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节日英语The spring festivalAs we all know, the spring festival is the most important holiday in China. To Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the West. To the ordinary Chinese, the festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Years Day and ends on the Lantern Festival, the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. In most parts of china it is the official end of the Spring Festival. To welcome the spring festival, Chinese people prepare a lot before its coming. People usually clean their houses, go to the Flower Fairs to buy many flowers, prepare special food such as dumplings and firecrackers. And people also visit each other to celebrate the holiday, and children can get lucky money from the adults. Family get together and have a big meal. Through spring festival, people summarize the past year and welcome a new year.Spring Festival coupletsThanksgiving Day and Mid-autumnThanksgiving dayMid-autumn DaywhenOn the fourth Thursday of NovemberOn August 15 of lunar calendarwhereThe USA, CanadaChinawhyGive thanks to the GodhowFamilies get together and have a big mealFamilies get together to eat moon cakes and something else, people look up at the full silver moon and think of their dear ones far away.No matter what the names anddates ofthe twodifferent festive are, the nature of them is the same.They areboth an occasion for the family. HalloweenHalloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year. It means “holy evening” and comes every October 31. However, it is not really a church holiday, it is a holiday for children mainly.On Halloween, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces on the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a fearful person looking at you. These lights are called jack-o-lanterns, which means “Jack of the lantern”The children will put on strange masks and fearful dresses to frighten others. Some children even paint their faces to look like monsters. Then they walk from house to house, caring empty boxes or bags. Every time they come to a new house, they will knock the door and say, “Trick or treat! Money or eat” the grown-ups put treat money or candy in their bags.Its a holiday that all the American children dream for every year.Dragon boat festival The Dragon boat festival is a traditional festival which has been commemorated since 2000 years ago. The festival is originated in the Warring States Period because of Qu Yuan and his patriotism. The Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon of lunar calendar. On that day, people eat Zongzi and race dragon boat to memorialize Qu Yuan and relief prayer in old time. As one of the most important festival in our country, the Dragon boat festival not only stand for Chinese culture, but also play a role to give publicity our custom to the world. ChristmasChristmas is an important festival in many counties in the world. On Christmas Eve, people often make a beautiful Christmas tree full of wonderful presents, and they often put their stockings at the end of their beds. They hope that Father Christmas would fill their stockings with presents. Of course, Father Christmas isnt real.Christmas Day always begins before breakfast. The children wake up very early, and cant wait to open the presents in their stockings. Then they wake up their parents, calling: “Merry Christmas!” They help their parents to open their stockings, too. Everyone will wash and get dressed for the day. They may also be going to church with their families. What does Christmas mean? Christmas Day is the birthday of Jesus Christ. When Christ was born nearly two thousand years ago, many people, rich and poor, gave him presents. So today, people still do the same thing to each other. Of course, everyone likes presents. But Mr. Green says: “It is better to give than to receive.”Qingming DayQingming day is a traditional Chinese festival. It is usually occurring around April 5 of the lunar calendar. Qing Ming day is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed. It is an opportunity for celebrants to remember and honor their ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs. Besides the traditions of honoring the dead, people also often fly kits on Tomb Sweeping Day. Its n