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Food is a very important and necessary part of our lives. We eat food because we need it to live and it is what gives us the nutrients that we need for our bodies to grow. We eat food for lots of reasons - hunger, sadness, happiness, boredom and socialising. This page will focus on food and celebrations.

However, the way that food is used in celebrations varies widely from home to home, state to state, and country to country. See Clare's page for more information about why celebrations are affected by our culture and explore the different cultures around the world. Different cultures affect the foods we eat. During a celebration, we might gather around a table, with our friends and family where food is a focal point. Food is a powerful element that can bring together many different people.



To further explore the foods that people eat during celebrations, have a look at the TASTE Website. With over 40 000 recipes online, there are so many yummy ideas for different celebrations (just to name a few: Father's Day, Halloween, Birthdays, Ramadan and Christmas etc). This website allows all of us to bake, cook and eat the foods that our friends might eat at their different celebrations.

 Hopefully you will now understand that food is a large part of all holidays and celebrations. It is not just about the major ones we always hear about, but also the small everyday family celebrations. Food and celebrations unite people and brings people from all over the world together (even if they are not sitting at the exact same table!) The following youtube clip is of a birthday celebration. During birthdays, a cake is made and everyone sings Happy Birthday. Then the candles on the cake are blown out by the birthday girl/boy.

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