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1、AmericanHolidaysandFestivalsReligiousholidays:ChristmasEasterDayinU.S.ThanksgivingDayHalloweenPublicholidays:Newyear’sDayIndependencedayMartinLutherKing’sDay(3rdMon.Jan)MemorialDay(lastMon.,May)Valentine’sDayEasterDayinU.S.Time:thefirstSundayafterthefullmoonthatoccurson/afterMarch21Occa
2、sion:commemorateJesusChrist’sresurrectionaftercrucifixionAccordingtoChristianscripture,Jesuswasresurrectedfromthedeadonthethirddayafterhiscrucifixion.History:PriortoA.D.325,Easterwasvariouslycelebratedondifferentdaysoftheweek,includingFriday,Saturday,andSunday.EmperorConstantine(emperor
3、ofRoman,aChristian)issuedtheEasterRulewhichdeclaredthatEastershallbecelebratedonthefirstSundaythatoccursafterthefirstfullmoononorafterthevernalequinox(春分).Therefore,EastermustbecelebratedonaSundaybetweenthedatesofMarch22andApril25.Itsdateistiedtothelunarcycle.Sinceitsconceptionasaholyce
4、lebrationinthe2ndcentury,Easterhashaditsnon-religiousside.Infact,Easterwasoriginallyapaganfestival.TheancientSaxonscelebratedthereturnofspringwithafestivalcelebratingtheirgoddessofoffspringandofspringtime,Eastre.(e.g.:goddessofloveandofbeautyinthemythofRomeisVenus)TheEasterEggTheexchang
5、eofeggsinthespringtimeisacustomthatwascenturiesoldwhenEasterwasfirstcelebratedbyChristians.Fromtheearliesttimes,theeggwasasymbolofrebirthinmostcultures.Eggswereoftenwrappedingoldleafor,ifyouwereapeasant,coloredbrightlybyboilingthemwiththeleavesorpetalsofcertainflowers.Today,childrenhunt
6、coloredeggsandplacetheminEasterbasketsalongwiththemodernversionofrealEastereggs--thosemadeofplasticorchocolatecandy.TheEasterBunnyTheEasterBunnyisnotamoderninvention.ThesymboloriginatedwiththepaganfestivalofEastre.Thegoddess,Eastre,wasworshippedbytheAnglo-Saxonsthroughherearthlysymbol,t
7、herabbit.TheGermansbroughtthesymboloftheEasterrabbittoAmerica.ItwaswidelyignoredbyotherChristiansuntilshortlyaftertheCivilWar.Infact,EasteritselfwasnotwidelycelebratedinAmericauntilafterthattime.你知道复活节彩蛋或复活节兔子的习俗是如何开始的吗？1.蛋一向是新生命的象征。长久以来，基督徒都以蛋作为基督复活的象征。2.人们认为给蛋染色的习俗是在中世纪由十字军战士
