Originally Posted by
Elisabrat
Lynnie do kids celebrate Halloween in Australia? I heard in Holland at think it was Easter the kids dress up and what we would call trick or treat but not or the Halloween we celebrate here in America. Curiosity and all love learning about other countries holidays so please share so we can all learn. Also do you celebrate a type of Thanksgiving and if so when??
As a whole we don't celebrate Halloween here in Australia but the tradition is catching on over the last few years and we have lots more Halloween items to buy in shops and in the larger cities, kids do go out trick and treating. There are a lot more Halloween parties happening on the actual Halloween date too.
We don't celebrate Thanksgiving or anything like that on a certain day/date but at the beginning of our autumn (April) there are lots of food festivals to celebrate the abundance of great food. Christmas Day is celebrated by a large hot mid-day meal with turkey/stuffing etc but because that is in our summer, lots of people nowadays just have a picnic lunch in parks or backyard barbeques and seafood is more favourable than the traditional hot turkey/roast.
There are a lot more fun holiday days in America than there are here in Australia that's for sure. Australia Day (January 26) is probably our most popular day where everyone joins in some kind of celebrations.