情人节ppt英语介绍ppt
Ⅰ 关于情人节英文介绍
Valentine's Day, also known as St. Valentine's Day or St. Valentine's Day, is one of the traditional festivals in the West.
On this day, men and women send chocolate, greeting cards and roses to each other to express their love or friendship. It has become a favorite festival for young people in Europe and America.
Maybe there are as many Valentines in the world as there are interpretations of the origins of Valentine's Day.
情人节,又叫圣瓦伦丁节或圣华伦泰节,即每年的2月14 日,是西方的传统节日之一。男女在这一天互送巧克力、 贺卡和玫瑰花,用以表达爱意或友好,现已成为欧美各国青年人喜爱的节日。大概这世上有多少情人就有多少关于情人节来历的诠释吧。
Ⅱ 求一介绍节日的ppt课件
元旦(1月1日)NewYear'sDay
春节(农历一月一日)theSpringFestival
元宵节(农历一月十五日)theLanternFestival
国际劳动妇女节(3月8日)InternationalWorkingWomen'sDay
植树节(3月12日)ArborDay
邮政节(3月20日)PostalDay
世界气象节(3月23日)WorldMeteorologyDay
清明节(4月5日)ChingMingFestival;Tomb-sweepingFestival
国际劳动节(5月1日)InternationalLabourDay
中国青年节(5月4日)ChineseYouthDay
护士节(5月12日)Nurses'Festival
端午节(农历五月初五)theDragonBoatFestival
国际儿童节(6月1日)InternationalChildren'sDay
中国共产党成立纪念日(7月1日)theParty'sBirthday
建军节(8月1日)theArmy'sDay
中秋节(农历八月十五)Mid-autumn(Moon)Festival
教师节(9月10日)Teachers'Day
重阳节(农历九月九日)Double-ninthDay
国庆节(10月1日)NationalDay
除夕(农历十二月三十日)NewYear'sEve
阳历节日
1月1日元旦(New Year's Day)
2月2日世界湿地日(World Wetlands Day)
2月14日情人节(Valentine's Day)
3月3日全国爱耳日
3月5日青年志愿者服务日
3月8日国际妇女节(International Women' Day)
3月9日保护母亲河日
3月12日中国植树节(China Arbor Day)
3月14日白色情人节(White Day)
3月14日国际警察日(International Policemen' Day)
3月15日世界消费者权益日(World Consumer Right Day)
3月21日世界森林日(World Forest Day)
3月21日世界睡眠日(World Sleep Day)
3月22日世界水日(World Water Day)
3月23日世界气象日(World Meteorological Day)
3月24日世界防治结核病日(World Tuberculosis Day)
4月1日愚人节(April Fools' Day)
4月5日清明节(Tomb-sweeping Day)
4月7日世界卫生日(World Health Day)
4月22日世界地球日(World Earth Day)
4月26日世界知识产权日(World Intellectual Property Day)
5月1日国际劳动节(International Labour Day)
5月3日世界哮喘日(World Asthma Day)
5月4日中国青年节(Chinese Youth Day)
5月8日世界红十字日(World Red-Cross Day)
5月12日国际护士节(International Nurse Day)
5月15日国际家庭日(International Family Day)
5月17日世界电信日(World Telecommunications Day)
5月20日全国学生营养日
5月23日国际牛奶日(International Milk Day)
5月31日 世界无烟日(World No-Smoking Day)
6月1日 国际儿童节(International Children's Day)
6月5日世界环境日(International Environment Day)
6月6日全国爱眼日
6月17日世界防治荒漠化和干旱日(World Day to combat desertification)
6月23日国际奥林匹克日(International Olympic Day)
6月25日全国土地日
6月26日国际禁毒日(International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking)
7月1日中国共产党诞生日(Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party)
7月1日国际建筑日(International Architecture Day)
7月7日中国人民抗日战争纪念日
7月11日世界人口日(World Population Day)
8月1日中国人民解放军建军节(Army Day)
8月12日国际青年节(International Youth Day)
9月8日国际扫盲日(International Anti-illiteracy Day)
9月10日中国教师节(Teacher's Day)
9月16日中国脑健康日
9月16日国际臭氧层保护日(International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer)
9月20日全国爱牙日
9月21日世界停火日(World Cease-fire Day)
9月27日世界旅游日(World Tourism Day)
10月1日中华人民共和国国庆节(National Day)
10月1日国际音乐日(International Music Day)
10月1日国际老年人日(International Day of Older Persons)
10月4日世界动物日(World Animal Day)
10月5日世界教师日(World Teachers' Day)(联合国教科文组织确立)
