Different British and American festivals II

Easter

At Easter time in the UK there are two bank holidays (public holidays): Good Friday and Easter Monday. At Easter there are holidays and the family can enjoy together. Easter is the time for holidays, festivals and a time for giving chocolate, the Easter eggs.

Eggs are a forbidden food during Lent, making them a welcome return to the menu on Easter Day.The first eggs given at Easter were birds eggs but now are with chocolate.

In this day, is very common hide for the children the Easter Egg  to find on the traditional Easter Egg Hunt. 

 

Mother’s day

The mother’s day in the UK is different day that in Spain (Fourth Sunday of cuaresma)

In this day the kids do or buy presents at his mother. We can do in class activities, look it:

   Fathers day

Is the third Sunday of June, in the fathers day we do presents for the father. We can do it or pay for the presents. 

Halloween ( 31th October)

On October 31st, we celebrate Halloween, thought to be the one night of the year when ghosts, witches, fairies and are especially active. Children that day disguised what you like and go from House to House saying "trick or treat" begging for food, candy or what families want them to give.

Today's Halloween Traditions

-  The American Halloween tradition of "trick-or-treating" probably dates back to the early All Souls' Day parades in England.

- The tradition of dressing in costume for Halloween has both European and Celtic roots.

Chrismas ( 25th December )

Christmas is celebrated on December 25 by the birth of Jesus. Christmas is magical, all families and friends gather to share customs which have existed for many years. The British prepare it days earlier with cards, games of Christmas... The houses are decorated, and the streets filled with lights, which spend the winter in a beautiful way.