Holidays of Great BritainHolidays of Great Britain

Christmas is celebrated on the 25th 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 favorite day for children. They wake up very early in the morning to find their stockings have been filled by Father Christmas

Christmas Day

New Year's Day is the first day of the year, in the Gregorian calendar. All over Britain there are parties, fireworks, singing and dancing, to ring out the old year and ring in the new. As the clock - Big Ben - strikes midnight, people link arms and sing a song.

New Year’s Day

Holiday of Celtic Holiday of Celtic

music and culturemusic and culture Celtic connections are held in Glasgow from the 12th to 30th of January. Guests can visit more than 200 concerts devoted Celtic culture. There are actors from Canada, the USA, Spain, France and Ireland.

St. Valentine’s Day

People with romantic feelings for a particular person may send that person cards, gifts and text messages on Valentine's Day. Popular gifts include chocolates and flowers.

Saint Patrick’s DaySaint Patrick’s Day

The seventeenth of March is a national holiday in Ireland – St. Patrick’s Day. On that day people wear a shamrock, it is the national emblem of Ireland.

Mother’s DayMother’s DayMothering Sunday, sometimes known as Mother's Day, is held on the fourth Sunday of Lent. It is exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday and usually falls in the second half of March or the beginning of April. Traditionally, people visited the church where they were baptized. People visit and take gifts to their mothers and grandmothers.

April Fools DayApril Fools Day1April A day of jokes and tricks. You have to play the joke before 12 o’clock midday, otherwise the joke is on you. No one really knows when this custom began but it has been kept for hundreds of years. The First of April, some do sayIs set apart for All Fools Day; But why the people call it so,Not I, nor they themselves do know.

EasterEaster

Easter usually comes in the month of April. However, Easter can fall as early as March 22 or as late as April 25. Easter Sunday in the United Kingdom is traditionally about Jesus Christ's resurrection from death, according to Christian belief. However, 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.

May dayMay dayOn the first Monday of May English people celebrate the May Day holiday.

HalloweenHalloween

From the 19th Century to the 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

Boxing Day is usually celebrated on the following day after Christmas Day. It is the day to open the Christmas Box to share the contents with the poor. Boxing Day is the day when families get together. It is a day of watching sports and playing board games with the family. Many families go on walks in the countryside.

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