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FestivalsinAmericaThanksgivingDayNewYear’sDayMartinLutherKingDayPresdent'sDayValentine’sDayAprilFool'sDayMother’sDayFather’sDayIndependenceDayHalloween

Thanksgivingday感恩节ThestoryaboutThanksGivingDayIn1620,aboatfilledwithmorethanonehundredpeoplesailedacrosstheAtlanticOceantosettleintheNewWorld（新大陆）.ThisreligiousgrouphadbeguntoquestionthebeliefsoftheChurchofEnglandandtheywantedtoseparatefromit.ThePilgrimssettledinwhatisnowthestateofMassachusetts(马萨诸塞州）.TheirfirstwinterintheNewWorldwasdifficult.Theyhadarrivedtoolatetogrowmanycrops,andwithoutfreshfood,halfthecolonydiedfromdisease.ThefollowingspringtheIroquoisIndians（美国纽约州东北部易洛魁族印第安人）taughtthemhowtogrowcorn,anewfoodforthecolonists.Theyshowedthemothercropstogrowintheunfamiliarsoilandhowtohuntand

fish.Intheautumnof1621,bountifulcropsofcorn,barley（大麦）,beansandpumpkinswereharvested.Thecolonistshadmuchtobethankfulfor,soafeastwasplanned.TheyinvitedthelocalIndianchiefand90Indians.TheIndiansbroughtdeertoroastwiththeturkeysandotherwildgameofferedbythecolonists.ThecolonistshadlearnedhowtocookcranberriesanddifferentkindsofcornandsquashdishesfromtheIndians.TothisfirstThanksgiving,theIndianshadevenbroughtpopcorn.Infollowingyears,manyoftheoriginalcolonistscelebratedtheautumnharvestwithafeastofthanks.AftertheUnitedStatesbecameanindependentcountry,Congressrecommendedoneyearlydayofthanksgivingforthewholenationtocelebrate.GeorgeWashingtonsuggestedthedateNovember26asThanksgivingDay.Thenin1863,attheendofalongandbloody(血腥旳）civilwar,AbrahamLincolnaskedallAmericanstosetasidethelastThursdayinNovemberasadayofthanksgiving

When?

ThanksgivingfallsonthefourthThursdayofNovember,adifferentdateeveryyear.

Howtocelebrateit?

Thanksgivingisatimefortraditionandsharing.Eveniftheylivefaraway,familymembersgatherforareunionatthehouseofanolderrelative.Allgivethankstogetherforthegoodthingsthattheyhave.HappyNewYear

Nowadays,themajorityofcountriesintheworldseethe1stofJanuaryastheNewYear'sDay.MostpeoplespendtheNewYear'sDayathometostaywiththeirfamilies,asNewYear’sEvepartiesusuallyfinishverylate.NewYear'sDayisoneofimportantdaysformanypeopleintheworldduring

ayear.

MartinLutherKingDayObservedthethirdMondayinJanuary.ItisafederalholidayDr.MartinLutherKingwasactuallybornonJanuary15thHewasacivilrightsleader!Abriefprofile(个人简介）aboutMartinLutherKingJanuary15,1929,MartinLutherKingwasborninAtlanta.MartinLutherKing,the"non-violent"and"directaction"asamethodofsocialchangeoneofthemostprominentadvocates.Hewasacivilrightsleader.In1958,hewasarrestedforvagrancy.（流浪罪）1963MartinLutherKingorganizedafightforjobsandfreeblackstherighttomarchinWashington.In1964,hewasawardedtheNobelPeacePrize.

