Seven famous days in England

Halloween Halloween is a holiday in many English speaking countries that is celebrated on the night of October 31st. Children wear costumes and they go to people's homes saying 'Trick or treat!' to ask for candy and then people give it to them. This comes from a threat. It means, 'Give me a treat or I will play a trick on you.' Children today usually do not do the tricks if they do not get treats.

Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night is an annual celebration held on the evening of 5 November to mark the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605, in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, attempted to destroy the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament, in London.

Good Friday Good Friday, also called Holy Friday, Black Friday, or Great Friday, a holiday observed primarily by adherents to Christianity commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. The holiday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, and often coincides with the Jewish observance of Passover. Good Friday, also called Holy Friday, Black Friday, or Great Friday, a holiday observed primarily by adherents to Christianity commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. The holiday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, and often coincides with the Jewish observance of Passover.

Beltane Beltane or Beltaine is the anglicised spelling of Bealtaine or Bealltainn the Gaelic names for either the month of May or the festival that takes place on the first day of May. Beltane or Beltaine is the anglicised spelling of Bealtaine or Bealltainn the Gaelic names for either the month of May or the festival that takes place on the first day of May.

May Day Traditionally May day mark national walks and celebratory processions. Indispensable participants of this holiday are musicians, dancers, jugglers and other actors a genre. They arrange the bright, cheerful representations creating at people joyful and high spirits. This day it is accepted to choose king and queen of May which become the most beautiful girls and dexterous guys. National king and queen supervise over a holiday, judge competitions, distribute prizes to participants and winners.

Saint Patrick's Day On March, 17th not only famous saint day, but also as national day of Ireland. This day it is accepted to decorate clothes, houses, streets with various subjects and materials of green color. In large cities are spent костюмированные processions and obligatory presence of a wind band (though this tradition has appeared rather recently and was born not in the Ireland, and in a large Irish community of the USA). On March, 17th not only famous saint day, but also as national day of Ireland. This day it is accepted to decorate clothes, houses, streets with various subjects and materials of green color. In large cities are spent костюмированные processions and obligatory presence of a wind band (though this tradition has appeared rather recently and was born not in the Ireland, and in a large Irish community of the USA).

Valentine's Day The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand- made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th century America, where many Valentine cards are now general greeting cards rather than declarations of love, was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States.[5] It's considered one of the Hallmark holidays. The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand- made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th century America, where many Valentine cards are now general greeting cards rather than declarations of love, was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States.[5] It's considered one of the Hallmark holidays.

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