American legal holidays

The legal holidays in the United States include New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Festivals in the United States are divided into legal holidays of the United States federal government and other festivals. 197 1 The United States Uniform Holiday Act, which came into effect, has relatively consistent provisions on federal holidays in the United States.

Federal employees in the United States generally do not need to work on federal holidays. Most American state or local governments and public schools regard federal holidays as employees' rest days. Private enterprises and companies often selectively take some federal holidays as rest days.

Legal holidays in European and American countries are usually set by the government or the legislature. Some countries also have other special festivals, such as National Day in France and German Unification Day in Germany.

In short, there is no concept of "holiday office" in foreign countries, mainly because the management and arrangement of holidays are different from those in China, and usually government departments, enterprises and institutions, schools and other parties participate in it.

The most solemn festival:

1, Easter

It is usually on the first Sunday of a month after the vernal equinox every year, about March 7. This festival is to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and people eat Easter eggs at the festival.

Easter is a Christian religious festival to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus. Every year after the vernal equinox, the first Sunday after the first full moon is Easter.

2. Halloween

Halloween, also known as Halloween, is a traditional festival in the west, which is held in 10 every year. 65438+1October 3 1 on Halloween is the most lively moment of this festival. In China, Halloween is often misunderstood as Halloween.

In order to celebrate Halloween, children will dress up as cute ghosts and knock on doors to ask for candy, otherwise they will be naughty. At the same time, it is said that on this night, all kinds of ghosts will dress up as children and mingle with the masses to celebrate the arrival of Halloween, while human beings dress up as ghosts to make ghosts more harmonious.

3. Thanksgiving Day

The last Thursday in June is a federal holiday in the United States. Thank God for the autumn harvest. The origin of Thanksgiving can be traced back to the beginning of American history. 1620, the famous "Mayflower" arrived in America with 102 Puritans who could not bear the persecution of English religion.

In the winter at the turn of 1620 and 162 1, they encountered unimaginable difficulties and were hungry and cold. After winter passed, only 50 immigrants survived. At this time, the kind Indians brought necessities to the immigrants, and specially sent people to teach them how to hunt, fish and grow corn and pumpkins.

4. Christmas

On February 25th, 65438, Christians celebrate the birth of Christ, which is the biggest festival in America. Americans usually hold celebrations all night. Some of them gather in bars, dance halls and clubs to have fun.

Some families will have a big dinner, and then sit around the fireplace to enjoy family happiness; There are also devout believers attending midnight service to commemorate the birth of Jesus in brightly lit churches.

5. New Year

Celebrate the beginning of the new year on 1 every year. People hold all kinds of New Year parties, and the bell of "Say goodbye to the old and welcome the new" can be heard everywhere. This is a federal holiday in the United States.

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