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День Святого Николая

Праздник Святого Николая традиционно отмечается 19 декабря, хотя существует и еще другой день Святого Николая – 22 мая, и даже есть еще один праздник Святого Николая – 17 февраля, который празднуется в честь Святого Николая – Студийского игумена.

Зимний день Святого Николая – один из самых почитаемых христианских праздников на Руси, день смерти Николая Чудотворца. Во многих европейских странах День Святого Николауса, в странах СНГ день Святого Николая – один из самых радостных праздников для детей.

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Christmas

A lot of interesting things about Christmas in Great Britain you can read here:

http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/index.html

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December is very much associated with Christmas and a lot of December customs and traditions have therefore been swallowed up by the festival.

Christmas, the mass of Christ, is held on 25th December and commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ 2000 years ago.

At the beginning of December, the season of Advent starts. The word advent means 'coming', and as its name suggests it is a time of preparation for the coming feast of Christmas.

Remembrance day

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What is Remembrance Day?
November,11 is the Remembrance day. It is a special day for people to remember all those men and women who were killed during two World Wars and other conflicts.
Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday in November. Special servises are held at war memorials and churches all over the Britain, the United States of America, Canada.
Remembrance Day is also known as Poppy day (День Маков) because it is traditional to wear red artificial poppy.
At 11 a.m. on each Remembrance Sunday a two minute silence is observed at war memorials.

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On 5th November every year children in Great Britain get excited because it is Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes' Night). They lit bonfires and enjoy fireworks displays. On top of the fire is a guy (a homemade model of a man).

They do these things because they're remembering when the king of England, James I, and the House of Parliament were nearly blown up with gunpowder.

 It took place four hundred years ago, in 1605. A man called Guy Fawkes and a group of plotters wanted to kill King James and the king's leaders.

Holidays and Notable Special Days in Great Britain in November

• 5th - Bonfire Night
• 11th - Remembrance Day
• 30th - St. Andrew's Day (Scotland's National Day)

Pumpkin Faces

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Halloween treat

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Good morning, children! Today we continue speaking about autumn holidays. Every country has got its own traditions and holidays. Our countries of interest are Great Britain and America. And we are going to speak about an ancient and very interesting holiday that all pupils like very much.

It is Halloween. People in different countries will celebrate it on the 31st of October. It’s the night for ghosts and witches and other horrible things. In Britain and in America children play trick or treat on this day.

They wear special costumes and they go to friends’ houses and say “trick or treat”. Most people give them a treat – some sweets – but some people don’t, and they play a trick on them. In the evening some children go to the Halloween parties.