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                                 UK HOLIDAYS
  There are many holidays in Great Britain. The main are Christmas and Bank
holidays.
  Christmas is celebrated on  the  25th  of  December  and  symbolizes  the
birthday of  Christ.  This  day  is  marked  by  setting  the  fur-tree  and
decorating it with different toys  and  candles.  Children  wait  for  Santa
Claus who comes to every house and brings presents. Going  to  bed  children
leave their stockings and shoes to receive presents the next morning.  There
are a lot of  parties  organized  by  people  to  celebrate  this  wonderful
holiday. Young people like to spend it together  in  good  companies.  There
are a lot of fun and jokes on that day.
  Meeting the New Year Eve is held in family in  England.  Some  people  in
Scotland go outside and meet New Year on squares singing songs  or  dancing.
The first man coming to you after the New  Year  Eve  may  bring  you  luck,
especially if he comes with a piece of  bread  and  coal.  Bread  symbolizes
wealth and coal — warmth. Children like this  holiday  very  much.  They  go
from house to house, sing songs and congratulate people. People  treat  them
candies or give them little money.
  Bank holidays are celebrated four times a year. This day is  the  day-off
for everybody because all banks and  all  places  of  business  are  closed.
Englishmen spend this holiday in the country.
  There are also great fairs with a lot of goods for sale, with fun,  jokes
and choosing the Pearl Queen and King. The Pearl Queen and King  are  people
at the Fair who have the most unusual costume with a lot  of  pearl  buttons
on it.
  There are many other holidays in Great Britain.

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