USA

CHRISTMAS

It‘s in USA that Santa Claus has been invented!!

During Christmas, American people are used to decorating a Christmas tree with garlands of pop corn and red and white sugar canes. Trees are decorated with string of lights.

In the street children are used to singing the famous chorus “Jingle Bell “and receiving a few money.

At the white house, they taste the “President’s cake”. It’s a tradition made by Abraham Lincoln and anywhere it is the same.

During Christmas day, they don’t eat turkey because it is consumed during Thanksgiving, so they are used to tasting the beef and drinking the “ Egg Nog” which is a drink based on milk egg rhum to welcome guests.

It’s the famous Christmas tree in the USA. This Christmas tree is present in the place of “Rockefeller Center” in New York.

HALLOWEEN

Halloween is the most celebrated event in USA.

Everybody has to dress up as a black cat, a ghost, a skeleton, a vampire…

They are used to decorating their house with spiders, pumpkins, bats and there are fake tombs in their garden.

There is a typical food during Halloween: cupcakes, doughnuts, apples, popcorns..

In the street, children knock on the neighboor’s door and ask sweets or threaten them to do a trick: They’re used to saying ‘’ Trick or treats”.

These tricks can be: to throw eggs, to squash pumpkin, to put toilet paper everywhere…

To finish this celebration, children are used to singing and telling horrible stories

EASTER

In USA during Easter, there is a tradition: everybody walk in the street, dressed with a big hat with two long rabbit’s ears.

In USA, it’s the Easter symbol is a rabbit, this one gives chocolates to children.

Children can meet “Mister Bunny” in the shop to have a kiss and to take a photo with him.

On Sunday, at the sunrise, American celebrates a specific mass for Easter named “Sunrise service”.

On the Contrary, In France the Easter symbol is a