{"id":1033,"date":"2010-02-02T21:20:28","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T03:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/midfairfieldcounty\/?p=115"},"modified":"2010-02-02T21:20:28","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T03:20:28","slug":"february-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcd\/2010\/02\/02\/february-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"February Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">February is black history month.\u00a0 It is a great time to read a book by Toni Morrison.\u00a0 Stop by your local library to get a book\u00a0AND\u00a0to find out about your town&#8217;s celebrations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Here is a great website to learn more about important African Americans:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/bhm1.html\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/bhm1.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff7070\">We will also be celebrating Valentine&#8217;s day on February 14th.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And Chinese New Year begins\u00a0this day as well.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080\">According to the Chinese Zodiac, the year 2010 is the year of the Tiger which is also known by its formal name of Geng Yin (earth).\u00a0 It begins on Feb. 14th and ends on Feb. 21st.\u00a0 Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff7070\">The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated by children carrying lanterns in a parade.\u00a0 It is the most important of the traditional Chinese Holidays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Don&#8217;t\u00a0forget Mardi\u00a0Gras starts on February 16th.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February is black history month.\u00a0 It is a great time to read a book by Toni Morrison.\u00a0 Stop by your local library to get a book\u00a0AND\u00a0to find out about your town&#8217;s celebrations.\u00a0 Here is a great website to learn more about important African Americans: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/bhm1.html\">http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/bhm1.html<\/a> We will also be celebrating Valentine&#8217;s day on February  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcd\/2010\/02\/02\/february-celebrations\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[23,36,61,76,85,131],"class_list":["post-1033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-au-pair-info","category-uncategorized","tag-au-pairs","tag-chinese-new-year","tag-fairfield-county","tag-holidays","tag-mardi-gras","tag-valentines-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>February Celebrations - Weston &amp; 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