Phạm Phúc Thiện - 20DH714505 by thiện phạm https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx In this post, i would like to share with you about holidays in UK en-us 2022-10-08 13:14:04 UTC 2022-10-11 14:21:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f436.png Christmas Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2332272143 In the UK, people often celebrate Christmas at home (25 December). People consider it a holiday for the whole family and relatives. People prepare for Christmas long before that day: send greeting cards, decorate the Christmas tree in a solemn place in the house. This custom has become a British tradition.

]]> 2022-10-09 04:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2332272143 New year’s day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2332274333 On the last night of the old year, people gather in Trafalgar Square and Piccally Circus or around places where London's Big Ben clock can be heard signaling a new year.  Everyone held hands and sang Auld Lang Syne.  The song is like a greeting for a new successful new year.  That has become a New Year's tradition in the UK.]]> 2022-10-09 05:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2332274333 New year's day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333738426 Although it is a European country, the UK also has a custom to welcome the new year by having first-foot at the beginning of the year.  According to the British concept, after New Year's Eve, the first guest to visit the house has a certain significance.
 When visiting the owner, the British do not knock on the door, but go straight to the house of friends or relatives.
This guest will bring a symbolic gift that is traditionally British money, bread and salt or coal.  Because the British consider these objects to be symbols of wealth.  They will bring fullness throughout the new year.  The person chosen to be a guest on New Year's Eve before talking to the owner must light the stove and wish the host "open the door good luck".
 Besides, the custom of welcoming the New Year in the UK is also very taboo for people with blonde or red hair to come to the ground.  Therefore, the people of this country never choose guests with red or blonde hair to be their first caller]]> 2022-10-10 15:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333738426 New year's day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333757835 In the county of Radnorshire and Herefordshire, there is a fairly common custom around the New Year.  That is Burning Bush - is a custom that originated in the 19th century to the present.  Traditionally, farmers would wake up a little before the new year and bring a hawthorn bush to the field.  They will then be burned in a bundle of straw in a wheat field in the village.  People here think that this is a lucky symbol for farming.  Sometimes these bushes are kept and hung in the kitchen until next year.]]> 2022-10-10 15:22:48 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333757835 New year's day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333764513 An interesting New Year custom in the English countryside is competing to fetch water from the well at the right time of the New Year.  They believe that carrying water is a symbol of good luck and prosperity for the whole year.]]> 2022-10-10 15:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333764513 New year's day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333766281 In the UK, there is also a custom to abstain from cleaning the house on the first days of the year, similar to the custom of East Asian countries.  If sweeping the house on the first day of the year can make the family lose luck]]> 2022-10-10 15:28:18 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333766281 New year's day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333767718 New Year in England is an important day, so there is a custom of giving gifts to each other.  In addition, on the first day of the new year, every British person before leaving the house brings with him a bag of money.  So that when meeting anyone, whether they are acquaintances or strangers, they will give them money.  This custom of welcoming the new year in the UK is meant to make the person given money have a prosperous new year, lots of money and at the same time bring good luck to themselves.
