Определите, верное утверждение или нет. 1. There are six public holidays (bank holidays) a year in America, that is days on which people must go to work.
2. They are: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day, Spring Holiday and Late Summer Holiday.
3. The term "bank holiday" dates back to the 20th century when in 1671 and 1678 most of these days were constituted bank holidays, that is , days on which banks were open .
4. All the public holidays, except Good Friday and Boxing Day observed on the 25th and 26th of December respectively, do not fall on the same date each year .
5. Good Friday and Easter Monday depend on Easter Sunday which falls on the second Monday in May.
6. The Spring Holiday falls on the last Wednesday of May, while Late Summer Holiday falls on the last Monday in August
7. All holidays are of religious origin, though for the greater part of the population they have lost their religious significance and are simply days on which people relax, eat, drink and make merry
8. Certain customs and traditions are not associated with most public holidays.
9. The reason is that many of them are part of holidays season as Easter and Christmas holiday seasons which are religious by origin and are connected by centuries - old traditions
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