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Americanculture presentation 2013
- 1. American People andCulture
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- 3. Times Square onNew Years Americans have parties and watch the ball drop on TV. This is a giant glass ball is located in Times Square in New York City.
- 4. Times Square onNew Years
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- 6. Valentine’s Day Cards Inschool everyone gives each other small cards with notes written on it. These are called ‘Valentines.’
- 7. Wedding Proposals Many peoplepropose on Valentine’s day. The man gets on one knee, shows his girlfriend the ring and asks, “Will you marry me?”
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- 13. Mother’s Day On Mother’sDay everyone does something nice for their mothers, such as buy them flowers or making them breakfast, or taking them to a restaurant. A popular choice is going out for “brunch.” Brunch = Breakfast + Lunch
- 14. Father’s Day On Father’sDay people buy their father’s a gift. However, this holiday is not as popular as Mother’s Day.
- 15. Independence Day This holidaycelebrates the day the USA became independent from Britain.
- 16. Fireworks on IndependenceDay Most cities in the USA has a fireworks show on Independence Day. Many people also buy fireworks to light at their house if they live in the country—rural areas.
- 17. Fourth of JulyBarbecues Most families on 4th of July cook food outside. This is called a barbecue. Some people BBQ out in a park, other people go camping, others BBQ in their backyard.
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- 19. The holiday originallycomes from a people called Celts. On November 1st they celebrated the end of summer. They thought ghosts visited them on October 31st and then they dressed up like ghosts so the spirits would not harm their families.
- 20. When people dressedup they walked around outside carried lanterns made of turnips to scare the spirits and ghosts away. Later this evolved into pumpkins. This is where the jack - o´-lantern comes from.
- 21. Halloween Pumpkins Many peoplecarve a pumpkin on Halloween. These are called ‘Jack-o-Lanterns.’ They put them outside their door with a candle inside.
- 22. Activities include trick-or-treating, hauntedhouse tours, telling scary stories, bonfires,....
- 23. They also hada tradition of giving food to the spirits. Later, they gave food to poor people. This is where trick - or - treat comes from.
- 25. Halloween Pranks Lots ofteenagers pull pranks on Halloween. Some common pranks are throwing eggs at someone’s house (egging), throwing toilet paper over someone’s tree (TP=ng), or smashing someone’s pumpkins.
- 26. Halloween Costumes Not allHalloween Costumes have to be scary. Many are clever or funny. You can dress up as a famous person, a character or even an idea.
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- 30. Thanksgiving Dinner There aremany traditional foods at Thanksgiving including mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and turkey.
- 31. Macy’s Thanksgiving DayParade This is a traditional parade held every year on Thanksgiving in New York City. It is shown on TV during the day and most American Families watch it before eating dinner.
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- 33. Christmas Milk andCookies American children leave milk and cookies for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve (the night before Christmas).
- 34. Santa Claus FliesThrough the Air to Deliver Toys to Children all over the world in one night.
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- 37. Groundhog Day (February2nd) Groundhog Day takes place every year in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. On Groundhog’s Day, everyone waits to see if the groundhog will come out of his house. If he sees his shadow, that means that winter will be longer.
- 38. Super Bowl Sunday SuperBowl Sunday is the Sunday when the championship American Football game is held. More people watch TV on this day than any other day of the year. Most people have parties at their house to watch the football game. Commercials during this game costs almost a million dollars for each one.
- 39. Mardi Gras/Carnival Mardi Gras(Fat Tuesday in French) is a celebration in the South. It is held before Ash Wednesday (when people give up something for lent). It is considered a day to do ‘whatever you want’. In the city of New Orleans, they have lots of parades and people travel from all across America to visit for this holiday.
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- 41. April Fool’s Day(April 1) This holiday is dedicated to playing tricks on pranks on other people. You have to be careful on April Fool’s Day because anything could happen.
- 42. Earth Day On EarthDay people get together and do something that helps the earth and nature.
- 43. Saint Patrick’s Day Thisis a holiday that celebrates Ireland and Irish Culture. You must wear green on this day. If you don’t, you will get pinched.
- 44. Saint Patrick’s DayParades Most big cities have a parade on this day. Chicago dies it’s river green on Saint Patrick’s day.
- 45. Saint Patrick’s DayParties You don’t need to be Irish to celebrate this holiday. St. Patrick’s Day is one of the biggest drinking holidays in the USA.
- 46. Cinco De Mayo Thisis a holiday celebrated in the USA and Mexico. It celebrate Mexican Culture and Heritage. It is like St. Patrick’s Day. There are parades all across the USA and you don’t need to be Mexican to celebrate.
- 47. Hanukkah Hannukah is aJewish holiday that occurs in December. It is called the ‘Festival of Lights.’ It is an 8-day celebration where people in a family give a new gift to each other each night. Also, on each night, another candle on a Menorah is lit.
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