2. What are your reasons for traveling to Britain?
Holidays, Traditions and Customs of Great Britain
What are your reasons for traveling to Britain?

3. Traditions and Customs
Changing of the Guards at Buckingham Palace

4. Traditions and Customs
Changing of the Guards at Buckingham Palace

5. Traditions and Customs
Trooping the Colour

6. The State Opening of Parliament
Traditions and Customs
The State Opening of Parliament

7. Traditions and Customs
Life Guard

8. Traditions and Customs
Country House

9. Traditions and Customs
Fire Place

10. When are British Holidays Celebrated?
December, 24
May, Second Sunday
July, 10
April, 1
March, 17
Late September – Late October
The Second Saturday of June
April, 21
December, 25

11. What are shop windows and homes decorated with?

12. What are shop windows and homes decorated with?

13. What is the holiday table laid with?

14. He came to us before New Year
A healthy merry fellow.
But every day he loses his weight
And in a year he’ll fade away.

23. Hallowe’en, Hallowe’en, magic night.
We are glad and very bright.
We all dance and sing and recite
“Welcome! Welcome! Hallowe’en night!”

37. 1) Welsh people have their national day on the 1st of May.
Give the right answer:
1)      Welsh people have their national day on the 1st of May. 

38. Welsh people have their national day on the
1st of March

39. 2) The day is called Saint Patrick’s Day.

40.      The day is called
Saint David’s Day. 

41. 3) The saint was known traditionally as
“the milkman”. 

42. The saint was known traditionally as
“the waterman”. 

43. 4) Saint David’s emblem is a leek.

44. Saint David’s emblem is
a dove.

46. 1) The most popular holiday in Britain is … a) Easter b) Christmas
The Holiday Quiz
1)      The most popular holiday in Britain is …
a)      Easter
b)     Christmas
c)      New Year’s Day

47. The Holiday Quiz
2)      There are … public holidays in Great Britain.
a)      Seven
b)     Ten
c)      Fifteen

48. The Holiday Quiz
3)      The symbol of St. Valentine’s Day is …
a)      A rose
b)     A “valentine”
c)      A daffodil

49. The Holiday Quiz
4)      To make a jack-o- lantern is a favourite … custom.
a)      Hallowe’en
b)     Christmas
c)      Easter

50. The Holiday Quiz
5)      Saint Valentine’s Day now is a day for …
a)      Sweethearts
b)     Children
c)      Elderly people

51. The Holiday Quiz
6)      On New Year’s Day people eat …
a)      Pancakes
b)     Haggis
c)      Boiled eggs

52. The Holiday Quiz
7)      Egg – rolling is a traditional … pastime.
a)      Easter
b)     Christmas
c)      Hallowe’en

53. The Holiday Quiz
8)      People light fireworks and burn a guy on a bonfire on the …
a)      31st of October
b)     5th of November
c)      14th of February

54. The Holiday Quiz
9)      Saint Andrew’s Day is the national day of …
a)      England
b)     Wales
c)      Scotland

55. 10) The emblem of Saint George’s Day is … a) A red rose b) A daffodil
The Holiday Quiz
10)  The emblem of Saint George’s Day is …
a)      A red rose
b)     A daffodil
c)      A dove