What public holidays in great britain do you know

There are only 6 public holidays in Great Britain. Those are days on which people need not go to work. These days are: Christmas Day, Boxing day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Spring Bank Holiday and Late Summer Bank Holiday. Most of these holidays are of religious origin, though it would be right to say that for the great part of the population they have lost their religious significance and are simply days on which people relax, drink and make merry. All public holidays, except Christmas day and Boxing day observed on December 25th and 26th respectively, are movable, that is don’t fall on the same day each year. Christmas day observed on December 25th is the most popular public holiday of the year in all parts of Greeat Britain except Scotland. On Christmas Eve offices and public buildings close at one o’clock, but the shops stay open late. Most big cities, especially London, are decorated with Christmas trees and colored lights across the streets. Everybody wants to be at home for Christmas. At homes there’s a great air of expectation. The children are decorating the tree, housewives are busy in the kitchen getting things ready for the next day’s dinner. The Christmas food, nowadays usually turkey, is being prepared and stuffed. The chief Christmas tree is usually placed on Trafalgar Square, in front of the national Gallery, and it has become a tradition that the tree is a present from the people of Oslo. December 26th is called Boxing day because traditionally it was the day for people still give a «Christmas box» to the postman and milkman, but it’s usually some money. This is the day when one visits friends, goes for a drive or a long walk or just sits around recovering from eating too much food. In the big cities and towns, tradition on that day demands a visit to the Christmas pantomime where one is entertained by the story of Cinderella, or Puss in Boots or whoever it may be. Easter is a religious holiday and Easter Monday is a bank holiday. Certain old traditions are observed, whenever it’s celebrated as the start of spring or a religious festival. London greets the spring with a spectacular show, Easter Parade in Batter Sea Park on Easter Sunday each year. It is sponsored by the London, Tourist Board and is usually planned around a central theme related to the history and attractions of London. During the Easter Holidays the attention of the progressive people in Britain and indeed throughout the world stays focused. First and foremost on the Easter Peace Marches, which took place for the first time in 1958 and have since become traditional. Good Friday and Easter Monday depend on Easter Sunday, which falls on the 1st Sunday after a full Moon on or after March 21st. The Spring Bank Holiday falls on the last Monday of May or on the 1st Monday of June, while the Late Summer Bank Holiday comes on the last Monday in August or on the first Monday in September, depending on which of the Monday is nearer to June 1st and September 1st respectively. Besides public holidays, there are other festivals, anniversaries and simply days, for example Pancake Day and Bonfire High on which certain traditions are observed.

HOLIDAYS IN GREAT BRITAIN What holidays in Great Britain do you know?

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2 HOLIDAYS IN GREAT BRITAIN

3 What holidays in Great Britain do you know?

4 Many festivals and holidays in Britain are very old. Every town, village in Britain has its own traditions, some of them are carefully planned.

5 Christmas is celebrated on the 25th December. It is the time when Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus. Most people are on holiday in the UK and stay at home with their family on Christmas day. Christmas Day is the favourite day for children. They wake up very early in the morning to find their stockings have been filled by Father Christmas

6 Boxing Day is usually celebrated on the following day after Christmas Day. It is the day to open the Christmas Box to share the contents with the poor. Boxing Day is the day when families get together. It is a day of watching sports and playing board games with the family. Many families go on walks in the countryside.

8 6 January Epiphany, or Twelfth Night, marks the end of the Christmas and New Year season for most people in the United Kingdom (UK). It is also an occasion for Christians to celebrate the three kings’ (or wise men’s) visit to Jesus shortly after his birth and Jesus’ baptism.

9 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.

10 1April A day of jokes and tricks. You have to play the joke before 12 o’clock midday, otherwise the joke is on you. No one really knows when this custom began but it has been kept for hundreds of years. The First of April, some do say Is set apart for All Fools Day; But why the people call it so, Not I, nor they themselves do know.

11 Mothering Sunday, sometimes known as Mother’s Day, is held on the fourth Sunday of Lent. It is exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday and usually falls in the second half of March or the beginning of April. Traditionally, people visited the church where they were baptized. People visit and take gifts to their mothers and grandmothers.

12 Good Friday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom. It falls just before Easter Sunday. People who regularly attend church will probably attend a special church service on Good Friday. For other people, it is a day off work in the spring. Some people use the day to work in their gardens, while others take advantage of the long Easter weekend and the school holidays at this time ofyear to take a short vacation.

