Contents
I. Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------1
II. Several kinds of the origin of festivals in English-speaking Countries--------1
1. Religious and Customary-------------------------------------------------------------1
1.1 Christmas----------------------------------------------------------------------------2
1.2 Boxing Day--------------------------------------------------------------------------2
1.3 Easter Sunday ----------------------------------------------------------------------2
1.4 Halloween----------------------------------------------------------------------------3
1.5 New Year's Day -------------------------------------------------------------------4
1.6 All fool's day------------------------------------------------------------------------5
1.7 Thanksgiving Day------------------------------------------------------------------5
2. Memorial--------------------------------------------------------------------------------7
2.1 For great peoples-------------------------------------------------------------------8
2.2 For great events--------------------------------------------------------------------10
3. Brought in by immigrant------------------------------------------------------------11
Ⅲ festivals’ influence on people’s daily life in English-speaking countries.-------------------------------------------------------------12
