1. Celebration in London Our presentation about celebrations in London. How do we celebrate the major festivals in London ?

2. Saint Patrick Saint Patrick Saint Patrick is a traditional celebration. Saint Patrick was celebrated for the first time in Boston in Massachussetts, in 1737. It is celebrated on March 17th and it is linked to Christianity. The clover is the national emblem of Ireland. Green is the colour of the St-Patrick. There are many irish legends, for exemple that Saint-Patrick drove away the snakes from Ireland.

3. Vocabulary of St Patrick Clover : trèfle

4. Halloween Halloween : Halloween is a festival celebrated in October on the eve of All Saints' Day. Children dress as ghosts or scary monsters,then they collect candies. The colors of the party are black which represents death and orange representing harvests.

5. Lexicon of Halloween : One the eve of : la veille de la All Saints Day: la Toussaint Dressed as : déguisés en Ghost : fantôme Collect : récolter Harvests : moissons

6. Thanksgiving : Thanksgiving is a festivalcelebrated every last Thursday of November (in the USA). This festival thanks God for giving a good crop to settlers. Thanksgiving is as important as a national day. This festival is celebrated in families. They eat a stuffed turkey served with a cranberry sauce, mashed sweet potatoes and a pumkin pie.

7. Lexicon of Thanksgiving : Settlers : colons National day : fête nationale Stuffed turkey : dinde farcie Mashed sweet potatoes : Purée de pa tates douces Cranberry sauce : sauce aux airelles

8. Christmas : Christmas is celebrated on December 25th. In London, the carols are a very present tradition and the Christmas pudding: a dessert made from fruit and prepared in English families. The day after Christmas is reserved for cleaning and making boxes : it's Boxing Day !!

9. Lexicon of Christmas : Carols : chorals Boxing Day : le lendemain de Noël

10. QUIZ :QUIZ : Saint Patrick : Where was St Patrick celebrated for the first time ? What is the color of St Patrick ? When is it celebrated ? What is the religion involved?

11. QUIZ :QUIZ : Halloween : What are the main colors of Halloween ? What do they represent ? When is it celebrated ?

12. QUIZ :QUIZ : Thanksgiving : What is the traditional Thanksgiving meal ? What is it for ? What other celebration is important too ? When is it celebrated ?

13. QUIZ :QUIZ : Christmas : What is the name of the day after Christmas ? What are the Christmas traditions ? When is it celebrated ?