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The role of American holidays and festivals in the national lifestyle



 

United States of America is situated in central North America having diverse culture and traditions. People of United States of America celebrates each and every festival with full of joy and fun. They are very lively and vivacious. Although in America you will find that place is full with Christian community but people of other different religion such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam and other religions respect American festival. Festivals in USA are celebrated according to arts, community, music, craft, holidays, science, religion, games and food.

People of USA are very religious and belives in celebrating festivals in most amazing way with full of enthusiasm. Few Religious Festivals in USA are Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, Sonshine Festival, Cornerstone Festival and many more. Music festivals in America are among other exciting type of American festivals. Music festivals in America like "Bumbershoot, City Folk Festival, Carrboro Music Festival Central Park SummerStage, Dally in the Alley, Deer Valley Music Festival, Buffalo, and Earthdance" are popular festivals in America. "Autumn Leaf Festival, West Side Nut Club Fall Festival, Autumnfest, Woollybear Festival, Apple Blossom Festival" are famous seasonal festivals in USA.

These festivals became reason for the celebrations and they also give people chance to enjoy some time together. Beer is very popular in USA and people of USA celebrate and enjoy beer festivals. Great American Beer Festival, Great Taste of the Midwest, Jacksonville Beer & Food Festival, and Oregon Brewers Festival are beer festivals in America. Similarly, theater and arts festival such as "Bristol Renaissance Faire - Kenosha, Wisconsi, Carolina Renaissance Festival - Huntersville, North Carolina, New York Renaissance Faire - Tuxedo, New York, North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Performance Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival - Ashland, Oregon, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts - State College, Pennsylvania and Curtain Up! Buffalo, New York" and Pagan festivals, Harvest and games festivals are other wonderful festivals in USA.

There are a lot of holidays in the USA. Many of them are associated with the history of the nation. The main holidays of the USA are New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas.

 

Probably the most widely celebrated holidays in the United States of America are Thanksgiving, Independence Day and Christmas.

Thanksgiving Day is marked on the fourth Thursday of November. On this day Americans thank their God for his blessings. Families gather together for a traditional dinner which includes roast turkey and pumpkin pie.

The 4th of July, an Independence Day, is the biggest national holiday of the USA. On this day in 1776 a document, known as the Declaration of Independence, was adopted. During this holiday American cities have parades, people shoot off fire-works in parks and fields.

Christmas is the most important religious holiday for Christians. Gift-giving is very common at Christmas. American children look forward to Christmas morning, when they find gifts brought by Santa Claus.

The New Year's Eve is a time for merriment. Most Americans spend this night with friends, at home or in restaurants. Thousands of people gather in New York in Times Square to see the New Year in. The Tournament of Roses takes place in Pasadena, California, on January 1 each year. Prizes are given to the cities with the most unusual floral compositions.

At Easter there is a tradition for people to buy new clothes. After church services many people take walks along the streets of their towns, wearing their new Easter hats and suits. This is usually called the "Easter Parade".

Memorial Day comes on May 30. It is dedicated to the memory of those who died for America in different wars. The national flags are put on the graves of soldiers on this day.

There are also some holidays which are not celebrated nation-wide, but only by each state separately.

In conclusion I’d like to say that holidays and festivals play an important role in American’s life.

Firstly,holidays are memorial data in honour of specific historical events. The ones arevery old and come from the ancient times, but the others are quite young.

The first reason to celebrate them is to remember both their predecessors предшественники and the features of the antecedentпрошлое. That also shows our respect to the people whotook part in the historical process..Apart from that, holidays let them learn more in the field of history. Spending the time in our familycircle with the nearest and dearest, they enrich our scope. The elders usually share their knowledge of life, and the youth listen to them with interest. In this way traditions and customs come down from father to son.In addition, there are many holidays which have become less popular with the course of time. Probably, people think they do not accord to the modernlifestyle.Finally, holidays are unique parts of the past centuries. From my point of view, we should not forgetabout them, since these data represent the history of the previous folks and gene


 

 


 




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