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Americans attach great importance to dressing and dressing according to the occasion. If you think sloppiness equals fashion, you are behind the times. A day in America begins with taking a bath and washing your hair in the morning. After washing your hair, you can blow out your fluffy hair, and the lady needs makeup. Americans regard neatness as politeness, and various personal hygiene products in the United States emerge one after another, such as shaving foam and antibacterial hand sanitizer, which are all part of American life.

2. Dining etiquette

Americans usually have a simple lunch with sandwiches, pizza or salad, while dinner is more formal, especially when going to other people's homes. Let's talk about table manners in America. Americans eat with a knife and fork, which hand to write with, and which hand to hold a fork to send food to their mouths. For example, right-handed people should first cut food into small pieces with their right hands, then change hands, and also raise their forks with their right hands to send food to their mouths; Left-handers are the opposite.

3. Public etiquette

Americans pay great attention to public etiquette. China people must be careful not to smoke everywhere when they arrive in the United States. Anyone found smoking in the no-smoking area will be fined. /kloc-it is illegal for people under 0/8 to smoke, and buying cigarettes for minors will be fined or even jailed.

Smoking on airplanes and public transport is absolutely forbidden. In some states, smoking is not allowed outdoors at a certain distance from buildings. You can judge by observing others. Ask people around you if you mind before smoking, and don't walk around with a cigarette lit. Americans usually finish smoking in a fixed position in the smoking area before leaving.

4. Pay attention to privacy

Americans pay attention to privacy, and American law stipulates that private property is sacred and inviolable, especially private houses. Entering another person's private residence without permission (trespassing) is an infringement. There was a judicial precedent in the past, and the owner could defend himself against illegal intruders by violence without criminal responsibility.

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American customs and festivals:

1, New Year

The New Year is an important festival celebrated by American states. Americans celebrate the New Year, and the most lively thing is the night before the New Year, Christmas Eve. People gather in churches, streets or squares to sing poems, pray, bless and repent, and welcome the time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. 12 midnight, church bells rang all over the country, and the band played the famous nostalgic song "bon voyage". In the music, excited people embrace together and greet the New Year with farewell sadness and longing for a new life.

2. Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is also called Saint Valentine's Day. Young people are well-deserved protagonists of Valentine's Day. They want to choose gifts, send flowers to their lovers and express their love during this festival. According to an old legend, an infatuated girl may put laurel leaves on a pillow on the eve of Valentine's Day, hoping to meet her sweetheart in her dream.

3. April Fool's Day. Also known as ALL FOOLS' DAY

On April 1 day, people organize family gatherings and decorate their rooms with daffodils and daisies. The typical traditional practice is to decorate a fake environment, such as making the room look like the New Year, and wishing the guests "Happy New Year" when they arrive, which makes people feel chic and interesting.

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