HOLIDAYS AND CUSTOMS American Holidays People in every culture celebrate holidays. Although the word "holiday" literally means "holy day‚" most American holidays are not religious‚ but commemorative in nature and origin. Because the nation is blessed with rich ethnic heritage it is possible to trace some of the American holidays to diverse cultural sources and traditions‚ but all holidays have taken on a distinctively American flavor. In the United States‚ the word "holiday" is synonymous with "celebration"
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A holiday is a day designated as having special significance for which individuals‚ a government‚ or a religious group have deemed that observation is warranted. It is generally an official (more common) or unofficial observance of religious‚ national‚ or cultural significance‚ often accompanied by celebrations or festivities. Contents [hide] 1 Etymology 2 Regional meaning 2.1 Australia‚ Canada‚ UK 2.2 U.S.A. 3 Types of holiday (observance) 3.1 Religious holidays 3.2 Northern Hemisphere winter
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School lunches have never been like grandma’s home cooked meals. I’am still haunted by the memory of of my elementary school’s cafeteria pizza. A bumpy oval topped with fleshy white strips of barley melted mozzarella cheese that clumped together like neurons. Judging by some of the images from the interent school have not changed much. A look at one school’s burger found it had 26 ingredients. Among those 26 components‚ “it contained disodium inosinate‚ a flavor additive that can spike
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A wonderful holiday. I like traveling. I’m very thankful to god because giving me a family that loves to travel. When I go for traveling with my family‚ there are a lot of interesting place that we visit. Between traveling at bigger city and go traveling at Island‚ I will choose the Island to travel. I don’t like travel at bigger city because it was so noisy and a lot of pollution. Enough for me to live and always trapped in the traffic jam especially when I’m go back home to my own town Johor
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are also holidays. Holidays means a celebration that has happened in the past. There are many types of holidays that serve different types of purpose. Some are known for federal holidays‚ seasonal holidays‚ and days that consider a non working which serves the purpose of a certain holiday. The most popular holidays are known as federal holidays. Federal holidays are the predetermined days recognized by the government in which federal employees receive a paid day off from work‚ so long as they are
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deal with. School cafeteria foods are known for containing pink slime and meat glue in the school’s meat products. Junk foods have overridden the healthier food choices in the cafeteria menu. The parents’ efforts to facilitate healthier‚ cleaner‚ and nutritional food have not been ignored. Unfortunately‚ these efforts have shot back at the parents with rules from the school that go against the constitutional rights to raise their child the way they please. The school’s new rules have only impeded
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Being a student athlete should be a privilege‚ a reward; it should always come second‚ after the students’ education. It seems that student athletes get special treatments‚ getting away with having low grades‚ having an extended time to do assignments‚ or even being excused from them. There needs to be a more strict policy in order to be on a high school sports team and to play in games. After all‚ high schools do not require students to participate in team or individual sports. Most high school students
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Cody Miller Combiths English 1106 20 April 2015 Should Student-Athletes be Paid? Introduction In the modern college sports era‚ the call for student-athletes to be paid has escalated. These athletes are now apart of a nearly billion-dollar industry in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). There are arguments for both sides. Those who believe that the athletes should be paid make the argument that schools and the NCAA are making millions of dollars off these athletes and are not being
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School uniforms should be abolished because they are impractical for modern-day society. For many years‚ school uniforms have been worn by students in schools throughout the world. The problem of wearing school uniforms is that most school parents waste a lot of money purchasing them. Children of school age tend to grow very fast; this results in having to constantly replace uniforms. Additionally‚ the fabric used to make the uniforms can become quite uncomfortable and affect classroom concentration
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Almost all of the form 5 students will do their revision during the Hari Raya holidays. They worry about their SPM examination and their future. But‚ it doesn’t work for me. I had spent my time with my family‚ friends and the computer. The meaning of a holiday in my opinion is an authority of rest for everyone to have a vacation. So‚ I left out all my stress and enjoyed my Hari Raya holidays. My father had decided to celebrate this Hari Raya at Georgetown‚ Penang. We prepared ourselves early
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