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American holidays:
customs and traditions
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Customs and traditions
of USA
Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. They reflect the history of the country and its cultural and religious traditions. There are some special holidays which are usually celebrated in a particular country. But there are also international holidays which are celebrated in all countries world-wide.
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Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving day is considered the most American of the holidays. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. The holiday commemorates the first hard year the Pilgrims lived in the New World.
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Thanksgiving Day
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Thanksgiving Day
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Independence Day
Independence Day is also very important because it celebrates the nation’s independence from Great Britain and the real founding of the United States as a country.
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Independence Day
The fourth of July is the day when back in 1776 the Declaration of Independence, a document which declared the 13 American colonies free and independent states, was adopted.
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Independence Day
Since Independence Day is a summer holiday and a day off from work, many families enjoy picnics or outings. In the evening there are always fireworks. The occasion is also commemorated by colorful and noisy parades.
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Christmas
Christmas, December 25, is the most festive time of the year in the US. Students from elementary school through college have one to two weeks’ vacation beginning shortly before Christmas and ending after the New Year.
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Christmas
Many families go away for the holiday and there are numerous parties. In the USA the spirit of Christmas arrives about a month before the holiday itself.
Многие семьи уезжают на праздник, организуются многочисленные вечеринки. В США праздничное рождественское настроение чувствуется за месяц до самого праздника.
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Christmas
Late in November, streetlights and store windows are decorated with the traditional Christmas colors of red and green. Families decorate their homes, inside and out, with colored lights and evergreen.
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Christmas
The most beautiful and meaningful aspects of the holiday occur at home. Usually families gather around the Christmas tree, open their gifts and then sit down to enjoy a traditional Christmas dinner - turkey or ham, sweet potatoes, vegetables, cranberry sauce, and nuts.
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Christmas
The most popular are: exchanging gifts, receiving toys from Santa Claus, decorating the home with evergreen (especially green wreaths), singing Christmas Carols (songs of joy and praise), making Christmas tree.
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Halloween is celebrated on October 31. On Halloween, American children dress up in funny or scary costumes and go "trick or treating" by knocking on doors in their neighborhood. The neighbors are expected to respond by giving them small gifts of candy or money. Halloween imagery includes themes of death, evil, mythical monsters. Black and orange are the holiday's traditional colors.
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Easter
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«Английский язык. Грамматика», Голицынский Ю.Б., Голицынская Н.А.
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