Traditions & Customs of Great Britain
Traditions &
Customs of Great Britain.
Every nation and every country has
its own customs and traditions. In Britian traditions play more importaint part
in the life of the people than in some other countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and
carefully keep them up. It has been the
law for about three hundred years that all the theatres are closed on Sundays
no letters are delivered only a few Sunday papers are publshed. To this day English families prefer cotage
houses with gardens to flats in a modern house with central heeting. English
people like gardens. Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little
square covered with cement painted green (in imitation of grass) and a box of
flowers. In English houses the
fire-place has always been the centre of interest in a room. For many months of
the year people like to sit round the fire and watch the dancing flames. Fire
places are decorated with woodworks, there is a painting or a mirror over it. Above
the fire there is usually a shelf with a clock and some photographs. Holydays are especially rich in old traditions
and are different in cotland, Wales and England. Christmas is a great english
national holyday and in Scotland it is not kept at all exeept by clerks in
banks, all the shops and factories are working. But 6 days later on the New
Year's Eve the Scots begin to enjoy
themselves. People invite their friends to their houses and sit the old year
out and the new year in. In England on new Year's Eve a lot of people go to
Trafalgar Square, at midnight, they all cross their arms join hands and sing. People
have parties too, they drink toarts to the New Year Children are happy to have
presents.
Four times a year the offices and
banks in Britain are closed on Monday. These public holidays are known as Bank
Holidays. The British like to spend holidays out of the town in the open air. They
go to the sea-side or to amusements parks. Londoners often visit the Zoo, outside London
they take their families to Hamsted Heath ['hнmstid'hi@] a large natural park too. There is
usually a big fair with many different amusements for children merry-go-round, swings
puppet shows, bright baloons.
One must also speak about such
holidays ass All Fools Day, Hallowe'en Bonfire Night, St. Valentines Day and
such tradition as Eisteddfod (a festival of which culture).
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