Expressions for Celebrating the Holidays — VOA Learning English
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And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English.
December is a special month when many people celebrate holidays around the world.
There is the Winter Solstice celebration called Dongzhi in China and Toji in Japan. Jewish people celebrate eight days of Hanukkah. And African American culture has seven days of Kwanzaa that ends on New Year’s Day.
In many places around the world, today is a holiday – Christmas!
So, we will talk about holiday expressions that you can use in American English.
Let’s start with the holiday spirit.
If you are in the holiday spirit, you feel good about holidays and are looking forward to them. Some people get into the holiday spirit weeks, even months before…
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