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Mooncakes are traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn or Harvest Moon festival. These small round cakes symbolize family unity. They are traditionally made by bakers using beautiful hand-carved wooden molds. Some mooncakes are made with a golden yellow egg yolk in the center that looks like the moon. If you'd like to try [...] Read More »

Here's an easy way to make a lantern that you can light with a tea candle (careful!) or glow stick for festivals such as the Harvest Moon Festival or St. Martin's Day. This is good to make with older children but will need supervision since it does involve some cutting. You'll need: an empty [...] Read More »

There are many holidays, such as the Harvest Moon Festival (Chinese, Vietnamese), St. Martin's Day (German) and Chinese New Year, in which Lanterns play a role. We're going to publish some ideas on how to make your own lanterns to celebrate these Fall and Winter holidays. Easy Paper Lanterns You need: colored construction paper, scissors, [...] Read More »

Yom Kippur is considered to be the holiest of days in the Jewish calendar. It is the 'Day of Atonement,' in which Jews ask for forgiveness for all of their sins against their god, after which the 'Book of Life' is closed for the year. (This is why Yom Kippur is often referred to [...] Read More »

Ramadan is celebrated during the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. Muslims believe that during the month of Ramadan, Allah revealed the first verses of the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam. Around 610 A.D., a caravan trader named Muhammed was walking in the desert near when a voice called to him from the night sky. [...] Read More »

Rosh Hashanah is observed the first and second day of the seventh month of the Jewish calender, Tishri. It usually falls in September on the western calendar. Widely known as the New Years Day of the Jewish calendar, Rosh Hashanah actually has a fourfold meaning: 1. The Day of Judgement -- a day on which Jews examine [...] Read More »

The Harvest Moon Festival (also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival) is associated with the legend of Chang Er, who is said to have taken a pill, turned ino a fairy and flown to the moon to escape [...] Read More »