Reading Comprehension

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Many holidays are days when you don’t have to go to school and grown-ups don’t have to go to work. These

are often fun-filled dayswhen your family gets together for a big dinner or a picnic. Sometimes there are

parades or fireworks. On some holidays people go to church. The very word ‘holiday’ means a ‘holy day’ — a day on which people thank and honour God. We celebrate all kinds of holidays. Many, such as Christmas and Easter, are religious holidays. Some holidays are the birthdays of famous people, like Taras Shevchenko in Ukraine or George Washington in the USA. Others, such as Independence Day, are the birthdays of the countries. And there are a number of special days like Thanksgiving in the USA and Canada.

And there is your very own holiday — your birthday. Ways of celebration depend on the date, the country, its

national traditions and customs.