THANKSGIVING was ____ celebrated by English settlers of the ____ colony who were called the ____. In ____ the Pilgrims sailed from ____ to America on their ship called ____ to find a religious ____. The first winter was very ____ and over half of the settlers died. So ____ taught them how to hunt and ____ plants. The following year after the ____, the settlers invited the ____ people for dinner to thank them for their help. This celebration ____ for 3 days and this is considered the first Thanksgiving. Nowadays, Thanksgiving is a family ____, celebrated on the 4th ____ in November. It's associated a lot of food such as roast ____, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn and ____ pie. EASTER is a moveable feast which is celebrated on the first Sunday following the ____ that occurs on or just after the spring ____ (March 21). In the Czech Republic, people often ____ eggs and boys go round houses and whip girls with ____ canes or Easter ____ to make them ____ and strong. In the USA and the UK, parents organize ____, which means they ____ eggs in the garden and tell kids that ____ put them there. On HALLOWEEN, kids usually dress up in ____, the common ones are ____ with a sword, ____ with a pointy hat and ____ which drinks blood. Kids ring at the neighbours' houses and say ____ which means the neighbours should give them some ____ or else the kids will do something bad to them (play tricks). The common symbols are ____ houses, which have ____ in them, and these scare people by saying "boo boo." The day which Halloween falls on is ____. CHRISTMAS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Preparations for Christmas in our country begin ____ before Christmas. This period of time is called ____ Christmas ____, which is on 24th December, is the most important day of Christmas. According to the tradition, people shouldn’t eat anything all the day. As a reward they will see ____ in the evening. For Christmas dinner Czech people usually have fried ____ with ____. After the dinner the family gathers around ____ to unwrap the ____ . Children believe that ____ brings them. CHRISTMAS IN THE UK and the USA Christmas is a holiday when people ____ with a family. People give gifts to each other or send cards wishing each other a ____. At Christmas, people sing ____ to get into the Christmas spirit. As well, people ____ Christmas trees and put up ____ around the house. A common Christmas dinner is ____. There are also lots of ____ for the kids. Christmas begins on the day before Christmas Day called ____ and continues until ____, when many people go shopping for sales. People get presents on 25th December in ____ and these are thought to be brought by Santa Claus in the ____ and Father Christmas in the ____, who is an old man with a white ____ that lives at ____. He has a list that tells him if the kids were nice or ____. The toys are made in Santa’s ____ by ____. Santa travels around the world in his ____, which is pulled by flying ____. When he stops at a house, he goes down the ____ and puts presents under the ____ and then he fills the ____.

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