1.	Festivals, traditions, holidays - about

2.	United Kingdom

3.	New Year’s Day- 1st January

4.	St. Valentine’s Day- 14th February

5.	Halloween: 31st October

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USA

7.	Easter- April

8.	Memorial Day: 4th Monday in May

9.	Independence Day: 4th July

10.	Thanksgiving: 4th Thursday in November

11.	Christmas: 24th December

12.	St.Valentine‘s Day: it‘s on 14th February

13.	President’s Day: it’s on 16th February

14.	St. David’s Day: it’s on 1.3

15.	St. Patrick’s Day: it’s on 17th March

16.	All fools Day: it’s on 1st April

17.	Easter: in England:

18.	In Czech republic:

19.	Mother’s Day: it’s on second Sunday in May

20.	Spring Bank holiday: = last Monday in May; public holidays

21.	Father’s Day: it’s on third Sunday of June in USA

22.	Christopher Columbus Day: it’s on 12th October

23.	Halloween: it’s on 31st October

24.	Thanksgiving Day: 4th November

25.	Guy Fawkes Night: it’s on 5th November; celebrated in England

26.	Remembrance Day: it’s on the 11th November

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Christmas

28.	New Year’s Day: on the 31st December

"Thanksgiving Day: 4th November

- for the first time, it was celebrated in 1621 for the first harvest
- the Pilgrims came from Europe /Holland/in the ship called Mayflower and they try to settle America
- they settle Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts
- it’s occasion to family get together
- typical food: roast turkey with pumpkin pie and sweet potatoes
- the first Thanksgiving wasn’t a dinner, but it was a breakfast = they eat boiled eel, lobster and roast pigeon
- the settlers invited Indians to take part in their celebration and 92 Indians came and brought turkey, pumpkins, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce
- the pilgrims wanted to thanks god and native Americans for their help
- the native Americans taught the Pilgrims how to plant, how to hunt, how to cook and fish
- in 1863, Abraham Lincoln declared this day as a national holiday

Guy Fawkes Night: it’s on 5th November; celebrated in England

- in 1605, Guy Fawkes wanted to kill the king James I., he put gun powder into the cellar under the Houses of Parliament, but he was caught before he could kill the king
- boys and girls make a large dolls called “Guys”; the doll is made of straw and children put on some masks and old clothes and they go into the streets and say: ”Penny for a Guy”.
- they buy a lot of fireworks, in the evening children light them, put the Guys on the top of it and burn it
- it’s day for fun

Remembrance Day: it’s on the 11th November

- it’s ceremony in Whitehall, in London; 2 minutes silence for killed people in wars

Christmas:
- it’s the day of the birth of Christ
- Christmas in our country and in the Great Britain is celebrated a little bit different
- In England: day before, on the 24th December is the Christmas Eve
- the Christmas tree is decorated with candles, bells and sweets
- socks are hung up and children believe that they will be filled by the Father Christmas
- the next day is: the Christmas Day = on the 25th December
- in the morning, you can open the presents; then is Christmas dinner – there’re differences between food in England and food in USA
- in England = food is consist of roast turkey or goose with different vegetables, potatoes and Christmas pudding
- in USA = they eat roast turkey with stuffing and many different cookies
- Boxing Day: 26th December
- it’s called “boxing” because long ago, boxes with presents were given to servants and postmen
- many parties are given; games are played and all the men want to watch their favourite sports on TV
- In Czech Republic:
- we eat our Christmas dinner in the evening; we eat carp with potatoes salad; carps soup and sandwiches or some special homemade candies
- Christmas customs: in Great Britain = they have special crackers – cracker is a little present wrapped in colour paper and it explode with crack when the two ands are pulled by two people
- when Christmas pudding is made, the silver pence may be put into it and if you find this coin, you’ll be wealthy next year
- they sing Christmas carols, for ex. Gingle bells
- you can kiss anybody who stands under the mistletoe during the Christmas and New Year
- in Australia = young people like to have a Christmas dinner on sunny beaches"

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