Check out these interesting fun facts and trivia about New Year's Eve.
If you're celebrating New Year's Eve this year and find a lull in the conversation, impress your family and friends with this New Year's trivia.
Teachers must register their fourth grade classrooms by Sept. 9.
Aurelio’s Pizza, a family pizza tradition since 1959, is promoting the sharing of family traditions while working to increase writing proficiency across 4th grade classrooms with the launch of its first annual Family Traditions Essay Contest. Open to 4th grade classrooms in all school districts Aurelio’s serves, the 300-word essay contest gives students the opportunity to share their personal family traditions. The essay contest easily assimilates into the typical 4th grade classroom setting and includes lesson plans developed by teachers that are based on common core standards. The lesson plans include activities to help students with pre-writing, writing and editing. Teachers must register their 4th grade classrooms at www.…
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Some of the things we still do today have their roots in ancient -- and sometimes pagan -- traditions.
For better or worse, Easter rivals Christmas when it comes to celebrating the religious as much as the secular. But just how much do you know about Easter eggs, Easter candy and other traditions? Take our quiz and find out... 1. Why are lilies associated with Easter? 2. What do you have to do on Easter in order to ensure good luck in the coming year? 3. In the song "Here Comes Peter Cottontail," what is the Easter Bunny bringing for Tommy and his sister Sue? 4. Where does the tradition of Easter eggs come from? 5. When was the first Easter egg roll held on the lawn of the White House? 6. How much do Americans spend on Easter candy and how much do they consume? 7. Why do some European countries burn Easter fires? 8. Why do people of the …
Here are some facts about the history of the Christian observation of the six and a half weeks leading up to Easter.
Lent begins today, on Ash Wednesday, marking the 40-day period in which Jesus went into the desert to fast and pray and leading to observation of Holy Week, which commemorates Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection on Easter Sunday. Here are some facts you may not know: Sources: www.churchyear.net, www.religionfacts.com; www.catholiceducation.org
Looking for something to talk about over Christmas dinner? Here are a few things most people don't know about our yuletide traditions.
There are so many holiday traditions that we do without thinking much about how or why they started. Allow us to shed some light on a few: 1. Candy Canes. They're believed to have made their debut in the mid-1600s, when a German choirmaster made white sugar sticks shaped like shepherd’s staffs in the mid-1600s to keep fidgety kids occupied during live Nativity scenes, according to www.christianitytoday.com. The idea caught on, and became common at Nativity scenes all over Europe. The idea of using them as tree decorations began in about 1847, and red stripes and peppermint flavor were added around the turn of the century, the Web site says. Christian sources say the candy has many symbolic qualities – the white representing the virgin …
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The 12-year-old group is down to about 15 members, secretary Betty Sehr says.
The Plainfield Area Community Chorus is looking for some new voices. The recession has not been kind to the 12-year-old chorus, Secretary Betty Sehr says. "Due to the economy … we've lost several members and we are down to only about 15 members at this time," she told us. "We are looking to grow the chorus." The latest blow was losing chorus Director Jason Hawkins, whose day job is leading Plainfield North High School's singers. When Hawkins lost his assistant director to school district budget cuts, he no longer had time for the community chorus, Sehr says. It lost another strong voice when Plainfield Central High School singer John D'Avers landed the lead in the fall school play. And the accompanist, who had been with them for six or …
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