprisoned and executed by decapitation.
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Where did Valentine's Day originate from? The history of the holiday—and the story of its patron saint—is shrouded in mystery. We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and that St. Valentine’s Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. But who was Saint Valentine, and how did he become associated with this ancient rite?
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NEW YEARS EVE...
Civilizations around the world have been celebrating the start of each new year for at least four millennia. Today, most New Year’s festivities begin on December 31 (New Year’s Eve), the last day of the Gregorian calendar, and continue into the early hours of January 1 (New Year’s Day). Common traditions include attending parties, eating special New Year’s foods, making resolutions for the new year and watching fireworks displays.
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Ancient New Year’s Celebrations
The earliest recorded festivities in honor of a new year’s arrival date back some 4,000 years to ancient Babylon. For the Babylonians, the first new moon following the vernal equinox—the day in late March with an equal amount of sunlight and darkness—heralded the start of a new year. They marked the occasion with a massive religious festival called Akitu (derived from the Sumerian word for barley, which was cut in the spring) that involved a different ritual on each of its 11 days. In addition to the new year, Atiku celebrated the mythical victory of the Babylonian sky god Marduk over the evil sea goddess Tiamat and served an important political purpose: It was during this time that a new king was crowned or that the current ruler’s divine mandate was symbolically renewed.
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Check your calendar- when do we celebrate Christmas? December 25. But why? In the Christian tradition, Christmas is the celebration of Christ's birth. Now, the Christian Bible itself only contains two accounts of Christ's birth, one in the Gospel of Luke and one in the Gospel of Matthew, and neither gives an actual date for Christ's birth. Biblical scholars have poured over these accounts for details that could give us clues as to Christ's birthday and have concluded that he was born between the years 6 and 4 BCE, in either April or May.
Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ
So, Christ wasn't born in December? Most scholars don't think so, since Mary and Joseph were traveling for the spring festival of Passover at the time of Jesus' birth. How then did our celebration end up in late December? To understand this, we need to understand not the life of Christ, but of the early Christian church. Christianity was born into a world of powerful pagan religions, most notably that of the Roman Empire. For the first few centuries CE, Christian leaders rejected anything that could be connected to pagan practices, which at the time included (to a degree) birthdays. Jesus' birthdate wasn't a big deal to early Church leaders, since birthday celebrations were often connected to the worship of fertility deities.
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Halloween is an exciting time of year for both kids and adults – we dress up in costumes, visit neighbors for sweet treats and carve pumpkins, among many other fun fall activities. However, COVID-19 & the new delta variant has made some of those traditional activities a bit more difficult. But don’t worry, we’re sharing new and exciting ways for you to celebrate Halloween, while still staying safe and socially distant!
1. Trick or Treat With a Twist
The classic tradition of kids wandering up to homes and joyfully accepting candy isn’t a super-safe idea during these uncertain times, but have no fear, an alternative is here! Instead of requiring kids to come to your door and reach into a common bowl, set up a table on your porch or driveway and set out plastic baggies or favor bags, each filled with small candies. This way, there are no grabby hands in a bowl, yet kids still get their sweet treat.
Pro tip: Leave a bottle of hand sanitizer on the table for those who might want to take a squirt, and set up a sign that lets kids know to only take one bag.
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2. Enjoy Costumes from Afar
Whichever way you are passing out candy, make sure you don’t miss out on the costumes by staying inside! Set up chairs on your porch or in your garage so that you can see the costumes going by and applaud them, but from a safe distance of course.
Pro tip: If you’re looking to create your own Halloween costume this year, check out our DIY Mermaid Halloween Costume project!
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This Halloween activity is still one that you should do, even during COVID! Pick up a pumpkin on your next trip to the grocery store, and as a family, decorate them by cutting out eyes, a mouth and a nose. If you want to go the extra mile, use glitter glue, paint or other craft supplies to really make your jack-o’-lantern sing. Check out these 10 simple pumpkin carving alternatives for more ideas!
Pro tip: Share your creations with friends and neighbors by placing them proudly outside your home for all to enjoy! You can even go a step further and organize a “contest” with friends where you all carve your pumpkins, then bring them to a local park or playground to admire them together, from afar. Looking for more family activities? We’ve 10 family-friendly fall activities for you here!
4. Admire the Halloween Decorations
You might not be trick or treating as much this year for safety reasons, but you can still enjoy the decorations around your neighborhood or city! Either on foot or in your car, drive around and gaze at the spooky decorations! You’ll have a great time, while also getting inspiration for your home decorations for next year.
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5. Plan a Spooky Scavenger Hunt
If trick or treating isn’t in the cards for you this year, consider an at-home and very safe alternative – a scavenger hunt! Just as you would with easter eggs, hide candy around your home, your backyard and other areas. Set your kids off with their pillowcases or tote bags in hand to find the sweet treats!
Pro tip: You can also hide non-candy options to prevent the inevitable sugar overload! Check out our list of 40 things to put in easter eggs that aren’t candy, which will also apply for this scavenger hunt.
6. Have a Halloween Movie Marathon
COVID-19 or not, Halloween isn’t complete until you’ve watched your favorite spooky movies! For adults, stream a scary movie that will put you in the spirit of the time of year. For families and kids, consider more child-friendly movies like Halloweentown, Hocus Pocus, Nightmare Before Christmas or Coco. Many TV channels have these movies available throughout the month of October, so check your local listings and make your movie plan, using our Best Halloween Movies of All Time article for inspiration!
Pro tip: Disney’s Coco is inspired by the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead or Día de Muertos. Use this movie as an opportunity to teach your kids about how this day is celebrated differently all over the world!
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7. Organize a Trunk-or-Treat Event
Historically popular with rural schools and church communities, a trunk-or-treat is the concept of decorating your car alongside your costume, and using that as a place to distribute candy to friends and classmates from a common parking lot as opposed to visiting each individual house. If you want to avoid classic trick or treating, send Halloween invitations to some of your friends and family and organize this type of event! It’s fun for kids, and adults get to join in by decorating a car alongside the costumes.
Pro tip: It can be harder to stay socially distant while you’re handing out candy from your vehicle/scene, so ensure that your costume is paired with a coordinating face mask, and have a bottle or packets of hand sanitizer close by to use after each encounter. Also, feel free to take note of these tips on what to include in a ‘COVID conscious’ invitation.
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8. Arrange a Virtual Halloween Party
Part of the fun of Halloween is showing off your creative costumes to friends and family, and there’s no reason you can’t still do that this year, albeit virtually! Pick a date and time that works for everyone in your group, and then jump on Zoom or Google Meet to see everyone in their costume! Make it a fashion show of sorts, where each child or family gets to show off their costume one at a time, allowing a few minutes each to explain who or what they are, why they wanted to dress up in this costume and how they made or assembled it.
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How are YOU celebrating Halloween?
COVID-19 has already impacted many of our yearly traditions, but with some clever adjustments and socially distant switches, we can all still enjoy Halloween this year! Do you have any other ideas about how you’re planning to celebrate Halloween this year? Share them with us on Instagram using the hashtag #zazzlemade!
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in September 2020 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.
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Erika focuses on email marketing, copywriting and merchandising at Zazzle, but she has a secret obsession with all things wedding! During the week you can find her writing punny subject lines while also pinning the latest wedding trends, and outside of the 9-5, she is usually cheering on the San Jose Sharks, reading a good murder mystery, or hunting for the best Philly Cheesesteak in the Bay Area.
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