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Holidays and traditions in the ESC and the CR

Holidays and traditions in the ESC and the CR. Václav Rejna C4A. Holidays and traditions in the USA. News Year’s Day. January 1st. Martin Luther King Day . January 3rd Monday Commemorates Civil Rights leader. St . Valentine‘s Day. February 14th Day of lovers .

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Holidays and traditions in the ESC and the CR

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  1. Holidays and traditions in the ESC and the CR Václav Rejna C4A

  2. Holidays and traditions in the USA

  3. NewsYear’sDay • January1st

  4. Martin Luther King Day. • January 3rd Monday • CommemoratesCivil Rights leader.

  5. St. Valentine‘sDay • February14th • Dayof lovers.

  6. Presidents‘ Day • February 3rd Monday • Remembranceof allformerPresidents.

  7. St. Patrick‘sDay • March17 • Honorsthe patron saint of Ireland.

  8. Easter • First Sundayafter the first full moon in Spring • Commemoratesthe resurrection of Jesus.

  9. AprilFool‘sDay • April1st • Peopleplay tricks on eachother.

  10. Mother‘sDay • May 2nd Sunday

  11. May last Monday • Honorsdeadfamilymembers and wardead.

  12. Father‘sDay. • June 3rd Sunday

  13. IndependenceDay • July 4th • Birthdayof the United States • On July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independencewassigned.

  14. LaborDay • September 1st Monday • Honorsworkers, unofficial end of summervacations.

  15. ColumbusDay • October 2nd Monday • CommemoratesColumbus‘sarrival in the Americas in 1492.

  16. Halloween • October31st • Childrendress up and go to neighborsforsweets, trickortreat.

  17. Veteran‘sDay • November11st • Honorsthe dead of allwars.

  18. Thanksgiving • November 4th Thursday • First celebrated in 1621 by settlers in Plymouth colony to givethanksfortheir first harvestfollowing a winter of starvation.

  19. ChristmasDay • December25th

  20. Holidays and traditions in the Great Britain

  21. New Year‘sDay. • January1st

  22. St. Valentine‘sDay • February14th

  23. Easter • First Sundayafter the first full moon in Spring • Alsoa holiday on the followingMonday.

  24. AllFool‘sDay • April1st • Same as AprilFool‘sDay in the United States.

  25. May Day • May 1st • Honorsworkers.

  26. Mother‘sDay. • May 2nd Sunday

  27. The Queen‘sOfficialBirthday. • June 2nd Saturday

  28. MidsummerDay • June 21st • Longestday of the yearcelebratedwithfires.

  29. Halloween • October31st

  30. AllSaintsDay • Novemberlst • Honor deadfamilymembers.

  31. GuyFawkes Night/Bonfire Night • November5th • Remembersexecution of GuyFawkes (1570-1606), a Catholicwhotried to blow of House of Parliament.

  32. RemembranceSunday • NovemberSundayclosest to November11th • Honorsdead of allwars.

  33. December24th

  34. ChristmasDay. • December25th

  35. Boxing Day • December26th • Dayon whichpeoplewho do you a service (postman, garbagecollector, milkman, paperboycollecttheirChristmas Box (usuallymoney, and now-a-daysgivenbeforeChristmas).

  36. New Year‘sEve • December31st • Especiallyimportant in Scotland.

  37. Holidays and traditions in the Czech republic Václav Rejna C4A

  38. New Year´sDay • 1st January • Restoration Day of the Independent Czech State • The independent Czech Republic was created in 1993, after dissolution of Czechoslovakia.

  39. Easter • March, April • Easter is celebrated for two days (Sunday and Monday) in the Czech Republic

  40. LabourDay • 1st May

  41. LiberationDay • 8th May • 1945, the end of the European part of World War II

  42. Saints Cyril and Methodius Day • 5th July • In 863, Church teachers St. Cyril (Constantine) and Metoděj (Methodius) came from the Balkans toGreat Moravia to propagate Christian faith and literacy.

  43. Jan Hus Day • 6th July • The religious reformer Jan Hus was burned at the stake in 1415.

  44. St. Wenceslas Day • 28th September • Czech Statehood Day • In 935, St. Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, now patron of the Czech State, was murdered by his brother.

  45. Independent CzechoslovakStateDay • 28th October • Creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918.

  46. Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day • 17th November • Commemorating the student demonstration against Nazi occupation in 1939, and the demonstration in 1989 that started the Velvet Revolution.

  47. ChristmasEve • 24th December • Christmas is celebrated during the evening of the 24th. • ChristmasDay - 25th December • St. Stephen's Day • 26th December • "The Second Christmas Day"

  48. Sources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ • https://www.google.cz/obrazky • http://gymkh.cz/student/Anglicky%20jazyk/Zelen%C3%A1/

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