special days

Hi everyone, today let's talk about Easter! We will see that it is not just a period of eggs, bunnies and chocolate but a very old celebration that takes its roots in different cultures! Okay ...can you remind me what Easter is exactly? It is the most...

Are you curious about what this day can be? Let's discover it in this article! If you visit Wales on the 1 st of March you will see a lot of red in the street, Welsh people in national dress and daffodils used as accessories. Maybe you will hear Welsh...

Boxing Day (26 th December) was created under Queen Victoria 's reign, in the middle of the 19 th century. On Christmas Day, servants and tradesman couldn't leave the house they were working at because it was a busy day, and that's why the day after Christmas...

1. GENERAL FACTS 2. WHO WAS ST ANDREW? 3. HOW DO WE CELEBRATE THIS DAY? 1. This day is celebrated on the 30 th November every year. It's Scotland's official national day. And it represents the start of the winter holidays. St Andrew's day also represents...

In today’s article, we are going to talk about a monument when it comes to holidays, the day of Thanksgiving. If you have not lived in your cellar for all your life, you HAVE heard about Thanksgiving. Whether you saw a Thanksgiving celebration on a TV...

What is Diwali? Diwali is one of the most famous and the most popular Hindu festivals in India. It is a diminutive of “Deepavali” which means “rows of lights” : so we can say that this festival is also known as “Festival of Lights”. When is it celebrated?...

Remembrance Day (12th-13th November) As its name suggests, Remembrance Day is a memorial day devoted to all the soldiers who fought for their nation during the First World War. It was first created by King George V in 1919, and then inaugurated in other...

History: Initially Halloween was celebrated by the Irish in November. It was organised by druids, during the full moon, 7 days in a row. In those days, years were split into two parts. The obscure part which was a reference to dark subjects like death...

The basic history behind the festival In 1605 Guy Fawkes, a Roman Catholic, and his fellow conspirators, attempted to blow up King James I and the Houses of Parliament, as they disagreed with the King’s Protestant policies. They succeeded in storing some...

Columbus Day History: Columbus Day is a national holiday on the second Monday of October. This year, it takes place on 10th October 2016. So as the name indicates it's a celebration of the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival and the European...