CHRISTMAS IN THE USA

SYMBOLS

- Bells

- Tree

- Star

- Candle

- Nativity scene

- Ligths

- Mistletoe

- Snowflake

- Wreath

TRADITIONS

- Food & drinks

        _cookies, fingerbread men, peppermint, candy canes, eggnog...

- Decoration

       _ lights and tree

- Christmas shows

       _ Christmas Carol Play, Pockette dancers, Christmas carols

- Religious traditions

        _ go to church on Christmas Eve night

SANTA

He is the man who distributes gifts to good children on Christmas Eve

THANKSGIVING DAY IN THE USA

HOLIDAY

Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November.

It has been celebrated as a federal holiday every year since 1863, when, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of "Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens", to be celebrated on the last Thursday in November.

As a federal and public holiday in the U.S., Thanksgiving is one of the major holidays of the year. Together with Christmas and New Year, Thanksgiving is a part of the holiday season.

The event that Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in 1621. This feast lasted three

days, and it was attended by 90 Native Americans and 53 Pilgrims.

FOOD

Turkey

Blueberry sauce

Pumkim pie

Apple pie

CELEBRATION

NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE USA

Volcanic eruption

In the United States, the volcanos are situated in the west part of the country making a line along the Rocky Mountains.

 The biggest volcanic eruption in the United States is the Mount Saint Helena’s eruption, which occurred in 1980. The enormous columna of ashes arrived to 11 states. In this natural disaster 57 people and thousands of animals died, hundreds of squared kilometres of land were completely devastated, more than a thousand million dollars in material damages… The closest area to the volcano was later converted into “the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument”

Flood

Las inundaciones más grandes de estados unidos ocurrieron en abril del 2011, cuando dos grandes tormentas produjeron unas enormes inundaciones al rio misisipi, que junto con el deshielo anual, aumento su caudal enormemente en mayo de 2011. Las áreas que sufriero las principales inundaciones fueron Illinois, Misuri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas y Misisipi.

Catorce personas murieron en Arkansas y miles de hogares fueron evacuados.  

 Tornados

In the USA, the area where there are more possibilities for tornados to create is located between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains. In the United States, tornados are very frequent, and every year approximately 1200 tornados kill an average of 60 people.

 Blizzards

In the USA, blizzards are very frequent, usually in the north and north-west of the country. In this blizzards, there is strong wind, temperatures are very low and it’s snows a lot