Guide To American Holidays Guide To American Holidays y Slide 2
National Celebrations: Christmas Mothers Day Fathers Day
Independence Day Thanksgiving Day Religious Celebration: Easter Fun
Days: St. Valentines Day Halloween LiteratureLiteratureContents
Slide 3 Slide 4 Christmas Christmas is a joyful religious holiday
when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. In the USA the
main character of this holiday is Santa Claus. Slide 5 On December
24, Christmas Eve, Santa hitches his eight reindeer 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. Slide 6 Customs
of Christmas By this holiday people set fur trees in their houses
and decorate them with toys and candies. Slide 7 Another important
custom of Christmas is to send and receive Christmas cards and
presents. Slide 8 Long ago, each child hung a stocking, or sock,
over 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 cant wait to open his or her
eyes to see what Santa has left in the stocking. Slide 9 Special
Christmas songs, or carols, are sung and heard all during the
holiday season. Christmas carols, both religious and secular,
capture the spirit and excitement of the season. Slide 10 Mothers
Day comes on the second Sunday in May. It 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. 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 Mothers 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! On this day American children give their
mothers gifts and red carnations, the official Mothers 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!
Slide 11 Fathers Day comes on the third Sunday in June. President
Calvin Coolidge made it a national event in 1924. Since then
fathers had been honoured and recognized by their families. Slide
12 One of the greatest holidays is Independence Day. It was on July
4,1776, that the Declaration of Independence was signed. It
proclaimed independence of the thirteen British colonies from Great
Britain. Slide 13 On that day cities and towns 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 4 th July
celebration! Slide 14 Slide 15 Thanksgiving Day falls on the fourth
Thursday in November. On 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. Slide 16 Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. As 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. Slide 17 Turkey
Pardon The ceremony that takes place at the White House 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. Slide 18 Slide 19 In the USA February 14 is
St. Valentines Day. One 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. Slide 20 This holiday has roots in
different legends. This 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 jailers daughter of her blindness. The night before he was
executed, he wrote a letter to the girl, signing it From Your
Valentine. Slide 21 Valentines Most people send valentines, a
special greeting-card. Valentines can be 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 violets blue, Sugar is
sweet, And so are we. Slide 22 Slide 23 Easter is a religious
holiday. People celebrate it according to 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. Slide 24 Symbols of Easter Easter eggs Easter basket
Easter Bunny Easter Bonnet Slide 25 When the seasons flowers enjoy
the springtime Sun, Its time to 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 Slide
26 Egg Rolling In the USA in the early 19th century, Dolly 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! Slide
27 Slide 28 Halloween is an autumn holiday. It means holly evening,
and it comes every October 31, the evening before All Saints Day.
It is a holiday for children. Slide 29 Beggars Night On Halloween
night American children dress up in Halloween 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. Slide 30 Symbols Of Halloween
Symbols Of Halloween Halloween originated as a celebration
connected 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. Slide 31 Jack-O-Lantern A favourite
Halloween custom is to make jack-o- lanterns. The children 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. Slide 32 Scary Story No Halloween party is complete
without at least one 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 womans 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 mans 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! Slide 33 Slide 34 Resources Celebrate! Holidays In
The USA. / Editor Frank Smolinski. - Washington, D.C., 2002.
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