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In Britain

• In Britain

Christmas

Saint Valentines Day

Easter

Mother’s day

Father’s day

Halloween.

• Christmas Saint Valentines Day Easter Mother’s day Father’s day Halloween.

Christmas

The most popular holiday in Great Britain and America

Christmas is a joyful religious

holiday when Christians

celebrate the birth

of Jesus Christ. It is

celebrated on the 25 of

December. The Christmas story

comes from the Bible.

For people all over the world Christmas is a season of giving and receiving presents. People go from house to house to sing Christmas carols.

American children believe that Santa Claus lives on the North Pole with his wife. The whole year he lists the names of children both

those who have been good and those

who have been bad. He decides what

present to give to the good children.

Christmas tree

Christmas tree is a part and parcel of the holiday. It is believed that it brings good luck.

Let’s decorate

Christmas Tree

Let’s sing a song!

Dashing through the snow

In a one-horse open sleigh

Over the fields we go

Laughing all the way.

Jingle bells, jingle bells!

Jingle all the way

Oh! What fun it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh!

Bells on bob-tail ring

Making spirits bright,

What fun it is to ride and sing

A sleighing song tonight!

There are many holidays in Britain, on which different traditions are observed. One of such holidays is St. Valentine’s day.

On that day the Englishmen send to people they love. Some people draw hearts, roses and Cupid with an arrow on them. But almost all of Valentine cards say “Be my Valentine”.

In Great Britain it is a holiday of love and friendship.

A very good idea to celebrate this fabulous lovebirds' day is to gift your partner with colorful valentines cards with beautiful quotes written on it. These cards have the magical power to melt the stony hearts and fill the with love and the people who have already fallen for someone; valentine's cards can do wonders in touching the deepest emotions of their darling's heart.

Easter is a grand festival of Christians and is celebrated to honor the resurrection of Lord Jesus, the son of mother Mary. It is a festivity of happiness and joy, as it was in the Easter springtime when people had witnessed Jesus' return to life. In the morning, men and women dressed up in their special Easter outfits go to the church. Houses are decorated with beautiful lilies, candles are lit. Special dishes are prepared in the honor of Lord Jesus. Easter lamb is always on the table.

At certain places, carnivals and parades take place. In these parades, people wearing special costumes can be spotted. Mardi Gras parade held in North America is famous.

As a part of Easter customs, Easter egg painting competitions are held. Easter egg hunt is the favorite kids' fun time activity. People eat hot cross buns and kids enjoy their jellybeans.

Easter Flowers

There is undoubtedly no better idea for Easter celebration than presenting our loved ones with beautifull Easter flower basket. The beautiful view of blooming flowers will shower its freshness and fill your life with golden charming moments.

Easter Symbols

Easter symbols are Easter eggs, cute little bunny rabbits, yummy hot cross buns, gorgeous white lilies, sacred Easter cross etc. Every symbol of Easter has its own significance, if one symbolizes purity, the other represents new life.

Mothers' day is a day exclusively dedicated to mothers. A mother is a special person in the life of any human being . This day is a real special one. There are different ways to express how dear your mother is to you . As a part of mother's day celebration, make a nice handmade card. Accompany it with a set of beautiful flowers. D o small special things for her like reading poems. M ake her feel like a queen. E xpress what she means to you and thank her for everything that she has done for you.

Let’s read a poem for your mother!

Mother's Day Song I don't remember much about when I was born But I know you took care of me all day long I see photos of me making mess after mess Mother, when ever did you get any rest? I'm glad you're my mother and I'm glad I'm your child I'm sorry if sometimes I act way too wild but I know you wouldn't have it any other way I love you, Mom. Happy Mother's Day

Father's Day is celebrated to honor the fathers-for their selfless love, sacrifice and everything they do for us. It is a token of expression of our love and affection towards them. In USA, UK, Canada and most parts of the world father's day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. Father's Day 2008 is falling on 15th June .

The celebration of All Saints Day or just Halloween takes place on October 31st. The traditional of Halloween began in the fifth century B.C. This day the Irish Celts celebrated their New year at that time, because they organizes their year according to the agricultural calendar and marked the transition from one year to the next on October 31.

In the year 835 A.D. the Roman catholic Church made November 1st a church holiday to honor all the saints. This day is called All Saint's Day. Since that time many year have passed. Some traditions are gone, new tradition appeared.

The most popular customs of Halloween.

The most known customs is the tradition of dressing costume. On Halloween, when it was believed that ghosts came back to the earthly world, people thought that they would encounter ghosts if they left their houses. To avoid being recognized by these ghosts, people weared masks so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits. On Halloween, people placed bowls of food outside their homes to appease the ghosts and prevent them from attempting to enter their home.

Fire has always played an important part in Halloween. In the old days people lit bonfires to ward away evil spirits and some places they used to jump over the fire to bring good luck.