10月8日全国高血压日
10月9日世界邮政日(World Post Day)
10月10日世界精神卫生日(World Mental Health Day)
10月14日世界标准日(World Standards Day)
10月15日国际盲人节(International Day of the Blind)
10月15日世界农村妇女日(World Rural Women's Day)
10月16日世界粮食日(World Food Day)
10月17日国际消除贫困日(International Day for the Eradication of Poverty)
10月24日联合国日(United Nations Day)
10月24日世界发展新闻日(World Development Information Day)
10月28日中国男性健康日
10月29日国际生物多样性日(International Biodiversity Day)
10月31日万圣节(Halloween)
11月8日中国记者节
11月9日消防宣传日
11月14日世界糖尿病日(World Diabetes Day)
11月17日国际大学生节
11月25日国际消除对妇女的暴力日(International Day For the elimination of Violence against Women)
12月1日世界爱滋病日(World AIDS Day)
12月3日世界残疾人日(World Disabled Day)
12月4日全国法制宣传日
12月9日世界足球日(World Football Day)
12月25日圣诞节(Christmas Day)
12月29日国际生物多样性日(International Biological Diversity Day)
1月最后一个星期日国际麻风节
3月最后一个完整周的星期一中小学生安全教育日
春分月圆后的第一个星期日复活节(Easter Monday)(有可能是3月22-4月25日间的任一天)
5月第二个星期日母亲节(Mother's Day)
5月第三个星期日全国助残日
6月第三个星期日父亲节(Father's Day)
9月第三个星期二国际和平日(International Peace Day)
9月第三个星期六全国国防教育日
9月第四个星期日国际聋人节(International Day of the Deaf)
10月的第一个星期一世界住房日(World Habitat Day)
10月的第二个星斯一加拿大感恩节(Thanksgiving Day)
10月第二个星期三国际减轻自然灾害日(International Day for Natural Disaster Rection)
10月第二个星期四世界爱眼日(World Sight Day)
11月最后一个星期四美国感恩节(Thanksgiving Day)
农历节日
农历正月初一春节(the Spring Festival)
农历正月十五元宵节(Lantern Festival)
农历五月初五端午节(the Dragon-Boat Festival)
农历七月初七乞巧节(中国情人节)(Double-Seventh Day)
农历八月十五中秋节(the Mid-Autumn Festival)
农历九月初九重阳节(the Double Ninth Festival)
农历腊月初八腊八节(the laba Rice Porridge Festival)
农历腊月二十四传统扫房日
Ⅲ 请大家帮忙告诉我哪里可以找到关于Valentine's Day的资料,我想做PPT用,谢谢大家!
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直接输入:Valentine's Day就能找到不少英文资料了。
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Saint Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day is a holiday on February 14. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other; sending Valentine's cards, donating to charity or gifting candy. It is very common to present flowers on Valentine's Day. The holiday is named after two men, both Christian martyrs among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines." Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-proced greeting cards.[1] The mid-nineteenth century Valentine's Day trade was a harbinger of further commercialized holidays in the United States to follow.[2] The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year behind Christmas. The association estimates that women purchase approximately 85 percent of all valentines.[3]
The reinvention of Saint Valentine's Day in the 1840s has been traced by Leigh Eric Schmidt.[10] In the United States, the first mass-proced valentines of embossed paper lace were proced and sold shortly after 1847 by Esther Howland (1828-1904) of Worcester, Massachusetts. Her father operated a large book and stationery store, and she took her inspiration from an English valentine she had received. Since 2001, the Greeting Card Association has been giving an annual "Esther Howland Award for a Greeting Card Visionary."
