Guide to American Holidays

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religious holiday when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
In

the USA the main character of this holiday is Santa Claus.

to a sleigh, and loads it with presents. The reindeer

pull him and his sleigh through the sky to deliver presents to children all around the world, that is, if they had been good all the year.

their houses and decorate them with toys and candies.

Christmas cards and presents.

the fireplace. Santa entered down the chimney and left presents

inside the socks for the children. Today the tradition is carried on, but the socks are now large red sock-shaped fabric bags still called stockings. Each child can’t wait to open his or her eyes to see what Santa has left in the stocking.

during the holiday season. Christmas carols, both religious and secular,

capture the spirit and excitement of the season.

is the one day out of the year when children,

young and old, try to show how much they appreciate their mothers.

This holiday, suggested by Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia, was established in 1914.
On this day American children give their mothers gifts and red carnations, the official Mother’s Day flower. This is the busiest day of the year for American restaurants. On her special day, family members do not want Mom to cook dinner!

Calvin Coolidge made it a national event in 1924. Since

then fathers had been honoured and recognized by their families.

on July 4,1776, that the Declaration of Independence was signed.

It proclaimed independence of the thirteen British colonies from Great Britain.

are decorated with flags, there are parades and fireworks. Most

Americans go on picnics to the countryside.

Wherever Americans are around the globe, they will get together for a traditional 4th July celebration!

this day people thank God for his goodness; besides it

marks the end of the harvest season on farms. Thanksgiving has been celebrated since the first harvest festival in America in the autumn of 1621.

a rule several generations of the family gather for Thanksgiving

dinner at the house of an older relative. It is a long-standing tradition to fry a large turkey for a festive meal on this day.

every year. The President of the United States is presented

with alive turkey, and the president has granted the turkey a "presidential pardon". The turkey is then taken to a farm where it may live out the rest of its natural life.

of the earliest popular symbols of the day is Cupid,

the Roman god of Love, who is represented by the image of a young boy with bow and arrow.

is one of them.
Valentine was a Christian priest

in Roman Empire three hundred years ago after the death of Jesus Christ. He had been thrown in prison for his teaching. On February 14, Valentine was beheaded, not only because he was a Christian, but also because he had performed a miracle. He cured the jailer’s daughter of her blindness. The night before he was executed, he wrote a letter to the girl, signing it “From Your Valentine”.

sentimental, romantic and heartfelt. They can be friendly. Valentines can

be heart-shaped, or have hearts, the symbol of love, on them. You can write a short rhyme inside the heart:

The rose is red,
The violet’s blue,
Sugar is sweet,
And so are we.

their beliefs and their religious denominations. Christians commemorate Good Friday

as the day that Jesus Christ died and Easter Sunday as the day that He was resurrected.

hope your Easter is
A very Happy one!
Wishing you a

beautiful season
That blossoms with Easter hopes
and Easter happiness.
Have an EGGcellent day.

Easter Wishes

Madison, the wife of the fourth American President, organized an

egg roll in Washington, D.C. She invited the children of Washington to roll hard-boiled eggs down the hilly lawn of the new Capitol building. The event has grown, and today Easter Monday is the only day of the year when tourists are allowed to wander over the White House lawn. The egg rolling event is open to children twelve years old and under. Adults are allowed only when accompanied by children!

it comes every October 31, the evening before All Saints

Day. It is a holiday for children.

costumes and go out on the streets to beg. They

often wear masks over their faces. They carry boxes and bags. They go from house to house and knock on the door. When the people come to the door, the children say, “Trick or treat! Trick or treat!” Almost all the people treat the children. They gave them candy or money.

with evil spirits. Witches flying on broomsticks with black cats,

ghosts, spiders, goblins and skeletons are symbols of Halloween. They are popular trick-or-treat costumes, and decorations for greeting cards and windows. Black is one of the traditional Halloweens colours.

scrape out a pumpkin and cut the outlines of eyes,

nose and mouth in the side. They light a candle inside the pumpkin to scare their friends. This custom refers to a man named Jack whose spirit was doomed to wander around the earth lighting his way with a pumpkin lantern.

scary story. Usually one person talks in a low voice

while everyone else crowds together on the floor or around a fire.
“What Do You Come For?”
There was an old woman who lived all by herself, and she was very lonely. Sitting in the kitchen one night, she said, ”Oh, I wish I had some company.”
No Sooner had she spoken that down the chimney tumbled two feet from which the flesh had rotted. The old woman’s eyes bugled with terror.
Then two legs dropped to the hearth and attached themselves to the feet.
Then a body tumbled down, the two arms, and a man’s head.
As the old woman watched, the parts came together onto a great, tall man. The man danced around and around the room. Faster and faster he went. Then he stopped, and he looked in her eyes.
“What do you come for?” she asked in a small voice that shivered and shook.
“What do I come for?” he said. “I come – for YOU!”

The narrator shouts and jumps at the person near him!

Washington, D.C., 2002.
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