Customs and traditions of english speaking countries.

Every country and every nation has it's own traditions and customs.

It's very important to know traditions and customs of different people.

It will help you to know more about the history and life of different

nations and countries.One cannot speak about England without speaking

about it's traditions and customs .They are very important in the life

of English people.Englishman are proud of their traditions and carefully

keep them up. There are six public holidays a year in G.B.. Cristmas day

is one of their favorite holidays.It's celebrated on the 25-th of

december. There are some traditions connected with it.One of them is to

give presents to each other.It is not only children and members of

family.It's a tradition to give cristmas presents to the people you work

with.Another tradition is to send cristmas cards.All these cards are

brightly and coloured.Most of big cities of G.B.,especially London, are

decorated with coloured lights and cristmas trees. On Trafalgar Square,

in the center of London stands a big cristmas tree.It is a gift from the

people of Oslo.It is over 50 feet high. Many families celebrate cristmas

day in the open air near the cristmas tree in order to catch the spirit

of cristmas.Children find cristmas presents in their stockings.The

traditional english dinner on cristmas is turkey and pudding.Other great

holidays are:FatherTs day,MotherTs day,Helloween and other.