Презентация, доклад по английскому языку на тему Праздники в Великобритании 6 класс

January 1. This day was officially declared as New Year’s Day in 1752.
New Year is not so popular in Britain as in Russia. Many British people hold or attend parties in the evening to say goodbye to the old year and to welcome the new year.

colorful affair and is celebrated with great enthusiasm. Midnight parties, lavish meals, champagnes, music, dance and fireworks are the important parts of New Year in Britain. It is the biggest night-out of the year.
Musicians, dancers, acrobats, drums and other entertainers do a splendid job to make the event most distinguished one. Another important part of New Year celebrations in Britain is the biggest New Year parade.

celebrated with enthusiasm and love in several countries around the world. Most commonly observed Valentine’s Day tradition and custom is expressing one’s love with an exchange of cards, flowers and gifts.

on the fourth Sunday of March. They eat cake and buy gifts (chocolate or flowers) for their mothers to thank them for all they do. All women try to be nice and happy on this day.

A popular saying is that “God cannot be present everywhere and so he created mothers.”

is celebrated on the first of April, every year. It is not a national holiday, but it is widely recognized and celebrated in various countries as a day when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other called “April fools”.

of Saint George. It is celebrated by various Christian churches on the 23th of April, the traditionally accepted date of Saint George's death in AD 303.

Easter the British celebrate the idea of the new birth by giving each other chocolate Easter eggs, which are opened and eaten on Easter Sunday.

Sunday and therefore the date of the holiday is never fixed.

On Father's Day children give or send their fathers and grandfathers cards and presents.

a very popular holiday in England and the USA. It’s Halloween. They say ghosts and witches come out on Halloween. People make lanterns out of pumpkins and put them on their window-sills. They also have Halloween parties and dress as witches, skeletons, and ghosts. Children go from house to house and say ”Trick or treat?” Their neighbors give them money and sweets. It is a very popular holiday among children, teenagers and grown-ups.

are beautiful Christmas decorations in the streets. On Christmas Eve everybody puts the presents under the Christmas tree. People say that at night Father Christmas comes through the chimney of the house and puts presents into the stockings which children usually hang on their beds. The traditional Christmas meal is roast turkey and Christmas pudding.

garlands and toys. Merry Christmas!