Britain: Traditions, Customs and Holidays. The English Year

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British Holidays Christmas St. Valentine’s Day Easter Hallowe’en

British Holidays

Christmas
St. Valentine’s Day
Easter
Hallowe’en

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CHRISTMAS Every year there is a very big Christmas tree in

CHRISTMAS

Every year there is a very big Christmas tree in the

centre of London, in Trafalgar Square. In the evening before Christmas people like to come to Trafalgar Square to look at the tree.
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Christmas Day is a family holiday. It is the time when

Christmas Day is a family holiday. It is the time when

all the family gets together.
Little children believe that when they are asleep Santa Claus comes with a big bag of toys.
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Children often hang up large stockings over the fireplace or near their beds for presents.

Children often hang up large stockings over the fireplace or near

their beds for presents.
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For Christmas dinner people eat traditional food: turkey, potatoes and green

For Christmas dinner people eat traditional food: turkey, potatoes and

green vegetables. Then they have the Christmas pudding. At 5 o’clock it’s time for tea and Christmas cake.
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The 14th of February is St. Valentine’s Day People buy or

The 14th of February is St. Valentine’s Day

People buy or

make Valentine cards and send them to people they love. They don’t sign them – you must guess who sent the card to you.
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There are different cards to all tastes



There are
different cards
to all tastes

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EASTER EGGS Easter eggs, Easter eggs Eggs of red and blue.

EASTER EGGS

Easter eggs,
Easter eggs
Eggs of red
and blue.
Here are lots of


coloured eggs
All for me
and you.
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Easter is time to give and to get presents. rabbit comes

Easter is time to give and to get presents. rabbit comes

and leaves eggs for children. It is a symbol of Easter festival and it is called Easter Bunny.
On Easter Sunday children get chocolate Easter eggs or rabbits. You can buy them at any sweet shop in the weeks before Easter.
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On the 31st of October in Great Britain there is a

On the 31st of October in Great Britain there is a

nice holiday for children – Hallowe’en

People put pump-kins on the window-sills. They draw eyes, noses and mouths on the pumpkins and put candles into them. So the pumpkins look like a face.

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Children dress up in funny clothes and have a party where

Children dress up in funny clothes and have a party where they

play games, dance and laugh a lot.

They go from house to house and say “Trick or treat”. People give them sweets, fruit, cakes, biscuits or money.

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