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Section B Period 1 (1a —1d)

Can you name any foreign festivals?ChristmasHalloween

ThanksgivingApril Fool’s Day

St. Valentine's Day

Thanksgiving Day is an American traditional holiday, falling on the fourth Thursday in November, to celebrate the harvest.

The traditional food are roasting turkey, corn and pumpkin pies with ice-cream.

April Fool’s Day is an old custom celebrated every year on the first day of April. Popular since the 19th century. On that day people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other.

Saint Valentine's Day (or Valentine's Day) is a holiday observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it is not a holiday in most of them.

Halloween is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October.

Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ and a widely observed cultural holiday, celebrated generally on December 25 by millions of people around the world.

2a Try to match each day with the correct date.ChristmasApril Fool’s Day Halloween St. Valentine’s Day ThanksgivingFourth Thursday in November

February 14th April 1st

October 31stDecember 25th

2b Read and answer the questions.1. What are the common things that people think of for Christmas?

2. Who wrote A Christmas Carol? 3. What is the true meaning or spirit of Christmas?

2c Read and complete the chart.What does Scrooge see when he’s with … the Ghost of Christmas Past? the Ghost of Christmas Present? the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?