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Celebrations of
Celebrations of
autumn in
autumn in
Great Britain.
Great Britain.
Show
The Harrogate
Autumn Flower
The 3rd weekends of September
In is one of Britain’s most
prestigious gardening
shows. The show offered
thousands of gardeners,
landscapers and
horticulturists a chance to
celebrate this year’s
successes. The show
featured the battle of the
giants where gardeners
from across Britain show off
colossal vegetable and
flower crops in hopes of
earning a coveted award
from the judges.
Highland
Highland
The 1st Saturday of September.
They are events held
games
games
throughout the year in
Scotland and other countries
as a way of celebrating
Scottish and Celtic culture.
Certain aspects of the games
are the bagpipes, the kilt,
and the heavy events,
especially the caber toss.
While centred on
competitions in piping and
drumming, dancing, and
Scottish heavy athletics, the
games also include
entertainment and exhibits
related to other aspects of
Canterbury
the 2nd and the 3rd
weeks of October.
Festival
The
It is Kent's international
festival of the arts. It
takes place in
Canterbury (England)
and surrounding towns
and villages (including
Faversham, Whitstable
and Margate) each
October and includes
performances of a
variety of types of music,
ranging from Opera and
Oratorio to art, comedy
Trafalgar
The 21st of October
Day
It is the celebration of the
victory won by the Royal
Navy, commanded by Vice-
Admiral Horatio Nelson,
over the combined French
and Spanish fleets at the
Battle of Trafalgar on 1805.
Sea Cadets of the UK
celebrate this day usually
with a parade of a town. In
Birmingham, this day is
celebrated by a ceremony
at the statue of Lord
Nelson in the Bull Ring.
Apple Day
The 21st of October
Apple Day events
can be large or
small, from apple
games in a garden to
large village fairs
with cookery
demonstrations,
games, apple
identification, juice
and cider, gardening
advice, and of course
many hundreds of
apple varieties.
Halloween or
Halloween or
The 31st of October
Hallowe'en
Hallowe'en
Typical festive Halloween
activities include trick-or-
treating (or the related
"guising" or "trunk-or-
treating"), attending
costume parties,
decorating, carving
pumpkins into jack-o'-
lanterns, lighting bonfires,
apple bobbing, visiting
haunted attractions,
playing pranks, telling
scary stories, and watching
horror films.
All Saints'
All Saints'
The 1st of November
DayDay
It is celebrated by
Catholic Christians. It is an
opportunity for believers to
remember all saints and
martyrs, known and
unknown, throughout
Christian history. As part of
this day of obligation,
believers are required to
attend Catholic church and
try not to do any servile
work.
Day Day
Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes
The 5th of November
It is sometimes known as
Bonfire Night. As it is the
end of autumn, it is the
ideal opportunity to burn
garden rubbish. Many
people light bonfires and
set off fireworks and
organize a combined
party. These parties often
include a bonfire and
dressing up in spooky
outfits. Popular foods
include toffee apples,
bonfire toffee and
potatoes baked in the
ashes of the fire.
Day
Remembrance
The 11th of November
It marks the anniversary of
the armistice which ended
the First World War (1914–
18). Hostilities formally
ended "at the 11th hour of
the 11th day of the 11th
month“. These poppies
bloomed across some of the
worst battlefields of Flanders
in World War I, their brilliant
red colour an appropriate
symbol for the blood spilled
in the war.
St. Andrew's Day
The 30th of November
St. Andrew's Day
He is the patron saint of
Scotland. This day is marked
with a celebration of Scottish
culture with traditional
Scottish food, music and
dance. Schools across
Scotland hold special St
Andrew's Day events and
activities including art shows,
Scottish country dancing,
lunchtime ceilidhs, dance
festivals, storytelling, reciting
and writing poems, writing
tall tales, cooking traditional
Scottish meals, and bagpipe-
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