Faces People, Places, and World Culture for Kids and Children

DEAR ALEX

Dear Dhas and Porpeang,

Hi. My name is Alex. I’m a 13-year-old from Colorado in the mountains of the western part of the United States.

I’m very interested to hear about Loy Krathong, your autumn festival with floating lanterns. What are you celebrating at this festival? How did it originate? What other traditions does it include?

My country celebrates a harvest holiday in November called Thanksgiving. It was established to celebrate our country’s history and the hardships faced by early settlers to America, but

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