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HOLIDAYS AND FEAST DAYS
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HOLIDAYS AND FEAST DAYS
• EASTER is celebrated in Spring as Jesus´crucifixion and the Resurection. Eggs are traditionally dyed and decorated. In Britain and the U.S.A. children look for hidden chocolate eggs.
• SAINT VALENTINES DAY is celebrated on 14th February. It is lovers´day. People send Valentine cards and buy little presents each other.
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CHRISTMAS
• CHRISTMAS EVE - 24th December – we have fried carp and potato salad for Christmas dinner. People open their gifts under the decorated Christmas tree.
• CHRISTMAS DAY -25th December- children in the UK and the US unwrap their presents in the morning. Families gather for festive Christmas dinner.
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NEW YEAR´S EVE
• People stay up till midnight to drink a toast to welcome the beginning of the New Year. This event is usually accompanied with parties and fireworks.
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THE CZECH NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AND FEASTS
• Liberation Day – May 8, Cyril and Methodius – July 5, Jan Hus – July 6, St.Wenceslas´Day – September 28, Czech National Holiday - 28 October (the Czechs commemorate the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918),The Day of Fight for Freedom – November 17, St.Nicholas´s Day – December 6
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THE PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES
• St. Patrick´s Day (Ireland) 17th March
• Mother´s Day 2nd Sunday in May
• Boxing Day (UK) 26th December
• Independence Day (US) 4th July
• Guy Fawkes Day (UK) 5th November
• Thanksgiving Day (US) the last Thursday in November