Florida probably won't have a traditional winter wonderland, but Christmas is always festive and fun. People from other parts of the United States may not understand this, but the unusual traditions of this state do not seem at all strange to its inhabitants. Only in ...
In America there is such a tradition: once a year, take all unnecessary things out of the house directly onto the street and display them next to your house, writes the author of the ANTIQUE channel on Yandex.Zen. Absolutely anyone can take these things, in most cases, everyone...
Americans don’t celebrate the New Year the way we do at home,” writes Alexandra, author of the channel about life in the USA “Between New York and Boston.” She followed her husband to Harvard with her two daughters, and while here in America, she decided...
On Sunday, May 13, Mother's Day is celebrated in the United States. In addition to cakes, balloons and breakfasts in bed, this is also a reason to talk seriously about motherhood, career and the role of a modern woman in society. How this day is celebrated in the USA...
In any photo album of a traditional American family, you will certainly find a photo of Santa. Moreover, the picture may contain not only adults and children, but also pets - dogs, cats, even parrots and guinea pigs. A kind uncle in a red robe and with ...
Halloween is a holiday of fun, absurdity and, of course, fear. A selection of tales - urban horror stories that American boy scouts still tell each other around the campfire - will help you not feel like a stranger at this holiday, because an immigrant was completely scared as a child...
In any culture there are phenomena that to representatives of other nationalities seem strange, illogical or bizarre, although the representatives of these cultures themselves do not see anything special in these traditions. Buzz Feed has collected several examples of American habits and traditions that surprise foreigners. ...
Each country has its own gastronomic traditions. It’s not for nothing that there is French cuisine, Asian, Russian, American... American? Surely, you are now stumbling at this point. And perhaps they added sarcastically: “McDonald’s, or what?” Of course, with such a rich selection of dishes that it would be enough for…
Last Sunday, thousands of people around the world took a ride in the subway without pants as part of the action of the same name. It is already the fourteenth time. New York has consistently become one of the main centers of the worldwide flash mob. In total, people from more than ...