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Traditions
Christmas Day is celebrated
on the 25th of December.
Christmas is a family
holiday. People stay at
home and spend the time
with their families. They buy
Christmas presents for their
friends and relations. They
send Christmas cards and
wish each other “Merry
Christmas” and a Happy
New Year.
Decorations
Every family tries to have a
Christmas tree, which is decorated
with colored lights. They also hang
little toys, sweets on the tree and put
presents under the tree.
Traditional colors of Christmas
are green and red as they are colors
of a holly- an evergreen plant with
sharp leaves and red berries. People
use a holly to decorate their homes
during dark cold winters.
Christmas
Dinner
Usually the whole family
has a big dinner in the
afternoon. They eat
chicken, duck, turkey,
goose and pudding,
pies for sweet.
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Guy Fawkes Day
People set off
fireworks
and watch
a firework
display
5th of November
They
burn
a figure
of Guy
Fawkes
Remember, remember,
The5th of November.
Shamrock is a national
symbol of Ireland
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St. Patrick’s Day
Everything is
green on this
day.
People wear
green clothes,
hold and
watch street
parades.
17th March
They eat green
food and drink
green drinks
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Easter
Children like
to get the
Easter
Bunny and
the basket of
sweets
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Sunday in
April or May
People color
eggs the week
before Easter
and give them to
friends as a
symbol of
renewed life.
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Thanksgiving
Day
4th Thursday
in November
People have family
dinner. They eat
turkey, pumpkin
pie, corn and beans.
They thank God for
all good things in
their life.
Thanksgiving Symbols
Pumpkin
Pilgrim Hat
Turkey
Cranberry
Horn of plenty
Corn
Valentine’s
Day
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Symbols
Almost
all valentines
ask “Be my Valentine”.
The greeting cards have
pictures of hearts.
Valentines often show a
cupid with an arrow.
Red roses are the
symbols of love
Decoratio
ns
All the decorations are bright red, and the
most popular ones are heart shaped.
Red is the color most often used in valentines
because it is a symbol of warmth and feelings.
White color is another traditional color of St.
Valentine’s.
Gifts
The day is a time
to send little gifts
to people you
love. Flowers,
jewelry and
candy are
favorite presents
which
sweethearts send
each other.
Valentine candy
is packed in red
heart-shaped
boxes.
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Jack-o-lantern
Trick or treat
symbols
treats, games
Symbols
Halloween is celebrated on 31 October and it’s
connected with evil spirits. Witches flying on
broomsticks with black cats, goblins, ghosts,
vampires, pirates and skeletons are all symbols
of Halloween. Black is one of the traditional
Halloween colors, because Halloween festivals
and traditions take place at night. In the weeks
before October 31, Americans decorate windows
of houses with silhouettes of witches and black
cats.
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Jack-olantern
Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween
and the orange is the other traditional
Halloween color. A favorite Halloween
tradition is to make a jack-o lantern out of
the pumpkin. The children carve a
pumpkin, they cut the eyes, nose and
mouth. They light a candle inside the
pumpkin to scare their friends and set
jack-o- lantern in the window.
Trick or Treat
• Children put on masks and costumes,
take baskets and go from house to
house. They knock on the door or ring
the bell and say “Trick or treat’. It
means ‘Give us a treat or we’ll play a
trick on you’. People give the children
sweets, cookies and apples.
Games and Treats
At Halloween parties
children play traditional games. The
most popular games are Bobbing for
apples, Musical chairs, Pin the tail on the
donkey, Drop the heart, Who stole my
heart? Traditional treats are dried
pumpkin seeds, popcorn balls, toffee
apples and pumpkin pie.
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