How many holidays are there in the United States a year?

Seven legal holidays in the United States:

1, New Year's Day 65438+1 October1.

President's Day is the third Monday in February every year.

Memorial Day is the last Monday in May every year.

American Independence Day falls on July 4th every year.

Labor Day is the first Monday in September every year.

Thanksgiving Day is a two-day holiday on the last Thursday of 165438+ 10 every year.

7.65438 The market is closed for about 3-4 weeks on February 25th every year.

Going home for Christmas is the most cherished tradition. No matter where you are, you must go home and spend Christmas with your family and friends.

★ American holidays

If New Year's Day, Independence Day or Christmas Day falls on a Sunday, then the next day is still a rest day; If you catch up with Saturday, the day before is also a rest day.

On legal federal holidays, federal government agencies are usually closed, including the post office.

Schools and businesses will be closed on major holidays, such as Independence Day and Christmas, but what about George? It doesn't have to be Washington's birthday or Veterans Day.

65438+1 October1New Year's Day

Martin Luther King Day, the third Monday of 65438+ 10.

Washington's birthday, the third Monday in February, is President's Day in the United States.

Good Friday, March 24th (day 14 in the Jewish calendar).

May 30th Memorial Day (last Monday in May)

July 4th Independence Day (National Day)

September 4th Labor Day (the first Monday in September)

165438+1October 1 1 Veterans' Day

165438+1Thanksgiving Day on October 23rd (165438+1last Thursday)

65438+Christmas on February 25th.

★ American traditional festivals

65438+1 October1New Year's Day

Martin Luther King Day is celebrated on the third Monday of June 5438+ 10 every year.

Martin, leader of the civil rights movement? Lu Se? Martin Luther King's birthday is a national holiday.

February 12 Lincoln's birthday

February 14 Valentine's Day (Valentine's Day)

February 18, Washington's birthday.

March 17 St. Patrick's day

April 1 April Fool's Day

Good Friday the week before Easter.

Easter in April (usually the first Sunday after the full moon at the vernal equinox)

May 1 Labor Day (May Day)

Arbor Day in May (the second Friday in May)

Mother's Day in May (the second Sunday in May)

Memorial Day in May (last Monday in May)

June 14 Flag Day

Father's Day in June (the third Sunday in June)

Fourth of July, Independence Day.

Labor Day in September (the first Monday in September)

Grandparents' Day, the first Sunday after Labor Day in September.

65438+1October 12 Columbus Day

Veterans Day (10) (fourth Monday in October)

1 65438+1October1Halloween.

165438+ Thanksgiving Day in October (last Thursday in November)

65438+February 25th Christmas Day (Christmas Day)

★ Legal holidays: New Year's Day (1. 1), Martin Luther King's birthday (65438+1Monday in the third week of October), President's Day (Monday in the third week of February), Memorial Day (Monday in the fourth week of May), Independence Day (7.4)

★ There are many festivals in the United States with dazzling names, such as Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Flag Day, Veterans Day and so on. , dazzling. However, there are only a few festivals that really matter. In chronological order, it is New Year, Valentine's Day, Easter, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Compared with Christmas, New Year's Day in America seems a little deserted. That's understandable. For many Americans, Christmas is a new beginning of the year. After the ecstasy of Christmas, the arrival of the new year seems a bit redundant.

Compared with the deserted New Year, Valentine's Day in February 14 is much more lively. On this day, everyone will be busy sending cards, distributing chocolates, buying flowers, having dinner with family and friends and expressing their feelings for each other. Of course, the sweetest thing is the lovers in love. The happiest, I think, should be the florist. On Valentine's Day, flowers sold like crazy.

Easter seems strange to us in China, but in the United States, Easter is a very important religious festival, which is second only to Christmas. Celebrating Easter, on the one hand, is to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and thank him for his sacrifice and dedication to mankind. On the other hand, it is to celebrate the arrival of the Spring Festival. After the severe winter, everything began to recover and flourish.

Just as Santa Claus and Christmas tree are symbols of Christmas, rabbits and eggs are symbols of Easter. They symbolize vitality and fertility. On Easter day, cute and exaggerated cartoon rabbits are usually hung in shops. The trees in front of people's houses are covered with colorful plastic eggs filled with candy, so that they can sway gently with the breeze. Families with children take their children to community gathering places early, taste delicious food and participate in various games. More people go to church and spend the holidays with many parishioners.

Interestingly, the date of Easter is uncertain. Its date determination is somewhat complicated, usually on the first Sunday after the first full moon after March 20. In the west, Easter may be on any day from March 23rd to April 26th. Because this arrangement is very complicated, it is said that it will be 5.7 million years later, on the same Easter, before it can be repeated.

The Independence Day of the United States is equivalent to the National Day of China. On July 4th, the local government often arranged a lively National Day parade. Last year, I went sightseeing with some friends from China. The national day parade in the United States looks a bit sloppy but very happy. People from all walks of life of all ethnic groups, colors and ages, wearing their most distinctive costumes or professional uniforms, sang and danced or beat around in the streets and walked all the way. If a naughty child comes out of the crowd and dances with his hands and feet beside the team, it doesn't matter if he follows all the way. Anyway, the police uncle doesn't care.

★ June 65438+1October 3 1 Halloween in the United States is actually what we call Ghost Festival in China. Compared with our taboo on Halloween in China, Americans seem to like this festival very much, especially children, who are eagerly looking forward to Halloween before June 5438+00.

From the origin, Halloween is also a religious festival, which means that the energetic summer has passed and the cold winter representing death is coming. On this day, children will dress up as all kinds of weird and scary ghosts and knock on neighbors' doors for candy. Presumably, Americans' happy Halloween also has a positive effect on children's psychological growth, which can make children treat such a heavy topic as death with an optimistic attitude.

★ 165438+ The fourth Thursday in October is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. On this day, the most unlucky thing is the turkey. Because on this day, almost all families will roast a turkey and share it with the whole family. Of course, according to American custom, one of the luckiest turkeys was pardoned by the president and survived.

Thanksgiving Day was originally set up to thank God for his generosity and make the earth rich and people can harvest food. The most popular explanation in the United States is that in order to thank the local indigenous Indians, they were given very important help when they first came to the New World. Today, Thanksgiving Day has become an important holiday for American family gatherings.

★ The most important holiday in America is Christmas on February 25th, 65438. People know the origin and history of Christmas best. In the eyes of Americans, the most poetic Christmas is when the whole family sits around the fire and tastes delicious food on snowy days. Unfortunately, such a white Christmas is not easy to meet.