Traditions and customs in england

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Guy Fawkes Night

Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated on the 5th of November

Guy Fawkes Night Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated on the 5th of
each year. Guy Fawkes was the mastermind of the Gun Powder Plot in 1605, which failed when he attempted to destroy the House of Parliament. These night traditions celebrated famously in East Sussex, and Lewes commemorates this fail by having firework displays, bonfires, torch-lit processions and pagan rituals.

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Daylight Savings Time

It is a tradition observed by England. Clocks are moved

Daylight Savings Time It is a tradition observed by England. Clocks are
during warmer months so that darkness falls later each day according to the clock. The typical implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in the spring ("spring forward") and set clocks back by one hour in autumn ("fall back") to return to standard time. As a result, there is one 23-hour day in late winter or early spring and one 25-hour day in the autumn.

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Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day

Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday

Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash
(the first day of Lent), observed in many Christian countries through participating in confession and absolution, the ritual burning of the previous year's Holy Week palms, finalizing one's Lenten sacrifice, as well as eating pancakes and other sweets.

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Christmas

Christmas (or Feast of the Nativity) is an annual festival commemorating the

Christmas Christmas (or Feast of the Nativity) is an annual festival commemorating
birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night; in some traditions, Christmastide includes an octave. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations, is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season centered around it.

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Boxing Day

Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated the day after Christmas Day, thus being

Boxing Day Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated the day after Christmas
the second day of Christmastide. It originated in the United Kingdom and is celebrated in a number of countries that previously formed part of the British Empire. Boxing Day is on 26 December, although the attached bank holiday or public holiday may take place either on that day or one or two days later.

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New Year’s Eve

In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve (also known as

New Year’s Eve In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve (also known
Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day in many countries), the last day of the year, is on 31 December. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated at evening parties, where many people dance, eat, drink, and watch or light fireworks. Some Christians attend a watchnight service. The celebrations generally go on past midnight into New Year's Day, 1 January.

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Poppy Day or Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day (sometimes known informally as Poppy Day

Poppy Day or Remembrance Day Remembrance Day (sometimes known informally as Poppy
owing to the tradition of the remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty. Following a tradition inaugurated by King George V in 1919,.Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November in most countries to recall the end of hostilities of First World War on that date in 1918. Hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month"
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