February is the month holiday are definitely over, your year is really beginning to shape itself.  You settle into your job, children and young adults begin new stages of their lives, those New Year’s resolutions are underway. It’s a time when families, couples and single people can all enjoy something. Also what comes with February  in the USA are public holidays or events which make this month an exciting one for many of us.

Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is a day when love is celebrated. It’s not about just romantic love, it’s about love in generally for someone special in your life including friends and family members. Being single on Valentine’s Day doesn’t mean you have to miss out. If you have a friend who’s also single, why not spend time together and even exchange a gift? You can also spend time with family or enjoy celebrating the fact that you have love in your life that does not have to mean expensive gifts!

The Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is probably one of the most watched sporting events in the U.S.A. Not only does it entertain and enthrall its fans and millions of TV viewers for hours, but it also provides a reason to get together with family and friends. The Super Bowl has a history of enthralling games and tightly contested championship.  The following teams are the most notable for multiple Super Bowl final appearances and wins:

New England Patriots

• Dallas Cowboys
• Denver Broncos
• San Francisco 49ers
• Pittsburgh Steelers
• Miami Dolphins
• Green Bay Packers

The Academy Awards

The Academy Awards is the most prestigious cinematic event in the USA, if not the world. The pictures, actors, directors, composers, screenwriter who are considered the best of the best movies produces the previous year are awarded out of a group of 5 nominees for the Oscar. Although the spotlight is on the winners, we were looking at some of the most famous and talented nominees for Best Movies, Actor or Best Actress who have never won an Oscar although they were brilliant on the big screen

MOVIES

• Do The Right Things 1989
• Taxi Driver 1976
• The Thin Red Line 1998
• The Shawshank Redemption 1994
• Grand Illusion 1937
• The Tree Of Life 2012
• Singing In The Rain 1952
• Mulholland Dr 2001

ACTORS

• Peter O’Toole
• Richard Burton
• Glenn Close
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Julianne Moore
• Sigourney Weaver
• Johnny Depp
• Tom Cruise
• Will Smith
• John Travolta
• Edward Norton
• James Dean
• Harrison Ford
• Samuel L. Jackson

ACTRESSES

• Amy Adams
• Judy Garland
• Julianne more
• Dorothy Dandridge
• Natalie Wood
• Annette Bening
• Ava Gardner
• Lauren Bacall
• Maggie Cheung
• Jean Harlow
• Laura Linney
• Greta Garbo
• Catherine Deneuve
• Rita Hayworth
• Marlene Dietrich
• Isabelle Huppert
• Deborah Kerr
• Bette Midler

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras, based on ancient spring rituals throughout the world and a celebration of the end of winter, is celebrated in cities throughout the USA and indeed, the globe.  One place in the USA that brings a whole new energy, showmanship and excess to the meaning of Mardi Gras is New Orleans. The city celebrates with incredible colourful, loud parades marked by rainbow-colored food, splendid outrageous costumes, ghoulish masks, king cakes, plastic beads and music, music, music! For one great party, head to New Orleans when Mardi Gras is afoot.

Chinese New Year

In 2016, the Chinese New Year celebrates the year of the Monkey. The monkey sign is said to be the most auspicious  of them all. Those who celebrate the year of the monkey tend to be smart and particularly careful about their investments, love lives, careers and health. Some celebrities that celebrate the year of the Monkey include:

• Gillian Anderson
• Dana Delany
• Will Smith
• Jennifer Aniston
• Tom Selleck
• Tom Hanks
• Chealsea Clinton
• Jerry Springer
• Ricki Lake
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Johnny Cash
• Bette Davis

Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day is a day that foretells whether winter will continue for 6 more weeks or whether spring will start early. Each and every February a groundhog will come out of its burrow. If it acknowledges his shadow then it is believed that there will be 6 more weeks of winter. If not, spring is supposed to come early.

But how accurate is Groundhog Day? Well, a team of scientists actually put the theory to the test. They calculated the past 30 years’ worth of data on the average daily temperatures of those last 6 weeks after Groundhog Day and compared them to when the Groundhog saw its shadow and when it didn’t. The results were fascinating. It showed more times than often that this theory was indeed true in some areas of the country, with the temperature only raising a few degrees higher when he didn’t see his shadow. As for accuracy well, there were still a fair few places that the theory didn’t hold up so the predictions are really what you want to believe!