 On New Year's Eve, children in the UK also often get up early to then go to the neighbors' houses and sing congratulatory songs together.  Then, they will be given money by adults, pies filled with minced meat, apples, ...]]> 2022-10-10 15:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333767718 Christmas Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333773804 The houses are decorated with evergreens, a plant that does not shed leaves in winter. People hang a garland made of holly at the door of their house and arrange flower strings, wreaths of ivy, and pine trees in the house. The British often hang a branch of mistletoe in front of their house; Any couple who accidentally pass under the tree must stop and kiss before they can continue! They also prepare many traditional dishes: minced meat pie, a big Christmas cake and pudding. Everyone has a taste in the house, but in short, everyone's stomach is always full of things like snacks, peanuts, dried fruits and alcohol.]]> 2022-10-10 15:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333773804 Christmas Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333775671 People buy all kinds of gifts, wrap them up beautifully, and put them at the foot of the Christmas tree at midnight on Christmas Eve. Christmas is both a secular and a religious day. Many families go to church gala on Christmas Eve, or celebrate Christmas at church on Christmas Day morning.]]> 2022-10-10 15:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333775671 Christmas Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333777864 For children, the most exhilarating moment is when they hang their stockings (an old stocking, or more ambitiously, they hang a pillowcase) around the fireplace, or at the head of the bed in the hope of Father Christmas will fill it with presents. An image of England's Father Christmas, or Santa Claus, in a red-and-white suit has been preserved in an engraving from 1653. But legend has it that Santa Claus rides a cart pulled by reindeer. From house to house, down the chimney down to the children's room, stuffing presents into socks is a legend from America.]]> 2022-10-10 15:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333777864 Christmas Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333781136 According to the custom, everyone in the house eats a Christmas meal on the afternoon of Christmas Day. The traditional dish is roast turkey, but many families prefer roast duck or roast beef. After the turkey, the pudding was still hot when it was brought to the table. People pour brandy over the bread and light it on fire. Christmas Day ends with a break, watching TV, playing games or simply going to bed.]]> 2022-10-10 15:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333781136 Boxing Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333794974 Boxing Day, which falls on the second day of the Christmas season, is a holiday observed after Christmas (26 December). 
Boxing Day was first observed as a day to distribute gifts to the less fortunate, but nowadays it is mostly associated with shopping. 
It was invented in Great Britain and is now observed in many nations that were formerly a part of the British Empire. 
If it is important to ensure that the associated public holiday or bank holiday falls on a weekday, it may be held on December 28. 
Saint Stephen's Day, a Catholic holiday, falls on the same day as Boxing Day.
]]> 2022-10-10 15:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333794974 Boxing Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333808933 This is the time when family members get together. This is a day to visit relatives, watch sports games or play games with the family. Picnic and travel are also the choice of many people on this day.]]> 2022-10-10 15:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333808933 Easter Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333812767 Easter is the name of the Saxon goddess of spring, Eostre, who used to celebrate spring festivals. Today Easter is the feast of the Catholic Church to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus. This holiday is celebrated on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25, according to the church calendar.]]> 2022-10-10 15:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333812767 Easter Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333814928 Traditionally, people used dyed eggs, eggs that have been decorated or made with chocolate, called Easter Eggs, to give each other gifts. It is considered a symbol of a new life and of an coming spring.]]> 2022-10-10 15:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333814928 Easter Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333826170 The egg rolling contest is usually held in Northern England (Britain) on Easter Monday (Easter Monday). Hard-boiled eggs are dropped on a slope. Depending on the locality, people have different rules for winning. Some localities consider the person who rolls the furthest to be the winner; Other localities consider the winner to be the person whose egg does not break through many rolls, or who can roll the egg between two stakes. This most popular game is held at Avenham Park in Preston, Lancashire.]]> 2022-10-10 16:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333826170 Easter Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333828445 The Easter parade is also an element of the traditional Easter carnival. Parade participants wear hats or wide-brimmed hats decorated with spring flowers.]]> 2022-10-10 16:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333828445 Halloween shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333847435 Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of "All Hallows' evening") (October 31), the day of the appearance of ghosts and witches, has its origins in the Celts' Old Year's Eve. The Celts believed that on this night witches and demons appeared to roam the earth. Witches and supernatural beings still exist in the hearts of the British people.]]> 2022-10-10 16:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333847435 Halloween shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333851033 On this day, groups of children gather, dressed as ghosts, running on the streets, carrying Halloween lanterns. This is a lamp made of pumpkin, one side is cut with a ghost face; When burning the candle inside the lamp, the ghost face lights up. In recent years, children have created a game called “trick and treating” (threat to ask for gifts: kids go door to door saying “give us a present or let us do it”). Although these practices are the same as in the US, it is a custom that originated in England, called "Mischief Night". On this night the children declare it a "lawless night", a prescribed night of pranks or pranks with impunity (usually played on May Day or Halloween night).]]> 2022-10-10 16:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333851033 Halloween shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333853112 Halloween parties (for children) often include games such as apple bobbing. The game is played like this: drop a few floating apples in a basin of water or hang them by a thin rope. Children stand around, hands clasped behind their backs, grabbing apples with their teeth.]]> 2022-10-10 16:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333853112 Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333859909 The festival is held on Cooper Hill in Gloucester, England. This strange festival has a tradition of nearly 200 years in England. Festival organizers will drop a round piece of cheese from the top of the hill, hundreds of competitors will compete together to roll down the hill to catch the cheese. The winner is the one who captures the cheese before it hits the bottom of the hill, where thousands of people gather to watch and cheer.]]> 2022-10-10 16:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333859909 Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333870813 it is one of the country's oldest traditions, celebrated to celebrate spring all over the country (in cold countries, May is still very cool).
