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We know that not everyone here lives in America, nor do we all have the same beliefs or celebrate the same holidays.

Educate us on what types of holidays or festivities are celebrated where you are from and what you believe in. This will be a multi cultural educational thread.

For myself, I'm the generic white American girl. This time of year I look forward to Halloween and Thanksgiving. Dressing up and getting candy is so much fun xp
This year I was volunteered by my family to host Thanksgiving, simply because I have a new home emotion_facepalm but whatever. My house isn't nearly big enough for 12 people, so I just went ahead and invited five more anyway, making it 17 emotion_awesome

Now I have to cook he he emo

Thanksgiving in America is based off the fall harvest celebration so it's not a religious holiday or anything. We just eat and party with family and friends like miserable fools for 1 day xp

Isn't the American Halloween based off of the Latino celebration for The Day Of The Dead?
I only know a little of what it's about but I love the pretty painted skulls heart

Let me bring some Asia into this thread blaugh
I lived in Japan for a bit and I don't remember anything special happening in this month. But the typical/ideal way to celebrate fall would be to go hiking, admire the coloured leaves, and barbecue mushrooms you picked up along the trail.

In the Philippines we have Halloween, but I've mostly been seeing adults not even dressed up asking you for candy, or families driving around the neighborhood in their cars instead of walking. It's probably just me, but it feels like people are out to grab as much free stuff as they can rather than to have some fun, so I don't really enjoy it. :/

Right after Halloween we have All Souls Day. During that we celebrate the diseased, just like the Day of the Dead. The idea is that your whole family visit the cemetery/ crematorium, if possible all day and preferably overnight as well. There usually isn't school or work on this, or the next, day.