1.	Svatý Valentýn

2.	Velikonoce

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Apríl

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Haloween

5.	Guy Fawkes Day

6.	Den díkuvzdání

7.	Den nezávislosti

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Advent

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Mikuláš

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Vánoce

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Nový Rok

"Advent
Preparations for Christmas start in advance, already in late October . It can be seen especially in shops. There is Christmas decoration everywhere. Shopkeepers want to atract customers. In early December the shopping fewer usually starts.
The period that comes before Christmas is called Advent. People often have an advent wreath with 4 candles. These candles are lit one by one each week up to Christmas Day. Some families have a special Advent calender with 24 small windows. Children open one window every day in December and take a piece of chocolate out of there. Itś the way of counting down days to Chistmas Eve. I remember that we used to have such a calender, too. At first it was both for me and my brother. One day it was my turn to take the chocolate, the other day it was my brother´s turn. But we argued very often, so next year we had two calenders and each of has got one.
Advent is time of big preparations. People buy presents, mothers a re cooking and baking. We decorate our houses and flats with electric candles and lights. In Britain people decorate their homes with ivy, holly and mistletoe. This tradition is very old, it is associated with rituals from Dark Ages. There´s also a custom of kissing under the mistletoe. Women start to make their Christmas cake. Itś a fruit cake with icing.
It is time of cleaning, too. That´s really terrible. My mother is very hygiene- minded. I have to clean my room and help her with other boring activities such as vacuum cleaning, swabing, I have to clean dust. I think that some of these activities really aren´t important. I can´t understand why she cleans our windows. It is very cold and that´s why she usually get a cold. Isn´t it better to stay at home, have a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy the coming of Christmas? But I can´t explain it to my mother. She has to clean the windows every year. Maybe she thinks that without doing it our Christmas would be spoiled.
Some people don´t like Christmas at all. They are depressed because of many obligations they have to arrange. Women clean the whole house or flat, bake sweets, buy presents and that´s why they don´t have any freetime they could devote to their hobbies. I think that it is not neccessary to bake 20 species of sweets, clean windows and do things like that. Christmas should be a time of relaxing and well- being."