Holidays and Traditions in UK

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Christmas Eve is on 24th December.In UK children hang their stockings on the chimney and leave milk

and biscuits for Father Christmas in order to get presents from him.

Why do children hang up Christmas stockings?FATHER CHRISTMAS once dropped some gold coins while coming down the

chimney. The coins would have fallen through the ash grate and would been lost

if they hadn't landed in a stocking that had been hung out to dry. Since thattime children have continued to hang out stockings in hopes of finding them

filled with gifts.


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Christmas presents are opened on Christmas Day.

Children wake up very early in the

morning to find if their stockings havebeen filled by Father Christmas and

unwrap the presents before going down

to breakfast.


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Christmas Dinner is the

main Christmas meal, a

moment when the whole

family gets together.It is traditionally eaten at

mid-day or early afternoon.

Christmas Tea in the earlyevening


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At three o'clock in the

afternoon, the Queen gives

her Christmas Message to the

nation which is broadcasted

on radio and television.


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In United Kingdom New Year is celebrated on January 1st

There are:Midnight parties

meals

champagnesNew Year parade.

The parade starts at noon walking down the streets via Whitehall,

Pall Mall and finishing in Berkley square.

Musicians, dancers, acrobats, drummers and other entertainers do agreat job . Music, dance and fireworks complete the atmosphere.


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This picture represents

the national flower of

Northern Ireland : the

shamrock.

St Patrick used the

shamrock to explain the

concept of the holy

trinity.

According to a legend St. Patrick banished snakes from the island, chasing

them into the sea after they attacked him. Since then, there are no snakes on the

island of Ireland.

St Patrick was a Christian missionary.

By the seventh century, he was credited as

the patron saint of Ireland.


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This picture representsthe first St PatrickFestival which wascelebrated on March 17th1996.

Why is St. Patrick s daycelebrated on 17th March ? Because it is believed that St Patrick died on 17thMarch.

Every year parades and

events across the globe

celebrate St. Patrick,

Ireland, and a proud Irishhistory .
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InUKEaster is one of the major Christian festivals of the year. InEngland,special springtime dance troupes are called upon, to give

exclusive Morris dance performances, to frighten away the evil spirits of

winter.

Traditional food: boiled eggs are traditionally served at breakfast Roast lamb

traditional Easter pudding


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The Easter Bunny brings baskets filled with

colored eggs, candies and sometimes also toysto the homes of children.

Small chocolate eggs are hidden for the

children to find on the traditional Easter Egg

Hunt.

Finding Eggs

Hiding Eggs


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Queen Elizabeth II was born on 21st April 1926.

She was born in London and educated privately at home.

In 1947 she married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,with whom

she has four children : Charles,Anne,Andrew, and Edward.

Princess Elizabeth aged 7,1933 Elizabeth II in 2007
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The Queens Official Birthday is

celebrated on the first, second or

in rare cases third Saturday ofJune.

It is marked in London by the

ceremony ofTrooping theColours which is also known asthe Queens Birthday Parade.

The Queens Official Birthday does not coincide with her actual

birthday on April 21st .

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