PleasebrieflydescribetheAmericanholidays.120
PleasebrieflydescribetheAmericanholidays.120


PleasebrieflydescribetheAmericanholidays.120
PleasebrieflydescribetheAmericanholidays.120
InEnglish?
Americanholidays
TherearemanysortsofholidaysintheUS.ThanksgivingDayiscelebratedinmanycountries,butthedateisnotthesame.IntheUS,itistheThursdayofthefourthweekinNovember.EasteristhespringfeastoftheChristianchurch.TheEnglishnamederivesfromEostre,Anglo-Saxongoddessofspring,whowashonoredinApril.ItisforcommemoratingtheresurrectionofJesus.Itisamovablefeast,fallingonthefirstSundayfollowingthefullmoonafter21March;thatisbetween22Marchand25April.GoodFridayistheanniversaryofJesus'sdeathonthecross,theFridaybeforeEaster.AmongChristiansitisadayofmourningandpenitence.IntheOrthodox,RomanCatholicandAmericanchurches,thesayingofMassissuspended.Intheyear2003,itison18thofApril.AllsoulsDay,observedintheweston2ndNovember,isthedayonwhichChristianscommemoratethesoulsofthefaithfuldeparted.AlthoughofficiallyabolishedinProtestantcountriesattheREFORMATION,itstraditionhasbeenverywidelymaintained,andsincethe19thcentury,itsobservancehasbeenrevivedintheCatholicsectionoftheCHURCHOFENGLANDandtheANGLICANCOMMUNIONgenerally.
Aboveall,thisistheintroductionofthepiecesoftheAmericanholidays.Everyonegetlearnedfromthisculture.