I will post soon... American Christmas

Christmas in America...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2014.
Lights, lights more lights and a lots of fireworks. The ilumination and the decorations are really important in that dates where all turns around of Santa Claus, because there the three Kings they aren't so popular as the old fat guy...

AMERICAN CULTURE: THANKSGIVING DAY

The thanksgiving is an American tradition and a national holiday.

The first celebration was celebrated in 1621 to conmemorate the succesful harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony. In that year governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving. The Colonists celebrated it as a traditional English harvest feast.

In one of these first feasts they invited the local Wampanaog Native Indians.

This invitation was because the Indians taught the Pilgrims how to catch eels and grow corn.

Later by the mid 1800's many states celebrated a Thanksgiving Day.

During the Civil War to unite the Nation president Abraham Lincoln discused the subject and in 1863 he declared the last Thusday of November Day of Thanksgiving.

In 1940's president Franklin Delano Roosvelt changed the Thanksgiving Day to the third Thursday of November where it remains.

Nowadays at this date all family come toguether to eat... turkey of course.

And in this Day Macy's a famous Departament store ( as Corte Ingles in Spain) make a parade in New York city with bigs animated balloons , famous stars and bands from around the country, simply... amazing !!

AMERICAN CULTURE: NATIONAL HOLIDAYS

Some special celebrations federally recognaised and they remember an especial event of American History, or other from Catholic and ancient traditions.

They are:

- November 11: Veteran's Day

- Fourth Thursday in November: Thanksgiving Day

- December 25: Christmas

- January 1: Ney Year's Day

- Third Monday in January: Martin Luther King day

- Third Monday in February: Washington's Birthday or President's Day

- Last Monday in May: Memorial Day

- July 4: Independence Day

- First Monday in Spetember: Labour Day

- Halloween ( November First eve )

AMERICAN CULTURE: WELCOME TO AMERICA !

Welcome to the land of Rock and Roll, Cowboys and Hollywood films.

In this section I´m going to talk about United States of America and all the things that differenciate this country from others.

Let's go... !