• Do you celebrate any holidays?

• What is your favorite holiday?

• How do you celebrate your favorite holiday?

• With whom do you usually spend your holiday?

ChristmasOn the 25th of December

there is the greatest holiday of all in England – Christmas. People send X-mas cards to their friends

and relatives. People buy a Christmas tree and

decorate it with toys, coloured balls and lights. Children wake up early to find stockings full of small

presents on their bed.

New Year

New Year’s Eve all British celebrate on

the 31st of December. Most people see with

friends and relatives. At midnight they

sing New Year songs and wish a happy

New Year.

St. Valentine’s dayOn the 14th of February there is St.

Valentine’s Day. People send Valentine’s cards to someone they love. Usually they don’t sing them – you must guess who sent cards to

you.

Mother’s day

In March there is a holiday for English

women – Mother’s Day. People in the family try

to help her. On that day they visit their mothers and give them presents and “A Mother’s Day Card”

The 17th of March is a national holiday in

Ireland – St. Patrick’s day. On that day

people wear a shamrock. A shamrock

is a plant with three leaves. It is the

national symbol of Ireland.

St. Patrick was a man who had wonderful power. He cleared Ireland of snakes.

Easter

In April or at the end of March

English people celebrate Easter

Day.

On Easter Sunday children

get chocolate eggs and rabbits.

April Fool’s Day

April Fool’s Day is on the 1st of April. English children like this day very much. They

play jokes and tricks on other

people, even on teachers.

Father’s day 

In June English people

celebrate Father’s Day. On that day

children send cards and give

presents to their fathers

In Great Britain children

don’t go to school

on the 1st of September.

They begin to study on the

second Tuesday of September.

Halloween

On the 31st of October there is Halowe’en. The symbol of this holiday is "Jack o'lantern". People make it from a pumpkin.   Children like Haloween

parties, they put on witch’s and  ghost’s dresses. They

go “trick or treat”.

Independence Day!Independence Day!

It is a national public holiday. On this day in 1776 America signed the Declaration of Independence. «Americanism, democracy, free enterprise».

Almost in every culture in the world there is a celebration of thanks for rich harvest. On Thanksgiving Day, family members gather at the house of an older relative, even if they live far away. All give thanks for everything good they have. Charitable organizations offer traditional meal to the homeless.Foods, eaten at the first thanksgiving, have become traditional. The traditional thanksgiving meal consists of roast turkey stuffed with herb-flavoured bread, cranberry jelly, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie. Other dishes may vary as to region: ham, sweet potatoes, creamed corn. 

Friendship Day was first declared a holiday by the US Congress in 1935.

It is celebrated on the first Sunday of August.

In Russia and other In Russia and other countries Victory Day , or countries Victory Day , or 99thth May, is one of the great May, is one of the great holidays of the yearholidays of the year. .

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SABANTUY

Sabantuy is perhaps the most popular festival. It is a celebration of the plough (in tatar language “saban” means “plough” and ‘tuy” means “festival”).Sabantuy doesn’t have a set date. It takes place at the beginning of summer, after the first haymaking. Initially the festivals are arranged in villages, followed by sabantuy in rural districts, and the final ones taking place in major cities.

ОЙ,БЛИНЫ,БЛИНЫ… MASLENNITSA

• Maslennitsa  • Maslenitza is one of the

most favourite holidays in our country. It lasts from Monday till Sunday.

• It comes either at the end of February or at the beginning of March, this is so-called movable festival.

… is celebrated on the … of …

• New Year’s DayNew Year’s Day

• Mother’s DayMother’s Day

• EasterEaster

• ChristmasChristmas

• Women’s DayWomen’s Day

• All Fool`s Day

• March 8March 8

• January 7January 7

• November 26November 26

• April 1April 1

• January 1January 1

• April, first SundayApril, first Sunday

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American American

BritishBritish

• Father’s DayFather’s Day• HalloweenHalloween• St Valentine’s DaySt Valentine’s Day• Independence DayIndependence Day• EasterEaster• Thanksgiving DayThanksgiving Day• Merry ChristmasMerry Christmas• Mother’s DayMother’s Day• MaslennitsaMaslennitsa• All Fool`s Day• Sabantuy

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New

Year.

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