Unit 9　Holidays and Festivals

Objectives

1. To learn about the traditions of Christmas in Britain;

2. To learn about main religious holidays in Britain;

3. To learn about holidays in the four nations.

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.