Stormy Weather and the Holidays

It was raining earlier, and has been for the past week. Well actually, not on every day, but on a fair amount of days so far. Excuse me for saying raining, for if it were raining the gutters might clogged, and the wind would be howling as the telephone would be rattling, swaying up and down. So really it was only a slight drizzle, which of course brought depression to some while others twirled, and jumped excitedly. Actually, I did not see anyone jump and go spin out in the rain. My friends debated about whether we liked the rain, while all huddled closely together under the shelter of the cafeteria's roof. One day we sat outside by classrooms, but we did not get wet. Oh, and now I should probably stop talking about my friends, and get the good things. So since I am Jewish, (reformed) I celebrate Hanukkah. If I were Orthodox I would not be on the computer right now, but really it is only a few hours away from when the sun sets and Shabbat (Sabbath), our religious service (day of rest) ends. Okay, that may not have made sense, but I am going to make sense now.

For Hanukkah we light a menorah. There is one candle to light all the others, but on the first of the eight nights you only light eight candles. So yesterday, as we were lighting the candles, on the Menorah, Candelabra, Hannukia/ Chanukia (what ever you want to call it), my dad and I were wearing hats. I chanted the prayers written in Hebrew, and then my parents and I lighted the candles. Next we opened presents. My dad still wearing his hat made a dopey face because he had just received gray pajamas and his hat was half broken. The gray pajamas were supposed to represent sadness, because they were gray. He was pretending to be sad. I took a picture of him. However, it took multiple times to take it, because everyone time I was just about to take it, I ended up roaring into laughter. Each time I stuttered, until finally I was able to control my giggling and take the funny picture. Hope you like it. Also, please comment if you have any questions or things you think would be great for my blog. I am not asking for you to tell me up something inappropriate. Another thing to do is please fill out my polls and look at my pictures and poems. When you are done on my blog, I hope that you have a marvelous rest of the day or night.

Accidentally Belated Facts About Thanksgiving

Hi everyone.  I realized that my last post I accidentally saved it as a draft, instead of making it a post.  It had things for Thanksgiving on there. Even though Thanksgiving has been gone for a while, I will tell you a few facts about it anyway.  The crafts and the recipes that come with this post will just have to be for next year. If you wanted though,  you could incorporate the recipe or craft into something for the holidays coming up soon.  The sites I got information from are the Family Fun magazine website, and a few others.  I will cite them so I do not get in trouble. Here are the things that I got.  Also,  I will put up some new holiday things for this month.

Facts:

Was first as a religious holiday
Started in 1621
Took place in Plymouth Colony
Wampanoag Native Americans and Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving
Sara Josepha Hale wanted it to become a national holiday
Abraham Lincoln declared it as one
First Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924Football was first played on Thanksgiving in 1934
Congress made it an official holiday in 1941
 Largest pumpkin pie according to the Guinness World Records was 2,020 pounds
Three towns named after turkey or Thanksgiving

Hope you have a good rest of the day or night.