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May the 8th

May the 8th is Armistice Day. It’s a bank holiday in France. We celebrate the end of World War II It commemorates of course the end of WWII and the victory of the French and their Allies against Nazi German...

May the first

It's labour day : people don't work and children don't go to school. We celebrate labour and people working. There are demonstrations in France...

FRENCH RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS

There are many religious celebrations in France and they are bank holidays : people don't work and children don't go to school : May 21st is Ascension Day May 31st is the Christian holy day of Pentecost August the 15th...

Labor Day

International Labour Day, or International Labour Solidarity Day, is an annual celebration on 1 May to commemorate and recognise the achievements of the working class. In Poland, this day is a statutory holiday. The holiday...

Easter in France

Easter will be on the 12 of April. This is the most celebrated festival. We have two days off work and school. People go to church on Sunday and have meals with families and on Monday, children go and look for eggs. We eat a...

Easter

In 325, during the Council of Nice, it was agreed that Easter would be celebrated on the first Sunday after the first spring full moon. It is the Paschal full moon and falls after 21 March. Easter therefore falls between 22...

Easter Holiday Traditions

Good Friday in Ireland Since medieval times, all bread baked on Good Friday was marked with a cross in remembrance of Christ's crucifixion on this day. The custom survives in the Hot Cross Buns we eat in modern times. On Easter...

St. Patricks Day

St Patrick's Day is a huge festival lasting a week, it falls on a Friday this year and is always a national holiday with most people knocking a whole weekend of fun out of it, with various multi-cultural and fun events for all...

International Women's Day

My students from the 5th grade from Scoala Gimnaziala Hodac from Romania have made PAPER CALLA LILIES as a gift for their mothers for the 8th of March. ...

Fat Thursday

Fat Thursday is on February 20 (in 2020).  Actually in Poland it’s called Fat Thursday. The tradition of celebrating Fat Thursday in Poland began in the 17th century. Fat Thursday begins the last week of the carnival. We...