Holidays

There are many national holidays in the world, when people all over the country has free time and have special celebrations. For example in Russia the major holidays

is: New Year’s Day, Victory Day. The first holiday of the year is New Year’s Day.

People can meet new year at midnight on the 31st of December. They greet the

new year with champagne and listen to the Kremlin chimes beating 12 o’clock.

There are lots of New Year traditions in RRussia. In every home there is a New Year

EVE glittering with colour lights and decorations. Children always wait for Santa Clause to come and give them a present. Many people consider New Year’s Day to

be a family holiday. But the young prefer to have New Year parties of their own.

The greatest national holiday in our country is Victory Day. On the 9lh of May,

1945, the Soviet Army and its allies completely defeated the German fascists and <

the Second World War ended. A lot of guests from different countries of the world

came to Moscow to participate in the celebrations. There are fewer public holidays

in Great Britain than in other European countries. They are: Christmas Day, NNew

Year’s Day, Easter Monday, Spring Bank Holiday. Public holidays in Britain arc

called bank holidays, because the banks as well as most of the offices and shops

are closed. The most popular holiday is Christmas. Every year the people of

Norway give the city of London a present. It’s a big Christmas tree and it stands in Trafalgar Square. Central streets are beautifully decorated. The fun starts the night

before, on the 24th of December. Traditionally this is the day when people

decorate their trees. Children hang stockings at the end of their beds, hoping that

Father Christmas will come down the chimney during the night and fill them ...