TRADITIONS
AND
CUSTOMS OF
THE USA
THANKSGIVING
DAY
HALLOWEEN
AND FALL
FESTIVALS
PUMPKIN CHUCKING,
PUMPKIN CHUCKED
FROM TREBUCHET
IN OHIO
INDEPENDENCE
DAY
INDEPENDENCE DAY
PARADE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
GROUNDHOG
DAY
THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER
REPORTED THAT PHIL'S PREDICTIONS HAVE
BEEN CORRECT 39% OF THE TIME.
GROUNDHOG DAY DATES BACK TO 1887,
AND EVERY YEAR ON FEBRUARY 2 IN
PUNXSUTAWNEY, PENNSYLVANIA, AN
ELABORATE GROUNDHOG CEREMONY IS
HELD.
CHRISTMAS
MISTLETOE FACTS
• YOU CAN GET MALE AND FEMALE
MISTLETOE - FEMALE MISTLETOE HAS
BERRIES, WHICH IS WHAT WE HANG
IN OUR HOUSES AT CHRISTMAS
• IT IS MAINLY FOUND IN THE SOUTHWEST MIDLANDS IN THE UK
• YOU CAN'T GROW IT IN THE GROUND!
STRINGING LIGHTS AROUND CHRISTMAS
TREES STARTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN
1882.
EDWARD HIBBERD JOHNSON, A FRIEND OF
THOMAS EDISON, CAME UP WITH THE
BRIGHT IDEA TO STRING LIGHTS AROUND
CHRISTMAS TREES. TREES HAD PREVIOUSLY
BEEN LIT UP WITH CANDLES, A DANGEROUS
FIRE HAZARD.
COMPETITIVE
-EATING
NATHAN'S HOT DOG EATING CONTEST.
ORGANIZED COMPETITIVEEATING COMPETITIONS
HAVE BEEN A TRADITION
IN AMERICA SINCE 1916,
WHEN NATHAN'S HELD
ITS FIRST HOT DOGEATING CONTEST.
BLACK FRIDAY
SALES
PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE WHILE
SHOPPING THAN DURING A SHARK
ATTACK. SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
KILLED AND 98 INJURED IN THE US
WHILE SHOPPING ON BLACK FRIDAY
SINCE 2006.
OFTEN BLACK FRIDAY ENDS WITH A REAL
BATTLE FOR DISCOUNTS – PEOPLE USE
PEPPER SPRAY, BATS, WEAPONS.
PAJAMAS ARE THE BEST-SELLING ITEMS
EVERY YEAR ALONG
WITH ELECTRICAL GOODS AND JEWELRY.
PRESIDENT'S
DAY
PRESIDENT'S DAY IS ANOTHER
UNIQUELY AMERICAN HOLIDAY.
IT WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, AND
WAS DECLARED A FEDERAL
HOLIDAY IN 1879.
TV ADS BEFORE
«SUPER BOWL».
BUSINESS GIANTS LIKE PEPSI, M&M'S,
TOYOTA, HYUNDAI TEASE THE PUBLIC
WITH THE NAME OF THE STAR WHO
STARRED IN THE VIDEO. AT THE SAME
TIME, ANY POLITICAL TOPICS ARE
PROHIBITED.