Holidays, celebrations

and festivals in
 January August
1st New Year's Day (a public holiday) Good Friday ( a public holiday) Notting Hill Carnival
5th Twefth Night Easter Summ
Easter Monday ( a public er Bank Holiday ( a
25th Burns Night
holiday in public holiday)
February
April O
14th Valentine's Day ctober
1st April Fool's Day
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arch 23rd
Halloween
St George's Day (in
1st St England) November
David's Day ( in Wales)
May 5th Bonfire Night
17th St.
May Day ( a public holiday) 11th
Patrick's Day (a public
Remembrance Day
holiday in Spring
Norther Bank Holiday ( a public 30th St
n Ireland) holiday) Andrew's Day (a public
holiday in
March/ June
Scotland)
April Shrove Tuesday Trooping the Colours
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Lent Wimbledon Tennis Tournament ecember
Mothering J Advent
 Twelfth Night and Epiphany (January 5–
Epiphany (крещение) is a Christian holiday
6)
that
celebrates the coming of the Magi
(волхвы)after the birth of Christ.
Some people attend a church service on this day.
Christmas decorations
In the UK, some think it up
to bepast
bad the day of
luck to
Epiphany,
leave so many people choose to take them
down on January 5, which is also known as
"Twelfth Night."
Some people have parties and serve Twelfth Night
cakes, with one dried pea (горошина) and one
dried bean (фасоль) baked into them. If you get a
piece of cake with a bean or a pea, you are
crowned "king" or "queen" of the evening.
 Burns Night (January
25)
Burns Night is celebrated in honor (в
честь) of the Scottish poet Robert
Burns (1759–1796). He is best
known for writing the song, "Auld
Lang Syne," which is traditionally
sung at midnight when New Year's
Eve becomes New Year's Day. Many
Scots celebrate Burns' Night by
eating haggis, a pudding made from
sheep offal and other ingredients,
and reading the poet's works aloud
with company. One such work,
entitled "Address tae the Haggis," is
a particular favorite.

Valentine's Day (February 14)
In the UK, couples (пары)often
celebrate Valentine's Day by giving
gifts to one another and sending
Valentine cards. Many couples also
spend the evening celebrating with
a special meal.
St. David's Day (March 1)
St. David's Day commemorates
(чтит память) St. David, the
patron- saint of Wales, who
spread (распространил)
Christianity throughout the
country. Many people go to
church services this day.
 Shrove Tuesday ( Pancake
Day) (Day Before
Shrove Tuesday (ЖирныйLent) Вторник) takes place before the
start of Lent (пост) and is celebrated by Christians across the
country by making and eating pancakes.
In some places people hold "pancake races," in which they run
a distance while flipping (подбрасывая) pancakes in a frying
pan (сковорода). In order to win, contestants (участники)
must cross the finish line as quickly as possible without
burning (or dropping) breakfast.
This tradition is said to have started with a housewife from
Olney, Buckinghamshire, who loved cooking so much that
when the bells rang for church, she ran for the service with her
pan still in hand.
 Mothering Sunday
(4th Sunday of Lent)
Lent (March/April)
Traditionally, Lent (пост) is a 40 On Mothering Sunday children
day period when religious people usually congratulate their
stop doing some things that they mothers by giving them a gift and
enjoy, for example eating fat a card and taking them out to a
food or meat. The first day of lent special brunch or lunch.
is 40 days before Easter, so its
starting date
varies (варьируется) from year
to year.
 Easter (March/April)
Many people go to church on
Easter Sunday to celebrate the
Maundy Thursday resurrection (воскрешение) of
(Thursday Before Easter) Jesus Christ. Modern celebrations
also often include
Maundy Thursday (страстной четверг) and decorating holding
(also called Holy Thursday), is the beginning
of the three day celebration of Easter. hunts,
eggs during which eggs egg
Easter
Maundy Thursday celebrates the Last Supper hidden for children to find. are
of Jesus Christ with the Apostles.
Many people go a traditional church
service on this day.
There is a tradition when the Queen gives
Maundy Money in red and white bags to a
group of elderly people. The money in the red
bag is money for food and clothing while the
money in the white bag is the Maundy coins
the number of which match the Queen’s age.

April Fool's Day (April 1)
Like in other countries, April
Fool's Day in the UK is
people play practical jokes
when
on one another.
St. George's Day ( England's
National Day) (April 23)
St. George's Day celebrates the
life and death of St. George, who
is said to have defeated
(победил) a dragon. There are
usually parades, parties, and the
flying of flags with "St. George's
Cross."
 Trooping the Colour
(June)
Every June, there is a public celebration of the Queen's birthday called Trooping
the Colour (вынос знамени), though her real birthday is in April.Trooping the
Colour is a military (военный) parade. It is a ceremony performed by more than
1,400 parading soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians.
«Trooping the colour» comes from the days when the colours (flags) of the
different regiments (полки) of the British army were displayed (выставлять на
показ) ( or trooped) during the battle so that soldiers could easily see their unit
(отряд) when they were on the battlefield, because it used to be quite easy to
get lost in a battle.
The Trooping the Colour parade officially begins when the Queen leaves
Buckingham Palace in a golden carriage (карета). She travels down the Mall in
front of crowds towards Horse Guards Parade at Whitehall, near to Downing
Street.
When the Queen gets there, she is greeted by a royal salute(приветствие) from
the soldiers on parade.
 Wimbledon Tennis Swan Upping
Tournament (June/July) (Third Week of July)
The Wimbledon Officially, all of the swans in England
belong to (принадлежат) the Queen.
Tennis Tournament (or Every year in July, an official census
"Wimbledon") is the oldest (перепись) is taken of all the swans
tennis championship in the living on certain parts of the River
Thames to check they are still there!
world and is the most The swans of the Thames
prestigious. It typically begins on ceremonially
are caught and released
(отпускать). . Many celebrate this day
the last Monday in June and lasts by going to the River Thames and
for over two weeks. watching a procession of swans and
traditional boats.
 Notting Hill Carnival
(Last Monday in August)
On this day, there is a street
festival that millions go to see
and participate in every year. The
parade includes colorful floats
(платформы), bands (оркестры),
and many other attractions.
Halloween (October 31)
Much like in the United States,
people dress up in costumes, bob
for apples, and have bonfires on
Halloween night. Many go to
parties and children go trick-or-
treating.
 Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes Night) (November
5)
Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated on the 5th of November each year.
The story behind it goes back to 1605, when a man called Guy Fawkes
wanted to blow up the British Houses of Parliament with a Protestant
king inside. He was caught and executed (казнен) and to celebrate
this people create a ‘Guy’, a dummy (чучело) made out of straw
(солома), paper and other materials, and burn it on a bonfire! It is
also celebrated with fireworks, bonfires in public parks and schools as
well as in people’s gardens.
 Remembrance Day
(November 11)
Remembrance Day commemorates
(чтит память) the men and women
who died during World War I and
World War II. It is held in
November with people wearing
red poppies (маки) in their
pockets.
Advent (December 1–24)
Advent starts on December, 1
and lasts until Christmas Day. It
celebrates the coming of Jesus.
Some use interactive calendars
with a small treat (угощение)
for each day of December
leading up to Christmas.