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american holidays and traditions referat / aufsatz (schule), 2001 7 seiten, note: 13 u martin unbedeutend (autor:in) gratis online lesen american traditions- i am going to talk about american traditions and first of all i have to tell you that i found it quite difficult to justify what is a tradition or not. firstly, traditions vary from place to place and with the usa being such a huge country it is just natural that there are other traditions in the north than there are in the south. so i tried to find traditions that are spread across the country or at least known across the fifty states. secondly, there are traditions that have a history and used to be big one day, but lost their importance as time went by. i tried to pick the traditions that are of importance to the average american citizen. that means that i will …

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rtant day for most americans. it is the day where the winner of the american football league and the winner of the national football league play against each other for the greatest trophy in football history. people have super bowl parties and meet to watch the game. the first super bowl took place in 1967 and this year's game was won by the baltimore ravens who won over new york 34 to 7. every year, communities run out of water because everybody goes to the bathroom at the same time, at the quarterly breaks. the winner team get super bowl rings, each worth 5000$ and about 120 000$ prize money. the game is interrupted for commercial breaks and the show starts at early afternoon, so if you watch the whole show you will see a few thousand commercials. the average cost of a thirty second spot is 2.3 million dollars. …

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and was brought to the usa by british settlers. people send valentines to their valentines. a valentine can be a card or a gift as a token of love or a person, singled out as somebody's sweetheart. it is also a huge business, shops and restaurants are decorated and the newspapers are full of ads. mardi gras tuesday, february 27 mardi gras is a traditional holiday celebrated in many of the southern states of the usa, especially new orleans, louisiana. it was introduced by french settlers in 1699 and the americans added to it. about two weeks before fat tuesday there are parades and masquerade balls that can be watched nightly, that are organized by crews, that pick a king and queen that reign for the parade. the official mardi gras colours are purple standing for justice, green for faith and gold for power. at the parades you can make …

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estaurants and you have to wear something green, if you do not you can get pinched by anybody. easter april 15 of course easter is the holiday of the celebration of jesus’ resurrection. the symbols of easter are the egg and the rabbit, both pagan symbols of fertility. apart from going to church on easter sunday, americans like to play easter games like the easter egg hunt and the easter egg roll. easter egg hunts take place in most homes, lots of churches, shopping malls and public places where eggs are hidden and the kids are invited to find them. the second big game on easter is the easter egg roll where kids look who can roll an egg the greatest distance or without breaking it, which is usually played on a grassy hillside or slope. the most famous egg roll takes place on the white house lawn, where hundreds …

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american holidays and traditions referat / aufsatz (schule), 2001 7 seiten, note: 13 u martin unbedeutend (autor:in) gratis online lesen american traditions- i am going to talk about american traditions and first of all i have to tell you that i found it quite difficult to justify what is a tradition or not. firstly, traditions vary from place to place and with the usa being such a huge country it is just natural that there are other traditions in the north than there are in the south. so i tried to find traditions that are spread across the country or at least known across the fifty states. secondly, there are traditions that have a history and used to be big …

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