Seasons and Celebrations ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

Seasons and Celebrations

ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

OBJECTIVOS

1- Identificar feriados e datas festivas dos Países de Língua Oficial Inglesa;

2- Estabelecer ligações entre feriados Portugueses e de Países de Língua Oficial Inglesa.

Festivals

English-SpeakingCountries

BritainCanada

U.S.A.

INDEX The New Year Valentine’s Day Easter The Fourth of July Hallowe’en Guy Fawkes’ Day Thanksgiving Christmas

FestivalsFestivals

THE NEW YEAR

New Year’s Day is January 1st, the first day of the New Year.

THE NEW YEAR

New Year’s Eve is on 31st December,the last day before the New Year begins. In many places, people go to parties, bars or restaurants with friends in the evening.

Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s day Started over two thousand years ago, as a winter festival, on 15th February.

Valentine’s Day

The cards have pictures of flowers and birds on, and words inside like:

“Roses are red, my love, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, my love, but not as sweet as you.”

EASTER

Easter begins with Good Friday.

Two days later, on Easter Sunday, Cristians believe that Jesus returned to life.

On Easter Sunday, people give chocolate Easter eggs.

The Fourth of July

On 4 July 1776, Thomas Jefferson and his friends wrote the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.

Every year on the Fourth of July, Americans celebrate Independence Day.

HALLOWE’EN

In Canada and the USA, and Britain, children go “ trick or treating” dressed like Witches and ghosts.

To make a jack o’lantern, people

cut a hole in a large fruit –

usually a pumpkin.

Every year on 5th November, in most parts of Britain, people build a big fire outside, with all the dead leaves and old pieces of wood.

American and Canadian families still have a Thanksgiving Day dinner with their family, They have turkey and autumn vegetables, and then pumpkin pie.

CHRISTMASCHRISTMAS At Christmas, people remember when

Jesus Christ was born and it is a time for buying and giving presents, and being with family.

Children leave a stocking for Santa Claus and he brings presents for children during the night.

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