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Christmas

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England

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USA

1.3.	Czech Republic

2.	Traditions in Great Britain

3.	Traditions in USA

4.	Traditions in Czech republic

"CZECH REPUBLIC
Easter
- it is a Christian holiday, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
- the date is different every year – it is celebrated after the fist full moon in spring
- on Easter Monday boys visit the girls
- boys have plait willow cane and they carry small basket
- when they come into girl´s house, say a rhyme and whip the girl
- the girl gives them Easter eggs, chocolate or some cake

Labour Day
- it is celebrated on 1st May

Liberation Day
- it is celebrated on 8th May
- people celebrate the end of World War II on 8th May 1945
- on this day, the Czechoslovakia was liberated from Nazi occupation by Soviet and
US army

St. Cyril & Methodius Day
- it is celebrated on 5th July
- Cyril and Methodius brought Christianity to the Slavic people of central Europe

Jan Hus Day
- it is celebrated on 6th July
- this day commemorates Jan Hus, a Catholic priest and the rector of Charles University
- he was burned at the stake as a heretic

St. Wenceslas Day
- it is celebrated 28th September as Czech Statehood Day
- it commemorates the anniversary of the death of Prince Wenceslas, who was killed in 935 by his brother Boleslav
- he became St. Wenceslas patron of the Czech Nation

Czechoslovak Independence Day
- it is celebrated on 28th October
- on this day in 1918 was founded Czechoslovak Republic
- Tomas Garrigue Masaryk became the first Czechoslovakia’s president

Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day
- it is celebrated on 17th November
- this day honors the student demonstrations against the Nazis in 1939, as well as the Velvet revolution, the protests against Communist in 1989
- in 1939 Jan Opletal, the student of medicine, was killed by Nazis and, more then 1 200 students were sent to concentration camps"