3.Social Contact

Much social contact in Britain takes place in people’s homes.On Sunday afternoons often families have friends or relations in for tea，and there is some entertainment in private houses in the evening，too.Some people may like to visit a particular pub regularly，and may talk with the same people there week after week，but such contact in pubs is usually made without any definite arrangement.Middle and upper class people tend to favor dinner parties and cocktail parties.On such occasions the degree of formality depends on the circumstances.After dinner people often play cards，usually bridge.

Among the middle classes，people who have children often fill their houses with children’s parties，at which games are organized for 20or 30 children before and after the Tea，which is called by that name although there is no tea to drink，only fruit drinks，sandwiches，ice-cream and innumerable cakes.Children’s parties cause much confusion in their houses.Many parents dislike such parties in their houses.