2021-03-09 BWH

Saint Patrick’s Day - March 17
	(Alcohol holiday, for most Americans)
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Cultural Easter
- Easter Bunny: he hides the eggs and leaves the baskets
- Easter Eggs (coloring and finding): dye them and then they get hidden, kids find them around the house or yard on Easter morning
- Easter Baskets: filled with things like candy and small toys (similar to Christmas stockings)

Easter Sunday is the Sunday on or after the first full moon in spring.
Good Friday is the Friday before Easter. It’s often a school holiday, but it’s not a state or federal holiday here.
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Gregorian Calendar - the one used in the US and Europe

“the aughts” - the decade from 2000 to 2009
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C&E Christians / C&E Catholics - people who go to church on Christmas and Easter, but not the rest of the year

Sometimes “Christian” refers specifically to Protestant denominations, not including Catholicism.

https://000024.org/religions_tree/religions_tree_8.html
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Many spring holidays have symbols of fertility and birth/rebirth.
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Future topics:

pronunciation (rules?) - especially for communicating with patients and children

Use of borrowed words

say/tell (and other often confused pairs)

tense overview/review (auxiliaries and prepositions, e.g.)

how to form good complex sentences (including punctuation)

American (pop) culture - entertainment / Disney
(patriotism - and flag underwear???)