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Hallowe’en means “holy evening”, and takes place on 31st October. Although it is a much more important festival in the United States than Britain, it is celebrated by many people in the UK. It is particular connected with witches and ghosts. At parties people dress up in strange costumes and pretend they are witches.
If you try to catch a train on 24th of December, you may have difficulty in finding a seat. This is the day when many people are travelling home to be with their families on Christmas Day, 25th December. For most British families, this is the most important festival of the year, it combines the Christmas celebration of the birth of Christ with the traditional festivities of winter.
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1. holy
2. important
3. strange
4. British

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Christmas Day (Xmas), a Christian holy day held on December 25th in honour of the birth of Christ, is usually an official holiday. It is marked by special church services, gift-giving and feasting. Most churches have Christmas Eve services.
Christmas is a family holiday. Stores, post offices, banks and business houses close for the day. Schools and colleges close between Christmas and New Year’s Day. The people stay at home and spend the time with their families.
People send cards or Christmas greetings to family and friends, away from home. They wish their friends “a merry Christmas” and “a happy New Year”.
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A Christian holy day held on December 25th in honour of the birth of Christ, is usually ______________.

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At midnight on 31st December throughout Great Britain people celebrate the coming of the new year, by holding hands in a large circle and singing the song: “For auld lang syne”. “For auld lang syne” means “in memory of past times” and the words were written by Scotland’s most famous poet, Robert Burns. New Year’s Eve is more important festival in Scotland than it is in England, and it even has a special name. It is not clear where the word “Hogmanay” comes from, but it is connected with provision of food and drink for all visitors to your home on 31st December.
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1. large
2. famous
3. important
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Each year, hundreds of thousands of people all over the world send and receive Christmas cards. But have you ever wondered when and where the first card was produced? You might think that exchanging cards at Christmas is a very ancient custom - in fact it is barely 100 years old.
The idea of exchanging illustrated greetings and presents is, however, ancient. The Egyptians gave each other symbolic gifts such as inscribed scarabs to celebrate the New Year, while the Romans exchanged golden laurels or strenae (sometimes made of olive branches). Lamps bearing the inscription “May the New Year be happy and lucky for you” were also given.
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1. Christmas
2. ancient
3. symbolic
4. illustrated

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The first commercial Christmas card as such was produced in Britain in 1843 by Henry Cole, founder of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The hand-coloured print was inscribed with the words “A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You”. It was horizontally rectangular in shape, printed on stout cardboard by lithography. The design was divided into three parts by rustic poles and vines. The center part showed a family engaging in festivities of Christmas, while the two side panels showed scenes of Christmas charity. Space was left at the top to record the name of the recipient and at the bottom to record the name of the sender.
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1. Christmas
2. hand-coloured
3. three
4. rustic

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By 1880 the popularity of Christmas cards was such that manufacturers were able to offer more attractive rewards to artists engaged on designs, and thus provide an incentive to raise the artistic standards of the cards. In Britain, prices of several hundred pounds were offered for original designs, and many prominent artists of the time had their work reproducing on Christmas cards.
1880 was also the year in which the now familiar “Post early for Christmas” pleas were issued to the public by Postmaster - General. Since then, cards have progressed by leaps and bounds until the present day when we see the Christmas card not only being produced by manufacturers for profit, but also by charities for good causes.
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1. Christmas
2. attractive
3. artistic
4. original