1On New Year's Day there is usually a parade in the morning and a football game in the afternoon.
2People in America celebrate Martin Luther King's Birthday because he was an important black leader who wanted equal rights for black people and was killed.
3On President's Day children read about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other American presidents.
4American girls can ask American boys to go to the movies or out to dinner on the 29th of February.We don't have this tradition in Russia.
5People wear something green on St. Patrick's Day because green is the Irish colour.
6Some people beleive that the tradition to celebrate April Fool's Day began in France in the 16th century when the king of France changed the first day of the new year from April 1st to January 1st.