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British traditional festivals contents: 1. 新年（New Year’s Day）：每年1月1号。 2. 情人节（Valentine’s Day）：每年2月14日。 3.圣帕特里克节 （St. Patrick’s Day）:每年3月17日。 4．耶酥受难日（Good Friday）：复活节前一周的星期五。  5．复活节（Easter/Easter Sunday）：春分月圆后的第一个星期日。 6．愚人节（April Fool）：每年4月1日。 7.五月节 (May Day)：每年5月1日。 8. 母亲节(Mothers day ), 5月第二个星期日 。 9．万圣节（Halloween）：10月31日。 10. 圣诞节（Christmas Day）：每年12月25日。 New Years Day Valentine’s day Saint Patricks Day St. Patricks Day , colloquially St. Paddys Day or Paddys Day, is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick (circa 385–461 AD), one of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on March 17. Good Friday Good Friday is the Friday before Easter (Easter always falls on a Sunday). It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus at Calvary. Original Events of Good Friday . Easter Labor Day Mother’s Day Halloween Thank you~ * New Years Day is an international festival. It is the day when the earth has circled the sun for one round and is beginning another circling. It represents a new beginning when people send off the old days and welcome the new ones. February 14 is Valentines Day.It is celebrated as a lovers holiday today,with the giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts between couples in love.Valentines Day has roots in several different legends that have found their way to us through the ages. February 14 was also a Roman holiday, held in honor of a goddess. Young men randomly chose the name of a young girl to escort to the festivials. Throughout the ages, people also believed that birds picked their mates on February 14! Easter, anniversary of the Resurrection of Christ, observed on the first Sunday after a full moon on or after 21 March. The white Easter lily has come to capture the glory of the holiday. The word Easter is named after Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox （春分）. 　　 　　In the 16 th century, people ce