H OLIDAYS AND S PECIAL D AYS IN THE USA. N EW Y EAR ’ S D AY IS J ANUARY 1. People begin celebrating on December 31. They have parties through the night.

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H OLIDAYS AND S PECIAL D AYS IN THE USA

N EW Y EAR ’ S D AY IS J ANUARY 1. People begin celebrating on December 31. They have parties through the night. In Time Square, in New York, at a minute before midnight, a lighted ball goes down from one of the buildings.

G EORGE W ASHINGTON ’ S B IRTHDAY IS F EBRUARY 22 George Washington ( ) was the first president of the USA. During the War of Independence he took command of the Continental Arm for eight years, until the colonies won their independence from Britain.

S T V ALENTINES D AY I S F EBRUARY 14 On that day most people send “valentines”, candy or roses to people they love. Valentines are greeting cards to the from of hart, or they have hearts, the symbol of love, on them.

S T P ATRICK ’ S D AY IS M ARCH 17 Irish Americans remember St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. People wear green. It means the beginning of spring. There are parades. People sign and dance, wear Irish clothes and eat Irish food.

M EMORIAL D AY IS THE LAST M ONDAY IN M AY Americans remember the US soldiers who died in wars. People visit cemeteries and put flowers on graves.

I NDEPENDENCE D AY IS J ULY 4. I T IS THE U NITED S TATES ’ BIRTHDAY.

H ALLOWEEN IS O CTOBER 31 The Celts believed that on this day ghosts walked the earth and mingled with the living. At night people dressed up in costumes and tried to look like the souls of the dead.

T HANKSGIVING D AY IS THE FOURTH T HURSDAY IN N OVEMBER Families get together and have a big dinner. They eat turkey and pumpkin pie.

C HRISTMAS IS D ECEMBER 25 Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. People decorate a Christmas tree, and Santa Claus brings presents to children.