13 Easter usually comes in the month of April. However, Easter can fall as early as March 22 or as late as April 25. Easter Sunday in the United Kingdom is traditionally about Jesus Christ’s resurrection from death, according to Christian belief. However, many people use the day to decorate Easter eggs, share chocolate eggs and participate in Easter egg competitions. Easter is the time for holidays, festivals.

14 Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) was born on 21 April, 1926 at 17 Bruton Street, London. 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”.the Trooping of the Colour

15 The official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II is marked by a military parade known as Trooping the Colour (Carrying of the Flag). Each June, the Queen and other members of the Royal Family attend the Trooping the Colour ceremony on Horse Guards Parade.the QueenHorse Guards Parade

16 St. George’s Day is on 23 April. It is England’s national day. St George’s Day in the United Kingdom remembers St George, England’s patron saint. The anniversary of his death, which is on April 23, is seen as England’s national day. According to legend, he was a soldier in the Roman army who killed a dragon and saved a princess.

17 The first Monday of May is a bank holiday in the United Kingdom. It called May Day in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is known as the Early May Bank Holiday in Scotland. It probably originated as a Roman festival honoring the beginning of the summer season. In more recent times, it has been as a day to campaign for and celebrate workers’ rights.

18 The last Monday in May is a 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.

19 In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the summer bank holiday is on the last Monday of August. In Scotland it is on the first Monday of August. This day marks the end of the summer holidays for many people who return to work or school in the autumn.

20 Skyline Auckland Waterfront 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

21 View of Town Town Centre Remembrance Day is on 11 November. It is a special day set aside to remember all those men and women who were killed during the two World Wars and other conflicts. At 11am on each Remembrance Sunday a two minute silence is observed at war memorials and other public spaces across the UK.

22 Children wake up very early in the morning to find their__________ have been filled by Father Christmas.

25 Christmas Boxing Day Valentine’s Day Easter Sunday Halloween Each holiday has its own symbols.What are they?

26 April Fools Day Mothering Sunday Good Friday Easter Sunday Trooping the Colour St. George’s Day Remembrance Day Epiphany Boxing Day What holidays in the United Kingdom are celebrated in spring?

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British Holidays — Праздники в Великобритании. Британские праздники. Текст на английском языке с переводом и аудио

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British Holidays

Every country and every nation has its own holidays. In the United Kingdom there are two types of them — bank and public holidays. Bank holidays are the days, when all people in the UK have a day off and celebrate a national event. Those days are: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Early May, Spring Bank holiday, Summer Bank holiday, Christmas and Boxing Day.

Public holidays are special occasions like «Guy Fawkes Night», «Mother’s Day», «Remembrance Day», «Valentine’s Day» and so on. People usually celebrate them but do not have a day off on these events, unless they fall on weekends.

Each holiday is good, but there are some of them that are really special and more popular than others.

New Year’s Day (December 31 – January 1) is a bank holiday. Like many nations around the world, British people celebrate it by hosting parties with their friends and families to await the countdown to the New Year. In Scotland they call it Hogmanay and celebrate it by having a party with friends and setting fireworks off. In many cities there are free celebrations that anyone can join.

Valentine’s Day (February 14) is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it is not a public holiday in most of them. This day has a Catholic origin and has been associated with romantic love since it was mentioned in one of Geoffrey Chaucer’s poems. Nowadays, it’s the day of anyone who is in love. On the Valentine’s Day people usually give to the person they love some sweets, a traditional heart-shaped card (“valentine”) and say, “Be my Valentine”.

Halloween (October 31) also known as All Hallow’s Eve, or All Saint’s Eve, is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on October 31. It is the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead. On this day children will dress up in costumes and go ‘trick or treating’ around the neighborhood. “Trick or Treating” involves knocking on someone’s door and saying ‘Trick or Treat’. That person gives them a treat (usually sweets). Children enjoy the holiday because they go home with a bag of sweets!

Guy Fawkes Night (November 5) is a firework festival associated with the tradition of celebrating Guy Fawkes’s failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. It is an annual event dedicated to bonfires, fireworks and celebrations.

