Favorites of Fall
With Thanksgiving aproaching soon in the U.S.A. (and Christmas soon after) what do you see in your country or state that brings joy to you about the holidays??
In the part of New York that isn't crowded with hundreds of building, in a small town called Armonk, every year we see 20 or more turkeys at a time, and always deer with their baby fawns.
As the leaves change colors my bedroom view is a collage of red, orange, and yellow, and there is always some animal or piece of nature to view.
So tell me- what is your favorite part of this season?
Is it the smell of scented pine cones?
The family meal in the end of November?
Or is it something else of your enjoying?
Please share it with me here!! 
1 Answer
My country is situated very close to the equator, hence we have summer all the year round. What makes the end of the year a little special is the fact that it rains almost every day, thanks to the monsoon winds coming from the nearby straits. Rain causes the average temperature to drop to approximately 24 degrees celsius, as opposed to summer's average of approximately 30 degrees celsius.
The year end ushers in quite a few holidays. We celebrate the Indian festival of lights Deepavali (known as Diwali in certain parts of India), the Muslim festival of Hari Raya Haji (day of sheep sacrifice), and Western holidays like Christmas and New Year too, with much fanfare and plenty of shopping to be done. Almost immediately following, we celebrate Chinese New Year (the beginning of the lunar year) sometime in late Jan or early Feb, followed once again by much shopping as Saint Valentine's approaches.
The good thing about living in an immigrant country is that we celebrate up to 14 public holidays a year, with at least 2 dedicated to each major immigrant race and religion.
And not forgetting, vacation in public schools start in mid Nov and lasts till end Dec, for 6 weeks. It is the longest school vacation. The second longest occurs in June for 4 weeks.