In the second half of the twentieth century, the practice of exchanging cards was extended to all manner of gifts in the United States, usually from a man to a woman. Such gifts typically include roses and chocolates. In the 1980s, the diamond instry began to promote Valentine's Day as an occasion for giving jewelry
Ⅳ 七夕的英文介绍
Double Seventh Festival
The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar
This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxurious greens. At night when the sky is dotted with stars, and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south. On each bank of it is a bright star, which see each other from afar. They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid, and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation.
Long, long ago, there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowhand). His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One day, a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. The cowhand farmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unfortunately, the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back.
With the help of celestial cattle, the Cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter. At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife, the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke. One billowy river appeared in front of the Cowhand. The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears. Their loyalty to love touched magpies, so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh).
Scholars have shown the Double Seventh Festival originated from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD220). Historical documents from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD371-420) mention the festival, while records from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) depict the grand evening banquet of Emperor Taizong and his concubines. By the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties, special articles for the "Qi Xi" were seen being sold on markets in the capital. The bustling markets demonstrated the significance of the festival.
Today some traditional customs are still observed in rural areas of China, but have been weakened or diluted in urban cities. However, the legend of the Cowhand and Weaver Maid has taken root in the hearts of the people. In recent years, in particular, urban youths have celebrated it as Valentine's Day in China. As a result, owners of flower shops, bars and stores are full of joy as they sell more commodities for love.
Ⅳ 怎样介绍情人节ppt
情人节又叫圣瓦伦丁节或圣华伦泰节,即每年的2月14日,是西方国家的传统节日之一,起内源于容基督教。这是一个关于爱、浪漫以及花、巧克力、贺卡的节日 男女在这一天互送礼物用以表达爱意或友好。情人节的晚餐约会通常代表了情侣关系的发展关键。现已成为欧美各国青年人喜爱的节日,其他国家也已开始流行。 [1-2]
而在中国,传统节日之一的七夕节也是姑娘们重视的日子,因此而被称为中国的情人节。由于能表达共同的人类情怀,各国各地纷纷发掘了自身的“情人节”。
Ⅵ 用英语介绍情人节只要几句话就可以.1分钟
There
are
varying
opinions
as
to
the
origin
of
Valentine's
Day.
Some
experts
state
that
it
originated
from
St.
Valentine,
a
Roman
who
was
martyred
for
refusing
to
give
up
Christianity.
He
died
on
February
14,
269
A.D.,
the
same
day
that
had
been
devoted
to
love
lotteries.
关于情人节的起源有许多种说法。有关人士认为情人节是一个名叫桑特-瓦伦丁的版人士发起的。权他是罗马人,因为拒绝放弃基督教而于公元前269年2月14日惨遭杀害,这一天也正好是全城盛行彩票抽奖的日子。
而另外一种说法更具有传奇色彩,相传桑特-瓦伦丁曾留下一本日记给了狱卒的女儿,署名为
你的情人
,据说这名狱卒的女儿就是桑特-瓦伦丁的情人。
Ⅶ 想要一个Valentine's Day(情人节)英文简介PPT.