In this unique holiday, a round, wheel-like cheese weighing up to 4kg is released to Cooper Hill and then the participants run down the hill in unison to win the cheese. Recently, to ensure safety, a lighter version of sponge cheese has been used.
Because the piece of cheese rolls quickly, many people have to run, roll, crawl quickly after it, even rolling down the hillside in order to catch up with the cheese. Whoever wins the first piece of cheese will receive a prize of a symbolic gift.
Usually only about 20 people stay after the game, the rest are injured or give up midway. Medical staff and ambulances were made available to the participants. The first aid station is located right at the foot of the hill to serve people with minor injuries, sprains or scrapes. Although they had to roll with a piece of cheese, their clothes were stained, and many people were injured, they still felt very happy.
The prize for the winner is a cheese weighing 4 kg.]]> 2022-10-10 16:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333870813 Guy Fawkes Night shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333875391 Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night, Fireworks Night, and Plot Night, is an annual festival (but not a public holiday). On the evening of November 5, originating in Great Britain, then this festival spread to New Zealand, South Africa and some provinces in Canada. In the past, some Australians overseas and in Australia also celebrated this ceremony, but today it is no longer celebrated. This ceremony commemorates the failure of a group of Christians who plotted to burn the gunpowder stock to overthrow Parliament in London but failed on the night of November 5, 1605, at which time King James 1 was a Protestantism.]]> 2022-10-10 16:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333875391 Guy Fawkes Night shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333877818 Festivals are celebrated across the UK from urban to rural areas. Fireworks, fireworks and large bonfires were set off, next to which were burned effigies or men representing the Fawkes, the famous plotters to overthrow the parliament. Before the 5th, every child has a dummy that takes it away to ask for money from adults, they say: "Pey for the guy".]]> 2022-10-10 16:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333877818 Guy Fawkes Night shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333881098 Even in modern society, fireworks night is celebrated with some political and partisan significance. The phrase "Remember, remember...", expressing feelings of hatred for Christians is no longer given much attention. Fireworks night today is only a night held in the Christian community in England, the common practice of burning mannequins is no longer practiced by many people like before.]]> 2022-10-10 16:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333881098 St. Patrick's Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333893992 It is a major national holiday in the Republic of Ireland that celebrates the spread of Christianity in Ireland. Each individual often organizes many activities such as parades, parties, home decoration ... and uses green as the main color.
It is widely celebrated in many different countries. These include the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and in British Montserrat. Some people with Irish roots also celebrate and celebrate the holiday in countries such as Britain, Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand.]]> 2022-10-10 16:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333893992 St. Patrick's Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333906798 People see joining the parades as a way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. At the same time, the biggest parades are held outside of Ireland as the Irish people, which is magnificent.]]> 2022-10-10 16:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333906798 St. Patrick's Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333910453 Irish people always see green as a symbol of national love and religious consciousness. Therefore, people will wear green suits with green badges and green manes. They also believe that wearing a green helps them become invisible to leprechauns, anyone caught by a leprechaun will be pinched.
They also decorate their houses and streets in green. Today, you can see everything that decorates homes and streets in green. From food such as cakes, beer or hair, rivers, memorials and even sky areas become green to celebrate the occasion.
