Festivals in Britain

Festivals in Britain

• What do people celebrate?

Celebrations and Festivals

• There are a lot of celebrations and festivals. They have changed over time. Some festivals are the same as in Europe, but some are just British.
• They tell us what is important in a culture. Families and friends have opportunities to get together to visit, eat, exchange good wishes and enjoy each other’s company and hospitality.

Can you name these celebrations and festivals?

• Christmas

• Easter

• New Year?s Eve

• Guy Fawkes? Night

• Pancake Day

• Halloween

• Queen?s birthday

• St Valentine?s Day

• St Patrick?s Day

Christmas

• Christmas is the most important, biggest and best loved festival in Britain. Schools, businesses and offices are closed. It?s a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
• People decorate their houses and couples kiss under a mistletoe.

• Mistletoe

• Kissing under a mistletoe is a traditional custom.