Also ‘cuties’ for tangerines. WTF is that all about?
Cuties is a brand name that's become synonymous with seedless, easy to peel citrus.
Why would it not be acceptable for the children to call her miss..?
I've not been to a US school where 'sir' or 'miss' is used. All the schools I went to, we called teachers by their name.
No one uses it and it would be unacceptable to a lot of women to be called miss. My DD1 accidentally called me Miss once (it had been a long day at school), and I instinctively said I haven't been a miss since well before she was born.
Interestingly, there was a thread recently how on common the Miss/Mum mix-up is, but it's not one I recall having growing up.
"The Holidays" for Christmas
The Holidays means the entire holiday season, including multiple holidays like pp mentioned with Channukah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, New Year's, rather than just specifically the 25th of December.
Which reminds me, I still use Winter Break and Spring Break.
Also, I may be wrong on this, but I think the restroom thing is linked to some of the earliest public toilets in many parts of the US being in department stores and similar, many of which still include a rest area with seating alongside toilets and sinks. Why US toilets have tiny doors is still a mystery to me, but there are restrooms in the US with rest areas.