Answer:
I don't know who Mary is so let me just help by explaining that a simile is a sentence that uses like or as to compare two things. Hope this helps!
The sentence should read "Tom's Independence Day holiday wasn't spent in California."
The rules are
1<span> Capitalize the first word of the sentence
2 </span><span>Capitalize people's names and titles used with their names
3</span><span> Use an apostrophe to correctly indicate singular or plural possession
4</span><span> Capitalize names of days of the week, months, and holidays
5 </span><span>Use an apostrophe in contractions to indicate the missing letter(s)
6 </span><span>Capitalize the names of particular places
7 </span><span>Use correct end punctuation for the type of sentence</span>
The line "Happy thoughts come to those with baked goods and fat cats." means that the reasons behind having happy thoughts include baked goods and fat cats. Maybe the person who said this loves cats and cookies, cakes, and pastries. <span />
Fact because a fact is tested and proven already