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Take our Daughters to Work Day April 26
People take their kids to work on this day.
Mother's Day May 13 In 1907, a woman from Philadelphia began campaigning to establish Mother's Day as a national holiday. She did not give up until in 1914, President Wilson made the official announcement, proclaiming Mother's Day a national holiday. Kids are supposed to let their mom have a day off. Many families begin mothers day with a breakfast in bed, while dad and the kids do the work and let mom sleep late. Maybe the kids prepare a little gift for their mom or write a card and lots of families go out for a dinner in mom's favourite restaurant. As a national holiday, Mother's Day is proclaimed by the President every year. For example in 1996, President Clinton proclaimed it as following: ,,...Now, therefore, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 12, 1996, as Mother's Day. I urge all Americans to express their gratitude for the many contributions made by our mothers and to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies, activities and programs..." You see that as a good American citizen you have to celebrate Mothers Day.
US Independence Day July 4 Independence Day celebrates the birthday of the United States of America, which was founded on July 4th, 1776, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. On this day you see the national colours white-red-blue everywhere, people are off work and have July 4th parties, they have flags hanging in their front yards, they have barbecues, throw horseshoes, play sports and burn fireworks, a lot more than they do for New Year.
Tooth Fairy Of course there are more traditions in America that are not bound to a certain date, for example the Tooth Fairy. If an American kid looses its tooth, it will put it under its pillow that night. When the kid is asleep, the Tooth Fairy will come and take the tooth and leave some hard cash instead. Of course prices have gone up, while my host mom got a quarter for each tooth, my little host sister is expecting the Tooth Fairy to bring at least a dollar for each tooth.