Halloween, the increasingly popular holiday

Americans love to have fun decorations, costumes and candy for the holiday of Halloween, but how much are they willing to spend?

Halloween sales have increased by 9% this year, on average a customer spends $66 to $72 a year. In total 5.8 billion dollars is expected to be spent on Halloween items in US alone, an almost 17.7% increase from previous years. On the other hand sales for Christmas have decreased almost 50%, from what use to be 860 dollar spendings have now dropped to 430 dollars. Halloween sales have increased while many other holiday sales have decreased. Its crazy for me to think about how much money Americans really do spend on holidays each year.

Who did Frankenstein take to his prom?

His ghoul friend!

Why were woman excluded from the National Labor Union?

Woman were excluded from the National Labor Union because men believed that women were used to drive down their wages and that woman should be the ones to stay at home and take care of the household and children instead of working. Woman agreed to staying at home and watching over the household and children as long as conditions made it possible for men to support their families. If conditions made it impossible for men to support their families; women argued that they should have full and equal opportunities in the workplace.

Immigration

I think being a “nation of immigrants” means that our country has a large diversity in cultures and ethnics. The characteristics of the people that leave their homeland to go start a brand new life, in a world that they know close to nothing about, are very brave, enthusiastic and hardworking. These characteristics in my opinion helped the U.S. become the strongest country in the world.

These traits have helped the U.S. become so successful by hard work by driven people working in jobs. The courageousness also helped the U.S. grow because without these people America would not have been explored or cultivated. Hard work is ever present in the culture of America and this is because of the determined immigrants that swarmed into the country.

In my opinion I don’t feel very closely connected to the ancestors and immigrants that I have read about because I have not been put in such a difficult situation that they have. I have not had to work extremely hard jobs, decide whether or not to leave my country and I have not had to struggle to survive in a brand new world. All immigrants in my opinion were strong, determined brave souls. 

Faces of America

The TV episodes of Faces of America were about people learning about their backgrounds, where they came from and what kind of people they are related to. One might find out that they were related to royalty or might have thought they were American Indian but actually have more French in them than American Indian. One may learn what their great great grandparents did for a living, where they lived and what kind of life they lived. These episodes were about learning about the backgrounds of people and how they made it to America. 

From watching these episodes people will appreciate the effort and courage it took for their ancestors to come to America. They might learn how people ventured to America or how they lived before they can to the U.S. People after watching this show will become more interested in discovering their own past, about where they can from and the people that helped create the life they live today.