Holidays and Festivals in the UK and USA

1. Gymnázium, Obchodní akademie a Jazyková škola s právem státní jazykové zkoušky Hodonín Festivals in the UK and USA (common)

3. Holidays and festivals in the United Kingdom & the United States (common)

4. New Year´s Day– 1st January • making New Year´s resolutions St. Valentine´s Day– 14th February • lovers´ day • sending anonymous cards (Valentine cards), exchanging gifts (flowers, chocolates, teddy bears etc.) All Fools´Day – 1st April • playing practical jokes and tricks on other people

5. Easter – March / April = movable holiday • beginning of spring, new life • religion – Jesus Christ crucified (= died on the cross) – Good Friday resurrected (= brought to life again) – Easter Sunday • symbols – easter eggs, Easter Bunny – egg hunt for children • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hase_mit_Ostereiern_(2).jpg

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7. Mother´s Day – second Sun in May • honouring all mothers

8. Halloween– 31st October • old Celtic holiday (from 1200 BC), end of year, believed the souls of dead come back to earth • later Christianized = All Saint´s Eve – honouring the dead • symbols – jack-o´-lanterns = pumpkins with carved scary faces and candle lit inside

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10. children – dressing up in costumes, e. g. witches, ghosts, goblins, skeletons - “Trick or treat.“ = “Give us a treat (candies, fruit, little money) or we will play a trick on you (soaping windows).“ • adults – parties

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12. Remembrance Day (UK) / Veterans´ Day (USA) – 11th November • honouring soldiers killed in WWI and II and veterans of all wars – parades, silences • end of WWI in 1918 • symbol – red poppies worn on clothes

13. Christmas – 25th – 26th December • preparations, symbols – decorating houses, trees, hanging mistletoe, preparing presents, singing carols 4

14. 24th Dec. = Christmas Eve – not a holiday • before going to bed children hang up Ch. stockings - believe Santa Claus / Father Christmas comes down the chimney and fills the stockings with little presents 5

15. 25th Dec. = Christmas Day • unwrapping presents under Ch. tree • Ch. dinner – roast turkey with stuffing, roast potatoes, Ch. pudding (sort of cake with dried fruit, nuts) cracker = 6

16. puddingoftenservedwithflames (afterpouring brandy overit), oldcustom – silvercoin in onepudding = bringsgoodluck 7 8

17. 26th Dec. = Boxing Day • in the past tradition to givepostmen, milkmen, dustmenetc. littlesumsof money collected in theirboxes • visiting, going to parties

18. New Year´s Eve– 31st December • parties, dancing, singing, stayinguplatetillmidnight, welcomingnewyear, drinking a toast, fireworks • atmidnight – traditional song Auld Lang Syne (by Robert Burns – Scottishnational poet) • London – Trafalgar Square withChristmastree – main party • thisday in Scotland – calledHogmanay

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20. Použité zdroje Použité obrázky: • Hase mit Ostereiern (2). [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hase_mit_Ostereiern_(2).jpg 2. Kobe Mosaic. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kobe_Mosaic17s3072.jpg 3. Trick or treat in Sweden. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trick_or_treat_in_sweden.jpeg 4. Y Christmas Tree. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Y_Christmas_Tree_2.jpg 5. Christmas Stockings Hung. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChristmasStockingsHung_wb.jpg 6. Christmas Dinner Scotland. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChristmasDinnerScotland.jpg 7. Christmas pudding. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas_pudding.JPG

21. 8. Christmas pudding flames. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas-pudding-flames.jpg 9. Trafalgar Square Christmas tree. [cit. 2. 11. 2012]. Dostupné na: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trafalgar_Square_Christmas_tree8.jpg