Holidays and Special Days in Britain

The word “holiday” comes from the words “holy day”, and holidays were first religious festivals. Now many holidays have no connection with religion, but still a lot of them are religious. Almost every country has its own holidays which differ from the holidays of other countries. Some holidays celebrate only in one country, and some holidays – in many countries. All people wait for holidays, especially children, because people give presents to each other, get together with their families, friends and relatives.

In Great Britain there are a lot of customs and traditions and most of them are closely connected with holidays and festivals.

The fist holiday of the year is New Year, but in Great Britain it is not as popular as in our country. In London people usually celebrate New Year in Trafalgar Square. They sing songs near a fir-tree, which people of Norway sent to Great Britain traditionally.

On February 14^th comes St. Valentine’s Day, which is very popular in England. On that day many people send cards to their friends and people who they love.