CHRISTMAS AND CHARITY Band Aid is a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-poverty efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song ?Do they know it?s Christmas?” for the Christmas market that year. On 25 November […]
Μήνας: Δεκέμβριος 2014
Black Friday – “Η Μαύρη Παρασκευή”Black Friday – “Η Μαύρη Παρασκευή”
Black Friday is famous for being the first big shopping day of the holiday season, on which people head out in throngs to start the Christmas gift-buying. In response to this routine surge in shoppers, shops, stores, and boutiques increasingly began to offer large discounts on this day to attract even bigger crowds; and eventually […]
Thanksgiving Day – Ημέρα των ΕυχαριστιώνThanksgiving Day – Ημέρα των Ευχαριστιών
Thanksgiving Day In November 1621, after the Pilgrims? first corn harvest proved successful, Governor William Bradford organized a celebratory feast and invited a group of the fledgling colony?s Native American allies, including the Wampanoag chief Massasoit. Now remembered as American?s ?first Thanksgiving??although the Pilgrims themselves may not have used the term at the time?the festival […]