1.Americans share three national ho

1.Americans share three national holidays with many countries:Easter Sunday,Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
2.Easter celebrates the Christian belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
3.Many Americans follow old traditions of coloring hard-boiled eggs and giving children baskets of candy.
4.Christmas Day,December 25,marks the birth Christ child.
5.On New Year's Day Americans gather to wish each other a hahhy and prosperous coming year.
6.Thanksgiving Day dates back to 1621.
7.To this day,Thanksgiving dinner includes some of the food:roast turkey,cranberry sauce,potatoes and pumpkin-pie.
8.Before the meal begins families usually pause to give thanks for their blessings,uncluding the joy of being together.
9.The Fourth of July or Independence Day,honors the nations' birthday-signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4,1776.
10.It is a day of picnics and patriotic parades,a night of concerts and fireworks.
11.Besides Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July,there are six other uniquely American holidays:Martin Luther Kings Day,President's Day,Memorial Day,Columbus'Day,Velerans' Day.