NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AND TRADITIONS IN THE USA for the 7 th form
Holidays in the USA
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Holidays in the USA
Renata DulatovaTAL1-06-01
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• The US does not have national holidays in the sense of days on which all employees in the U.S. receive a day free from work
• It is at the discretion of each state or local jurisdiction to determine official holiday schedules
• Most retail businesses close on Thanksgiving and Christmas, but remain open on all other holidays
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Federal holidays
• New Year's Day • Birthday of Martin Luther King• Memorial Day • Independence Day • Labor Day • Columbus Day • Veterans Day • Thanksgiving Day • Christmas
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New Year's DayJanuary 1
• This day is traditionally a religious feast, but since the 1900s has become an occasion to celebrate the night of December 31, called New Year's Eve.
• The most popular New Year's resolutions in the Western world include to quit tobacco smoking, stop excessive drinking of alcohol, lose weight, get physically fit, and save money.
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Birthday of Martin Luther King(Third Monday in January )
King was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the civil rights movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law.
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Memorial Day (Last Monday in May )
• It commemorates U.S. people who died while in the military service.
• First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War.
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Independence Day(July 4)
• the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
• It is associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games.
• Patriotic songs "God Bless America", "America the Beautiful", "Yankee Doodle" and "Dixie“.
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Labor Day(1st Monday in September )
• The first Labor Day in the US – 1882, New York City.
• Celebrates the achievements of workers and the labor movement; marks the unofficial end of the summer season.
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Columbus Day(2nd Monday in October )
• Honors Christopher Columbus, traditional discoverer of the Americas (1492).
• Columbus Day first became an official state holiday in Colorado in 1906, and became a federal holiday in 1934.
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Veterans Day(November 11 ) • Honors all veterans
of the US armed forces.
• It is observed on 11 November to recall the end of World War I on that date in 1918 (major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice).
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Thanksgiving Day(4th Thursday in November )
• The first Thanksgiving was celebrated to give thanks to God for helping the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony survive the brutal winter (1621).
• The first Thanksgiving feast lasted three days providing enough food for 53 pilgrims and 90 Native Americans.
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Christmas(December 25 )
• Celebrates the birth of Jesus.
• A family holiday.
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Information sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_States http://www.usa.gov/citizens/holidays.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year's_Dayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._Dayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Dayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(US)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Dayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Dayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day