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- 6. Flag Day, or ‘Día de la Bandera’ as it’s known in Mexico, is celebrated on February 24th every year. The modern-day Mexican flag depicts an _____ atop a cactus, eating a snake.
- 8. Cinco de Mayo is not to be confused with Mexican ____ Day, which falls on September 16th.
- 9. "Cinco de Mayo", also called Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, is a holiday celebrated in parts of Mexico and the US in honor of a military victory in 1862 over the ____ forces of Napoleon III.
- 13. Mexicans celebrate ____ Day on 1 de mayo (“May 1” ) with the rest of the world (except the U.S.).
- 14. Mother's Day was created in May 1922 by Mexican ____ Rafael Alducin who was an editor for “Excelsior” newspaper.
- 15. Mother’s Day is one of the year’s busiest days for mariachi bands, as a ____ is the number one present for moms, usually including “Las Mañanitas.”
- 16. Mexico’s flag fascinating emblem stems from an ____ legend where the emblem’s sight was witnessed and taken to be a sign from the gods. As a result, they built their empire on that spot, and today, that spot is Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.
- 17. April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day is an annual custom on the 1st of April consisting of practical ____ and hoaxes. Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fools!" at the recipient. Mass media can be involved with these pranks, which may be revealed as such the following day.
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- 1. In the US, Mother's Day is always celebrated on the ___ Sunday in May.
- 2. Curiously (as the origin of the May 1st date connects to the strike and riots in Chicago), the USA celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday of ____ .
- 3. May the 5th is celebrated in the state of Puebla, but not much noticed in the rest of the country. In the United States, the celebration of Cinco de Mayo became a way of encouraging pride in their national heritage among Mexican _____ . Enthusiasm for the holiday celebration took off until it was linked with the promotion of Mexican alcoholic beverages.
- 4. Mexico’s equivalent of April Fool’s Day is _______ 28th.
- 5. “Día de Los Santos Inocentes” (Day of the Holy Innocents) is a day for all kinds of practical jokes but beware of lending ______ . According to tradition, there is no obligation to pay back anything borrowed on this day.
- 7. In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on _____ 14th.
- 10. Mexico’s Flag Day was first founded by the then-President General Lazaro______ , in 1937. It was in 1821 that the Mexican flag was designed by Jose Magdaleno Ocampo, with the three colors representing religion, independence, and unity — the three key guarantees of the ‘Plan de Iguala”
- 11. The Flag Resolution, passed on June 14, 1777, stated: "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be _____ stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation".
- 12. The date for Mother's Day in Mexico is always the ____ : May 10th. While in the USA it's a floating holiday.