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8.Father’s Day
The third Sunday in June; a day set aside to honor fathers.
9.Independence Day
The fourth of July; the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. A legal holiday in the United States.
★Declaration of Independence
The formal statement, written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted on July 4, 1776 by the Second Continental Congress; declaring the 13 American colonies free and independent of Great Britain. There were 56 signers.
10.Labor Day
In most States of the United States, the first Monday in September, set aside as a legal holiday in honor of labor.
11.Columbus Day
October 12; a legal holiday in most States, commemorating the discovery of America by Columbus in 1492.
★Discovery Day
Another name for Columbus Day.
12.Halloween
The evening preceding Allhollows, or All Saints’ Day, October 31. Now usually celebrated with funmaking and masquerading.
★Hallowmas
The former name; the feast of All Saints’ Day.
★Allhallows
All Saints’ Day, the first of November.
★Allhallow eve
Halloween.
13.Armistice Day
November 11; the anniversary of the day on which a general armistice was declared between the Allies and the Central Powers in World War I in 1918.
14.Thanksgiving
An annual United States holiday; the fourth Thursday of November, instituted by Pilgrims to give thanks to God for their survival.
★Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving in full.
15. Christmas
The festival of the Christian church observed annually on the 25th day of December, in memory of the birth of Jesus Christ.
★Christmas Day
December 25, Christmas in full.
★Christmas Eve
The evening before Christmas Day.
★Christmas tree
An evergreen tree hung with ornaments and light, set up at Christmas time.
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