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  2. Lammas - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] Christians also have church processions to bakeries, where those working therein are blessed by Christian clergy. [6] While Lammas is traditionally a Christian holy day, some neopagans have adopted the name and date for one of their harvest festivals in their Wheel of the Year. It is also the same date as the Gaelic harvest festival ...

  3. Heathen holidays - Wikipedia

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    This is a celebration of the corn harvest and subsequent "tying". The group eschews the term "Lammas" as it is entirely Christian in origin. Late September: Hærfestlíc Freólsung (Harvest Festival) Devoted to a range of beings including Ing, Thunor, Frig, and Woden. This is a celebration of the late harvest, and symbolic offering of the Last ...

  4. Come, Ye Thankful People, Come - Wikipedia

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    "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come" is an English Christian harvest festival hymn written in 1844 by Henry Alford. [1] It is most often sung to the tune St. George's Windsor by George Job Elvey . History

  5. Harvest festival - Wikipedia

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    A harvest festival is an annual celebration that occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region. Given the differences in climate and crops around the world, harvest festivals can be found at various times at different places. Harvest festivals typically feature feasting, both family and public, with foods that are drawn from crops.

  6. Here's Why We Decorate With Cornucopias on Thanksgiving - AOL

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    Some historians even surmise that the use of the cornucopia came about at those aforementioned European harvest festivals. It definitely makes sense considering Thanksgiving décor has always ...

  7. List of harvest festivals - Wikipedia

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    Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations in Victoria Park, Hong Kong. A harvest festival is an annual celebration which occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region. . Given regional differences in climates and crops, harvest festivals can be found at various times throughout the wo

  8. Thanksgiving - Wikipedia

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    A food decoration for Erntedankfest, a Christian Thanksgiving harvest festival celebrated in Germany. The Harvest Thanksgiving Festival, Erntedankfest, is a popular Christian festival in some German municipalities on the first Sunday of October. The festival has a significant religious component, and many churches are decorated with autumn crops.

  9. St. Martin's Day - Wikipedia

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    St Martin's Day Kermis by Peeter Baltens (16th century), shows peasants celebrating by drinking the first wine of the season, and a horseman representing the saint. Saint Martin's Day or Martinmas (obsolete: Martlemas), [1] [2] and historically called Old Halloween [A] or All Hallows Eve, [B] [3] [4] is the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours and is celebrated in the liturgical year on 11 November.