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Here in the United States, I feel that we take advantage of any opportunity we can to celebrate,

decorate, or have a party. In fact, my for you page on TikTok has been littered with people

all around the world discussing this very fascination that Americans have.

What seems normal to us here in the U.S. may not be the norm in other parts of the world,

so this made me wonder why the United States has such an obsession with holidays.

So I googled it and in an article published on December 20th of

2021 by Visa Business Plans called How Immigration Shaped American Holidays. The author wrote,

quote, one of the biggest reasons Americans celebrate the holidays they do and the way they do

is because of immigration. Immigration has played an enormous role in American holidays,

not only shaping how they're celebrated,

but also in the very creation of many of the holidays celebrated each year in the United States.

Throughout history, immigrants bought various aspects of their culture to the United States

as they attempted to keep their traditions from their homeland alive. These traditions occasionally caught on and became more widely practiced in the

United States, and many American holidays simply would not exist if it were not for immigration,

end quote. St. Patrick's Day, Montigra, and Cinco de Mayo are all readily associated with

the various countries these holidays originated in,

and the immigrants who began celebrating them in the United States. In that same article, it talked

about how even Independence Day can be attributed to immigrants saying, quote, Independence Day,

celebrating America's independence from British control came about after the founding

father signed the Declaration of Independence. Eight of the 56 signers were immigrants, while nearly

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