Read the text ‘Birthdays in Britain”
1) Birthday presents. On your birthday you get cards and presents from your family and friends. Parents often buy a big present like a bike or an MP3 player. Other people give toys, sweets, books, clothes, CDs, DVDs and things like that.
2) A birthday cake. People normally have a birthday party for their friends. There’s usually a birthday cake with one candle for each year of your age. The person with the birthday blows out the candles and makes a wish. Then everybody sings “Happy birthday!”
3) Places to take friends to on a birthday. People often have a party at their own home. Some older children don’t have a party. They take their friends to the cinema, a bowling alley or somewhere like that.
4) Name days in Hungary. My friend, Anna, in Hungary says that they have “name days” in their country, but we don’t have “name days”.
5) Giving flowers on name days and birthdays. Anna also says that people in Hungary give flowers on name days and birthdays. In Britain, we usually give flowers only to women. Cameron and I give flowers to our mum on her birthday.
New year in my family.
New Years is soon! New Year is the most wonderful holiday. Everyone loves him, and I am no exception. Everyone meets this main winter holiday in different ways, but they wish the same thing: happiness, good luck and health!
It is customary for our family to celebrate the New Year at home, in the circle of dear and close people. We are never bored together. On New Year's Eve, we begin to prepare for the celebration.
We decorate our tree and rooms with garlands, toys and tinsel. We take out a festive tablecloth and dishes. Every year, mom prepares a lot of tasty things for the festive table, there is always a dish with the symbol of the coming year.
1. It was Nurlan's birthday.
2. His birthday was on the 29th.