Let´s make this year be one of our best.


One of our first homework will be exciting.
To be in touch with a foreign language as much as we can will help us improve our level of comprehension and expression.

Halloween 

Many hundred yers ago, people called Celts lived in Europe and on the British Isles. The Celts believed that the souls of the dead visited Earth on the last day of October. They had 

a festival in honor of these souls of the dead, and they called it Samhain.

In time, the Roman Empire conquered the Celts and took over some of their beliefs as well. This included Samhain. The Romans combined it with their own festivals. And since the Roman Empire spread across a great part of the known world, the idea that the souls of the dead visited Earth on the last day of October spread far and wide.  Many ideas from the Roman days still survive in the United States and in other countries.

The name comes from Allhallowmas which means “mass of all the hallowed (saintly people).  

A Brief History of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a national holiday in the United States. It is celebrated each year on the fourth Thursday in November. On this day, families gather together, and many people say prayers of thanks for the years blessings. In many homes, a big dinner of roast turkey and dressing is served. Thanksgiving is traditionally a harvest festival. Similar festival are celebrated in many parts of the world to give thanks after the years corps have been safely harvested. Canada celebrates its Thanksgiving the second Monday in October.