Презентация на тему festival

day
Guy Fawkes Day
Easter
All Fool’s Day
Hogmanay
St. Patrick’s Day
St. George’s Day

Mother´s Day
Bank Holidays
The Queen´s Official Birthday
Father´s Day
Remembrance Day

The British Holidays

25/12

26/12

31/10

14/2

5/11

1st Sunday after full moon

1/4

31/12

17/3

24/4

2nd Sunday in May

Saturday after June 9th

3rd Sunday in June

11/11

Day
Columbus Day
Thanksgiving
Washington’s birthday
Memorial Day

3rd Monday in January

3rd Monday in February
1st Monday in September
July 4th
October 12th
4th Thursday in November
February 22nd
4th Monday in May

Santa Claus
Christmas Pudding / sweets
Stockings
Decorations
Presents / Christmas Tree
Christmas Carols
Roast

Turkey
Crackers

Easter
Celebrates Jesus’ return to life
Eating lots of chocolate
Easter eggs / bunnies
Egg Hunt
Traditions
- Egg rolling
- Easter Bonnets
- Hot Cross Buns

witches,

vampires, etc.
Trick or treat
Decoratins, parties
carving Jack-o-lanterns from pumpkins

Story of Jack-o-Lantern
Jack was a sinner
played a trick on the Devil (sold him his soul)
When he died, no heaven or hell would admit him
He had to wander on the earth
He was given a lantern from turnip

to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill

King James I
also called Bonfire Night
bonfires, fireworks, and burning effigies

Hogmanay
Scottish name for New Year’s Eve
dinner begins with haggis
townsfolk gather in the square
at midnight they sing traditional song ‘Auld Lang Syne’

Independence in 1776
each city organizes its own ceremony

parades, band concerts and firework displays

Martin Luther King´s Day
was a civil-rights campaigner
Not believed to be an official holiday
How to celebrate this day?
Read up on King’s life
Go to church
Watch a documentary about the civil rights movement
Throw a party in the tradition of King’s days

first celebrated by the Pilgrims settlers in Massachusetts in

1621
Native Americans taught them how to plant corps and hunt

Columbus Day
anniversery of the discovery of America
not celebrated by Native Americans
Columbus is a synonym of racism and oppression

banks and shops are closed
2/ Holiday which celebrates the

patron saints of Ireland
3/ A holiday that honours all fathers
4/ It is a day of racial equality and nonviolence
5/ Holiday that honours the saint of England

Bank holiday

St. Patrick’s Day

Father’s Day

Martin Luther King’s Day

St. George’s Day

A day when you can play jokes and tricks

on people
8/ A night when children make effigies and there are lots of bonfires
9/ A night when you sing Auld Lang Syne.

10/ A day that honours those killed in two world wars.

Labor Day

All Fools’ Day

Guy Fawkes Day

Hogmanay

Remembrance Day

word in column B
Halloween
St. Valentine’s Day
Hogmanay
Easter
Guy Fawkes Day
Christmas
Boxing

Day
St. Patrick's Day
The Queen´s Official Birthday
Independence Day

Hot Cross Buns
Gifts / money to dustmen, milkmen etc.
Dress up in green colour
Trooping Colours
Anonymous gifts or cards
Establishing the USA
Blowing up the parliament
Trick or treat
Haggis
Crackers

Czech ones?
What holidays do we celebrate and the English

don’t?
How those celebrations differ?
What are the differences between Czech and British Christmas?
How do you prepare for Christmas?
Is there some holiday you would like to include into our national holidays?

Day celebrated?
2. How do British spend their Bank Holidays?
3.

How is the Queen’s Official Birthday celebrated?
4. Describe Halloween.
5. What do you know about Guy Fawkes Day?
6. Is the any difference between British and American Christmas Holiday?
7. What typically American holidays can you name?
8. What is Hogmanay?
9. Which historically important event commemorates the Independence Day?