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son35HolidaysandVacationsintheUS

Insomecountries,holidaysandvacationsarethesamething.Thatisbecausepeopleinthose

countriestaketheirvacationsonlywhenthereisaholiday.Butthatisnotnecessarilyhowitisdone

intheUnitedStates.

InAmerica,holidaysaresimplydayssetasideforthecelebrationofaparticularevent,suchas

historicalorreligiouscommemorations.Thewordholidayoriginallymeantholyday,signifyingan

importantdayonthereligiouscalendar.Today,however,thewordhasnothingtodowithreligion.

Thereareholidaysofbothreligiousandsecularsignificance.Thereligiousholidays,suchas

ChristmasandEaster,arewellknownbecausetheyaresharedbythemanycountriesofthe

Christianworld.Buttherearemanysecularholidays,too,suchasVeteransDay,MemorialDayand

LabourDay.Holidays

likethesewereestablishedtohonourswhohaveservedtheirnationordiedintheserviceof

theircountryandthosewhoselabourmakesthecountrystrong.

Alloftheseareholidays,buttheyarentvacations.

Vacationsareusuallylongerthanholidays.Aonvacationoftentravelsoutoftowntoseethe

country,ortovisitrelatives,andmightbegoneforseveralweeksorlonger.Theyalmostalwaysuse

paidvacationtime,andtheymust,ofcourse,firstgetpermissionfromtheiremployer.

Sometimesvacationsaretakentogetherwithholidays,especiallyduringtheholidayseason.This

startswithThanksgivingDay,thefourthThursdayinNovember,andendswithNewYearsDay.

commemoration纪念,纪念会

secular世俗的,非的

的节日和假日

在有些国家，节日和假日是一回事，因为在这些国家里，人们只有在节日时才会有假日。但是

在情况却不一定是这样。

在，节日是用来庆祝某一特殊的，例如或者纪念活动。“节日”这个词在英

语中的原义是“神圣的日子”，指的是日历上的重要日子。然而，这个词现在与没有

任何关系。

有些节日具有意义，有些没有。节日例如圣诞节和节是为人所熟知的，因为它们

在世界的许多国家都有庆祝活动。但是也有