Holy cows

Things that are sacred to Americans:

• football
• meat
• home ownership
• cars
• lawns (corollary of home ownership)
• freedom of speech
• unlimited credit
• making fun of the French
• pets
• kids
• frozen food
• the "right" to have to pay through the nose for basic healthcare
• cheap food
• making fun of Canadians
• apple pie
• huge amounts of candy
• beer
• states' rights
• television
• eccentric handicrafts ("reborn" baby dolls are really freaky)
• holiday decorations
• "working out"
• vacations, whether or not they actually turn out to be relaxing
• customer service
• free drinking water
• bathtubs

This is by no means an exhaustive list and is not ordered by any particular criteria. Some things on this list I think are good, some I think are bad, and some I think are amusingly trivial but characteristic. Let me know if anything else should go on here =)