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Winter Holidays
By Katie Sherpa & Colleen O’Doherty (5th grade)
Have you ever wondered how other people celebrate other holidays instead of Christmas in this article you will learn about these different holidays people celebrate or how they celebrate them.
Hanukkah
There are eight days in which Hanukkah is celebrated by the Jewish there is a candle called a hanukkiyak. There are some hanukkah foods like Latkes, Beef brisket, Roasted chicken, and jelly filled donuts. Hanukkah is a holiday that the Jewish celebrate because of a story. Hanukkah is a holiday that celebrates a miracle that happened when the jews were coming out of Egypt. The temple was burned down and the jews found the oil they were looking for. But it was only enough to last a night except it lasted for 8. Now we celebrate Hanukkah by eating fried food and exchanging gifts.
Christmas
Most of you might be familiar with Christmas. There are Presents, Food, Snow, Carols, and lots of other things. Christmas is celebrated by the christians it is a day to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. There are cool ways of celebrating like getting a tree and decorating it or making Christmas cookies with your loved ones and hanging up your stockings.
Diwali is a holiday that the people of India celebrate. People create patterns called rangoli on the floor using colored powders or sand. In India, one of the most significant festivals is Diwali, or the Festival of Lights. It's a five-day celebration that includes good food, fireworks, colored sand, and special candles and lamps.
Kwanzaa
The celebration of Kwanzaa is not a religious holiday. It's a time for people of African heritage to celebrate their culture and its history. Kwanzaa lasts seven days, taking place from December 26th to January 1st The word kwanzaa comes from the Swahili language and means “first fruits.”
New Years Eve
New Year's eve is on the 31 leading to the first day of January. It's also a day when the start of a new year starts. On new years something you do is make a new years resolution. And eat some new year's foods such as cornbread, pumpkin pie, greens and beans.
Christmas
By Hayoon (Ara) Lee (5th grade)
Beginning
Long ago, Virgin Mary gave birth to her baby on December 25, between the 6 and 4 BC. She named her baby, Jesus, as the angel messenger told her to name him this. Jesus grew up in the city of Nazareth, where he spent time in churches. When he grew up, he was baptized by John the Baptist, in the River Rodan. He was claimed by God, and was called, “The Son Of God”.
Christmas Origin
Christmas was first made for the remembrance of Jesus Christ. The name “Christ-mas” came from Jesus’s name, “Christ”. It is well known for the Christians to remember how He died for them, and then came alive once more.
Why Presents on Christmas?
Presents were symbolic to the Christians, as in the bible; It reminds us how The Three Wise Men gave 3 presents to Jesus, one each.
Why do we have Christmas Trees?
The Christmas tree started as a Pagan tradition to symbolize life during a dark time. Romans actually used to decorate trees around the New Year. Although they started as a winterrime tradition, in the 1500's. trees started to become more and more associated with Christmas, likely because they were being used and decorated in biblical displays and plays. Eventually churches started putting them up with candles on them. This lead to the modern day version- trees in our homes with colored bulbs- a bit safer than a lit candle!
Veterans Day
By Victoria Fattorusso (5th Grade)
Veterans day is a holiday that we, as Americans, celebrate that honors everyone who served in the United States Armed Forces. The Armed Forces are the combined branches of all the military groups in our country which includes the U.S Marines, the U.S Navy, U.S Army, and the U.S Air Force as well as the US Coast Guard.
Most people may think that Veterans day is just like Memorial day and yes it is,in some ways as it helps us to remember and honor people who served in the US Armed Forces. However, Memorial day only celebrates the men and women who died serving in the United States Armed Forces. Veterans day on the other hand is a day that we use to thank everyone who served in the United States Armed Forces whether they died during the war in which they served or not.
When did Veterans day officially acquired its current name?
Veterans day was created in 1926, but it was then known as Armistice day. Armistice means a “peace agreement”, Armistice day is also the commemoration of the truce that brought about the end of World War I.
