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1、westernFestivals節(jié)日FestivalsWesternFestivals新年NewYear’sDay1月1日情人節(jié)Valentine’sDay2月14日復(fù)活節(jié)Easter3月21日或此日后月圓的第一個星期日愚人節(jié)AllFool’sDay4月1日母親節(jié)Mother’sDay5月的第二個星期日父親節(jié)Father’sDay6月的第三個星期日勞動節(jié)LaborDay9月的第一個星期一萬圣節(jié)前夕Halloween10月31日感恩節(jié)ThanksgivingDay11月的第四個星期四圣誕節(jié)ChristmasDay12月25日情人節(jié)（Valentine’sDay）HowtoCelebrate?Wh
2、atgiftstogive?13999100Itisaholidayforthelovers.Whenonthe14thofFebruaryWhattodoLoversgivethecandy,theflowersorothergiftstoeachother,…Valentine’sDay情人節(jié)BackgroundDuringthethirdcentury,ValentineservedinRome.KingClaudiusIIoutlawedmarriageforyoungmen.Valentine,realizingtheunfairnessoftherule,disobeyedandc
3、ontinuedtoperformmarriagesinsecret.werediscovered,beputtodeathonFebruary14thA.D.270.FromA.D.496on,February14thwasestablishedasadaytohonorValentine.BR_ValentineTraditionsValentineTraditionsBR_ValentineTraditions_picture1IntheMiddleAges,youngmenandwomendrewnamesfromabowltoseewhotheirvalentineswouldbe.
4、Theywouldwearthesenamesontheirsleevesforoneweek.“Wearyourheartonyoursleeve”nowmeansthatitiseasyforotherpeopletoknowhowyouarefeeling.Youshowyouremotionsopenlyandyoudon’ttrytohideyourfeelings.BR_ValentineTraditions_picture2Ifyoucutanappleinhalfandcounthowmanyseedsareinside,youwillalsoknowhowmanychildr
5、enyouwillhave.InWales,woodenlovespoonswerecarvedandgivenasgiftsonFebruary14th.Hearts,keysandkeyholeswerefavoritedecorationsonthespoons.Thedecorationmeant“Youunlockmyheart!”愚人節(jié)（AprilFool'sDay）AprilFool’sDay愚人節(jié)Itisadaytoplayjokesonothers.Whenonthe1stofAprilWhattodoplayjokesonothers,…Originthefirstdayo
6、fApril.playsillybutharmlessjokesAvictimofoneofthesepranksiscalledanAprilfool.Justforfun.itoriginatedinFrance.WhentheFrenchfirstadoptedtheGregorian(羅馬教皇格列高利的)calendarin1564,somepeoplecontinuedtousetheoldcalendartocelebrateNewYear'sDayonApril1.ThesepeoplewerecalledAprilFools.Thecustomofplayingtrickson
7、thisdaybecamepopularinFranceandthenspreadtomanyothercountries.FunmakingEasterDay復(fù)活節(jié)Easter復(fù)活節(jié)WhenusuallyonSundayofMarchorAprilWhattodoputonthenewclothes，makealotofeggsandcolorthem，theparentshidetheeggs