They also draw clover on their faces. Every year on March 17, Irish society in many parts of the world paints clover on their faces, clothes and utensils to wish for new things. will come to them and hope everything will always go smoothly.]]> 2022-10-10 16:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333910453 St. Patrick's Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333913970 They also get together, drink beer and have a party. Ground beef and cabbage are classic St Patrick's Day dishes]]> 2022-10-10 16:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2333913970 St. Andrew's Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2335241027 Saint Andrew's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Andrew or Andermas, is the feast day of Andrew the Apostle. It is celebrated on 30 November. 
Saint Andrew's Day marks the beginning of the traditional Advent devotion of the Saint Andrew Christmas Novena.
Saint Andrew's Day is Scotland's official national day. 
]]> 2022-10-11 13:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2335241027 St. Andrew's Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2335266820 Some social classes and regions are said to have started celebrating Saint Andrew as a national holiday under the rule of Malcolm III (1058–1093). It was believed that this date was chosen for the ritual killing of animals related with Samhain in order to ensure that there would be enough animals to go through the winter. However, the 30th of November has just recently been declared a national holiday, even though it is still a regular working day.
In Scotland, and many countries with Scottish connections, Saint Andrew's Day is marked with a celebration of Scottish culture, and with traditional Scottish food and music. In Scotland the day is also seen as the start of a season of Scottish winter festivals encompassing Saint Andrew's Day, Hogmanay and Burns Night. There are week-long celebrations in the town of St Andrews and in some other Scottish cities.]]> 2022-10-11 13:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2335266820 Mother's Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2335319441 Mother's Day is held on the fourth Sunday of Lent. It is exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday and usually falls in the second half of March or early April.
Mother's Day, or Mothering Sunday, is now a day to honor mothers and other mother figures, such as grandmothers, stepmother, and mothers-in-law. Many people make a special effort to visit their mothers. They take cards and gifts to her and may treat her to brunch, lunch, or high tea in a cafe, restaurant, or hotel. People who cannot visit their mother usually send gifts or cards to her.]]> 2022-10-11 13:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2335319441 Mother's Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2335322673 An essential part of Mother's Day is giving cards and gifts. Common Mother's Day gifts are cakes, flowers, chocolates, jewelry, and luxurious clothing. Some people do not provide a physical gift but choose to treat their mother or grandmother to a special meal, beauty treatment, or fun outing.
Specially decorated Mother's Day cakes are available in many stores. In the days and weeks before Mother's Day, many schools, Sunday schools, and children's organizations help their pupils to prepare a handmade cards or gifts for their mothers.
]]> 2022-10-11 13:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2335322673 Father's Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2335335414 Father's Day is held on the third Sunday of June in the United Kingdom. Many people make a special effort to visit their fathers or to send them a card or gifts.
On Father's Day, many people make a special effort to visit their father. They often take or send cards and gifts. Common Father's Day gifts are ties, socks, underwear, sweaters, slippers, and other items of clothing. Other people give tools for household maintenance or garden work, luxury food items, or drinks.
Many Father's Day gifts have slogans such as "The World's Best Dad", "For My Father" or just a simple "Dad" on them. The increase in print-on-demand services offered by photo processing companies has made personalized gifts even more popular for Father's Day. Photographs of children can be printed on desk calendars, mugs, T-shirts, mouse mats, bags, and even ties. Many fathers are expected to take these to the office to remind them of their families while they are working.
]]> 2022-10-11 13:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2335335414 Father's Day shiromaru7412 https://padlet.com/shiromaru7412/awv7iu5g0qawu6jx/wish/2335347834 In the days and weeks before Father's Day, many schools, Sunday schools and children's organizations help their pupils to prepare a handmade card or gift for their father. Mothers and other family members may help children to make personalized gifts, such as calendars with drawings made by the children.
Some families celebrate Father's Day by planning an outing or weekend trip, perhaps just for the male members of the family. This may be a simple walk in the countryside or a whole planned "experience". Popular Father's Day experiences include driving a fire engine, rally car, tank or even airplane or taking a golf, football or cricket lesson with a celebrity coach. Other families organize a special meal at home or in a pub or restaurant. A common Father's Day meal is a traditional roast dinner with meat, stuffing, potatoes and vegetables, which can be eaten in a pub and accompanied by pints of ale or lager.

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