4.British and American Festivals
Are the sentences true or false?
1. People always follow their good resolutions given on New Year’s Day. (…)
2. Christmas and Easter have a religious origin. (…)
3. Halloween, a holiday of Celtic origin, takes place on the eve of All Saints’ Day. (…)
4. American families celebrate Thanksgiving Day to commemorate the survival of their great ancestors. (…)
5. If there’s no chimney Santa Claus can’t get in. (…)
6. People dye eggs at Christmas. (…)
7. Friday before Easter is called "Holly Friday". (…)
8. In Britain the New Year is more popular than Christmas.(…)
9. People in Scotland mark St David’s Day, the patron saint of Scotland, on the 30 November. (…)
10. In Scotland Hogmanay is the biggest festival of the year. (…)
11. Saint Patrick is most known for driving the snakes from Ireland. (…)
12. At Halloween children give treats to people. (…)
13. A traditional May Day dance is known as May pole dancing. (…)
14. People don’t always sign their Valentine cards. (…)
15. British people have fireworks on 5th November because it’s the date when Guy Fawkes killed the King in 1605. (…)
16. The First Foot is the first visitor to enter the house on New Year’s morning. (…)