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Holidays and Festivals in the UK and USA

Explore the common holidays and festivals celebrated in the United Kingdom and the United States, including New Year's Day, St. Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Halloween, Remembrance Day, and Christmas.

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Holidays and Festivals in the UK and USA

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  1. Gymnázium, Obchodní akademie a Jazyková škola s právem státní jazykové zkoušky Hodonín Festivals in the UK and USA (common)

  2. Holidays and festivals in the United Kingdom & the United States (common)

  3. New Year´s Day– 1st January • making New Year´s resolutions St. Valentine´s Day– 14th February • lovers´ day • sending anonymous cards (Valentine cards), exchanging gifts (flowers, chocolates, teddy bears etc.) All Fools´Day – 1st April • playing practical jokes and tricks on other people

  4. Easter – March / April = movable holiday • beginning of spring, new life • religion – Jesus Christ crucified (= died on the cross) – Good Friday resurrected (= brought to life again) – Easter Sunday • symbols – easter eggs, Easter Bunny – egg hunt for children • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hase_mit_Ostereiern_(2).jpg

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  6. Mother´s Day – second Sun in May • honouring all mothers

  7. Halloween– 31st October • old Celtic holiday (from 1200 BC), end of year, believed the souls of dead come back to earth • later Christianized = All Saint´s Eve – honouring the dead • symbols – jack-o´-lanterns = pumpkins with carved scary faces and candle lit inside

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  9. children – dressing up in costumes, e. g. witches, ghosts, goblins, skeletons - “Trick or treat.“ = “Give us a treat (candies, fruit, little money) or we will play a trick on you (soaping windows).“ • adults – parties

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  11. Remembrance Day (UK) / Veterans´ Day (USA) – 11th November • honouring soldiers killed in WWI and II and veterans of all wars – parades, silences • end of WWI in 1918 • symbol – red poppies worn on clothes

  12. Christmas – 25th – 26th December • preparations, symbols – decorating houses, trees, hanging mistletoe, preparing presents, singing carols 4

  13. 24th Dec. = Christmas Eve – not a holiday • before going to bed children hang up Ch. stockings - believe Santa Claus / Father Christmas comes down the chimney and fills the stockings with little presents 5

  14. 25th Dec. = Christmas Day • unwrapping presents under Ch. tree • Ch. dinner – roast turkey with stuffing, roast potatoes, Ch. pudding (sort of cake with dried fruit, nuts) cracker = 6

  15. puddingoftenservedwithflames (afterpouring brandy overit), oldcustom – silvercoin in onepudding = bringsgoodluck 7 8

  16. 26th Dec. = Boxing Day • in the past tradition to givepostmen, milkmen, dustmenetc. littlesumsof money collected in theirboxes • visiting, going to parties

  17. New Year´s Eve– 31st December • parties, dancing, singing, stayinguplatetillmidnight, welcomingnewyear, drinking a toast, fireworks • atmidnight – traditional song Auld Lang Syne (by Robert Burns – Scottishnational poet) • London – Trafalgar Square withChristmastree – main party • thisday in Scotland – calledHogmanay

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  19. Použité zdroje Použité obrázky: • Hase mit Ostereiern (2). [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hase_mit_Ostereiern_(2).jpg 2. Kobe Mosaic. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kobe_Mosaic17s3072.jpg 3. Trick or treat in Sweden. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trick_or_treat_in_sweden.jpeg 4. Y Christmas Tree. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Y_Christmas_Tree_2.jpg 5. Christmas Stockings Hung. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChristmasStockingsHung_wb.jpg 6. Christmas Dinner Scotland. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChristmasDinnerScotland.jpg 7. Christmas pudding. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas_pudding.JPG

  20. 8. Christmas pudding flames. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas-pudding-flames.jpg 9. Trafalgar Square Christmas tree. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trafalgar_Square_Christmas_tree8.jpg

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