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LESSON- 5
Text: American holidays.

Grammar: Direct and indirect speech. To do exercises.
American holidays.

There are many holiday in the world as they are in America.

Most of holidays celebrated in the. United States are also celebrated in many other countries: Christmas, Easter and New Year‘s Day from part of the holiday tradition throughout most of Europe, Africa, and Latin America. Other holidays were brought to the United States by members of different ethnic groups who immigrated to North America.
January. New Year‘s Day marks the beginning of a new year and the end o f the ―holiday season‖,

the period from Thanksgiving to Christmas Schools, government offices and most businesses are closed. People celebrate the arrival of the New Year. Martin Luther King‘s birthday is celebrated on the third Monday of the month. King became a black leader of national importance.
February. Valentine's Day is one of popular holidays with school children. Presidents' Day is a day when Americans honor men who were the Presidents of the United States. Federal offices are closed on this holiday, but schools and most businesses are open. They observe Lincoln‘s birthday and Washington‘s Birthday. March. Saint Patricc‘s day.

March \1 celebrated to honor the patron saint of Ireland has become a day for wearing a symbolic green clothing. In New Y'ork, the home of iarge numbers of Irish immigrants St. Patrick's Day is widely celebrated.

April. April fool‘s day is a day on which people traditionally joke. Easter is the most important of Christian holidays. It is a religious holiday.

May. May Day is not celebrated in the United States as a day honoring the worker, as it in other

parts of the world It is celebrated as the beginning o f spring Mother‘s Day the second Sunday in May, is traditionally the day Americans honor mothers and grandmothers with visits , cards, gifts, and so on.

Memorial day, the last Monday in May, is a federal holiday. This is officially the day for honoring all Americans who died in wars and for many families it has become a day for visiting and placing flowers on the graves of other family members as well.

June. Father‘s Day. On the third Sunday in the month o f June is traditionally the day Americans give attention to their fathers and grandfathers. Gifts as well as special visits are usual.

July. On the forth day of July is an independence day. It is celebrated throughout the country. August. There are no holidays at this time of the year. Many Americans take vacations. September. Labor day marks the unofficial end o f summer.

October. Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, is celebrated as a federal holiday.

Halloween, October 31, is not a federal holiday. It is religious in origin. November. Veterans day, November 11, is the official anniversary o f the end Of World War 1.

Thanksgiving ,on the fourth Thursday of November, is a day Americans consider to be a family celebration and many travel long distances for family reunions during the four day school holiday. It is the national holiday and was celebrated in 1621 by English settlers.

December. Christmas, December 25, is both a joyful religious celebration and a major commercial event in the United States.
1.Answer the following questions.
1.What Christian holidays do you know? 2. What Moslem holidays do you know? 3. What does the Thanksgiving mean? 4. What does the Navruz mean? 5. When do American people celebrate Easter? 6. What do people do at Easter? 7. Where is Father‘s Day celebrated? 8. Is Christmas a Moslem or Christian holiday?