the two nations) Glasgow Fair - last two weeks in July The Glasgow Fair is a holiday during the last fortnight in July in the city of Glasgow‚ Scotland.’The Fair’ is the oldest of a number of similar holidays‚ dating from the 12th century. Until as recently as the 1960s‚ most local businesses and factories would close on ’Fair Friday’ and workers and their families would use the opportunity to travel for holidays in the local area‚ typically in the Firth of Clyde or Ayrshire coast.This practice
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certain meanings and beliefs associated with the cock character that most Asian people would believe. People born in the Cock year are deep thinkers‚ capable‚ and talented. They like to be busy‚ are devoted beyond their capabilities‚ and are deeply disappointed if they fail. Every country has big holidays and they are being celebrated differently from one country to another. In the United Stated‚ Christmas seems to be a biggest holiday where family gathers around homes and churches to celebrate the birth
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Christmas holiday Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin. The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or the Anglo-Saxon geōl‚ which referred to the feast of the winter solstice. The corresponding terms in other languages—Navidad in Spanish‚ Natale in Italian‚ Noël in French—all probably denote nativity. The German word Weihnachten denotes “hallowed night.” Since the early 20th century
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Nowadays‚ due to the rapid economic development all around the world‚ most of people begun to focus on the important of the hospitality and tourism‚ whether it is generated revenue for those businessman or those went away from home for vacation. Therefore‚ in 20th century people began to see the commercial value in hotels and led to the developments of large hotel chains. As a hotelier as well as a tourist‚ I have some idea would like to share with you on the below page‚ to discuss what is the
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values and traditions; even in the times of hardship people try harder to make these times special. All the traditional festivals are influenced by the concepts of religions and royal cultures. Among those plenty of holidays I will choose only the three most important celebrations to describe. Firstly‚ Water festival takes place in October or the beginning of November. Up to a million people from all over the country gather at the banks of Tunle Sap and Mekong rivers in Phnom Penh to watch hundreds of
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A holiday is a day designated as having special significance for which individuals‚ a government‚ or a religious group have deemed that observation is warranted. It is generally an official (more common) or unofficial observance of religious‚ national‚ or cultural significance‚ often accompanied by celebrations or festivities. Contents [hide] 1 Etymology 2 Regional meaning 2.1 Australia‚ Canada‚ UK 2.2 U.S.A. 3 Types of holiday (observance) 3.1 Religious holidays 3.2 Northern Hemisphere winter
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TET HOLIDAY; WHY IT IS IMPORTANT Many countries each have various holidays. There are unique ones only happening in a certain nation or region. There also are some celebrated by most people in the world. New Year’s Day is one of these. It can be celebrated on different dates in different ways‚ but it always is one of the most important occasions of a year. In Asia‚ New Year’s Day is a family holiday. After a whole busy year‚ working and travelling‚ this is time for people to come home‚ back to
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To Me To me holidays are more then just presents and food. They are truly family days. All the holidays are spent with the family. They not only call Thanksgiving just because the turkey but they call it because people give and take. That’s what they day is based on. Not to be selfish‚ that is how we celebrate the holidays. In many ways‚ a lot of thing in life are taken for granted. When you’re a young kid‚ it is all about the presents‚ but as you grow older you mature and come to the realization
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Section A: Analyse the strategic market environment of Saga Holidays Introduction Saga Holidays was a family-run business which started from year 1948. This business had steadily grown until nowadays. As a result‚ it has recognised reputation as a travel organiser that concentrated serving the older target market only. However‚ the chairman of the Saga Holidays had decided to retire in October 2004. Thus‚ he had sold the organisation to the Charterhouse with an incredible amount of £1.35bn
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MDH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL DWARKA LAST WORKING DAY – SATURDAY‚ 18 MAY 2013 SCHOOL REOPENS ON – MONDAY‚ 1 JULY 2013 [pic] HOLIDAY HOMEWORK CLASS –IX ENGLISH 1.Read the novel ‘Three Men in a Boat’(TERM-I).Make a book jacket on a hand made sheet and write the summary of the novel.Also write the critical analysis of the novel throwing light on the themeof the plot. 2.Take any three characters from the novel and write their character sketch. 3. Find out 40 new words from the
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