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.the festivals’ influence on people’s daily life in english-speaking countries.-------------------------------------------------------------12