Customs Celebrations Michaela Fabianov Oktva 201819 United Kingdom

Customs & Celebrations Michaela Fabianová Oktáva 2018/19

United Kingdom

Guy Fawkes Night

Guy Fawkes Night November 5 th Mastermind of the Gun Powder Plot in 1605 Celebrated famously in East Sussex Firework displays, bonfires, torch-lit processions. . .

Pancake Day

Pancake Day Also Shrove Tuesday, 5 th of March 2019 Traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday

Poppy Day

Poppy Day Also known as „Remembrance Day“ November 11 th Pays homage to the men and women who died during WW I and WW II. While this day, people are wearing red poppies

The Story Of Poppy By a famous poem called „In Flanders Fields“ After the First WW, the poppy was adopted as a symbol of Remembrance

Christmas

Difference Between Christmas Eve and Christmas day? CHRISTMAS EVE Evening before Christmas Day December 24 th Day to prepare for Christmas CHRISTMAS DAY The morning or day after Christmas Eve December 25 th Kids are getting their presents from Father Christmas

Christmas December 25 th Towns decorated with Christmas lights Famous person switches them on Nativity Plays Carols Mince pies

Mince Pies, Brandy and/or Sherry

Christmas Meal

Boxing Day

Boxing Day December 26 th „Extended“ Christmas The day has become synonymous with many sports.

Why „Boxing“? Reference to holiday gifts Reference to charity drives Christmas Boxes A box to collect money for the poor Nautical tradition Sailing ships having sealed box containing money on board for good luck

Fox Hunting? Until 2004, when ban on fox hunting has put an end to this Hunters are still gathering dressed in red hunting coats

New Year’s Eve

New Year’s Eve December 31 st Large celebration of fireworks expliding at midnight over the London Eye Big Ben chimes and rings „Auld Lang Syne“

Easter

Easter April 21 st Very similar to our celebration Boys with plaited willow canes have to chase girls and collect rewards – painted eggs

Halloween

Halloween October 31 st Children dressing up as ghosts or monsters Home decorations „Trick or Treat? “

Other Holidays in the UK Every holiday here is specific for a part of UK: St. David’s Day – March 1 st (Wales) St. Patrick’s Day – March 17 th (Ireland) St. George’s Day – April 23 rd (England) St. Andrew’s Day – November 30 th (Scotland)

USA

USA – main holidays Independence Day – 4 th July, the birthday of the USA Thanksgiving Day – every fourth Thursday in November. . . Veteran’s Day Columbus Day Memorial Day President’s Day Martin Luther King Day Labor Day

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving USA: November 28 th (4 th Thursday of November) Canada: October 14 th (Second Monday of October) Day of giving thanks for the blessing of

Independence Day

Indenpendence Day July 4 th Federal holidya in the USA. Celebrating the adoption of the Declaration of Indenpendence on July 4 th, 1776

Vocabulary Bonfire – táborák Torch – svítilna Feast – Hodování lent on Ash Wednesday – začátek 40 denního půstu Popeleční středa Pays homage – vzdát hold Poppy – mák Carols – koledy Nativity play - „hra“ o narození Ježíše Chime – rozeznít Plaited willow cane - pomláska

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