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Old 09-30-2007, 03:36 PM
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A thought just struct me, I wondered if you celebrate harvest in the US? At this time of year the churches in the UK have their harvest festivals. The churches are decorated with sheaves of corn (wheat) and vegetables. The harvest hymn is sung.

We plough the fields and scatter
The good seed on the land,
But it is fed and watered
By God's almighty hand:
He sends the snow in winter,
The warmth to swell the grain,
The breezes and the sunshine,
And soft, refreshing rain.

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O thank the Lord,
For all his love.

He only is the maker
Of all things near and far;
He paints the wayside flower,
He lights the evening star;
The winds and waves obey him,
By him the birds are fed;
Much more to us, his children,
He gives our daily bread.

We thank thee then, O Father,
For all things bright and good,
The seed time and the harvest,
Our life, our health, our food.
Accept the gifts we offer
For all thy love imparts,
And what thou most desirest,
Our humble, thankful hearts.

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Old 09-30-2007, 03:45 PM
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Not in a national sense, and it seems only Churches that think Halloween is some ghastly evil Satanic conspiracy to murder children and deconvert teenagers have "Harvest Festivals", but harvest festivals are widely celebrated in Pagan communities and groups in the US.
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Not in a national sense, and it seems only Churches that think Halloween is some ghastly evil Satanic conspiracy to murder children and deconvert teenagers have "Harvest Festivals", but harvest festivals are widely celebrated in Pagan communities and groups in the US.
Isn't our harvest festival Thanksgiving?
Aside from what the Puritans did to the Native Americans, didn't they sit down and have a nice feast from food they harvested.
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Isn't our harvest festival Thanksgiving?
Aside from what the Puritans did to the Native Americans, didn't they sit down and have a nice feast from food they harvested.
Thanksgiving is a holiday based on propaganda to establish a nationalist feeling in celebration of the establishment of the colonies. Whatever resemblance it might of had to a harvest festival it has ceased to be that a long time ago. Now it's just a holiday to teach kids a myth about how USA begun and a great day to sell plenty of turkey besides being a federal holiday.

Take a look at what History.com has to say about Thanksgiving. click here

I celebrate the harvest and decorate for it each year. There are often good harvest festivals nearby to take the kids. But I've never see it too close to Thanksgiving, ever.
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Both Halloween and Thanksgiving are good Harvest Festivals, they have all the symbols of Harvest Festivals attached. One can say that a squared headed digging device with a "T" Handle grip is not a spade, but, one might as well call it such because that's what it is.

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Here in Maine we have many varied forms of harvest festivals. A lot of Churches put them on. Our state fairs are still highly agricultural and celebrate the harvest.
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Churches around here have "Hell House" about this time of year...

Most of what I would have to say about them is pages of rage, so I'll sum it up it up with this. I think they are disgusting.
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I have heard of these 'Hell Houses', they are certainly the product of depraved minds!
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As far as I'm concerned, Halloween and Thanksgiving are both harvest festivals. Halloween is the fun one.

Edit: And in South Carolina, the State Fair is always held in the first part of October. So that's three for me.
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As far as I'm concerned, Halloween and Thanksgiving are both harvest festivals. Halloween is the fun one.

Edit: And in South Carolina, the State Fair is always held in the first part of October. So that's three for me.
I think the Harvest Festivals in the UK have a different meaning, they are only put on by the churches.
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