Traditions and Holidays in Great Britain

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Traditions and
Holidays in Great
Britain

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January 1
New Year's Day is the first
day of the year, in the
Gregorian calendar. All
over Britain there are
parties, fireworks, singing
and dancing, to ring out
the old year and ring in
the new. As the clock - Big
Ben - strikes midnight,
people link arms and sing
a song.
New Year’s Day

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February 14
Saint Valentine’s Day
People with romantic
feelings for a particular
person may send that
person cards, gifts and
text messages on
Valentine's Day.
Popular gifts include
chocolates and
flowers.

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March 17
St. Patrick’s Day
This is a national
holiday in Ireland.
On that day people
wear a shamrock. A
shamrock is a plant
with three leaves. It
is the national
symbol of Ireland.
St. Patrick was a
man who had
wonderful power.
He cleared Ireland
of snakes.

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Last day
before a post
in March
Pancake Day
Still there are such
unusual holidays, as
Pancake Day. Pancake Day
also known as Shrove
Tuesday in Britain. It is
the day traditionally for
eating pancakes as pancak
e recipes were a way to
use up any stocks of milk,
butter and eggs which
were forbidden during the
abstinence of Lent.

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April Fool’s
Day
It is celebrated as a
April 1
day when people
play practical
jokes and hoaxes on
each other. The
jokes and their
victims are known
as "April fools".

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The second half
of March or
the beginning
of April
Mother’s Day
Mothering Sunday,
sometimes known as
Mother's Day, is held on
the fourth SIt is exactly
three weeks before
Easter Sunday. People
visit and take gifts to
unday of Lent. their
mothers and
grandmothers.

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The last
Monday in
May
Spring Bank
Holiday
Many organizations,
businesses and schools
are closed. Some people
choose to take a short
trip or vacation. Others
use the time to walk in
the country, catch up with
family and friends, visit
garden centers or do
home maintenance.

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Second
Saturday of
June
The Queen's
Official birthday
Queen Elizabeth II
(Elizabeth Alexandra
Mary) was born on 21
April, 1926. Her birthday
is officially celebrated in
Britain on the second
Saturday of June each
year. The day is referred
to as “the Trooping of
the Colour”, the official
name is “the Queen’s
Birthday Parade”.

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August
The Royal
National
holiday in
Aberystwyth
(West Wales)
The dramatized
perfomance is played
in the streets, among
them - Shakespeare’s
plays. Romeo and
Julet – is the most
famous.

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William Shakespeare
This English poet and
playwright is widely
regarded as the
greatest writer in the
English language. He
was born in 1564 in
Stratford-upon-Avon.
He wrote poems,
sonnets and plays,
that remain
extremely popular
today.

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October 31
Halloween
From the 19th Century to
the present day, 31st
October has increasingly
acquired a reputation as
a night on which ghost,
witches, and fairies, are
especially active.
Halloween celebrations
include costume parties
where people dress as
witches, ghosts, and
animal figures associated
with Halloween.