Holidays in England

English people love celebrating holidays.
In Great Britain six public holidays.
Christmas
Boxing Days
Easter
Spring and Late Summer Bank Holidays
Good Friday
Scottish people consider the New Year’s Day to be also a public holiday.

New Year and Christmas

Boxing Days

Good Friday

Easter

Spring and
Late Summer Bank Holidays

Apart from public holidays, people in England celebrate St Valentine’s Day, St Patrick’s Day, April Fool’s Day, Halloween, Pancake Day, Bonfire Night and many other interesting occasions.

St. Valentine's Day

St. Patrick's Day

April fool's day

Pancake Day

Bonfire Night or
Guy Fawkes Night

Halloween or All Saint’s Eve

The Boat Race

William Shakespeare’s Birthday

Derby Day

The Lord Mayor’s Show

Quiz
Why do people switch on the TV or a radio in New Year’s night?
When do the English celebrate Boxing Day?
Where do the families spend their Spring and Summer Bank’s holidays?
What is the symbol of St Valentine’s ?
What universities took part in boat races?
What happent do you see in William Shakespeare’s Birthday?
What is the well-known horse race?
When does the Lord Mayor ellect?

Task
Find Russian equivalents to the following Irish proverbs.

Match the following words to their definitions.
The first word is done for you.

Solve the puzzle.
Across:
You cook pancakes in this.(3)
... Wednesday is the first day of Lent. (3)
The time from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. (4)
A competition in which people compete to run fastest and finish first. (4)
When you do not eat fat food or go without food, you ... . (4)
Pancakes are made from flour, ... , and eggs. (4)
The British give each other chocolate Easter ... on Easter Sunday. (4)
Down:
A round of thin batter cooked on both sides in a frying pan. (7)

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Do the crossword to find out he word in the vertical column.
"Holy evening" that takes place on 31st October.
A prank or joke.
Something special that one can have as a present.
A stick of wax with a string through the middle, which you burn to give light.
The spirit of a dead person visible in some form to a living person.

Can you match the two halves of these Christmas superstitions.

To have good health in the following year eat an apple on Christmas Eve.
A child born on Christmas day will have a special future.
Snow on Christmas day means that Easter will be green.
If you eat a raw egg before eating anything else on Christmas morning, you will be able to carry heavy things.
Good luck will come to the home where a fire is kept burning throughout the Christmas season.
You will have as many happy months in the coming year, as the number of houses.
Where you eat mince pies during Christmas time.

Find the 8 hidden words.
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