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Christmas in English speaking countries

Christmas in English speaking countries. Jagoda Adamiak kl. 1tc3 . Table of Contents :. Columbus Day Guy Fawkes Night Guy Fawkes Night 2 Boxing day Boxing day 2 Saint Patrick's Day Symbols and Legent Guinness and Corned beef and cabbage Remembrance Day Groundhog Day.

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Christmas in English speaking countries

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  1. Christmas in English speaking countries Jagoda Adamiak kl. 1tc3

  2. Table of Contents: • Columbus Day • Guy FawkesNight • Guy FawkesNight 2 • Boxingday • Boxingday 2 • Saint Patrick'sDay • Symbols and Legent • Guinness and Corned beef and cabbage • Remembrance Day • Groundhog Day

  3. Columbus Day Many countries in theNewWorld andelsewhere celebrate the anniversaryof Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas, which happened on October 12. 1492, as an official holiday. Columbus Day first became an official state holiday in Colorado in 1906, and became a federal holiday in the United States in 1937, though people have celebrated Columbus's voyage since the colonial period.

  4. Guy FawkesNight Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605.

  5. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords.

  6. Boxingday Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts, known as a "Christmas box", from their bosses or employers.

  7. Today, Boxing Day is the bank holiday that generally takes place on 26 December. It is observed in the United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Kenya, South Africa, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and other Commonwealth nations, as well as Norway, France and Sweden.

  8. Saint Patrick's Day St Patrick's Day is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) and the Republic of Ireland. St Patrick’s Day is also a festive occasion in some parts of the world where it is not a public holiday. Therefore traffic and parking may be temporarily affected in streets and public areas where parades are held in towns and cities.

  9. Symbols The most common St Patrick's Day symbol is the shamrock. The shamrock is the leaf of the clover plant and a symbol of the Holy Trinity. Many people choose to wear the color green and the flag of the Republic of Ireland is often seen in St Patrick’s Day parades around the world. Irish brands of drinks are popular at St Patrick’s Day events. Legend According to popular legend, St Patrick rid Ireland of snakes. However, it is thought that there have been no snakes in Ireland since the last ice age. The "snakes" that St Patrick banished from Ireland, may refer to the druids or pagan worshipers of snake or serpent gods. He is said to be buried under Down Cathedral in Downpatrick, Ireland. Ireland’s other patron saints are St Brigid and St Columba.

  10. Corned beef and cabbage Guinness Although a classic St. Patrick's Day meal, corned beef and cabbage is more American than Irish. Irish Americans in the 19th century were mostly poor. The most affordable meat available was corned beef, according to Cronin. And cabbage? "It's a spring vegetable and it's cheap," Cronin said. On a typical day, Americans drink about 600,000 pints of the Dublin-based beer. But on St. Patrick's Day, about 3 million pints of Guinness are downed, according to Guinness in an email to USA TODAY Network.

  11. Remembrance Day Remembrance Day (11 November) marks the anniversary of the armistice which ended the First World War (1914–18). Each year Australians observe one minute silence at 11 am on 11 November, in memory of those who died or suffered in all wars and armed conflicts. This year is the 96th anniversary of the armistice on 11 November which ended the First World War. Experience Remembrance Day this year at the Memorial and remember all those who have served and sacrificed for Australia.

  12. Groundhog Day (Canadian French:Jour de la Marmotte; Pennsylvania German: Grundsaudaag, Murmeltiertag) is a day celebrated on February 2. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day, then spring will come early; if it is sunny, the groundhog will supposedly see its shadow and retreat back into its burrow, and the winter weather will persist for six more weeks. Modern customs of the holiday involve celebrations where early morning festivals are held to watch the groundhog emerging from its burrow. Groundhog Day

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