I am sharing you guys the holidays in American. Hope everyone enjoys it!

1. Holidays in the United
States

2. Celebrates beginning of
the calendar year.
Festivities include
counting down to 12:00
midnight on the
preceding night.

3. This holiday is marked
by fancy parties,
fireworks, plenty of
parades and other
events

5. It is celebrated on the last
Monday in May
-On Memorial Day,
cemeteries are crowded
with families who come to
place flowers on the graves
of their loved ones.

7. - It is celebrated on the July
4th
-The occasion is also
commemorated by colorful
and noisy fireworks displays,
parades and in some
communities, patriotic
speeches.
-The flag is flown, and red,
white and blue ribbons are
used for decoration at public
ceremonies

8. • The celebrations are informal
and the main purpose of the
holiday is really to give people
a day off of work and to
recognize what working men
and women contribute to the
nation

10. Veterans Day, like Memorial Day, is a solemn occasion honoring men and women
who have served in the military.

13. • Traditional foods are prepared for the
feast- turkey, ham, cranberry sauce,
corn dishes, breads, roll and pumpkin
pie.

15. On this day many people go to churches, open their Christmas presents,
decorate Christmas trees.
Christmas Day is celebrated on the 25th of December

16. • It is the birthday of the American flag.
• The color they chose were red for
courage, white for liberty and blue for
loyalty.
• -This original design was created by
George Washington and two other
revolutionary leaders.
• Today, the flag still contains 13 stripes in
honor of the original colonies. But now
there are 50 stars (one for each state)
arranged in nine row, alternating with six
stars in one row and five in the next.

18. St. Valentine's Day, or simply Valentine's Day is named after one or more early
Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Galerius I in
496 AD. Modern traditional celebration of love and romance, including the
exchange of cards, candy, flowers, and other gifts.

20. -Green, the color most
associated with Ireland, is a
huge part of St. Patricks’ Day.
One popular American
tradition is a pinch anybody
who fails to wear green on this
holiday.
-rivers and fountains are dyed
green temporarily to celebrate
this special day for Irish –
Americans.

22. -There are various symbols associated
with Halloween. These include the
spooks, ghosts and walking skeletons that
represent the contact between the
spiritual and physical world and between
the living and the dead.
-. Bats, black cats and spiders are often
connected with this holiday. These
animals are associated with the night and
darkness and often accompany witches
and wizards.

24. A day that people commonly play tricks or
jokes on family, friends, and co-workers.

26. Mother’s Day is, a celebration of everything to do with mothers. It is common for people to buy
expensive gifts for their mothers or, at the very least, to send them a card showing their appreciation.

28. -Father’s Day is all about showing fathers appreciation for what they do, for acknowledging
the role of fathers in children’s lives.
-Father’s Day gifts tend to be, not surprisingly, manly in nature. It is common for people to
buy their dads power tools, neckties, sporting equipment, and so forth to show appreciation.

30. - It is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the
United States, often regarded as the beginning of the
Christmas shopping season.
- Some people use this to make trips to see family
members or friends who live in other areas or to go on
vacation. Others use it to start shopping for the Christmas
season.