Celebrations & Holidays Category
The stag do
A ‘stag do‘ is a get-together of a bridegroom and his male friends shortly before his wedding…
Mothering Sunday
The celebration of Mothering Sunday was firstly Christianised, then Americanised and finally commercialised into its present form.…
May Day
May Day is on 1st May and it is an ancient pagan celebration of the seasonal warming…
New Year’s Eve
Although some religions have shunned New Year’s Eve celebrations as heathen, it is a natural inclination to…
St. George’s Day
Saint George is the patron saint of England and St. George’s Day is on 23rd April. Unlike…
Lord Mayor’s Show
The Lord Mayor’s Show is the world’s oldest and longest street procession. It did not begin as…
Ada Lovelace and her Day
Ada Lovelace (1815-52) was the daughter of Romantic poet, Lord Byron, who left their home when she…
House-warming parties
A house-warming party (or flat-warming party) is not quite so common nowadays, when family members no longer…
Christmas Day
Christmas Day, on 25th December, is perhaps the biggest celebration of them all. It is one of…
Birthdays
The celebration of birthdays is naturally dependent upon having a calendar or being well-acquainted with astronomical configurations.…
Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday falls on the first Sunday after the full moon after the spring equinox, which means…
Talk Like A Pirate Day
There have been many gimmicky celebratory days concocted in recent times, but the International Talk Like A…