Christmas (December 25) is the most important holiday for British families. This is the day that people spend with their families. There are many Christmas traditions, but the most important one is about presents. Family members prepare their gifts and put them under the Christmas tree. In the evening they sit down around the table and enjoy the meal. Then they watch the Queen’s speech on the television as she delivers her traditional Christmas message to the people of the United Kingdom. After that, family eats the Christmas cake and goes to sleep. In the morning all the family members wake up and gather around the tree to find the presents that were prepared for them.

Boxing Day (December 26) is based on the tradition of giving gifts to poor people after celebrating Christmas. The word “boxing” refers to gift boxes, and has nothing to do with the sport.

There are also a few uniquely British holidays, such as Burns Supper in Scotland, dedicated to the poet Robert Burns, or the Queen’s Birthday, but these are the most important and popular holidays in the United Kingdom.

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Holidays in the UK

In Great Britain there are public holidays that are called «bank holidays».

The term «bonk holiday» dates back to the 19th century. At that time all the banks were closed on these holidays. Now this term is no longer refered only to banks. Many other firms and offices are closed too.

Among these are eight holidays: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day Holiday, Spring Bank Holiday, Late Summer

New Year’s Eve (December 31st) is more special for Scottish people, who celebrate it with their families. They sit the Old Year out and the New Year in. At midnight Scottish people hold their hands in a large circle and sing the song «Auld lang syne» by Robert Burns. That is how they celebrate the coming of a new year.

But it does not mean that New Year’s Eve is not so popular throughout the country. People decorate their houses with bouquets of mistletoe.

Friday before Easter is called «Good Friday». People usually make special buns which are marked with a cross on top. On this day the Church marks Jesus Christ’s death.

Easter Monday is the first Monday after Easter Day.

May Day Bank Holiday is celebrated on the first Monday after May Day (May 1st). People celebrate the coming of spring. They also select the most beautiful girl on this day, who becomes May Queen. Sometimes May poles are constructed with long coloured ribbons and children dance around these poles holding the ends of these ribbons.

Spring Bank Holiday is marked on the last Monday in May.

August Bank Holiday is the last Monday in August. British people usually go on picnics on spring and summer bank holidays.

The most popular bank holiday is Christmas Day. It is celebrated on D ecember 25th. Christmas symbolizes the birth of Jesus Christ. On this day many people go to Churches, get Christmas presents and make a traditional Christmas dinner (roast turkey and pudding).

On this day children wait for a special person who will come down the chimney during the night and will bring them presents. It is Father Christmas. However, Santa Claus is used synonymously with Father Christmas. Children usually hang long socks or stocks on their beds and hope that Father Christmas will put his presents in them.

Christmas trees are set in the living-rooms and are decorated with toys by children.

Boxing Day is celebrated on December 26th. It comes straight away after Christmas Day. This is an old tradition, when in old times rich people used to give their servants money or «Christmas boxes». Now it is the day when people simply have rest or visit their friends.

Besides bank holidays, there are also different festivals reflecting interesting traditions and customs. Among them are: St. Valentine’s Day, Shrove Tuesday

St. Valentine’s Day is celebrated on February 14th. On this day people send Valentine cards and get presents and «valentines» from their sweethearts.

A valentine is a colourful card with tender love words composed by the sender. It is a kind of a love-token. Valentine cards are usually not signed. Those who get them must guess who the sender is.

Shrove Tuesday is the last day when you can eat and do everything before the fasting of Lent. It also has a popular name «Pancake Day» because many people traditionally eat pancakes on this day. Christians usually go to the church and confess their sins to a priest on Shrove Tuesday.

Mothering Sunday or Mother’s Day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday in Lent in March. On this day mothers get presents from their sons and daughters. And all children despite their age return to their homes.

On April Fool’s Day people play jokes and tricks on each other.

In June there is Father’s Day. On this day fathers get gift cards and a lot of attention from their children.

Halloween is a holiday that is on October 31st. The most memorable symbol connected to this holiday is a lantern made of a pumpkin. A pumpkin is cut like a face and a candle is put inside of it. So it looks like a face with burning eyes.

Usually people dress in colourful costumes of witches and ghosts and go to fancy dress parties.

Children go from one house to another and say: «Trick or treat». If people do not refuse to give them something they sing. If they do refise children play tricks.

