Celebrate Fall

I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.—Nathaniel Hawthorne

Activities

Apple Picking

Dyeing Silks with Marigold Flowers

Martinmas Lanterns

German Incense Smokers

Feasts, Festivals, and Holydays

Michaelmas—September 29

St. Francis—October 4

Hallowe’en—October 31

All Saints Day—November 1

All Souls Day—November 2

Martinmas—November 11

Advent

St. Nicholas—December 6

Conception of BVM—December 8

St. Lucy—December 13