What is Halloween: history and traditions of the holiday

The streets of the city are filled with the most creepy, but so beloved costumes! Children will run from house to house looking for treats, while adults will get out the decorations and decorate their homes. Readers Digest explains what Halloween is and why we celebrate it. It seems to you,…

Personal experience: what surprises us in the American approach to parenting

Each nation has its own traditions in raising children too. But in the modern world, when people can freely travel around countries, getting acquainted with foreign cultures. Some traditions we like, and some we find puzzling. Lena Lushakova described in her...

A census of swans, conversations with bees and a magic stone: 9 strange traditions of the British royal family

After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the whole world is watching the further course of events. Her Majesty has become a symbol of an entire era and a real talisman for the British. And while the whole world is watching Britain and its new monarch with bated breath, Lifehacker decided to tell ...

Monument bandaging and dragon walking: 8 weird student traditions from around the world

You probably already know about a nickel under your heel and calls for freebies. Have you ever heard anything about a flying piano or bandaged monuments? No? Then Lifehacker will tell you about it. 1. Flight of the Piano MIT is one of...

Chocolate hares and strange traditions: Easter in the USA through the eyes of our immigrants

The inhabitants of the United States are very religious - more than 80% of the population consider themselves Christians, most of them profess Protestantism, and only a quarter - Catholicism. Many people go to church weekly, and not only in the outback. Needless to say, Easter Sunday (Catholics…

Personal experience: what shocks immigrants in the USA the most

I thought, why not tell about some things that for some reason I did not expect to see in the USA. Alcohol Americans drink more than Russians, and for some reason they only joke about Russians. Most of our American friends have at least one wine cabinet, ...

Why do Americans arrange their funerals in life

The American tradition of celebrating important life events with a special scope and taste is known to us all from Hollywood films. Moreover, the wealthier the Americans are, the more their personal family event turns into a public holiday. For marriage, for example, in the United States ...

All you need to know about the holidays: the secrets and secrets of the New Year and Christmas in the USA

Christmas is the main American holiday; thanks to Hollywood, it is known on all continents. Christmas traditions, as we imagine them, began to take root in American culture only towards the end of the 19th century. Before this, celebrating Jesus' birthday was considered a crime...

Postcards and ugly sweaters: 8 interesting facts about celebrating Christmas in the USA

Happy holidays to you and your family! (“Happy holidays to you and your family!”) - this is how you can say hello, goodbye and sign emails in the USA from Thanksgiving Day, that is, a month before Christmas. Thanks to this, and many more...

Cemetery picnic: how our immigrants instilled strange traditions into the Americans

For many people, the cemetery is associated exclusively with a place of sorrow and sorrow. But in the United States, just a century and a half ago, it was in cemeteries that real picnics were held. And here young people met, relatives communicated with each other, and they just went to ...

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