This document summarizes various holidays celebrated in the United States. It discusses birthdays, New Year's, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Father's Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Halloween, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. For each holiday it provides details on the date it is celebrated, its history or purpose, and popular traditions and activities associated with the day.

1. Holidays We Celebrate
Bath, Michigan USA

2. Birthdays
Birthdays are celebrated in the USA because it celebrates your birth.
It is usually celebrated by having a party,eating cake, and opening
presents with friends and family.

3. New Years
● It is celebrated to accept the new year.
● New year's is always on December 31.
● People stay up counting down the seconds till
midnight. They usually hug, kiss, and toast to
a new year at Midnight.
● Fireworks go off at midnight
● My favorite thing is getting to stay up really
late
● My Favorite thing is also getting to watch a big
ball drop in New York, New York.

4. Martin Luther King jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. was an important man in
our history because he fought for equal rights for
everyone. The purpose of this day is to
celebrate all that he accomplished and to remind
us about our history. Many schools do lessons
on this day about what he did for our country.
We celebrate this day at the end of January.

5. Presidents’ Day
● Presidents Day is celebrated in the United States because it honors the
nation's presidents. It is celebrate in February each year.
● In the U.S. it is celebrated by doing lessons at school about our past
presidents.
● Some people have the day off of work.

6. Valentine’s Day
● Valentine's day is a day of chocolate and gifts.
● On Valentine's Day friends spread love and let out their feelings.
● Valentine's day is celebrated on February 14. It is a festival of romantic love and
many people give cards, letters, flowers or presents to their spouse or partner.
● No one knows for sure how Valentine's Day started. The idea of sending greetings on
Valentine's Day goes back hundreds of years.
● Valentine cards were first sold in the early 1800's. Many of them were blank inside, leaving
space for the sender to write a message.

7. Saint Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's day is celebrated on March 17. We celebrate this just for fun in the
U.S. In Ireland they celebrate it because it is a religious holiday. In the U.S we
celebrate St Patrick's day by wearing green. Also if you do not wear green you get
pinched all day. My favorite part of the holiday is getting to dress up in green. Also
I like to see everybody else dress up in green. There is a legend where if you
pinch someone that is wearing green you will be cursed.
Border Shamrock Clover Four Leaf

8. Mother´s Day
Mother’s day is celebrated each May. One this day people typically do the
following for their mom:
● Spend the day with your mom
● Take her out for dinner
● You celebrate and appreciate all that she does
● You give her a gift ex: Chocolate, Jewelry, cards, flowers, etc.

9. Memorial Day
● Memorial day is a holiday where people honor the people who died who
served the nation’s armed forces.
● We made this day in honor of the people that fought for our freedom.
● It takes place at the end of May each year.

10. Father's Day
This is a day that we celebrate
because we love our fathers. We
get our father’s presents and make
them feel special by making them
a meal or taking them to a place
they enjoy. It is celebrated every
June.

11. 4th of July
On the fourth of July we celebrate the day that we became a country. People
have parties where they grill hotdogs and hamburgers and hang out with friends
and family. People set off fireworks at their house and many towns have large
firework displays.

12. Labor Day
● Labor Day is the first monday of
September. We celebrate it to
honor our American workers and
their success.
● Almost all parents and kids get the
day off. Labor day used to be the
last day of summer.
● It is common for people to go to the
beach, or have a cook-out outside.
● Many people like it because they
don’t have to go to work or school.

13. Halloween
● The history of halloween comes from beliefs that on the last night of October,
the spirits of the dead roamed the Earth. Now we celebrate it for fun.
● How we celebrate is we dress in costumes and walk house to house saying
“trick or treat!” People in the houses pass out candy to the children in their
costumes. We also carve pumpkins and turn them into jack-o-lanterns.
● Some people go to halloween parties.

14. Veteran’s Day
Veteran’s Day honors the people that
fought for our country.
We celebrate by thanking people for their
service in the army and volunteering to
help older veterans.
It is celebrated in November each year.

15. Thanksgiving
During thanksgiving a family gathers around and says what they
are thankful for. Then they eat a big feast with food such as
turkey, mashed potatoes, and cranberries. The first thanksgiving
was November the 23rd of 1621, but it didn’t become an official
holiday until 1863. We celebrate Thanksgiving at the end of
November each year. My favorite part is the turkey.

16. Christmas
● Christmas is celebrated on December 25th
● This holiday is celebrated to honor the day Jesus was
born, but many non-religious people celebrate it also
● A lot of people celebrate Christmas in the U.S.A
● During the night, Santa comes around to every single
house, and delivers presents to the kids
● On Christmas Day, all the kids wake up to presents
under the tree
● It is a tradition to leave cookies and warm milk out for
Santa to snack on, before you go to bed on Christmas
Eve
● It is believed that if you are naughty, you get coal from
Santa
● We love to wake up on Christmas morning and know
that there are presents waiting for us under the tree
● I also love decorating for Christmas because you get
to hang ornaments on the Christmas tree