XML : Parse XML file that has unique elements with ajax

I am currently trying to parse and xml file that is of the following format:

  <holidays>      <holiday1> text </holiday1>      <holiday2> text </holiday2>      <holiday3> text </holiday3>      <holiday4> text </holiday4>      ...    

with the following code:

  $.ajax({    url: '<filename>',    dataType: 'xml',    success: xmlParser  });    function xmlParser(xml) {    $('#load').fadeOut();    $(xml).contents().each(function () {      $("#holidates").append('<p>' + $(this).text() + '</p>');      });    $(".dates").fadeIn(2000);  }    

The current output is:

  <p>01/13/2016 02/02/2016 12/24/2015 12/24/2015 12/24/2015 12/29/2015 12/30/2015 11/23/2015 01/01/2016 01/26/2016 12/25/2015</p>    

I would prefer:

  <p>01/13/2016</p>  <p>02/02/2016</p>  <p>12/24/2015</p>  ....    

Is there a way to achieve his without formatting the xml file? The file is part of another system and is required in the indicated format.

Many thanks.