It's that time of year again, pumpkin season! Two wonderful family holidays are just around the corner. Traditionally, we spend Thanksgiving or Christmas (or both) with the family to have a nice holiday dinner. There is always delicious food prepared for dinner, but what's dinner without dessert? The most traditional holiday dessert is pumpkin pie, but how about "spicing" that dessert up a little this year? Well, here's the way to do it, a delicious holiday dessert that the whole family will love
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before we sit down to our turkey and stuffing, our sweet potatoes with marshmallows, our cranberry sauce and our pumpkin pie, we thought it would be fun to take a look at the feast the Pilgrims celebrated back in 1621. TITLE The menu for our traditional Thanksgiving has been passed down from generation to generation without fail, but I think many of us would be surprised as to just how different the menu was on that very first Thanksgiving Day. In fact, there is very little that our current Thanksgiving
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The leaves begin to change color and fall, the air becomes colder and pumpkins start to grow. Some of the best holidays come around, the best food comes around, the best sports come around and so do the best memories. There are neighborhood yards filled with leaves, front doors covered with festive wreaths and every person is welcomed into every home with a seasonal door mat. It is autumn, also known as fall. Fall is the time of the year everyone looks forward to, after all the freezing cold and
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University told this story in an article called, “Smells like Old Times”. II. After reading this article I started thinking about how certain smells trigger different memories. A. Like how the smell of Beautiful, a perfume by Estee Lauder, reminds me of my great grandma’s house and her trying to cover up the smell of cigarettes when we’d surprise visit her. B. Or how the smell of tea bags reminds me of the year my family made these cute tea-bag dyed pillows on Thanksgiving. C. I could go on and
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Melina Hernandez English 101, 39339 20 September 2015 Fall, A.K.A, the Best Season Imagine waking up and walking outside and hearing the crunch of leaves beneath your feet and smelling the crisp fresh and cool air. Fall makes me so happy and I am anxious for it to come every single year. Everything during fall is absolutely wonderful, I love it! Some of the best times that I have had in my life, oddly occurred during the fall season; and I sometimes wonder if that may be part of the reason(s) that
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Peter's Pumpkin In the spring Peter made a plan. He wanted a pumpkin for Halloween. Halloween is in the autumn. 'I will plant a pumpkin in my garden,' he said. Widgit symbol copyright Widgit Software 2010 www.widgit.com HALLOWEEN STORY AND ACTIVITY In the summer Peter watered his plants. He saw all the plants growing. 'The sun and the water help them grow,' he said. Widgit symbol copyright Widgit Software 2010 www.widgit.com HALLOWEEN STORY AND ACTIVITY In September Peter looked
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Thanksgiving Dinner Even though it was many years ago, I vividly remember my first Thanksgiving dinner. I was a little kid, no older than the age of seven. I flew in that day from Ann Arbor, Michigan, where we had attended a special ceremony honoring my uncle. As a result of the hectic flight schedule, I did not have the opportunity to eat very much that day, and I was eagerly anticipating the Thanksgiving dinner. We arrived at my grandparent’s house around six thirty in the evening
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last thing we had to do was to get all of the pumpkins for the pumpkin patch. When my family first arrived at the party I was amazed to see how many people where already there. We got the bouncy house, slide, and obstacle course set up. Then I went over to the haunted house because I was going to help out. I got my part but I didn’t need to do anything yet because it started at dark. I walked back over to the house and the extraordinary pumpkin pie sitting there. I got myself a piece and when I
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2012 Pumpkin Pudding for the Holidays It is that time of year again, pumpkin season! Two pleasant holidays are just around the corner. This is the time; we spent Halloween or Christmas with our families to have an enjoyable holiday dinner or just to hang out. There is plentiful food cooked for dinner, but what is dinner without dessert? The most traditional holiday dessert is pumpkin pie, so how about spicing dessert up a little this year. Well, here
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holidays and celebrations in America and how different decorations have different meanings. It follows the change of the seasons and the holidays that fall during those times. The books starts off by telling the reader that everyone views holidays differently and that everyone has their own celebrations besides the main ones like Thanksgiving and Christmas. We have anniversaries and birthdays, ethic holidays and occupational celebrations. Depending on how you were raised and what religion you are
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