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The holiday of Hanukkah or Chanukah is a wonderful example of how historical memory and religious solemnity harmoniously interlace with the warmth and coziness of family traditions. This year the festival starts on December 24th (the 25th day of Kislev) and lasts for 8 days until January 1st (the 3rd day of Tevet).

Thanksgiving originated in the former US in 1621, the day the first Pilgrims gathered their first harvest in the New World. The first celebration is believed to be attended by 90 Native Americans who actually taught Pilgrims to grow unfamiliar plants, particularly corn and beans. Turkey is the reminder of the 'Four Wild Turkeys' served at the first celebration, and the other traditional foods for the holiday are pumpkins and cranberries which are of North American origin as well.

Seems like it is the right time to carve pumpkins, check the number of intact candles and prepare a good basket of various sweets! Halloween is coming! Very soon, with all its festive spirit and fun, it will light up numerous jack-o’-lanterns, call kids to go trick-or-treat, and carry mouthwatering smells of delicious treats.

When it comes to the holiday home adornments and menu, Halloween time can always inspire you to create something really striking. Pumpkin lanterns and scarecrows, bats and spiders as well as the whole range of ghosts, witches and mummies will give your fantasy a good push and help you to come up with plenty of original and truly spectacular Halloween decorations.

In order to save your time for other holiday preparations, we have decided to look for some outstanding savory and sweet bits for your great menu on this All Saints’ Day, which could perfectly adorn your table and amaze your guests. Bet, they will add a few scarily awesome hints to the variety of your holiday treats, and surprise your nearest and dearest with their appearance and deliciousness.

Cheer up! It is October 2016, and again Halloween is coming with all its mysteries and magic. Noiseless, they will creep into our homes. The goldish glow of jack-o’-lanterns will light our rooms, and the cool October air will bring the delectable smell of a home-baked pumpkin pie.

Indeed, today it is completely impossible to imagine this fall holiday without its, probably, the brightest and most symbolic attribute. Pumpkins of all sizes and diverse colors are known to successfully serve both as quite a multifaceted festive home decoration and a multifunctional cooking ingredient.

So let us see how this wonderful fruit has appeared in Halloween traditional celebrations.

More than 500 years ago the expedition headed by Christopher Columbus reached the islands of the today Caribbean Sea. On October 12th, 1492, the experienced Italian navigator is believed to step on the solid ground of the New World. Although he himself was sure that he found another shipping route to the desirable coasts of India, this fact did not prevent the U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Congress from proclaiming October 12th a federal holiday in 1937. Since 1970 until nowadays Columbus Day has been celebrated on the second Monday of October.

Rosh Hashanah falls this year on October 3rd and 4th though according to the traditions, the celebration should start at sunset of October 2nd. The evening before the holiday is considered as Rosh Hashanah Eve. During these several days the Jewish people all around the world are going to observe the coming of the Tishrei or Tishri month, which marks the beginning of the Jewish civil year.