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ABOUT
ENGLISH OR AMERICAN FESTIVALS ?
THANKSGIVING DAY
▪ Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and
Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding
year. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. It is
celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the
second Monday of October in Canada. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in
religious and cultural traditions, and has long been celebrated in a secular manner
as well.
4thThursday of November
2nd Monday of October
HISTORY
▪ Prayers of thanks and special thanksgiving ceremonies are common among almost
all religions after harvests and at other times. The Thanksgiving holiday's history in
North America is rooted in English traditions dating from the
Protestant Reformation. It also has aspects of a harvest festival, even though the
harvest in New England occurs well before the late-November date on which the
modern Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated
NATIONAL THANKSGIVING TURKEY
PRESENTATION
▪ National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation is a ceremony that takes place at
the White House every year shortly before Thanksgiving. The President of the
United States is presented with a live domestic turkey, usually of the Broad Breasted
White variety. Generally the National Turkey Federation and the Poultry and Egg
National Board are involved. Since 1989 during the first Thanksgiving of
President George H. W. Bush, the president has granted the turkey a
"presidential pardon" and thus spared the bird from being slaughtered
▪ Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is
a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of
the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring
independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
INDEPENDENCE DAY
▪ Independence Day is commonly associated
with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics,
concerts, baseball games, family reunions, and political
speeches and ceremonies, in addition to various other
public and private events celebrating the history,
government, and traditions of the United States.
Independence Day is the National Day of the United States.
CELEBRAITON
▪ Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile
Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is a cultural and
religious holiday celebrated annually on 17 March, the death date of
the most commonly-recognised patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick.
ST.PARTICKS DAY
CELEBRATING
▪ Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday in the Republic of
Ireland, Northern Ireland, Newfoundland and
Labrador and Montserrat. It is also widely celebrated by the Irish
diaspora around the world; especially in Britain, Canada, the United
States, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand.
CELEBRATING
▪ On St Patrick's Day it is customary to wear shamrocks and/or green
clothing or accessories (the "wearing of the green"). St Patrick is said
to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy
Trinity to the pagan Irish.
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