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What are the major holidays in the United States

The major holidays in the United States are: Halloween, Thanksgiving Day, New Year's Day, Christmas, U.S. Independence Day, President's Day.

1, Halloween: Halloween can be said to be a children's festival, the most classic phrase is "trick or treat", Halloween is on November 1 every year, but like Christmas, Halloween is usually celebrated on the eve of Halloween, that is, the night of October 31st.

2, Thanksgiving Day: Thanksgiving Day is a holiday created by the American people, and it is also a holiday for Americans to get together as a family. Initially, there is no fixed date for Thanksgiving Day, which is decided temporarily by each state in the United States. Until after the independence of the United States in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln announced Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday.

3, President's Day, one of the 10 legal holidays in the United States, scheduled for the third Monday in February each year, and Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day, etc. enjoy the same status; every year on this day the Americans will use some special ways to revisit the history of the memory of the people in the heart of the respected great President, the school and the parents will be in the day of the children's patriotism education, so that they understand and familiarize them with American history.

4, Christmas: February 25, Christmas is the largest and most lively holiday in the United States, from Thanksgiving onwards, Americans began to Christmas busy. Americans usually hold celebrations or overnight. Some of them gather in taverns, dance halls, clubs to have fun; some family **** into a sumptuous dinner, and then sit around the fireplace to enjoy the joy of family.

5, New Year's Day - January 1, 1 week before Christmas began the holiday, until the Monday after New Year's Day. New Year's Day is a major holiday celebrated unanimously in all states across the United States. Americans celebrate New Year's Day with the most excitement on the night before New Year's Day. Late at night, people gather in churches, on the streets or in squares to sing, pray, give blessings, confess, and join in welcoming the moment of renewal.

6, the United States Independence Day is one of the main legal holidays in the United States, the date of July 4 each year, to commemorate the July 4, 1776 Continental Congress in Philadelphia formally adopted the Declaration of Independence. The adoption of the Declaration of Independence on this day has also become the American people will always commemorate the holiday, designated as the United States Independence Day.