Holidays and Notable Special Days in Great Britain
Many festivals and holidays in Britain are centuries old.
Every town, village and hamlet
in Britain has its own traditions, some involving months of careful planning and
preparations of costumes and...
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Holidays and Notable Special Days in Great Britain
Many festivals and holidays in Britain are centuries old.
Every town, village and hamlet
in Britain has its own traditions, some involving months of careful planning and
preparations of costumes and choreography, others requiring simply a worrying desire
to make a complete and utter fool of oneself.
January
1 New Year s Day (Bank holiday/Public
Holiday)
February
14 Valentine s Day
March
1 St David s Day (Wales National Day)
17 St.
Patrick s Day (Ireland s Special Day)
March/April Easter
April
1 April Fool s Day
23 St George s Day (England s National
Day)
May ( 2 Bank holidays/Public Holidays)
1 May Day
June
Wimbledon Tennis Tournament last two
weeks of June
August (Bank holiday/Public Holiday)
Notting Hill Carnival
September
Harvest Festival
October
31 Halloween
November
5 Bonfire Night
11 Remembrance Day
30 St Andrew s Day (Scotland s National
Day)
December
Advent
Christmas (Bank holiday/Publi
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