Christmas tree
• One thing that most homes in America have at Christmas time is a Christmas tree, even in Hawaii where trees must be brought in by Day
April fool's Day
• April Fool's Day is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fool's errands, and fool the unsuspecting.
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• The orange pumpkin is harvested at this time of year and is hollowed out, a funny face cut into it, and a candle placed inside as a decoration in the window.
April Fool
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Halloween
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with different name in many countries .Although it originated as a religious holiday, it has lost its religious connections in the United States. It is now celebrated largely as a children's day, and many American children look forward to it for days and weeks beforehand
Western traditional festivals
Christmas Day 圣诞节
• Christmas is a joyful religious holiday when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
Father Christmas
复活节 Easter
• Easter is a time of springtime festivals.
• In Christian countries Easter is celebrated as the religious holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the son of God.
Thanksgiving Day is a time to offer thanks, of family gatherings and holiday meals. A time of turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. A time for Indian corn, holiday parades and giant balloons .
感恩节 Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November. • The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after a harsh winter. • George Washington was the first president to declare the holiday, in 1789.
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• In Scandinavian and other European countries, Father Christmas comes into houses in the night and leaves gifts for the children. Father Christmas is represented as a kindly man with a red cloak and long white beard.
Traditions associated with the festival survive in the Easter rabbit, a symbol of fertility, and in colored Easter eggs, painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring .