by Maria Komarova

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American's Year

• by Maria Komarova

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Contents

• Americans travelling in different parts of the
  year
• Favorite seaside
• Europe vacation, winter vacation
• Spending time in the USA
• Holidays in the USA
• New Year
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Groundhog Day
• Washington's Birthday
• Memorial Day
• Labor Day
• Christopher Columbus's Day
• Thanksgiving
• Halloween
• Armistice Day
• Christmas
• Kwanzaa
• Americans calendar

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A rest at the ocean with different trips

• Mexico (Riviera Maya)
• Virgin Islands
• Dominican Republic (Caribbean)
• Jamaica
• Bahamas

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Europe vacation spots, winter vacation

• Paris London (the Eiffel Tower the river
  Seine Thames boat tour)
• Italy Rome, Venice, Hill Towns in Tuscany
• Center Parcs, Eurocamp
• Quebec Carnival - Winter Festival (Ice Palaces,
  ice sculptures, snow sculptures, giant slides for
  sleds)
• Whistler-Blackcomb Ski Resort (BC, Canada)
  (for x-treme skiers)

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The USA

• Hawaii, California, Florida (Orlando)
• Orlando, FL Walt Disney World (attractions,
  great rides parades, fireworks, and live stage
  shows)
• Family Adventure in Yellowstone National Park
  (multisports like hiking, rafting, and
  horse-riding
• New York City with Teens (NBC Studio tour, movie
  tours, Top of the Rock (birds-eye view from the
  Rockefeller Center))

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Holidays in the USA

• 1.01 New Year is the time when families and
  friends come together at a table covered with
  many favorite dishes
• The third Monday in January - Martin Luther King
  Jr. Day - fighter for the rights of African
  Americans
• 2.02 - Groundhog Day - groundhog emerges from its
  burrow on this day, signifying that winter will
  soon end

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Flag and bunting mark Washington's Birthday
(taken in Toronto, ON).

• third Monday of February - Washington's Birthday
  (Presidents' Day)
• the last Monday of May - Memorial Day - it
  commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in
  the military service
• first Monday in September - Labor Day (1882) -
  Labor Day is celebrated by most Americans as the
  symbolic end of summer

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• 12.10(actual/traditional) 2nd Monday in October
  (in the USA) - Christopher Columbus's Day -
  arrived in the Americas, which occurred
  in12.10.1492 (Julian calendar) and October 21,
  1492 (modern Gregorian calendar), as an official
  holiday
• 2nd Monday in October Thanksgiving or
  Thanksgiving Day is associated with giving thanks
  to God for the harvest and expressing gratitude

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• 31.10 - Halloween (also spelled Hallowe'en) The
  Celtic calendar divided into two parts dark and
  light. This day dark part replaces light one
• 11.11 - Armistice Day (also known as Remembrance
  Day) commemorates the armistice which ended the
  First World War (1918)

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• 25.12 Christmas - the birth
• of Jesus
• 26.12 1.01 - Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration
  held in the United States honoring universal
  African heritage and culture.

A woman lights candles on a table decorated with
the symbols of Kwanzaa
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Americans calendar
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Resources

• 1. http//turlist.net.ua/node/kuda-lyubyat-ezdit-a
  merikancy-turism-218.html
• 2. http//travelwithkids.about.com/od/topvacations
  /tp/Family_vacation_spots_fave.htm
• 3. http//en.wikipedia.org