HOLIDAYS IN GREAT BRITAIN

December. It is the time when Christians around the world

celebrate the birth of Jesus. Most people are on holiday in the UK and stay at home with their family on Christmas day. Christmas Day is the favourite day for children. They wake up very early in the morning to find their stockings have been filled by Father Christmas

Christmas Day

on the following day after Christmas Day. It is the

day to open the Christmas Box. Boxing Day is the day when families get together.

Boxing Day

Friday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom. It

falls just before Easter Sunday. People who regularly attend church will probably attend a special church service on Good Friday. For other people, it is a day off work in the spring.

Good Friday

comes in the month of April. However, Easter can fall

as early as March 22 or as late as April 25.
Many people use the day to decorate Easter eggs, share chocolate eggs and participate in Easter egg competitions. Easter is the time for holidays, festivals.

Easter Sunday (Easter Day)

born on 21 April, 1926. Her birthday is officially celebrated

in Britain
on the second Saturday of June each year.
The day is referred to as “the Trooping of the Colour”, the official name is “the Queen’s Birthday Parade”.

The Queen's Official birthday

is marked by a military parade known as Trooping the

Colour (Carrying of the Flag).

Trooping the Colour

bank holiday in the United Kingdom. It called May Day

in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is known as the Early May Bank Holiday in Scotland. It probably originated as a Roman festival honoring the beginning of the summer season. In more recent times, it has been as a day to campaign for and celebrate workers' rights.

Early May Bank Holiday

bank holiday. Many organizations, businesses and schools are closed. Some

people choose to take a short trip or vacation. Others use the time to walk in the country, catch up with family and friends, visit garden centers or do home maintenance.

Spring Bank Holiday

the summer bank holiday is on the last Monday of

August. In Scotland it is on the first Monday of August. This day marks the end of the summer holidays for many people who return to work or school in the autumn.

Summer Bank Holiday

present day, 31st October has increasingly acquired a reputation as

a night on which ghost, witches, and fairies, are especially active. Halloween celebrations include costume parties where people dress as witches, ghosts, and animal figures associated with Halloween

Halloween

Remembrance Day is on 11 November. It is a

special day set aside to remember all those men and women who were killed during the two World Wars and other conflicts. At 11am on each Remembrance Sunday a two minute silence is observed at war memorials and other public spaces across the UK.

Remembrance Day

lot of Legends about St. Patrick in Ireland. St. Patrick

with a help of three others bishops built more than 50 cathedrals and united the islanders in one faith. St The symbols of his holidays are the shamrock, the leprechaun, the rainbow. The leprechaun is an elf-like creature from Irish folklore. He is lazy, cunning, ill-tempered, greedy. He has a pot of gold well hidden at the end of the rainbow. Patrick’s Day is.

St. Patrick’s Day