What ____ are people from other ____ celebrating this season?This month, ____ of people will observe special holidays. But many people around the ____ will be celebrating holidays you might never have heard of during November and ____.In the Bahamas, Junkanoo is held on December 26 and January 1. The Bahamas are ____ that make up a nation in the Atlantic ____ near Florida. Junkanoo begins before the ____ rises. That's when the Junkanoo parade starts. Dancers in costumes take to the streets. People along the parade route are invited to ____ in with the dancers. In ____, El Día de los Muertos ("Day of the Dead") isn't about ghosts. It is about remembering relatives and celebrating life. On the Day of the Dead, ____ members gather in cemeteries. They ____ family members' graves with colorful flowers. They tell ____ about past relatives. They also have a ____ with lots of great food. On this holiday, ____ is not seen as something to fear. Instead, it is seen as just another part of life. "Our relatives wouldn't want us to ____," said Miguel, a Mexican boy. "So we are ____ instead." The Day of the Dead is held on the first or second of November. In several countries, the day after ____ is a holiday. In those ____, that day is called Boxing ____. The holiday began in ____.According to old ____, wealthy people gave boxes of ____ to servants on Boxing Day. Other stories say that servants take boxes to ____ on the day after Christmas. Their bosses placed coins in the boxes as ____ year-end gifts.

Cloze: Celebrations!

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