Holidays and festivals

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Holidays and festivals

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Holidays and festivals. New Year´s Eve. St. Valentine´s Day. Easter. Mother´s Day (second Sunday of May). Father´s Day (third Sunday of June). Halloween. Guy Fawkes Day. Bonfire Night 5 November - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Mother´s Day(second Sunday of May)

Father´s Day(third Sunday of June)

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Guy Fawkes Day

Bonfire Night5 NovemberBonfire Night is celebrated to remember the day when Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the King James I and his Parliament on 5th November 1605. People make bonfires every 5 November, to remember this terrible plot.

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Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving day in (US) was originally created to give thanks to God for surviving the first hard winter in the New land and commemorate the feast held by the Pilgrim colonists and Indians. It is celebrated annually on the fourth Thursday of November.