1. CHRISTMAS,THANKSGIVING AND HALLOWEEN IN THE USA
ZYKOVA TATYANA

2. CHRISTMAS
Christmas is one of the favorite holiday in the USA. It is celebrated on the 24th-25th of December. Traditionally this is the day when people decorate their trees. Children hang stockings at the end of their beds, hoping that Father Christmas\Santa Claus will come down with toys and sweets.
Christmas is a family holiday. Relatives usually meet for the big dinner of turkey and Christmas pudding. And everyone gives and receives presets.
You can also see groups of singers going from house to house. They collect money for charity and sing songs, carols, traditional Christmas songs. Many churches hold a carol service on the Sunday before Christmas.

3. CHRISTMAS

4. THANKSGIVING
This festival is observed on the fourth Thursday of November. It has a special significance for Americans because it is traced back to that group of people who were among the first to come to the new World in search of freedom.
Thanksgiving Day is marked by families gathering together to enjoy a traditional dinner of roast turkey, and to speak to one another of the things for the things they are thankful. Young people who are at college or live away from their families usually come home for this dinner

5. HALLOWEEN
Halloween, the last day of October, has a special significance for children, who dress in funny or ghostly costumes and knock at the neighborhood doors. After shout “Trick or Treat!” they are given gifts of candy or money. Originally a religious holiday the evening before All Saints or All- Hallows Day, Halloween is now celebrated by Americans more according to ancient Celtic pagan traditions. Some children collect money on this day to help children of other nations through the United Nations Children’s Fund \UNICEF\.

6. HALLOWEEN