BRITISH FESTIVALS
Date JANUARY
Celebration New Year’s Day (1st) Twelfh Night (5th)
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Description ✴It celebrates the first day of the year. ✴It is when Christmas decorations should be removed to avoid “bad luck”.
FEBRUARY, 14th
Valentine’s Day
People give valentine’s cards, chocolates and flowers to their loved ones.
MARCH
Saint Patrick’s Day (17th March)
✴It is a religious holiday from Ireland. ✴It celebrates the arrival of Christianity to Ireland.
APRIL
April Fools’ Day (1st)
✴Day of fun and jokes.
Easter (8th)
✴It is a religious holiday. ✴Christians go to church. ✴People celebrate: decorating eggs, giving candy, egg hunts...
BRITISH FESTIVALS
Date
Celebration
Description
May Day (1st)
✴It celebrates the coming of summer. ✴The tradition is a dancing around a Maypole. ✴Houses are decorated with flowers and greenery.
AUGUST (last monday)
Carnival (Notting Hill)
- It celebrates the cultural traditions of the Caribbean inmigrants.
SEPTEMBER
Harvest Festival
✴It’s a thanksgiving ceremony to celebrate that land gives food to us.
Halloween
✴Children go “trick or treating” in their neighborhood and receive candy. ✴People dress up.
MAY
JUNE JULY
OCTOBER, 31th
BRITISH FESTIVALS
Date NOVEMBER
Celebration Bonfire Night (5th)
Description ✴It celebrates the night the king was saved to be killed by some catholic conspirators. ✴People celebrate this night with bonfires and fireworks.
St. Andrew’s Day (Scotland) - 30th
Remembrance Day (the second sunday)
It ‘s the national day of Scotland.
It’s the day remember those people who died in war and conflicts. People leave small wooden crosses in their loved ones graves.
BRITISH FESTIVALS
Date
Celebration
Description
DECEMBER - Christmas (25th)
- Christmas, 25th. It is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
- Boxing day (26th)
- It celebrates on the following day after Christmas. - It’s not a working day. - It’s the day to open the Christmas boxes and to share with poor people.