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- 2. Midsummer’s Eve Although Midsummer’s Eve is not traditionally a widely celebrated festival in Britain, it is
- 4. Harvest festival This is a very old festival, dating from pre-Christian times nowadays celebrated by Christians,
- 6. Halloween The name comes from “the eve of All Hallows”, also known in the Christian calendar
- 8. Guy Fawkes’ Night In 1605 a group of Catholic conspirators, led by Guy Fawkes, attempted to
- 10. An old children’s rhyme runs: Remember, remember, the fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot! I
- 12. Christmas Most people in Britain see Christmas as the major festival of the year – an
- 13. The many non-religious traditions associated with Christmas are in fact not very old, dating back only
- 15. Lunch is the most important point of Christmas Day. The traditional lunch consists of roast turkey
- 16. The day after Christmas Day is called Boxing day (probably after the church alms box which
- 17. New Year’s Day, or Hogmanay People all over Britain celebrate the passing of the old year
- 18. The Scots take New Year’s Eve very seriously, and anyone unwise enough to try to sleep
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