1. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 1. Holidays in Great Britain 2. Holidays in the USA
3. Holidays in Slovakia

2. “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it
Comment on the following quotations.
“I will honour Christmas in
my heart, and try to keep it
all the year.“
Scrooge (Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens)
“A New Years resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other.“

3. Holidays in Great Britain
Brainstorm the vocabulary connected with the following subtopics:
HOLIDAYS
PUBLIC
Holidays in Slovakia
Holidays in the USA
Holidays in Great Britain

4. The Queen’s Official Birthday
Which holidays are celebrated in the following months?
The USA
Great Britain
Slovakia
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day
President’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day
Easter
Easter
Easter
Memorial Day
The Queen’s Official Birthday

5. The USA Great Britain Slovakia
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
St. Cyril and Methodius Day
Independence Day
Slovak National Uprising
Constitution Day
Halloween
Columbus Day
Halloween
Halloween
Thanksgiving Day
Guy Fawkes Night
Remembrance Sunday
All Saints’ Day
Christmas
Christmas
Christmas

6. What do people do before, during and after Christmas?
Look at the pictures and describe the Christmas symbols. Are they also typical for your country? 3. 1. 2. 4. 7. 5. 8. 6. 9.
12.
11.
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What do people do before, during and after Christmas?

7. Name the typical Christmas food in the pictures
Name the typical Christmas food in the pictures. Which of them are typical British or Slovak meals?
What traditions and customs do you keep during Christmas dinner?

8. Describe Christmas traditions on Christmas Eve (24th December) in different countries according to the pictures below.

9. How do people spend New Year’s Eve (31st December) and New Year’s Day (1st January) in your country? What about you?

10. What Easter food is typical for the place where you live?
Describe Easter symbols according to the pictures below. Talk about Easter traditions in your region. 1. 3. 4. 2. 7. 5. 6.
What Easter food is typical for the place where you live?

11. How do people spend All Saints’ Day in Slovakia?
Who do we commemorate?

12. What is Halloween? Why is it celebrated?
What do you think of celebrating this holiday in Slovakia?

13. Independence Day (4th July) Thanksgiving Day (November)
What do you know about Independence and Thanksgiving Day celebrated in the USA? What do they have in common?
Independence Day (4th July)
Thanksgiving Day (November)
What other patriotic holidays are celebrated in the USA?

14. Make up a ghost story with an unexpected ending with the listed vocabulary. Use narrative form and dialogues in your story. Retell it to your classmates in a dramatic way.
at the stroke of midnight
haunted house
raining cats and dogs
howling of the dog
shiver with fear
piano play
corpse
goose bumps
creepy crawlies