At my old 8 week program we celebrated a few holidays in the summer every year. Halloween, New Years, and thanksgiving.
Many of our kids where internationals and it was fun for them to see how we celebrated each event.
For Halloween the older kids created a haunted trail with the staff. It ended in the theater for some spooky Halloween candy and different Halloween party games.
Thanksgiving was a big traditional dinner late in the year. Each cabin made a centerpiece for the other sex table of the same age. We tied it in with some activities having the kids talk about what they where thankful for.
New Years was a blow out party/dance. Everyone got dressed up and we even had a ball drop at 10pm. Sparkling water and finger foods at the dance.
Having about 40% international campers and 60% international staff made it fun to show them what American holidays where like.
