There are many national holidays in the world, when people all over the country has free time and have special celebrations. For example in Russia the major holidays

is: New Year’s Day, Victory Day. The first holiday of the year is New Year’s Day.

People can meet new year at midnight on the 31st of December. They greet the

new year with champagne and listen to the Kremlin chimes beating 12 o’clock.

There are lots of New Year traditions in RRussia. In every home there is a New Year

EVE glittering with colour lights and decorations. Children always wait for Santa Clause to come and give them a present. Many people consider New Year’s Day to

be a family holiday. But the young prefer to have New Year parties of their own.

The greatest national holiday in our country is Victory Day. On the 9lh of May,

1945, the Soviet Army and its allies completely defeated the German fascists and <

the Second World War ended. A lot of guests from different countries of the world

came to Moscow to participate in the celebrations. There are fewer public holidays

in Great Britain than in other European countries. They are: Christmas Day, NNew

Year’s Day, Easter Monday, Spring Bank Holiday. Public holidays in Britain arc

called bank holidays, because the banks as well as most of the offices and shops

are closed. The most popular holiday is Christmas. Every year the people of

Norway give the city of London a present. It’s a big Christmas tree and it stands in Trafalgar Square. Central streets are beautifully decorated. The fun starts the night

before, on the 24th of December. Traditionally this is the day when people

decorate their trees. Children hang stockings at the end of their beds, hoping that

Father Christmas will come down the chimney during the night and fill them with

toys and sweets. New Year’s Day is less popular iin Britain than Christmas. But in

Scotland, Hogmanay is the biggest festival of the year. Besides public holidays

there are some special festivals in Great Britain. There are also smaller, local

festivals in Britain. Now a few words about holidays in Brazil. The most important

event in brazil – this a festival in Rio-de-Janeiro, which passes each year at the end

of February the beginning of March. The festival lasts 4 days and 4 night. In Rio

there are special sschools, which train the people to dance Samba and Lambada.

Each of these schools exposes on a holiday about 4000 dancers and 300

drummers. Other important event in Brazil in the year is ancient religious holiday

MACUMBA, which is celebrated by Brazilian in the new year eve. During this

holiday on sand of a beach KOPACABANA people place drinks and meal and

light candles thirsted in sand. People in the midnight throw in the water their gifts

and if ocean takes them, the year will be successful, but if it throws out on a coast,

the year will not present. In the different countries according to their traditions and

history, there is a set of various national holidays. To some up every issues holyday is good way to rest from everything and pay attention to yourself.