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1 The Holidays By: Dejuan Johnson

2 New Years New Year is the time at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count is incremented. The New Year of the Gregorian calendar, today in worldwide use, falls on 1 January, as was the case with the Roman calendar.

3 Valentines Days Saint Valentine's Day, also called Valentine's Day, or the Feast of Saint Valentine. Is observed on February 14 each year. Today Valentine's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world, mostly in the West, although it remains a working day in all of them.

4 St.Patricks Day “The Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated on 17 March. Commemorates Saint Patrick (c. AD 387–461), the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland, and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland.

5 Easter Easter is a Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as. Easter is the culmination of the Passion of Christ, preceded by Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.

6 Halloween Halloween is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows (or All Saints). Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (also known as "guising"), attending costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns

7 Independence Day Independence Day is a 1996 American military science fiction disaster film about an alien invasion of Earth. The narrative focuses on a disparate group of people who converge in the Nevada desert and, along with the rest of the human population, participate in a last-chance counterattack on July 4.

8 Christmas Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ and a widely observed holiday, celebrated generally on December 25. Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world's nations, is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians, and is an integral part of the Christmas and holiday season.

9 Mothers Day Mother's Day is a celebration that honors mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. Mother's Day is an American invention, and it is not directly descended from the many celebrations of mothers and motherhood.

10 Fathers Day Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Get the full story of Father's Day, which became an official U.S. holiday in 1972.

11 Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday with religious significance in the United States. Thanksgiving is on Thursday, November 22.


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