British and American culture

Contents
• Traditional seaside holidays
• Christmas day
• Boxing day
• New year’s day
• Valentine’s day
• Mother’s day
• Halloween
• April fool’s day
• St. Patrick’s day
• Easter monday
Traditional seaside holiday

Traditional seaside holiday is a

typical british summer holiday.
The traditional seaside
can be found in many
other resorts up and
down the country. On
the Dorset Coast
Weymouth still retains
much of this
atmosphere. It is busier
than Southwold, but it
is still a family resort.
There is a clock on the
front that celebrates
the Queen's Jubilee
(Queen Victoria's that
is!). The beach has
golden sands and is
perfect for bathing
Traditional things to eat at the seaside
are candy floss and a stick of rock
sweet

Candy floss
Rock
Many British people spend much of their free time during
the summer months down by the sea. Children enjoy
swimming in the sea and building sandcastles
Christmas day
Christmas day, december 25, is
probably the most popular
holiday in Britain. It is a family
holiday. Traditionally all
relatives and friends get
together and give each other
presents

On this day many

people go to
churches, open their
christmas presents,
decorate christmas
trees
This day is a traditional family day, all the family
gather at table to eat traditional dinner of roast
turkey and christmas pudding

Traditional family christmas dinner

Children leave a long stocking
at the end of their beds on
christmas eve, 24th december,
hoping that father christmas
will come down the chimney
during the night and bring
them small presents, fruit and
nuts. At some time on
christmas day the family will
sit down a big turkey dinner
followed by christmas
pudding. They will probably
pull a cracker. It will make a
loud crack and a coloured hat
or a small toy will fall out
Later in the afternoon they
may watch the queen’s speech
on the television and enjoy a
piece of christmas cake or eat
a hot mince pie 26th december
is also a public holiday,
Boxing day, and this is the
time to visit friends and
relatives
 Boxing day
Boxing day is celebrated on december
26th
Boxing day is a bank and public holiday in the United kingdom, Autralia,
Canada, Switzerland, Germany,...
 New year’s day

New Year's Day is a public

holiday in the United Kingdom
on January 1 each year. It marks
the start of the New Year in the
Gregorian calendar. For many
people have a quiet day on
January 1, which marks the end
of the Christmas break before
they return to work.

At midnight, as the New Year begins, the

chimes of Big Ben are broadcast to mark the
start of the New Year.
Many people hold parties at home or
go out to pubs or night clubs. These
parties often continue into the early
hours of the morning. Hence, for
many people, New Year's Day is time
for recovering from the excesses of the
night before.

For others, it is the last day of the

Christmas holiday before they return to
work. Some take the opportunity to carry
out home improvements or to go for a
walk in the country. In many places
around the United Kingdom's coast,
groups of people dress up in fancy
costumes and run into the cold sea.
 New Year’s Eve
• December 31
• Traditionally Scottish
celebration.
• At midnight everybody
joins hands and sings
Auld Lang Syne.
The 14th of february
is called valentine. It
is a day of lovers.
That is when every
woman and every
man thinks about his
or her sweetheart
St.valentine’s is
the saint of people
in love. On that
day people send
valentine cards
and presents to
their beloved.
Traditionally you
must never write
your name on it
 Every year thousands of people
travel to a small village on
Scotland’s border with England to
get married. The village is called
Gretna Green.
It’s romantic reputation began in 1754
In that time in England marriage for
people under 21 without parents’
permission was banned, but in
Scotland it was possible to marry.
 Halloween
• October 31
• A pagan festival
celebrates the return of
the souls that visit their
former houses.
• People dress up as
witches, ghosts etc.
• Houses are decorated
with pumpkins.
April fools’ day
April fools’ day is on
the 1st of april.
English children like
this day very much.
They play jokes and
tricks on other
people, even on
teacher
Aprils’ day, also know as all fools’ day
is certainly not a holiday , but
everybody likes it so much!
This is the day
upon which we
are reminded of
what we are on
the other three-
hundred and
sixty-four
Mark Twain
 Pancake Day
• In March
• The last day before
Lent.
• Pancake race-running
while holding a pancake
in a frying pan.
Competitors have to
throw it in the air and
catch it again in the
pan.
 Easter
• On a Sunday between
22 March and 25 April.
• The celebration of the
Resurrection of Christ
• Schools are closed for
two weeks.
• People give each other
chocolate eggs that are
wrapped in silver paper.
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