New Year in Great Britain by Екатерина Олеговна https://padlet.com/ekaterinaolegovna/jofzls859xus You are a child. You are a parent. Everybody celebrate New Year. It is a happy family day. What is it? It's a source that helps you to learn something more New year in different counties. Here you can find a text, some explanations for the text, videos, interesting facts... What is more? You can create your own NE YEAR TABLE and COME UP WITH YOUR OWN CUSTOM! Good luck ! en-us 2018-12-18 22:10:34 UTC 2025-04-02 18:35:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png In Wales ekaterinaolegovna https://padlet.com/ekaterinaolegovna/jofzls859xus/wish/315723764 The back door releases the Old Year at the first stroke of midnight: it is then locked "to keep the luck in", and at the last stroke the New-Year is let in at the front.]]> 2018-12-18 22:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ekaterinaolegovna/jofzls859xus/wish/315723764 New year or Christmas? ekaterinaolegovna https://padlet.com/ekaterinaolegovna/jofzls859xus/wish/315724014 It is commonly believed that New Year's Day is less important in England than Christmas. It is true in the southern and eastern parts of the country. However, even there, the welcoming of the New Year is growing in popularity, particularly among younger people who prefer to spend Christmas with kin, but New Year with friends. New Year's parties go all night through.
In Scotland, New Years celebration is the greatest festival of the year, where it even has a special name, Hogmanay. Nobody, however, can successfully explain where this word comes from. After midnight people visit their friends. They carry cakes and spiced ale to wish their hosts a good year.


]]> 2018-12-18 22:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ekaterinaolegovna/jofzls859xus/wish/315724014 Where to celebrate? ekaterinaolegovna https://padlet.com/ekaterinaolegovna/jofzls859xus/wish/315724351 The most famous places of festivities are Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square in London where crowds of people greet the New Year with the linked-arm singing of "Old Lang Syne", kissing total strangers, blowing whistles and automobile horns and shooting firecrackers. Someone usually falls into the fountain in Trafalgar Square. Unfortunately for all these midnight celebrators, January 1st is not a public holiday in England.

]]> 2018-12-18 22:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ekaterinaolegovna/jofzls859xus/wish/315724351 Watch the video : ekaterinaolegovna https://padlet.com/ekaterinaolegovna/jofzls859xus/wish/315727891 Try to write down the differences between American's NY and British NY ]]> 2018-12-18 22:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ekaterinaolegovna/jofzls859xus/wish/315727891 Some Christmas IDIOM!:) ekaterinaolegovna https://padlet.com/ekaterinaolegovna/jofzls859xus/wish/315729116
TRY TO COMPLETE SENTENCES WITH 2 OF GIVEN IDIOMS:

Like turkeys voting for an early Christmas
Some people, can, sometimes, be deemed as not very intelligent creatures and so are often associated with turkeys, which, are themselves, not known for their intelligence. Turkeys are in fact known for their taste (especially when they end up on our plate on Christmas day.) Therefore, if people are like turkeys voting for Christmas it means they choose to accept a situation which will have a bad outcome for them.

Lit up like a Christmas tree
This idiom has nothing to do with Christmas decorations but is used to describe an intense military attack on enemy positions through the use of heavy artillery.

To cancel someone’s Christmas
To 🤬 or destroy someone. The whole idea is that the dead person won’t live until Christmas.

Cold turkey
What is Christmas without turkey (at least in the UK or US)? What is the day after Christmas without cold turkey sandwiches? But what we mean here is not cold turkey sandwiches but actually going without, or quitting something suddenly.

Bah! Humbug!
‘Bah! Humbug!’ is an expression to show disgust at the Christmas season. It was made famous by the fictional character Mr Scrooge in the Charles Dicken’s novel “A Christmas Carol”. Check out this funny video where you can see McDuck as Mr Scrooge saying ‘Bah! Humbug!’ instead of ‘Merry Christmas’

Christmas comes but once a year
Since Christmas comes only once a year, it is suggested that we should turn a blind eye to overindulgence, which involves eating massive meals and drinking copious amounts of alcohol. Equally, Christmas represents the opportunity for us to be good by giving presents and helping the less fortunate.

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You can taste the Britain Christmas at home, no matter where you are:)

No holiday dinner is complete without a classic Christmas pudding. The pudding does need to be made ahead to give it structural integrity and allow the flavors to meld. Many people make it at the beginning of Advent, and arrange an entire day around it. Give yours plenty of time to mature for the tastiest presentation. Don't be intimidated by the list of ingredients; the pudding isn't hard to put together, but does require quite an array to create that signature festive flavor.]]> 2018-12-18 23:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ekaterinaolegovna/jofzls859xus/wish/315729605 CREATE!:) ekaterinaolegovna https://padlet.com/ekaterinaolegovna/jofzls859xus/wish/315729990 create your own Christmas tradition and Christmas dish:)))

And retell how NY is celebrating in your county:)]]> 2018-12-18 23:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ekaterinaolegovna/jofzls859xus/wish/315729990