Ⅷ 情人节的来历(要中英文结合的)
情人节,又叫圣瓦伦丁节或圣华伦泰节(St. Valentine's Day),即每年的2月14日,是西方的传统节日之一。男女在这一天互送巧克力、贺卡和花,用以表达爱意或友好。
关于情人节的起源,大致有2种不同说法:
说法一:
公元3世纪,罗马帝国皇帝克劳迪乌斯二世在首都罗马宣布废弃所有的婚姻承诺,当时是出于战争的考虑,使更多无所牵挂的男人可以走上争战的疆场。一名叫瓦仑廷(Sanctus Valentinus)的神父没有遵照这个旨意而继续为相爱的年轻人举行教堂婚礼。事情被告发后,瓦仑廷神父先是被鞭打,然后被石头掷打,最后在公元270年2月14日这天被送上了绞架被绞死。14世纪以后,人们就开始纪念这个日子。现在,中文译为“情人节”的这个日子,在西方国家里就被称为Valentine's Day,用以纪念那位为情人做主而牺牲的神父。
与此相关的其他传说,包括这位神父帮助天主教徒从罗马监狱里逃脱而被处死。
在这个神父在监狱里时,据说他送出了第一个“情人节”祝福。据说他爱上了曾来监狱看望他,狱长失明的女儿亚斯得莉斯,并奇迹地治好了她的眼睛,使之重见光明。在他临刑前,给女孩一封信,署名“from your Valentine”(这个表达现在还在使用)。尽管这些传说不真切,但是却表达了他的富有同情心、英雄气概、以及最重要的浪漫主义的人格。
说法二:
来源于古罗马的牧神节(Lupercalia Festival)
这个说法是基督教会庆祝这一天是为了把古罗马的牧神节(每年的2月15日庆祝,为了保佑人、田、牲畜的生产力)基督教化。在古罗马,2月春天的开始,被认为是纯洁的。按照一定的仪式打扫房屋,然后把盐水和一种小麦洒遍房间。
牧神节,是为了庆祝罗马的农神Faunus 和罗马的奠基人Romulus和Remus。这个节日开始时,Luperci的成员(也就是罗马祭司的一种)会聚集在一个神圣的山洞里。这个山洞被认为是还是婴儿的Romulus和Remus待过的地方。在这个洞里,他们由一头母狼,lupa,照料。祭司们会牺牲一头羊,为了生殖;一只狗,为了纯洁。
然后男孩子会把羊的皮撕成小条,蘸上神圣的血后,跑到街上用它轻轻的抽打女人和田里的庄稼。罗马的女人不仅不会害怕,反而会乐意被羊皮条接触,因为据说这样她们在这一年里就会生殖力旺盛。后来,根据传说,这个城市所有的女人会把自己的名字放到一个花瓶里。单身汉们会从里面选一个。这样这一年里,他们就是一对。通常他们会结婚。
教皇在大约公元498年宣布2月14日是情人节。罗马人的这种婚配方式被基督教徒认为是不合法的。中世纪时,在英国和法国,通常认为2月14日是鸟交配的季节。因此就把此日增加了一个内容,那就是它应该是一个浪漫的日子。最早的情人节礼物是奥尔良的公爵,查理斯在伦敦塔狱中写给他妻子的诗。因为他在Agincourt战役中被俘虏了。现在这个写于1415年的祝福被收藏在伦敦的大英博物馆。几年以后,英皇亨利五世雇John Lydgate写了一首曲子给Catherine of Valois作为情人节礼物。
Saint Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day is on February 14. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other; sending Valentine's cards or candy. It is very common to present flowers on Valentine's Day. The holiday is named after two men, both Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines." Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-proced greeting cards. The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year behind Christmas. The association estimates that women purchase approximately 85 percent of all valentines.[1]
In the United States, the marketing of Valentine's Day has tagged it as a "Hallmark holiday." A recent trend has been to refer to February 14 as Singles Awareness Day.
At least three early Christian Roman martyrs named Valentinus are known (see Saint Valentine for more details). In the two most prominent Valentinus traditions, represented by late fictionalized acta that were both included in Bede, the martyrs were venerated on the same day, February 14, though the years, as they represent two traditions, varied according to the source.[2] An overview of attested traditions relevant to the holiday is presented below, with the legends about Valentine himself discussed in the end.
[edit] February fertility festivals
It has been hypothesised [specify][citation needed] that Graeco-Roman holidays devoted to fertility and love might be related to St Valentine's Day, since there is some correspondence between the time when they were celebrated.
On the ancient Athenian calendar, the period between mid-January and mid-February was the month of Gamelion, dedicated to the sacred marriage of Zeus and Hera.
