1. FESTIVALS AND CEREMONIES
BANK HOLIDAYS
FESTIVALS AND CEREMONIES

2. “BANK HOLIDAYS” 1. Christmas Day 5. Spring Bank Holiday 2. Boxing Day
3. New Year’s Day
4. May Day Bank Holiday
5. Spring Bank Holiday
6. August Bank Holiday
7. Good Friday
8. Easter Monday

3. X-mas activities 25th December
Go to churches
Decorate X-mas tree
Eat X-mas dinner (turkey and pudding)

4. Boxing Day 26th December Visiting friends Giving X-mas boxes
Watching TV

5. New Years Day January 1 Dancing party on New Year’s Eve
Singing Robert Burn’s poem
New Year’s Tree

6. May Day Bank Holiday The first Monday after the 1st of May
Out door events
May Queen is celected
Dancing and singing round the maypole

7. Spring Bank Holiday The last Monday in May
Make beeline for the coast
Bathe or a game on the beach

8. Summer Bank Holiday The last Monday in August
A big carnival at Notting Hill
Bands play African and Caribean music

9. Good Friday The Friday before Easter
Eating of hot cross buns
Giving chocolate Easter eggs

10. Easter The Day of the spring equinox
Giving eggs
Egg-rolling
Easter parades

11. HAVE GOOD HOLIDAYS!