USA (Amerikas förenta stater) : helgdagar, stängning av banker, skolan semester

Vykort/Blommor : In 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Years Day. IN 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.

Vykort/Blommor : The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran; a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, a number of other days. Allah desires for you ease; He desires not hardship for you; and that you should complete the period, and that you should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that perhaps you may be thankful [Wikipedia]

Extraordinära händelser : On this day, every individual has to pay his/her income tax to the federal government.

kultur : Celebrated 111 days into the new year. The day marks when a typical taxpayer has earned enough to pay for all their annual federal, state and local taxes.

kultur : The official period of celebration was first proclaimed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer as National Secretaries Week, which was held June 1–7 in 1952, with Wednesday, June 4, 1952 designated National Secretaries Day. In 1955, the observance date was moved to April. The name was changed to Professional Secretaries Week in 1981, and became Administrative Professionals Week in 2000 to encompass the expanding responsibilities and wide-ranging job titles of administrative support staff. (Wikipedia)

Vykort/Blommor : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus

kultur : Reaffirmation of loyalty to the USA; recognition of the freedom heritage. Parades and ceremonies across the United States.

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kultur : Teacher Appreciation Week is a week long celebration - to show appreciation for the contribution that teachers bring to education

Vykort/Blommor : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year. One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world. Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation.

Sekulär semester : Observed on the last Monday in May in most of the United States, in honour of the nation’s armed services personnel killed in wartime and the deceased in general. Created after the Civil War, it is traditionally marked by parades, memorial speeches

kultur : Commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777. The United States Army also celebrates the Army Birthday on this date; Congress adopted the American continental army after reaching a consensus position in the Committee of the Whole on June 14, 1775. |Wikipedia]

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mässa : To remember and honor the freeing, in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, of the last slaves in the United States from 2019 on

Sekulär semester : USA:s självständighetsförklaring (ibland: oavhängighetsförklaring) (engelska: United States Declaration of Independence), formellt Den enhälliga deklarationen av Amerikas tretton förenta stater (engelska: The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America), som ratificerades av kontinentala kongressen den 4 juli 1776, förklarar de 13 nordamerikanska kolonierna sig själva fristående från Storbritannien. I dokumentet anges även skälen till varför man har rätt att göra så.

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Sekulär semester : Celebrated on the first Monday in September with parades. For most Americans, it marks the end of summer holidays, and for many students the beginning of the classes.

Vykort/Blommor : To honor grandparents, to give grandparents an opportunity to show love for their children's children, and to help children become aware of strength, information, and guidance older people can offer The official flower of the Grandparents Day is the forget-me-not

kultur : Commemorates the declaration of the Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787

kultur : Sedan 2004, firar en ratificering av konstitutionen och personer som har blivit amerikanska medborgare.

Vykort/Blommor : Jewish New Year

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Sekulär semester : Firar den dag Utforskare Christopher Columbus landade först i Västindien den 12 oktober, 1492. Det firas den 12 oktober i många amerikanska länder, men USA och Colombia fira det den 2: a måndagen i oktober
eller, i många städer, firar och hedrar ursprungsbefolkningarna i Amerika och firar sin gemensamma historia och kultur betald semester i Samoa, Amerikas förenta stater, Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin

kultur : Employees thank their bosses for being kind and fair throughout the year

Vykort/Blommor : Halloween originated from a Celtic festival called Samhain, which was celebrated 2,000 years ago and revolved around lighting bonfires and wearing costumes to ward off spirits and fairies— yes, Halloween began because people truly believed that it was a time when dead spirits would rise again, and walk among them. Back then, costumes acted as protection, not just an excuse to show off your Pinterest skills. Not much is known about the ancient holiday since there are no written records, though per Encyclopedia Britannica, it was a time fraught with danger, charged with fear, and full of supernatural episodes.