Презентация на тему Holidays in the UK

called “bank holidays”.
The term “bank holidays” dates back to

the 19th century. At that time all the banks were closed on these holidays. Now this term is no longer refered only to banks. Many other firms and offices are closed too.
Among these are eight holidays: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day Holidays, Spring Bank Holidays, Late Summer (August) Bank Holiday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

special for Scottish people, who celebrate it with their

families. They sit the Old Year out and the New Year in. At midnight Scottish people hold their hands in a large circle and sing the song “Auld land syne” by Robert Burns. That is how they celebrate the coming of a new year. Now people decorate their houses with bouquets of mistletoe.

People usually make special buns which
Are marked with a cross on top. On this day the Church marks Jesus Christ’s death.
Easter Monday is the 1st Monday after Easter Day.

1st Monday after May Day (May 1st ). People

celebrate the coming of spring. They also select the most beautiful girl on this day, who becomes May Queen. Sometimes May poles are constructed with long coloured ribbons and children dance around these poles holding the ends of these ribbons.

Monday in May.
August Bank Holiday is the last

Monday in August. British people usually go on picnics on spring and summer holidays.

It is celebrated on December 25th. Christmas symbolize the

birth of Jesus Christ. On this day many people go to Churches, get Christmas presents and make a traditional Christmas dinner (roast turkey and pudding).

person who will come down the chimney during the

night and bring them presents. It is Father Christmas. However, Santa Claus is used synonymously with Father Christmas.

Children usually hang long
socks or stocks (stockings)
on their bed and hope that
Father Christmas will put his
presents in them. Christmas
trees are set in the
living-rooms and are decorated with toys by children.

. It comes straight away after Christmas Day. This

is an old tradition, when in old times rich people used to give their servants money or “ Christmas Boxes”. Now it is the day when people simply have rest or visit their friends.

Besides bank holidays, there are also different festivals reflecting interesting traditions and customs. Among them are: St.Valentine’s Day, Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day), April Fool’s Day, Mother’s Day (Mothering Sunday),Father’s Day, Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night.

On this day people send Valentine cards and get

presents and “valentines” from their sweethearts. A valentine is a colourful card with tender love words composed by the sender. It is a kind of a love-token. Valentine cards are usually not signed. Those who get them must guess who the sender is.

can eat and do everything before the fasting of

Lent. It also has a popular name “Pancake day” because many people traditionally eat pancakes on this day. Christians usually go to the church and confess sins to a priest on Shrove Tuesday.

the 4th Sunday in Lent in March. On this

day mothers get presents from their sons and daughters. And all children despite their age return to their homes.

tricks on each other.

day fathers get gift cards and a lot of

attention from their children.

31st . The most memorable symbol connected to this

holiday is a lantern made of a pumpkin. A pumpkin is cut like a face and a candle is put inside of it. So it looks like a face with burning eyes.
Usually people dress in colourful costumes of witches and ghosts and go to fancy parties.

say: “Trick or treat”. If people do not refuse

to give them something they sing. If they do refuse children play tricks. Halloween is on the eve of All Saint’s Day. The word “halloween” means “holy evening”. The tradition of Halloween goes back with its roots to a time when people believed in evil spirits.

on November 5th . This tradition comes from old

times when King James I was on the throne. He was a Protestant that is why Roman Catholics did not like him because of the religious differences. In 1605 Roman Catholics made a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament. The man called by Guy Fawkes was one of those people.

up the Parliament because the King discovered their plan,

his soldiers found Guy Fawkes and executed him. This happened on November 5th . Since then British people mark this day by burning a dummy made of straw and old clothes on a bonfire. They call this dummy simply “a guy” .

holidays celebrated in the UK. They are the patron

saint days: St. David’s Day on March 1st (in Wales), St. George Day on April 23rd (in England), St. Andrew’s Day on November 30th (in Scotland) and St/Patrick’s Day on March 17th (in Northern Ireland). The only national holiday from this list is St. Patrick’s Day for Irish.