RULES AND CUSTOMS REGARDING INVITATIONS VARY WIDELY FROM CULTURE.

THE SOME
SIMPLE RULES FORATTENDING A DINNER OR PARTY AT SOMEONE´S HOME IN THE UNITED
STATES AND CANADA DEPENDS ON IF IT IS FORMAL OR INFORMAL. IN FORMAL PARTIES IT IS
NOT PROPER TO BRING UNINVITED GUESTS ALONG WITH YOU, BUT IN INFORMAL PARTIES IT
IS OK TO ASSISST IN SPITE OF BEING NOT SPECIFICALLY INVITED.

IN A RECENT SURVEY, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
QUESTIONED SAID THEY WOULD WAIT NO LONGER THAN 30 MINUTES FOR A FRIEND WHO
WAS LATE.THOUGH THE TIMES WOULD VARY, MOST PEOPLE FROM THE UNIED STATES AND
CANADA WOULD COMMONLY WAIT 15 MINUTES FOR A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE OR CASUAL
FRIEND. IN U.S. COLLEGES, STUDENTS WOULD WAIT APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES FOR A
PROFESSOR.

SHOPPING MALLS ARE VERY POPULAR IN THE UNITED STATES, AND NEARLY EVERY CITY HAS
AT LEAST ONE. ABOUT 9 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES VISIT A SHOPPING MALL
AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. ONE OUT OF ELEVEN ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES WOKS AT A
SHOPPING MALL. THE MALL OF AMERICA, THE LARGEST SHOPPING AND ENTERTAINMENT
MALL IN THE UNITED STATES.

EACH OF FIFTY STATES IN THE UNITED STATES HAS A STATE FAIR IN THE SUMMER, AND MANY
COMMUNITIES ALSO HAVE LOCAL FAIRS. THE FAIRS ARE OFTEN ORGANIZED AROUND AN
AGRICULTURAL THEME. IN NEW YORK STATE, THERE ARE CORN AND STRAWBERRY FESTIVALS.
IN WEST VIRGINIA, THERE ARE FAIRS CELEBRATING PUMPKINS AND APPLES. IN MINNESOTA
STATE FAIR YOU CAN BUY CORN ON THE COB FROM A VENDOR, WIN A LARGE STUFFED
ANIMAL IN A GAME AND ORDER A MEAL AT AN OUTDOOR RESTAURANT, ALSO YOU CAN GO
ON A TYPICAL AMUSEMENT PARK-STYLE RIDE THAT SPINS AND TILTS AND THEN ORDER A
CONE WITH THREE SCOOPS IN A ICE-CREAM STAND. A LOT OF THINGS TO DO TO EAT AND TO
SEE.

TV GAME SHOWS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA ARE VERY POPULA, AND REGULAR
VIEWERS ALMOST NEVER MISS AN EPISODE OF LONG-RUNNING SHOWS LIKE JEOPARDY (A
GENERAL-KNOWLEDGE QUIZ SHOW), WHICH IS SHOWN EVERY WEEKNIGHT.

AMERICAN FOOD IS NOT LIMITED TO ONE KIND OF FOOD, BUT IS A VARIETY OF FOODS. EACH
REGION OF THE UNITED STATES HAS ITS OWN SPECIAL DISHES DEPENDING ON THE ETHNIC
MIX OF ITS PEOPLE. WHEN AMERICANS GO OUT TO EAT THEY ARE MOST LIKELY TO ORDER
ITALIAN, CHINESE OR MEXICAN FOODS. THESE TYPES OF FOODS ARE POPULAR WITH NEARLY
EVERYONE.