January1986,PresidentRonaldReagansignedlegislationtorequireeachthirdMondayinJanuaryMartinLutherJinquanGuofortheUnitedStatestocommemoratetheanniversaryofthisgreatman,andasastatutoryholiday.President'sDayisstillofficiallyknownasWashington'sbirthday.Itisafederalholiday.ItcomesatthethirdMondayinfebruary.Itiscelebratedtohonortheunitedstatespresidents,George

Washington

and

Abraham

LincolnPresident'sDayAprilFool’sDayAprilIstAprilFool'sDayistraditionallyadaytoplaypracticaljokesonothers,sendpeopleonfool'serrands,andfooltheunsuspecting.NooneknowshowthisholidaybeganbutitwasthoughttohaveoriginatedinFrance.SecondsundayinmayisMother’sDay

ThirdsundayinJuneisFather’sDay!HalloweenOnOctober31st,dozensofchildrendressedincostumesknockontheirneighbors'doorsandyell"TrickorTreat"whenthedooropens.Piratesandprincesses,ghostsandpopularheroesofthedayallholdbagsopentocatchthecandyorothergoodiesthattheneighborsdropin.Astheygiveeachchildatreattheneighborsexclaimoverthecostumesandtrytoguesswhoisunderthemasks.Valentine’sDay

February14Valentine's

Day

is

now

a

day

for

sweethearts.

It

is

the

daythat

you

show

your

friend

or

loved

one

that

you

care.

You

can

send

candy

to

someone

you

think

is

special.

Or

you

can

send

roses,

the

flower

of

love.

Most

people

send

"valentines,"

a

greeting

card

named

after

the

notes

that

St.

Valentine

received

in

jail.

Valentines

can

be

sentimental,

romantic

and

heartfelt（真心真意旳）.

They

can

be

funny

and

friendly.

If

the

sender

is

shy,

valentines

can

be

anonymous(匿名旳）.

July4th(US)IndependenceDayisthenationalholidayoftheUnitedStatesofAmericacommemoratingthesigningoftheDeclarationofIndependencebytheContinentalCongressonJuly4,1776,inPhiladelphia（费城）,Pennsylvania(宾夕法尼亚）.IndependenceDayFestivalsinUKGuyFawkesDay(烟火节)Queen’sOfficialBirthday(女王法定诞辰日)NewYear'sDay(新年）St.Valentine‘sDay（情人节）AprilFool‘sDay（愚人节）Halloween（万圣节）SomespecialBritishfestivalsGuyFawkesNightisannuallyheldonNovember5

ItissometimesknownasBonfireNightandmarkstheanniversaryofthediscoveryofaplotorganizedbyCatholicconspiratorstoblowuptheHousesofParliamentinLondonin1605.Manypeoplelightbonfiresandsetofffireworks.Manypeoplelightbonfiresandsetofffireworks.Asitistheendofautumn,itistheidealopportunitytoburngardenrubbish.Somelightsmallbonfiresintheirowngardens,whileotherlightlargeronesinacommunal（公社旳，公共旳）space.Insometownsandcities,themunicipalityorganizesabonfireandprofessionalfireworkdisplayinapark.Thesetendtobeverypopular.DuetoitsproximitytoHalloween,manypeopleorganizeacombinedpartyforGuyFawkesNightandHalloween.Thesepartiesoftenincludeelementsfrombothfestivals,suchasabonfireanddressingupinspookyoutfits.Popularfoodsincludetoffeeapples,bonfiretoffeeandpotatoesbakedintheashesofthefire.Whatdopeopledo?Publiclife

GuyFawkes'Dayisnotapublicholiday.Businesses,organizationsandschoolsareopenasusual.Publictransportservicesruntotheirnormaltimetables.Someorganizations,communitiesandmunicipalitiesmayorganizepublicbonfiresordisplaysoffireworksonoraroundNovember5.TheQueen’sholidaycelebratesthebirthdayofQueenElizabethII,whoisnotjustQueenoftheUnitedKingdombutalsoQueenofAustraliaandNewZealand.The

queen's

birthday

is

celebrated

twice

ayear,

privately

on

April

21,her

actualbirthday,

and

again

withan

officialNationalcelebration

inJune,

when

theweatheris

better.

Queen'sOfficialBirthday

Time:thesecondSaturdayinJuneOrigin:theceremonyderivesoldmilitarytraditionsinwhichregimentalflagswereparadedbeforethemonarch.Inthe18thcenturysuchpageantry(隆重