To begin with I’d like to point out that British customs and traditions are famous all over the world. When people think about Britain, they often represent people drinking tea, eating fish and chips, colorful royal ceremonies and soldiers in strange uniforms. In Britain customs and traditions play a more important role in people’s life than in other countries. The British are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up.
The British celebrate such public holidays as Christmas, Easter Monday, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday, Summer Bank Holiday. Besides, public holidays also include some festivals, for example Pancake Day, April Fool’s Day, Halloween, Guy Fawkes Night, St. Valentine’s Day.
Halloween is a holiday annually celebrated on the 31th of Octover . People hold Halloween parties, where the hosts and guests often dress up as skeletons, ghosts or other scary figures. Common symbols of Halloween include pumpkins, bats and spiders. Other people gather together to watch horror films, either at home or at a cinema. Some children go trick-or-treating (they dress up and go to other people’s houses, knock on the door for treat of sweets or a snack).
“Remember, remember the 5th of November” are the worlds of an old English song. In 605, a man called Guy Fawkes had planned to blow up Houses of Parliament and kill James the first. But he was caught and hanged. And still the British remember Guy Fawkes’ Night or Bonfire Night.
Christmas is celebrated on the 25 th of December. For most families it’s the most important festival of the year and on this day many people gather together or visit their relatives. Most houses are decorated with brightly –coloured stuff and almost each house has a Christmas-tree. Moreover, people wish each other “Merry Christmas” and give some presents.
To know customs and traditions means to understand the people and their culture better. It has always been interesting for me to learn about Great Britain and its traditions. I hope one day I’ll be able to go there to see it with my own eyes.
The British celebrate such public holidays as Christmas, Easter Monday, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday, Summer Bank Holiday. Besides, public holidays also include some festivals, for example Pancake Day, April Fool’s Day, Halloween, Guy Fawkes Night, St. Valentine’s Day.
Halloween is a holiday annually celebrated on the 31th of Octover . People hold Halloween parties, where the hosts and guests often dress up as skeletons, ghosts or other scary figures. Common symbols of Halloween include pumpkins, bats and spiders. Other people gather together to watch horror films, either at home or at a cinema. Some children go trick-or-treating (they dress up and go to other people’s houses, knock on the door for treat of sweets or a snack).
“Remember, remember the 5th of November” are the worlds of an old English song. In 605, a man called Guy Fawkes had planned to blow up Houses of Parliament and kill James the first. But he was caught and hanged. And still the British remember Guy Fawkes’ Night or Bonfire Night.
Christmas is celebrated on the 25 th of December. For most families it’s the most important festival of the year and on this day many people gather together or visit their relatives. Most houses are decorated with brightly –coloured stuff and almost each house has a Christmas-tree. Moreover, people wish each other “Merry Christmas” and give some presents.
To know customs and traditions means to understand the people and their culture better. It has always been interesting for me to learn about Great Britain and its traditions. I hope one day I’ll be able to go there to see it with my own eyes.
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