Tag Archives: English Poems on Festivals

Easter Day: Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament of the Bible, the event is said to have occurred three days after Jesus was crucified by the Romans and died in roughly 30 A.D. The holiday concludes the “Passion of Christ,” a series of events and holidays that …

Easter Comes But Once a Year: Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations, and for vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival, he has been generally regarded …

Easter Poem: Katharine Tynan (23 January 1859 – 2 April 1931) was an Irish writer, known mainly for her novels and poetry. After her marriage in 1893 to the Trinity College scholar, writer and barrister Henry Albert Hinkson (1865–1919) she usually wrote under the name Katharine Tynan Hinkson, or variations thereof. Of their three children, Pamela Hinkson (1900–1982) was also …

An Easter Blessing: Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the Brandenburg Concertos; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard works such as the Goldberg Variations and The Well-Tempered Clavier; organ works such as the Schubler …

Chinese New Year, known in China as the Spring Festival and in Singapore as the Lunar New Year, is a holiday on and around the new moon on the first day of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar. This calendar is based on the changes in the moon and is only sometimes changed to fit the seasons of the …

Jingle Bells Christmas Rhyme – We have provided fresh and unique Christmas rhymes for the kids studying in classes nursery, LKG or UKG. Using such rhymes on the Christmas festival you can make your kids ready for the Christmas celebration whether at home or school. Kids are very fond of the Christmas celebration as they get gifts from Santa in …

Last Christmas Tree ~ Howard D. Fencl I saw a truck of Christmas treesAnd each one had a tale,The driver stood them in a rowAnd put them up for sale. He strung some twinkly lightsAnd hung a sign up with a nail;“FRESH CHRISTMAS TREES”It said in red“FRESH CHRISTMAS TREES FOR SALE.”He poured himself hot cocoaIn a steaming thermos cup,And snowflakes …

Night of Thanksgiving: English people often declared a “Thanksgiving” when something good happened. The London Company had a “day of Thanksgiving” at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia in 1619 to celebrate their new colony. In 1620 the Mayflower brought the Pilgrims to Massachusetts. They made their new home in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, 380 km northeast of what is now New …

Thanksgiving Prayer for Family Dinner: A Thanksgiving prayer brings to mind a festive table filled with turkey, cranberries, and other traditional dishes. Families surround the table with mouths watering as young cousins eyeball pumpkin pies with whipped cream. Before the turkey is carved, the family joins hands with heads bowed and offers words of thanks for the meal spread before …

Little Pilgrim: Thanksgiving Day is the festival of expressing the gratitude of thankfulness to God and to loved ones for their immense love. So when the holy day of Thanksgiving is round the corner then why not plan to thank the Almighty as well as near and dear ones in a different way, like with Poems for Thanksgiving Day. Not …