Use the words in the box to complete the sentences

Historical, remember, independence, Christmas, celebrate, religious, work, dancing, national, official, during, food, drink

People in the United States (1) ____________ the Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday in November. The fourth of July is also a (2) ____________ holiday. This is the day when Americans celebrate their (3) ____________ from Britain.

In Britain people don’t really celebrate (4) ____________ events in this way. Here, the main holidays are (5) ____________ holidays, (6) ____________ and Easter. There are several one-day holidays (7) ____________ the year. These are (8) ____________ public holidays when people don’t go to (9) ____________. There are days when people (10) ____________ the dead or their parents. On many holidays there is usually a lot of (11) ____________ and (12) ____________, and (13) ____________ often until the early hours in the morning.