2. BRITISH CULTURE 英国文化 Festivals and Holidays 英国节假日

3. New Year (Hogmanay), January 1st

4. Valentine’s Day, 14 th February

5. Pancake Day, February

6. Easter, March-April Palm Sunday Good Friday Easter Sunday( always falls on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25 inclusive) Easter Eggs Egg rolling Easter egg hunt Easter Bunny(The Easter Bunny is a fantasy or mythological rabbit which leaves gifts for children at Easter).

7. Mothering Sunday, March

8. St Patrick’s Day, 17 th March Patron Saint of Ireland St David’s Day, 1 st March St George’s Day April 23 rd St Andrew’s Day 30 th November

9. April Fool’s Day, 1 st April In 1957 the BBC's high-brow current affairs program Panorama, claimed that spaghetti grew on trees. The BBC claimed to be testing ‘smellovision’, I.e. TV you can smell. Richard Branson, owner of Virgin Airlines landed a hotair balloon in London which looked like a UFO

10. May Day, 1 st May

11. Halloween, 31 st October

12. Bonfire Night, 5 th November Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot 1605 against King James I

13. Remembrance Sunday Armistice Day November 11th

14. Christmas, 25 th December

15. Other Festivals and celebrations 25 th January, Burns Night (Scotland) Diwali (Hindu) Hanukkah (Jewish) Chinese New Year Ramadan and Eid (Islam) Vaisakhi (Sikh)