In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower (DDE) officially changed the name to Veterans day because the holiday was meant to honor all military Veterans. 12 years later the US government declared it as a national holiday to honor everyone who served in the U.S Armed Forces.
What are some interesting facts about veterans day?
Veterans Day is November 11th, the first anniversary of World War 1. Veterans day used to be a day to honor all people who served in World War I, but now it is celebrated for all Veterans that served in all wars that our country was involved in.
In many cities across the country a Parade is held in honor of Veterans day. People who served dress up in their old uniform and participate in the Parade. Another interesting fact is that there are 19 million Veterans in the United States currently.
Did you know that the World War I Armistice was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month? Another interesting fact is that there are 1.9 million Veterans that are women. There are also nine million Veterans over the age of 65 years old.
Meet one of the Veterans from our Armed Forces!
His name is Philip L. Beckerich III and he served in the U.S Marines during the Vietnam War. Mr. Beckerich is now 73 years old and when he was in the US Marines he was only 21 years of age. I met Mr. Beckerich through my neighbor Warren who lives on my Street and served in the Armed Forces but he was not on “active” duty so he recommended I speak with his friend. Mr Beckerich does not live nearby, but I was lucky enough to talk to him over the phone.
Mr B’s job was to fly helicopters during the war. He was a pilot and flew a helicopter whose job included protecting medical helicopters as they rescued other Marines that were hurt and in need of their help. The name of the helicopter that he flew was called a HUEY.
Mr. Beckerich served six years on active duty during the war which means he was in the war and part of the battles for the entire six years.
Even though it was many years ago he was still very emotional when I spoke to him and would not speak about anyone being hurt and only wanted to speak about the lives he helped to save.
People like Mr. Beckerich should be considered heroes for risking their lives to help fight for our country and all that it stands for and this is why Veterans day is one of the most important ways that we can honor our military Veterans.
Mr. Becerich sums up his experience by stating,, “it's not about the medals you get for being brave Victoria, it's about the smiles of the people whose lives you helped save”.
Halloween Costume Ideas
Author: Katie Shin Sherpa (5th grader)
In this article we are talking about Halloween costume ideas. Links are provided at the end to give you some general ideas for next Halloween (or any costume party you might attend during the year.)
Here's one costume that never goes out of style; a mermaid. Here are some images of a mermaid costume that you guys might like. Also if you have a girl sibling I will also show some little kid mermaid costumes if your siblings want to be a mermaid. Here’s one mermaid costume image so you can get started if you're interested. And at the very end I will also show you pictures of toddler mermaid costumes if you have younger siblings. Another cool halloween costume idea and this is a classic: a ghost a ghost is another good costume idea because you can pretend to scare people and it is a bit funny. There are different types of ghost like poltergust, phantoms, reppers, and many more. Here is an image of a ghost costume so you guys can get some ideas. This is a great costume a black ghost costume now that’s what I’m talking about. Now if some of you want to go as something not scary I can help with that there are about a million costumes I can think of that are not scary but my favorite one would probably be a peacock I mean it has beautiful feathers and a cool design I will show you a image of a cool peacock costume and it is going to be cool. Well what do you think?. I wish I could share more idea’s but this concludes the end of my newsletter. By the way, here are the links that you can get more ideas for what you want to be for Halloween.
SOME GREAT SOURCES FOR NEXT HALLOWEEN!
SOME GREAT SOURCES FOR NEXT HALLOWEEN!
65 Best Halloween Costumes That Will Inspire You to Get Creative This Year
65 Best Halloween Costumes That Will Inspire You to Get Creative This Year
75 Easy Halloween Costumes You Can Quickly DIY at the Last Minute
75 Easy Halloween Costumes You Can Quickly DIY at the Last Minute
30 Popular Kids' Halloween Costumes for Easy Trick-or-Treating
30 Popular Kids' Halloween Costumes for Easy Trick-or-Treating
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/halloween-ideas/g385/popular-kids-halloween-costumes/
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