1. The Independence Day
The Independence Day of the United States (Independence Day and The Fourth of July) is
the national holiday that is celebrated on July 4 in the United States. This day marks the
signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 in which the country proclaimed its
formal separation from the British Empire. It is usually celebrated with many outdoor
activities such as parades, baseball games and fireworks. It is the traditional date several
motor racing, including the Firecracker 400 at Daytona NASCAR Cup Series, the Cleveland
Grand Prix Series and the Champ Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen Indy Car Series. The
Declaration of Independence of the United States, solemnly read in Philadelphia, is still
today one of the most innovative and important texts of contemporary history. In it were
two basic principles proclaimed subsequently collected the great texts on fundamental
rights: "freedom and equality".
Accordingly, the new states formed a republic, governed by a president and an assembly
or congress, both elected by all adult citizens. He had instituted thus a democratic regime,
setting the rights and duties of rulers and ruled in a fundamental law or Constitution.
The fate of the new nation was fought in a war with Britain that was difficult for the
Americans during the first three years. Then with the help of French and Spanish and led
by George Washington, managed to defeat his former mother in Saratoga (1777) and
Yorktown (1781). Two years later he signed the Treaty of Paris by which Britain recognized
the independence of the United States.
The Thanksgiving Day
The Thanksgiving Day (in English, Thanksgiving Day, French, and Jour de action de grace) is
a traditional celebration of the United States and Canada. In the United States is
celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, although originally it was the last
Thursday. In Canada, meanwhile, is celebrated on the second Monday of October.
Generally during this holiday gather around a table with family and friends sharing a feast.
Although religious in origin, is considered a holiday secular.On Thanksgiving in North
America has their origin in a mixture of European traditions and aborigine’s. In Europe,
festivals were held before and after the harvest cycles to give thanks for a good harvest,
and to celebrate after hard work along with the rest of the community. at that time,

2. Native Americans also celebrated the end of the cosecant. When Europeans arrived in
what would become America for the first time, brought their own traditions (parties of
harvest) from your continent, celebrating the end of their journey, peace and good cosset.
Although the origins of Thanksgiving day are similar in Canada and the United States,
Americans often do not celebrate the contributions made in the island of Newfoundland,
while Canadians do not celebrate the contributions in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Halloween
Halloween or Halloween is a festival celebrated primarily in the United States on the night
of October 31.And how do you celebrate Halloween? Well, the United States celebrates in
style. Not only the house decorated neighborhoods are black or orange pumpkins are
placed at the entrances of houses and ghosts adorn the doors of the garages. Americans
take advantage of the motives of terror spirits skulls, spiders, bats, black cats, witches to
scare everyone. During the celebration the children visit the houses shouting "Trick or
Treat" Trick or Treat or hoping to get the tastiest chocolates and sweets, but the 'big' too
big to enjoy this celebration escalofrienta. The costume parties are the order of the day,
expeditions to cemeteries or haunted houses are appealing to those who enjoy the
horror.
Easter is the Christian
Easter is the Christian annual commemoration of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of
Jesus of Nazareth. Therefore, it is a period of intense activity within the various liturgical
Christian denominations. Begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Easter Sunday, but his
celebration usually starts in several places last Friday (Good Friday) and is considered part
of the same on Easter Sunday. Easter is preceded by Lent, which ends in the Passion Week
where we celebrate the Eucharist on Holy Thursday, commemorates the crucifixion of
Jesus on Good Friday and the Resurrection during the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night
to Sunday Easter. During Easter occur numerous samples of popular religion throughout
the world, highlighting the processions and passion plays. The holiday cycle that
corresponds to Easter in other countries, like the United States of America, is known as
"Spring Break".

3. Christmas
Christmas (Latin: Nativities, "birth")? is one of the most important holidays of Christianity,
along with Easter and Pentecost. This feast, which commemorates the birth of Jesus in
Bethlehem, is celebrated on December 25 in the Catholic Church, in the Anglican Church,
some Protestant communities and the Romanian Orthodox Church. Instead, it is
celebrated on January 7 in other Orthodox churches, who did not accept the reforms
made to the Julian calendar to move to the Gregorian calendar called, a name derived
from its reformer Pope Gregory XIII.
English speakers use the term Christmas, meaning 'Mass (mass) of Christ'. In some
Germanic languages, such as German, the festival is called Weihnachten, meaning 'blessed
night'. The Christmas holidays are proposed, as the name suggests, celebrate the Nativity
(ie birth) of Jesus of Nazareth.
There are several theories about how they came to celebrate Christmas on December 25,
arising from various modes of inquiry, according to some known data, on what date Jesus
would have been born.