In Ancient Rome, February 15 was Lupercalia. Plutarch wrote:
Lupercalia, of which many write that it was anciently celebrated by shepherds, and has also some connection with the Arcadian Lycaea. At this time many of the noble youths and of the magistrates run up and down through the city naked, for sport and laughter striking those they meet with shaggy thongs. And many women of rank also purposely get in their way, and like children at school present their hands to be struck, believing that the pregnant will thus be helped in delivery, and the barren to pregnancy.[5]
The word Lupercalia comes from lupus, or wolf, so the holiday may be connected with the legendary wolf that suckled Romulus and Remus. Priests of this cult, luperci would travel to the lupercal, the cave where the she-wolf who reared Romulus and Remus allegedly lived, and sacrifice animals (two goats and a dog). The blood would then be scattered in the streets, to bring fertility and keep the wolves away from the fields. [6] Lupercalia was a festival local to the city of Rome. The more general Festival of Juno Februa, meaning "Juno the purifier "or "the chaste Juno," was celebrated on February 13-14. Pope Gelasius I (492-496) abolished Lupercalia. Some historians [specify][citation needed] argue that Candlemas (then held on February 14, later moved to February 2) was promoted as its replacement, but this feast was already being celebrated in Jerusalem by AD 381. The pope also declared in 496 that the feast of St. Valentine would be on February 14.
[edit] Chaucer's love birds
A portrait of English poet Geoffrey Chaucer by Thomas Hoccleve (1412). The earliest known link between Valentine's Day and romance is found in Chaucer's poetry.The first recorded association of Valentine's Day with romantic love is in Parlement of Foules (1382) by Geoffrey Chaucer:[3]
For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese [choose] his make [mate].
This poem was written to honor the first anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia[7]. A treaty providing for a marriage was signed on May 2, 1381.[8] (When they were married eight months later, he was 13 or 14. She was 14.)
On the liturgical calendar, May 2 is the saints' day for Valentine of Genoa. This St. Valentine was an early bishop of Genoa who died around AD 307.[9][10] Readers incorrectly assumed that Chaucer was referring to February 14 as Valentine's Day. However, mid-February is an unlikely time for birds to be mating in England.[4]
Chaucer's Parliament of Foules is generally set in a supposed context of an old tradition, but in fact there was no such tradition before Chaucer. The speculative explanation of sentimental customs, posing as historical fact, had their origins among eighteenth-century antiquaries, notably Alban Butler, the author of Butler's Lives of Saints, and have been perpetuated even by respectable modern scholars. Most notably, "the idea that Valentin'e Day customed perpetuated those of the Roman Lupercalia has been accepted uncritically and repeated, in various forms, up to the present"[5]
[edit] Medieval and modern times
Swedish calendar showing St Valentine's Day, February 14, 1712Using the language of the law courts for the rituals of courtly love, a "High Court of Love" was established in Paris on Valentine's Day in 1400. The court dealt with love contracts, betrayals, and violence against women. Judges were selected by women on the basis of a poetry reading.[11][12]
The earliest surviving valentine is a fifteenth-century rondeau written by Charles, Duke of Orleans to his "valentined" wife, which commences.
Je suis desja d'amour tanné
Ma tres doulce Valentinée… (Charles d'Orléans, Rondeau VI, lines 1–2)
At the time, the ke was being held in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415.[6]
Valentine's Day is mentioned ruefully by Ophelia in Hamlet (1600-01): "Tomorrow is Saint Valentine's Day."
In 1836, relics of St. Valentine of Rome were donated by Pope Gregory XVI to the Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland. In the 1960s, the church was renovated and relics restored to prominence.[13]
In the 1969 revision of the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, the feastday of Saint Valentine on 14 February was removed from the General Roman Calendar and relegated to particular (local or even national) calendars for the following reason: "Though the memorial of Saint Valentine is ancient, it is left to particular calendars, since, apart from his name, nothing is known of Saint Valentine except that he was buried on the Via Flaminia on 14 February."[7] The feast day is still celebrated in Balzan and in Malta where relics of the saint are claimed to be found, and also throughout the world by Traditionalist Catholics who follow the older, pre-Vatican II calendar.
