the city square. The whole holidays my sister and I were spending much time in the street. We went skating, had a fight with snowballs or made a snowman. Also we walked in the snow-covered park. I liked my winter holidays very much.
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in Great Britainare some holidays in GB They are Christmas day, Boxing Day, New Year day, Easter, Mayday, Spring Bank Holiday and Summer Bank Holiday. Public holidays in G.B. are called bank holidays because the banks as well as most of the offices and shops are closed. The most popular holiday is Xmas. Every year the people of Norway give the city of London the present. It is a big Xmas tree and it stands in Trafalgar square. Central streets are beautifully decorated. Before Xmas groups of singers go from house to house. They collect money for charity and sing carols - traditional Xmas songs. Many churches hold a carol serves on the Sunday before Xmas. The fun starts the night before, on the 24 th of December. This is the day when people decorate their trees. Children hang stockings on their beds, hoping that Santa Claus will come at night and fill them with toys and sweets. Xmas is a family holiday. Relatives prepare the big Xmas dinner of turkey and Xmas pudding and every one gives and gets presents. The 26 th of December, Boxing Day is an extra holiday after Xmas. This is the time to meet friends or sit at home and watch TV. New Year day is less popular in Britain than Xmas. Besides public holidays there are some special holidays in Britain. One of them takes place on the 5 th of November. On that day in 1605 Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the House of Parliament and kill King James I. But he didn t succeed. The King s men found the bomb and took Guy Fawkes to the tower. Since that day the British have been celebrating the 5 th of November.
