Match the holidays
go to church | |
to give roses | |
dress up as the witches | |
chocolate eggs | |
hang stockings near the fireplace | |
hug and kiss each other |
Easter
New Year
St. Valentine’ s Day
Halloween
Easter
New Year
Christmas
What holidays are the sentences about?
1.In London people gather to celebrate this holiday in Trafalgar Square.
2.People make up lamps of pumpkins.
3.This holiday means spring, new life after winter, flowers, green trees.
4.On this day everyone opens presents and sits down to the table to have a big dinner.
5.On this day people send a special greeting card to those who they love.
New Year
All Americans celebrate New Year’s Eve on the 31st of December.
British people don’t like this holiday and go to sleep before midnight.
Young people in London go to Trafalgar square to see the New Year’s Day in there.
At midnight they sing New Year songs and wish a happy New Year to each other.
Christmas Dinner
The typical dinner consists of turkey
with potatoes and other vegetables
such as carrots and sprouts.
In Britain this is followed by Christmas
pudding - a sweet pudding containing
a lot of dried fruit and often covered
with burning brandy. Other traditional
dish in Britain is a Christmas cake –
a cake containing a lot of dried fruit
and usually having a covering of icing.
The 14th of February is called Valentine’s Day. It is a day of lovers. That is when every man and every woman thinks about his or her sweetheart. On this day you can buy cards in shops or you can make cards yourselves.
Violets are blue
Roses are red,
Sugar is sweet
And so are you!
St. Valentine’s Day is a religious holiday.Do you know,who was St.Valentine? One of the legend says,he was a Christian priest,who had been thrown in prison for his teaching. On February,14 Valentine was beheaded,not only because he performed a miracle-he cured the jailer’s daughter from her blindness the night before he was executed-but he wrote a letter to the girl signing it «From your Valentine».
St. Valentine’s Day
JOKES
April Fool's practical jokes should not harm anyone, they are just a good fun. The best jokes are the clever ones where everyone laughs, especially the person who had the joke played on them.
Some examples:
put food colouring in milk
* go with a couple of friends, stand near some busy street corner – stare and
point up at the sky. Watch the reactions of people around you!
* Draw funny eyebrows and moustache on someone's face while she/he is
asleep.
The Easter Bunny and Egg
Easter is the oldest and one of the most important festivals of the Christian community that is celebrated to mark the beginning of the spring season. There are a few things, such as the Easter eggs, bunnies and chocolates that are common to Easter celebrations. Easter is considered as a day of parties, gift-giving and moreover, the rise of the good from the evil. Easter is celebrated in England over a long week. The three most important days are Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. The main symbols of Easter and spring include bunnies and rabbits.
It is tradition to eat hot cross buns on Good Friday, as they symbolize the cross on which Jesus was crucified. People exchange Easter Eggs, Easter bread, hot cross buns and other gifts. Easter bunnies are made and sold in large numbers and are an integral part of Easter celebrations in England. These bunnies are hidden along with Easter eggs in the house. Children are supposed to search and find these sweet treats. Easter greeting cards are confined to close friends and family only.
Give the English for:
1. Христианский календарь
2. Во всем мире
3. Три самых важных дня
4. Основные символы пасхи
5. Обмениваться пасхальными яйцами
6. Празднования
Begin or complete the sentences:
1. ……. that are common to Easter celebrations.
2. Easter is considered as a day of parties, gift-giving and moreover…..
3. The three most important days are Maundy Thursday, Good Friday ….
4. The main symbols of Easter and spring…..
5. …… hot cross buns and other gifts.
6. …… find these sweet treats.
Halloween for children
Halloween, the last day of October, has a special significance for children, who dress in funny or ghostly costumes and knock on neighborhood doors shouting "Trick or Treat!" Pirates and princesses, ghosts and witches all hold bags open to catch the candy or other goodies that the neighbors drop in.
THANKSGIVING DAY
Another traditionally American holiday is Thanksgiving Day which falls on the fourth Thursday of November. It has been celebrated since the 17th century, when the English colonists decided to celebrate the end of the first year in America and to give thanks to God. They invited the local Indian chief and ninety Indians. The Indians brought deer to roast with the turkeys. To this first Thanksgiving, the Indians had brought popcorn.
Complete the sentences
1.May Day is a Day when…
2.The first of January is the Day when…
3. The ninth of May is the Day when …
4. The eight of March is the Day when…
5. The fourth of July is…
6. The seventh of January is…
A) people celebrate the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
b) people honour mothers and all women.
c) the Christmas Day.
d) people see the New Year Day in.
e) people welcome spring and honour labour.
f) The Independence day.
Make Your Own Holiday
Name _________________________
Date __________________
Think about the holidays you celebrate throughout the year. Then, complete the
questions below.
Which holiday is your favorite?________________________________________
Why? ___________________________________________________________
Did you know March 26 is Make Your Own Holiday Day? You can make this day
a special day for any reason you want. In the space below, name and describe
your holiday. Then, write a paragraph about how you will celebrate it.
Holiday name: ____________________________________________________
Holiday description: ________________________________________________
How will you celebrate this holiday? ___________________________________
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