2. Imagine you have got an invitation from your friend who lives in the
USA to take part in their national holidays. Tell what you know about
the holiday traditions in this country.
Look at Mind Map
and make up as many sentences as possible.

3. Independence
Christmas Day
Day
Memorial Day
New Year's
Da y
Mother's Day
Halloween
Labour
Day
Holidays
in the USA
Easter
Father's
Day
St. Valentine's
Day
Thanksgiving
Day

4. Christmas
The most widely celebrated holiday of the Christian year,
Christmas is observed as the anniversary of the birth of Jesus.
Christmas customs are centuries old. Use of such plant as a holly
comes from the ancient belief that such plants blossomed at
Christmas. Comparatively recent is the Christmas tree, first set up in
Germany in the 17th century, and the use of candles on trees
developed from the belief that candles appeared by miracle on the
trees at Christmas.

5. Easter Sunday
This holiday is observed in all Christian churches. Easter
commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus. It is celebrated on
the first Sunday after the full moon which occurs on the next
day after March 21 and is celebrated between March 22 and
April 25 inclusive. .

6. Memorial Day
This day honors American soldiers killed in wars. There
are many parades on Memorial Day. Memorial Day, which
comes on the last Monday in May is also the unofficial
beginning of the summer vacation season. On Memorial Day,
many people go to the beach.

7. Independence Day
On July 4, 1776, the American colonies declared their
independence from Britain. Many families celebrate the Fourth
of
July
by
having
picnics
and,
at night, watching fireworks.

8. Halloween
This holiday on October 31 is not an official one, it is a very
special day. It is traditionally associated in some countries with
old customs such as telling ghost stories, bonfires and so on.
This is the way the Celts welcomed the beginning of winter.

9. National Holidays
January 1
New Year
March 8 International Women's Day
Mar 21 Navruz
May 9 Day of Memory and Remembrance
September 1 Independence Day
December 8 Constitution Day
Hait (Eid-Al-Fitr)
Qurban-Hait (Eid-Al-Adha)
Note: Muslim holidays are determined in accordance with a Lunar
Calendar.

10. Holidays
In Uzbekistan
Halloween
In the USA
V
New Year Day
V
Ramadan Hait
V
V
Easter
V
Thanksgiving Day
V
Navruz
V
Independence Day
V
V
Merorial Day
V
V
Mother’s Day
International Women’s
Day
V
V

11. Can you find similarities and differences between Uzbek and
American Holidays. Eg.
Holidays
In Uzbekistan
In the USA
New Year Day
Uzbek people decorate a
New Year Tree on this
Holiday
American people
decorate a New Year Tree
too
Navruz
Uzbek people celebrate
Navruz National holday
on 21st of March
American people do not
celebrate Navruz

12. 1. Fly High English 8.
2. Innovation Technologies in Teaching book –
Tashkent 2008.
3.
http://2ppt.ru/english/9-american-holidays- amerikanskie-prazdniki.h
4. Pictures from http://www.google.com
Presented by Dilorom Hushvaktova