Исследовательский проект Праздники Великобритании с использованием технологии Webquest

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January 1 – New year Celebrating the New Year in the UK is not as celebrated in Russia and Europe. This holiday is more loved in Scotland than in England and Wales. Main winter holiday in Britain - this Christmas and New Year, rather be called a continuation of festive Christmas days.

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January 12 Day of Celtic culture F rom 12 to 30 January Celtic Connections takes place in Glasgow. For 19 days and nights, the audience can enjoy more than 200 events dedicated to the Celtic culture and music. At the festival, artists and bands from the UK, Canada, USA, France and Spain.

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February 14 Valentine's Day Addition to any gift on this day, are undoubtedly valentines - postcards with hearts and words of love. Some believe that the greeting card and generally appeared in connection with Valentine's Day. The first factory manufacturing valentines relates to 1840.

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March 17 - St Patrick's Day St. Patrick's Day - it was originally Ireland holiday, having British roots. It is celebrated in honor of the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick. According to legend, sv.Patrik banished all snakes from the island and brought Christianity to Ireland.

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1 April - Fool's Day Fools Day - the unofficial holiday. April 1 is not an exit, in this day and give gifts are not satisfied with the solemn feasts. Only laughter and jokes - around the clock! After all, they do not agree with Mark Twain: "We appreciate fools. After all, only because of them, most of us have succeeded. "

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May 1 - whiskey festival From May 1 to 3 in Scotland is a festival of whiskey. Each country has its national product, its national pride. The Scots are proud of their whiskey. With the onset of spring, it is time to begin in Scotland festivals and celebrations devoted to whiskey. First runner The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, which takes place in early May. Followed by the Feis Ile - a festival of Malt and Music. And so on until September, when the latter begins - Autumn Speyside Whisky Festival.

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May 4- May Day In May, the British celebrate May Day with street parades and festivities. Musicians, jugglers, stilt walkers, minstrels and running around the area of the inn here create atmosphere of a medieval carnival.

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World Day lefties In the UK and elsewhere in the environment is the World Day lefties. It was first recorded August 13, 1992 at the initiative created in the two years before the British Club lefties.

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October 31 Halloween Halloween - Halloween - the night before All Saints' Day. They say Halloween is less than two thousand years. The origins of this festival takes controversial of Celtic culture. The Celts existed "beginning of the seasons." There were four. Samhain marked the coming of winter and celebrated on October 31.

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December - 25 Christmas The custom of giving gifts on Christmas finally established in Britain only in Victorian times ( Queen Victoria rules in 1837-1901 gg .) . Prior to this exchange gifts on New Year's or Twelfth Night ( Epiphany ) - English-speaking world , this ancient tradition has been preserved only in Scotland. Hogmanay New Year's holiday there are still greeted with more enthusiasm than Christmas.

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The British were the first to decorate the house and give a gift hanging plants - such as holly, ivy and mistletoe . This custom is very old and existed in pagan times . Plants had to cleanse the house from evil spirits and remind that spring is just around the corner. Royals in the middle of the last century took over the German custom decorate the tree : the first Christmas tree was installed at Windsor Castle in 1841

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December 26 - Boxing Day The second day of Christmas in the church calendar devoted to St. Stephen. Traditionally on this day in churches opened boxes with donations, and their contents give to the poor. Earlier in the day the servants to go home for a celebratory lunch with the family. In essence, is an additional holiday weekend after Christmas.