美国的节日文档格式.docx

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OnthethirdMondayinJanuary,wecelebrateMartinLutherKing,Jr.'

sbirthdayasafederalholiday.MartinLutherKing,Jr.workedtochangelawssothatallpeopleintheU.S.wouldbetreatedfairly.Heworkedforchangeinthe1950sand60swhenmanystateshadlawsseparatingblackandwhitepeople.MartinLutherKingtaughtpeopletousepeacefuldemonstrationstochangelaws,insteadofviolence.Manylawswerechangedbecauseofhiswork.ManypeopleworkedwithhiminthehopethattheU.S.couldbeafaircountryforallpeople.

InJanuaryorFebruarymanypeopleintheU.S.celebratetheChineseNewYear.TheChineseNewYearfallsbetweenJanuary10thandFebruary19th.Thedatechangesbecauseitisfromacalendarbasedonthemoon,notthesun.Onthisday,manyfamiliescleantheirhomesofallthe"

old"

andgetreadyfortheNewYear.Theywearnewclothesandsharedeliciousfood.Theygiveeachotherredenvelopeswithmoneyforgoodluckinthecomingyear.Theyalsolightfirecrackerstochaseawaybadluck.

February

February14thisSaintValentine'

sDay.SaintValentine'

sDaybeganinEuropeandhasbeencelebratedforhundredsofyears.IntheU.S.today,werememberfriendsandsweetheartswithcardscalledvalentines,flowers,chocolatesorsmallgifts.

WecelebratePresidents'

Dayonthe3rdMondayofFebruaryasafederalholidaycommemoratingthebirthdaysofGeorgeWashingtonandAbrahamLincoln..WecallGeorgeWashington"

thefatherofourcountry"

becausehewastheAmericangeneralintheRevolutionaryWarwholedustovictoryagainstEngland.Hewaselectedourfirstpresident.AbrahamLincolnwasour16thpresident.HekeptourcountrytogetherduringtheCivilWarwhentheSouthernstateswantedtoformaseparatecountry.LincolnfreedtheslaveswiththeEmancipationProclamation.

March

March17thisSt.Patrick'

sDay.ThisholidaycomesfromIreland.Peoplewear3-leafshamrocksbecauseSt.PatrickusedthemtoexplaintheChristianTrinity.ManypeoplecelebratethisholidaybywearingshamrocksorgreenclothinginhonorofSt.Patrick.Somepeopleevendrinkgreenbeer!

April

Holidaysinthespringarecelebrationsoftherebirthoflife.PassoverisaJewishholidaycelebratedbetweenMarch13thandApril11th.EasterisaChristianholidaythatiscelebratedonaSundaybetweenMarch22ndandApril25th.ChristianscelebratetheresurrectionofJesusChrist.IntheU.S.,peopleattendreligiousservicesandfamilygatheringslikepicnics.Theyhidecoloredeggsforchildrentofind.Manychildrenwakeuptobasketsfilledwithcandythatthe"

EasterBunny"

hasleftforthem.

May

Mother'

sDayisobservedintheUnitedStatesinhonorofmothersonthesecondSundayinMay.JuliaWardHowewroteaMother'

sDayproclamationin1870.Shewantedtohaveaninternationaldaywhenallmothersoftheworldwouldstandupandspeakforpeace,sotheirsonswouldnothavetodieinwar.In1907,AnnaJarvisproposedadaytorememberallmothers.Today,Mother'

sDayisaholidaytoremembermotherswithcards,flowersandpresents.

ManypeopleintheU.S.celebrate"

elcincodemayo"

.Thismeansthe5thofMayinSpanish.ThisholidaycelebratesabattlewonbyMexicansagainsttheFrench.InsomeareasoftheU.S.,thereareparadesonthisday.ManypeopleeatMexicanfoodandlistentoMexicanMusic.

ThelastMondayinMayisMemorialDay.Since1868,thisfederalholidayhashonoredtheUnionCivilWarsoldierswhodied.Now,werememberallsoldierswhodiedforthiscountry.Peopledecoratesoldiers'

graves.Manypeoplealsodecoratethegravesoftheirfamilies.

