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LOGO LOGO Chapter 6 Holidays and Festivals LOGO Religious Holidays Christmas 1 Easter 2 Good Friday 3 Easter Sunday 4 Whit Sunday 5 LOGO Christmas December 25 the biggest and best loved British holiday commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ exchanging gifts and Christmas cards, preparing holiday foods, and decorating homes and workplaces with colored lights, Christmas trees and ornaments LOGO 3 Traditions of Christmas the Christmas Pantomime a comical musical play based on a version of a traditional childrens story like Cinderella LOGO 3 Traditions of Christmas Queen’s Christmas message LOGO 3 Traditions of Christmas Boxing Day the day after Christmas gave Christmas gifts or money to their staff or servants new Boxing Day custom: shopping LOGO Easter the most important Christian festival commemorates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ It is on the 1st Sunday after the first full moon that coincides with the spring equinox（春分taken as 21 March） LOGO the Easter egg: originally a Christian symbol of new life LOGO Good Friday Easter Sunday During Easter season, Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Christ, and Easter Sunday (also called Easter Day) the resurrection. LOGO Whit Sunday （圣灵降临节） falls on the 7th Sunday after Easter celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit to Christ’s apostles（门徒）seven weeks after his death LOGO National Holiday Unlike most countries, does not have a “national day”. On the Queen’s birthday, the 2nd Saturday in June, Britain will have an impressive and colorful celebration: “Trooping the Colour” The ceremony derives from old military traditions since Victoria’s reign. LOGO National Holiday Trooping the Color The second Saturday in June (the Queen’s birthday is officially celebrated) The ceremony of the Queen inspecting her troops LOGO Holidays in the 4 Nations Bonfire Night (England) A national festival on November 5 Historical event celebrated: In November 1605, the gunpowder plot took place in whic