Angličtina – Holidays and traditions
American traditions
In every country there are a lot of holidays and festivals. In the USA the most important of them are Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, Halloween and St. Valentines Day.
British traditions
In every country there are a lot of holidays and festivals. In GB they are called bank holidays because the banks are closed. The most important of them are Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, Good Friday and Easter Monday.
Christmas
Christmas Day falls on December 25 and celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem
Character of British people
British are conservative and like traditions. They are famous for their sense of humour. Gentlemen we can find only in Britain.
English easter, Halloween
– beginning in spring and the end to cold winter. What does “EASTER” come from? “Easter” comes from “Easter”
English speaking countries
This term is used for the countries where the majority of population speaks English as their mother language. They are : Great Britain, Ireland, the United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Festivals, traditions, customs and habits in the CR
The Czech Republic has other traditions than the UK or the USA, so some festivals are different or they are not celebrated
Holidays
St. Valentine’s Day is celebrated on the 14th February. It is a holiday of lovers. The people send Valentine’s cards each other. Easter. The date is every year different.
Holidays and traditions
Many
of holidays and traditions are connected with religions. Some holidays
and traditions we have identical as the Americans or the British and
some are very different.
Holidays and Travelling
Holidays Time when we need not to go to school or work.
People have various ideas about their holidays – to go to the seaside
Holiday, Travelling (slovíčka)
go for a hike – jít na výlet, jít na pěší túru set out on a hike – vyrazit na výletgo hiking – dělat pěší turistiku hiker – pěší turista, výletník
Indians
In Canada there live about 300 000 Indians. A majority of them (180 000) live in special reservations.
My holiday in croatia
Every year my brother, and I father and boys groups go in Croatia after school year. Ours rule is that every women has ban go with us.
National symbols
The British national flag is called the Union Jack or the British Union flag
The typical British break is 5 o’clock tea
The typical British break is 5 o’clock tea, which is called high tea. The tea is usually fairly strong and eaten together with some cakes or biscuits. At about 6 o’clock most families have their evening meal or „dinner“.
Traditions, Holidays, Feastdays
British
holidays Easter: is celebrated on the 1st Sunday after the 1st full
moon in spring. It is an ancient pagan celebration of spring and new
life.