Christmas Day

Christmas Eve

Happy Thanksgiving Day

Easter Sunday

Easter is the time for holidays, festivals and a time for giving chocolate Easter eggs. But Easter means much more … Easter is the oldest and the most important Christian Festival, the celebration of the death and coming to life again of Jesus Christ. For Christians, the dawn of Easter Sunday with its message of [...]

Good Friday

On Good Friday, Christians remember the day when Jesus was crucified on a cross. The name may be derived from ‘God’s Friday’ in the same way that good-bye is derived from ‘God be with ye’. Christians believe that on the first Good Friday Jesus was arrested and was tried in a mock trial. He was [...]

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday is a Christian festival. It marks the beginning of six and a half weeks of repentance, fasting and abstinence in preparation for the most important Christian festival of Easter. Ashes are something that are left when something is burned. For Christians, ashes are a symbol of being sorry for things they have done [...]

Shrove Tuesday

In the UK, Shrove Tuesday is also known as Pancake Day (or Pancake Tuesday to some people) because it is the one day of the year when almost everyone eats a pancake. Pancake Day ( also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the last day before the period which Christians call Lent. It is traditional on [...]

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Chinese New Year is the most important of the Chinese holidays, and is a time of feasting with the family, celebration, fireworks,  and gift-giving. It is a 15-day holiday, beginning on the first day of a new moon and ending with the full moon on the day of the Lantern Festival. The Chinese calendar is [...]

St. Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day (Saint Valentine’s Day) is an occasion celebrated on February 14. It is the traditional day on which people express their love for each other by sending Valentine’s cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. Each year in Britain, we spend around £500m on cards, flowers, chocolates and other gifts for Valentine’s Day. Traditionally these [...]

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night is when all Christmas Decorations should be removed so as not to bring bad luck upon the home. If decorations are not removed on Twelfth Night, they should stay up all year. In the UK, people used to have parties on Twelfth Night and it was traditional to play practical jokes on your [...]