Valentine's Day postcard, circa 1910
Tree decorated for Valentine's DayValentine's Day was probably imported into North America in the 19th century by British settlers. In the United States, the first mass-proced valentines of embossed paper lace were proced and sold shortly after 1847 by Esther Howland (1828-1904) of Worcester, Massachusetts. Her father operated a large book and stationery store, and she took her inspiration from an English valentine she had received. Since 2001, the Greeting Card Association has been giving an annual "Esther Howland Award for a Greeting Card Visionary."
In the second half of the twentieth century, the practice of exchanging cards was extended to all manner of gifts in the United States, usually from a man to a woman. Such gifts typically include roses and chocolates. In the 1980s, the diamond instry began to promote Valentine's Day as an occasion for giving jewelry.
The day has come to be associated with a generic platonic greeting of "Happy Valentine's Day."
In some North American elementary schools, students are asked to give a Valentine card or small gift to everyone in the class. The greeting cards of these students often mention what they appreciate about each other.
[edit] The evolving legend
The Early Medieval acta of either Saint Valentine were excerpted by Bede and briefly expounded in Legenda Aurea,[8] According to that version, St Valentine was persecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II in person. Claudius was impressed by Valentine and had a discussion with him, attempting to get him to convert to Roman paganism in order to save his life. Valentine refused and tried to convert Claudius to Christianity instead. Because of this, he was executed. Before his execution, he is reported to have performed a miracle by healing the blind daughter of his jailer.
Legenda Aurea still providing no connections whatsoever with sentimental love, appropriate lore has been embroidered in modern times to portray Valentine as a priest who refused an unattested law attributed to Roman Emperor Claudius II, allegedly ordering that young men remain single. The Emperor supposedly did this to grow his army, believing that married men did not make for good soldiers. The priest Valentine, however, secretly performed marriage ceremonies for young men. When Claudius found out about this, he had Valentine arrested and thrown in jail. On the evening before Valentine was to be executed, he wrote the first "valentine" himself, addressed to a young girl variously identified as his beloved,[9] as the jailer's daughter whom he had befriended and healed,[10] or both.[11] It was a note that read "From your Valentine."[9]
In another apparently modern embellishment[citation needed], while Valentine was imprisoned, people would leave him little notes, folded up and hidden in cracks in the rocks around his cell. He would find them and offer prayers for them.
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1. 元旦节(New Year's Day), 每年1月1日庆祝新的一年开始。人们举办各种各样的新年晚会,到处可以听到"辞旧迎新"的钟声, 为美国的联邦假日。
2. 林肯诞辰(Abraham Lincoln's Birthday), 每年2月12日,庆祝林肯诞辰, 为大多数州的节日。
3. 圣瓦伦丁节(St. Valentine's Day ),每年2月14日, 是3世纪殉教的圣徒圣瓦伦丁逝世纪念日。情人们在这一天互赠礼物,故又称"情人节"(the lovers' day)。
4. 华盛顿诞辰(George Washington's Birthday),每年2月22日,庆祝华盛顿诞辰,为美国的联邦假日。
5.圣帕特里克节(St. Patrick's Day ), 每年3月17日, 是悼念爱尔兰的守护神圣帕特里克的节日。
6.复活节(Easter Day, Easter Sunday),一般在每年春分后月圆第一个星期天, 约在3月7日左右。 该节是庆祝基督 ( Jesus Christ)的复活,过节人们吃复活节彩蛋( Easter Eggs),为美国的联邦假日。
7.愚人节(April Fool's Day), 每年4月1日, 该节出自于庆祝 "春分点" (Venal equinox)的来临, 在 4月1日受到恶作剧愚弄的人称为"四月愚人" (April Fools)。
8.母亲节(Mother's Day), 每年5月份的第2个星期日,政府部门和各家门口悬挂国旗, 表示对母亲的尊敬。在家里,儿女们和父亲给母亲买些礼物或做些家务。