Russian Holidays Our holiday traditions play an integral part in defining who we are as people‚ in that‚ we all enjoy celebrating holidays‚ whether it¡¯s Christmas‚ the New Year‚ or Easter. Russians feel the same way‚ although their holidays and traditions differ a little from American ones. In chronological order‚ the first holiday is celebrated on January 1st and 2nd and just happens to be the most popular and most notable holiday- The New Year. As in the United States‚ Russians celebrate
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to edit it for you. "Two weeks ago I came back from a holiday vacation in Turkey. The weather was mostly good‚ albeit I was imprisoned in the hotel for two days because of heavy rain. In the beginning‚ I did not think I could stay at the hotel for two days. However‚ when I started getting acquainted with the other holiday vacationers I totally forgot about the bad weather conditions and started feeling better.The group of my new friends grew hour by hour. They were offering me drinks and I never
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1. One of my favorite Holidays is 4th of July. A few years ago my dad and I went to Washington to pick out some illegal fireworks. So we went to the Black Cat firework store . I got some mortars and roman candles and all the fun fireworks you could think of. So the day before 4th of July we were lighting off a few roman candles and all of a sudden a under cover police car pulled into our driveway and the police officer inside the car said “are you lighting off illegal fireworks?” because he saw
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The Tet Holiday- What did you do? [pic] According to our traditional custom‚ the Tet holiday is the Lunar New Year Holiday – the most important holiday in Vietnam. It is around late January or early February‚ depends on each year. We celebrate three days beginning of the new year‚ the first day of new year marks the beginning of Tet . This year‚ the New Year Day is in January 26th. People will have about two weeks off. Although there are three days which are the main days of Tet but we
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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ celebrated generally on December 25th around the world. Every year more than 400 million people celebrate Xmas around the world — that makes Xmas one of the world’s biggest religious and commercial festivities. The celebration on the 25th of December starts with Christmas Eve‚ the evening of December 24. Popular customs include exchanging gifts‚ decorating Christmas trees‚ attending church
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SUMMER (Descriptive Essay) Everyone has a comfortable place to escape to for relaxation. They go there when they need to be alone and not with people to disturb them. My place is nature in the summer. The summer time relaxes me like no exact place could. Nature‚ in the summer‚ relaxes me with its naturedness. I love sitting in the grass and listening to the nature sounds around me while it’s summer. One of the sounds I tune to first is the sound of the birds singing and chirping
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Hello‚ Caron! I heard you’re going to London these holidays! Oh‚ I must confess that you’re stealing the dream of my life! I’m getting a bit jealous because I still don’t have an opportunity to go there. But anyway‚ it’s great that you’ re (visiting/going to visit) this amazing country! And I’d like to advise you some places to visit as I spent a lot of time reading about this ancient city. As you know‚ London is divided into 32 boroughs and the City. From another hand it is divided into 4
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PHUONG Tet Holiday According to the lunar calendar‚ the next Jan. 30‚ 2014‚ no matter what you do‚ and where you are‚ you must come home. That day is the Lunar New Year Festival that we call Chinese New Year Day in China and Tet in Vietnam. On New year ‘s Eve (Jan. 30‚2014)‚ people are very busy to prepare for the new year by cooking for the next three days. Housewives are busy to prepare traditional square glutinous rice cake which is filled with green bean paste and pork meat and cooked for
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Over the summer I learned a lot about myself. I was stressed then surprised and finally relieved. I discovered motivation in school and you could even say I “came of age”. Combine lots surprises plus the two months of freedom in the summer and anything can happen. Home stretch‚ that’s the phrase that came to my head mid-may last school year as I was just finishing up culminating’s and starting to make notes for the exams in June. At first just the thought of summer was so out of reach. The whole
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childhood. Billie was born Eleanora Harris to her father Clarence Holiday and mother Sadie Fagan who were just fifteen and thirteen years old‚ respectively‚ at the time (A 91). Born between 1912 and 1915 in Baltimore‚ the date unsure‚ Billie grew up without her father‚ who moved away early on in her life. Billie and her mother used to fight a lot‚ when her mother was around. Much of the time Billie was left in the care of relatives or friends‚ many of whom were unloving (E). Billie’s relationship with
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