Halloween is on the eve of All Saints’ Day. The word «halloween» means «holy evening». The tradition of Halloween goes back with its roots to a time when people believed in evil spirits.

Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated in the UK on November 5th. This tradition comes from old times when King James I was on the throne. He was a Protestant that is why Roman Catholics did not like him because of the religious differences. In 1605 Roman Catholics made a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament. They placed barrels with gunpowder under the House of Lords. The man called Guy Fawkes was one of those people. Nevertheless, they did not have a chance to blow up the Parliament because the King discovered their plan, his soldiers found Guy Fawkes and executed him. This happened on November 5th.

Since then British people mark this day by burning a dummy made of straw and old clothes on a bonfire. They call this dummy simply «a guy».

Alongside public holidays there are not least important holidays celebrated in the UK. They are the patron saint days: St. David’s Day on March 1st (in Wales), St. George’s Day on April 23d (in England), St. Andrew’s Day on November 30th (in Scotland) and St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th (in Northern Ireland). The only national holiday from this list is St. Patrick’s Day for the Irish.

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HOLIDAYS
IN GREAT BRITAIN

What holidays in Great Britain do you know?
Halloween
Valentine’s Day
New Year’s Day
Christmas

Boxing Day
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Mother’s Day
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Good Friday
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St. George’s Day
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Remembrance Day
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Boxing Day
Epiphany
Mother’s Day
Good Friday
St. George’s Day
Remembrance Day
NEW HOLIDAYS

December 25
Children wake up early to find presents in their stockings
Christmas Day

December 26
Families get together and watch TV
Boxing Day

The first day of the year
There are parties, fireworks, singing and dancing

The 6th of January
The end of the Christmas and New Year season
Epiphany

People celebrate romantic love
Valentine’s Day

The 1st of April
A day of jokes and fun
You have to play the joke before noon
April Fool’s Day

Is held three weeks before Easter
People visit their mothers and grandmothers and give them presents
Mother’s Sunday

A public holiday in the United Kingdom
It is before Easter
People attend a special church service

In April
This day is a public holiday
People decorate Easter eggs
Easter Sunday (Easter Day)

Queen’s Elizabeth II birthday is officially celebrated in Britain on the second Saturday of June each year.
The Queen’s Official birthday

The official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II is marked by a parade called Trooping the Colour
Trooping the Colour

The 23rd of April
It is England’s national day.
People remember St George, England’s patron saint.
He was a soldier who killed a dragon and saved a princess.
St George’s Day

Skyline
Auckland Waterfront
The 31st of October
A night of ghost, witches, and fairies.
Costume parties where people dress as witches, ghosts and animal figures
Halloween

View of Town
Town Centre
11 of November
It is a special day to remember all those people who were killed during the two World Wars and other conflicts
At 11am a two minute silence is observed
Remembrance Day

GRAMMAR
on the 1st of January
in spring (summer)
in April (February)
in 1926
before Easter / after Christmas

HOLIDAYS IN BRITAIN
Test
Christmas is celebrated …1…..…the 25th …2…….. December in the UK.
Boxing Day is celebrated …3…..…the following day …4…….. Christmas.
New Year’s Day is …5…..… the first …6…..… January.
Epiphany is …7…..… the 6th …8…. … January.
St. Valentine’s Day is …9…..…February.
April Fool’s Day is …10…..…the 1st …11…..…April.
Mother’s Day is held three weeks …12…..…Easter.
Easter usually comes …13…..…April.
Queen Elizabeth II was born …14…..… 1926.
St. George’s Day is …15 …..…spring.
Remembrance Day is …16……..autumn.

MARKS
10 – 16 points
9 – 15,14 points
8 – 13,12 points
7 – 11 points
6 – 10,9 points
5 – 8 points

Ask your English friend…
What English holiday do you like best?
When is it celebrated?
What do usually people do on this day?

Children wake up very early in the morning to find their__________ have been filled by Father Christmas.

Christmas
Boxing Day
Valentine’s
Day
Easter
Sunday
Halloween
Each holiday has its own symbols.What are they?

April Fools Day
Mother’s Sunday
Good Friday
Easter Sunday
Trooping the Colour
St. George’s Day
Remembrance Day
Epiphany
Boxing Day
What holidays in the UK are celebrated in spring and summer?

REFLEXION
Now I know that …

I will never forget …

It was interesting to find out that …

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