Christmas-Christmas is a holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas has been an official holiday in the U.S since 1870. Although Christmas celebrated Jesus's birth even before Jesus's birth people would still celebrate around Christmas time. The Scandinavians celebrate Yule in a celebration of the return of the Sun. Christmas was even outlawed once in Europe. The pilgrims also outlawed it even fining anything with Christmas spirit 5 Shillings . Though in Jamestown John Smith reports Christmas celebrations.
St. Patrick's day- St. Patrick's day is celebrated on march 17Th. St. Patrick's day is considered a religious holiday and is the anniversary of St. Patrick's death. The first St. Patrick's day parade was held in America by Irish soldiers to celebrate their roots. Soon after this the Irish potato famine struck and around a million Irish fled to america. After the first Irish immigrants threw a parade they were mocked by comics displaying them as drunk monkeys. Soon though they realized their number gave them political power and Political figures soon began participating in the parade.
Easter-Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter is traditionally celebrated with an egg hunt and Easter bunnies. Easter is one of the few moving holidays in the year. Right before the 40 day period known as lent. Which celebrates Jesus's 40 day fast is Mardi Gra. The Holiday is actually officialy 40 days long celebrated by Christians.
Memorial Day-Memorial Day celebrates the men and women who died in the U.S army. Most People celebrate Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries. It is also known as decorating day because of the people decorating the graves. It was started after the american civil war and it celebrated at Arlington National Cemetery. After World War One it was changed to celebrate all who died in all American wars.
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