June

FlagDayonJune14thistheanniversaryoftheadoptionoftheAmericanflagin1777.Itisnotafederalholiday,althoughmanypeopledisplayflagsoutsidetheirhomesandintheircommunities.

ThethirdSundayinJuneisFather'

sDayintheUnitedStates.Father'

sDaywasfirstobservedin1910inSpokane,Washington.Thisisadaywhenpeopleremembertheirfatherswithpresentsandcards.Peoplecelebratewithfamilygatherings,picnicsandsportsactivities.

July

TheFourthofJulyisaveryimportantholidayintheU.S.WecelebratethesigningoftheDeclarationofIndependencebyrepresentativesofthethirteenAmericanColonies.OnJuly4,1776,JohnHancock,ThomasJeffersonandBenjaminFranklin,well-knownpatriots,declaredtheindependenceofthethirteenAmericancoloniesfromGreatBritain.Thisholidayisconsideredthe`birthdayoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.'

Itisthegreatestnon-religiousholidayontheU.S.Wecelebratethisdaywithfireworksandparades.

August

DuringthemonthofAugusttherearenomajorholidaystocelebrate.Manyfamiliesgoonvacationorhavepicnicsorgotothebeach.August26thisadaythatisrecognizedandcelebratedasEqualityDaybyindividualsorgroupsbecauseoftheadoptionofthe19thamendmenttotheConstitutionin1920.Thisamendmentgrantedwomentherighttovote.

September

Septemberhasonefederalholiday,LaborDay.IthonorsallworkingpeopleintheU.S.andCanada.ItbeganwithaNewYorkCityparadein1882andisnowcelebratedonthefirstMondayinSeptember.NationalGrandparentsDay,whichhonorsgrandparentsandthelovetheyshowtotheirchildren'

schildren,iscelebratedthefirstSundayafterLaborDay.

October

The2ndMondayofOctoberisColumbusDay,celebratingthehistorictripofChristopherColumbustotheAmericasin1492.BecauseColumbuswasItalian,thisfederalholidayisespeciallyimportanttoItalian-Americansbutmaynotbecelebratedinallstates.

October31stisHalloween.Duringthe19thcentury,immigrantstotheUnitedStatesbroughtHalloweencustoms.Thesecustomshavechangedovertheyears.Childrenincostumesgofromhousetohousesaying"

trickortreat."

Thetreatusuallygiveniscandyandtricksarerarelydone.AcommonsymbolofHalloweenisthejack-o-lantern,whichiscarvedoutofapumpkin.

November

November11thisVeteran'

sDay.ThisfederalholidayhonorsthesoldierswhofoughtinWorldWarIandthosewhofoughtfortheU.S.inallwars.WecelebratebydisplayingtheAmericanflagfromourhomes,havingparadesanddecoratinggraveswithflowersandflags.

ThanksgivingDayisthe4thThursdayinNovemberandafederalholiday.OnthisdaywerememberhowtheIndianshelpedthePilgrimsbyteachingthemhowtofarmandhunt.Onthisday,wegivethanksforfood,ourcountry,andourfamilies.

December

InDecemberwecelebrateholidaysoflightandhopeinthedarkwinter.Thereisaneight-dayJewishholidayknownasChanukahduringwhichcandlesarelitoneachday.December12thistheholidayoftheVirginofGuadalupe,whoappearedtoapoorIndianinMexicoamongwinterflowers.

December25thisChristmas,celebratingthebirthofJesusofNazareth.ManypeopledecoratetheirhouseswithChristmastreesandlightsandgivepresentstofamilymembers.ChildrenhangstockingsforSantaClaus（St.Nicholas）tofillwithgifts.Christmasisafederalholiday.TheAfrican-AmericanholidayofKwanzaaisthelastweekofDecember.CandlesarelittorepresentthevirtuesoftheAfrican-Americanpeople.

Asyoucansee,wehavemuchtocelebrateintheU.S.Manyholidaysareuniquelyourownandmanyhavebeenborrowedfromothercountries.Weareacountryofmanyculturesandmanyholidays!