FEASTS AND TRADITIONSSource: www.bridge-online.cz, www.google.com

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WHAT IS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY?

a special day when we celebrate an important historical or religious event

when people have a paid day off workwhen schools and shops are closed public holidays are also called bank

holidays in the UK and Canada

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WHAT NATIONAL HOLIDAYS DO WECELEBRATE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC? May 8 - Liberation Day, celebrating the end of German

occupation during WWII in 1945 July 5 - The Day of Slavonic Apostles Cyril and

Methodius July 6 Jan Hus Day when we remember the Czech

church reformer who was burnt at the stake 28 September St. Wenceslas’ Day - the patron saint of

the Czech Republic October 28 - Establishment of Czechoslovakia, in 1918 November 17 - student protest march in 1989 that led to

the fall of communism

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WHAT HOLIDAYS DO PEOPLE IN THE US AND UK CELEBRATE? Thanksgiving in November Independence Day on July 4 bank holidays on New Year’s Day January 1 and

Good Friday Christmas Day December 25 Boxing Day December 26 Halloween October 31 St. Patrick’s Day March 17, a festival important to

the Irish Valentine’s Day February 14, a holiday for love Mother’s Day and Father’s Day,

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TALK ABOUT YOURSELF

What is your favourite holiday and why? Are traditions still kept or are they disappearing

in your country? How do you celebrate Christmas? What customs do you keep? How do we celebrate Easter in our country? How do you celbrate your birthday?

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WHAT SPECIAL OCCASIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?

a wedding, birthday, graduation, funeral, the birth of a baby, wedding anniversary

class reunion are important events in one’s life graduation from high school, university 18th birthday, when I could drive

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WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CUSTOMS FOR WEDDINGS? there are many customs depending on the couple religious ceremony in a church, a civil ceremony, get

married in a registry office. the bride and groom have a witness each, the maid and the best man the bride can throw her wedding bouquet, flowers to be caught by unmarried women

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HOLIDAYS IN BRITAIN

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AMERICAN HOLIDAYS

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