westernFestivals节日FestivalsWesternFestivals新年NewYear’sDay1月1日情人节Valentine’sDay2月14日复活节Easter3月21日或此日后月圆的第一个星期日愚人节AllFool’sDay4月1日母亲节Mother’sDay5月的第二个星期日父亲节Father’sDay6月的第三个星期日劳动节LaborDay9月的第一个星期一万圣节前夕Halloween10月31日感恩节ThanksgivingDay11月的第四个星期四圣诞节ChristmasDay12月25日情人节（Valentine’sDay）HowtoCelebrate?Whatgiftstogive?•13999100Itisaholidayforthelovers.Whenonthe14thofFebruaryWhattodoLoversgivethecandy,theflowersorothergiftstoeachother,…Valentine’sDay情人节Background•Duringthethirdcentury,ValentineservedinRome.•KingClaudiusIIoutlawedmarriageforyoungmen.•Valentine,realizingtheunfairnessoftherule,•disobeyedandcontinuedtoperformmarriagesinsecret.•werediscovered,beputtodeathonFebruary14thA.D.270.•FromA.D.496on,February14thwasestablishedasadaytohonorValentine.ValentineTraditionsIntheMiddleAges,youngmenandwomendrewnamesfromabowltoseewhotheirvalentineswouldbe.Theywouldwearthesenamesontheirsleevesforoneweek.“Wearyourheartonyoursleeve”nowmeansthatitiseasyforotherpeopletoknowhowyouarefeeling.Youshowyouremotionsopenlyandyoudon’ttrytohideyourfeelings.Ifyoucutanappleinhalfandcounthowmanyseedsareinside,youwillalsoknowhowmanychildrenyouwillhave.InWales,woodenlovespoonswerecarvedandgivenasgiftsonFebruary14th.Hearts,keysandkeyholeswerefavoritedecorationsonthespoons.Thedecorationmeant“Youunlockmyheart!”愚人节（AprilFool'sDay）AprilFool’sDay愚人节Itisadaytoplayjokesonothers.Whenonthe1stofAprilWhattodoplayjokesonothers,…Origin•thefirstdayofApril.•playsillybutharmlessjokes•AvictimofoneofthesepranksiscalledanAprilfool.Justforfun.•itoriginatedinFrance.WhentheFrenchfirstadoptedtheGregorian(罗马教皇格列高利的)calendarin1564,somepeoplecontinuedtousetheoldcalendartocelebrateNewYear'sDayonApril1.ThesepeoplewerecalledAprilFools.ThecustomofplayingtricksonthisdaybecamepopularinFranceandthenspreadtomanyothercountries.FunmakingEasterDay复活节Easter复活节WhenusuallyonSundayofMarchorApr...