The document provides information about several holidays and cultural celebrations in the United Kingdom. It discusses Christmas, which is celebrated on December 25th and involves decorating homes and eating special meals. It also mentions Boxing Day, New Year's celebrations with fireworks and parties, May Day celebrations including Morris dancing and crowning a May Queen, and the Lord Mayor's Show parade in London.

2. christmas
• Christmas Day is celebrated in the United Kingdom on
December 25. It traditionally celebrates Jesus Christ's birth
but many aspects of this holiday have pagan origins.
• Prior to Christmas Day, people decorate their homes and
gardens prior to Christmas Day. These decorations may
include:
-Christmas trees.
-Small colored fairy lights.
-Leaves and berries from holly trees and mistletoe bushes.
-Various other decorations with rich colors that spark the
Christmas mood.

3. • everyone prepares and eats a special
meal. This often includes roast turkey,
potatoes and parsnips, and other
vegetables.

4. Boxing Day
• Boxing Day is traditionally the day
following Christmas Day, when servants
and tradesmen would receive gifts from their
superiors or employers, known as a "Christmas
box“. In Britain, Canada, and some states of
Australia, Boxing Day is primarily known as a
shopping holiday, much like the day after
Thanksgiving in the United States.
• Boxing Day is also an important day for sports
events.

5. New year
• just before midnight, many people turn on a television
to show pictures of one of the four clocks on the Clock
Tower on the Palace of Westminster, or Houses of
Parliament, in London counting down the last minutes
of the old year.
• Many people hold parties at home or go out to pubs or
night clubs. These parties often continue into the early
hours of the morning.
• In many places around the United Kingdom's coast,
groups of people dress up in fancy costumes and run
into the cold sea.
• This is the first person to enter a house on January 1.
There are many traditions and superstitions
associated with first footing. A male first-footer brings
good luck, but a female bad luck.

6. May Day
• The first day of the month of May is known as May
Day. It is the time of year when warmer weather
begins and flowers and trees start to blossom. It is
said to be a time of love and romance.
• Traditional English May Day celebrations
include Morris dancing, crowning a May
Queen and dancing around a Maypole.
• Are not a special food for this celebration but a
special person neither.

7. Lord Mayor’s show
• The Lord Mayor's Show is one of the longest established
and best known annual events in London which dates back to
before 1535.
• The event is a street parade which in its modern form is a
fairly light-hearted combination of traditional British pageantry
and elements of carnival.
• he Great Twelve Livery Companies,
the Mercers, Grocers, Drapers, Fishmongers, Goldsmiths, Me
rchant
Taylors, Skinners, Haberdashers, Salters, Ironmongers, Vintn
ers andClothworkers, participate as of right; other Livery
Companies participate by invitation, though the Lord Mayor's
own company is always among these.

8. Cultura Inglesa

9. The last night of 31 December. It is a celebration to welcome the new year where people
provide food and taste typical of the period such as turkey, wine etc. Other people usually
celebrate popular places in each city or clubs with friends.
La última noche del 31 de diciembre. Es una celebración por la bienvenida al nuevo año donde las personas
brindan y degustan comida típica de la época como pavo, vino etc. Otras personas acostumbran celebrarlo
en lugares populares de cada ciudad o en antros con sus amigos.

10. The Declaration of Independence of the United States was signed by 13 colonies on July
4th in 1776. The 13 colonies were declared free by the English domain and became the first
13 states. Today we celebrate with artificial fire and flag ceremonies, a ceremony very
similar to Mexico.
La declaración de independencia de Estados Unidos fue firmada por 13 colonias en julio 4 ª en 1776. Las 13
colonias fueron declaradas libres por el Inglés Dominio y formaron los primeros 13 estados. Este día
celebramos con fuego artificiales y honores a la bandera, una ceremonia muy parecida a la de México.

11. It is a holiday to give thanks for all that we received. This festival was included for the
pilgrims (the miembers of the 13 colonies) and American Indians (who already lived in the
country), celebrate with a family dinner tasting stuffed turkey, meatloaf, pasta, wine.
Es un día festivo para dar las gracias por Todo lo recibido. Esta festividad fue incluida para la peregrinos
(los miembros de las 13 colonias) y los indios de Estados Unidos (Quienes ya Vivian en el país), lo celebran
con una cena en familia degustando el pavo relleno, pastel de carne, pastas, vino.

12. Birth of Jesus Christ. All people exchange gifts with your family and friends in the season
of year. Some celebrate the last night. It is the best time for children as they await the
arrival emotion Santa Clous, also is celebrated with a family dinner.
Nacimiento del señor Jesucristo . Todas las personas intercambian regalos con sus familias y amigos en
esta época del año . Algunos la celebran la noche anterior. Es la mejor época para los niños ya que esperan
con emoción la llegada Santa clous, también es celebrada con una cena familiar.

13. On the eve of the day of the dead, many people dress in costumes (often scary ones) to go
to parties or go out trick or treating door to door, is expected day by children because
they are fans of sweets.
En la víspera del día de muertos, muchas personas se visten con disfraces (frecuentemente aquellos que
dan miedo) para ir a las fiestas o salir a la calle a pedir dulces casa por casa, es día esperado por los niños
ya que son fanáticos de los dulces.

15. Celebrates the Biblical
New Testament story of
the arrival of the three
wise men who each
brought a gift to the Christ
child. Traditionally,
children receive toys, and
people buy a pastry
called rosca de reyes.

16. • Celebrates the Grito de
Dolores, an event that
marked the start of the
independence war
against Spain on the eve
of September 16, 1810.

18. • The Day of the Dead tradition is considered the
most significant and representative of Mexican
culture. The celebration takes place on two days:
the first of November is dedicated to the souls of
children and November 2 to adult.

19. • On this day, people pull practical jokes on each
other. It is equivalent to the U.S. version of April
Fools' Day (April 1). If any person has fallen
victim of the joke, the person pulling the joke will
say ¡Inocente palomita¡

20. • Mexican Revolution was an armed conflict which
began on November 20, 1910 with an uprising
led by Francisco I. Madero against President
Porfirio Diaz. It was characterized by several
socialist movements, liberal, anarchist, populist
and agrarian.

21. • The Mexican Revolution in Mexico is celebrated
with traditional festivities such as bazaars,
fashion shows, presentations, corridos, poetry
and so on.
• In the bazaars are offered Mexican dishes such
as enchiladas, tostadas, pozole, menudo, tacos,
flautas and an unparalleled breadth of dishes

22. Cultura inglesa
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