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09 Holidays and Celebrations

In Hungary, major family celebrations include birthdays, name days, Christmas, and Easter, with birthdays typically celebrated on weekends with family gatherings and gifts. Christmas Eve is particularly significant, featuring a festive dinner and church service, while Easter involves family time and a unique tradition of water sprinkling between genders. In England, Christmas traditions include hanging socks for presents and a festive dinner, with Boxing Day dedicated to sports and shopping.

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09 Holidays and Celebrations

In Hungary, major family celebrations include birthdays, name days, Christmas, and Easter, with birthdays typically celebrated on weekends with family gatherings and gifts. Christmas Eve is particularly significant, featuring a festive dinner and church service, while Easter involves family time and a unique tradition of water sprinkling between genders. In England, Christmas traditions include hanging socks for presents and a festive dinner, with Boxing Day dedicated to sports and shopping.

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Holidays and celebrations

In Hungary the greatest family celebrations include birthdays, name days, wedding anniversaries, Mother’s
Day, Christmas and Easter.

Birthdays are usually celebrated at the weekend, so that not only the immediate family but also those
relatives who live far away can come. There is a big dinner or lunch after which the celebrated member of
the family blows out the candles on the cake and gets presents.

In Hungary women are usually given flowers and chocolates on their name days, while men get a bottle of
wine from family members.

As for Christmas the festive season begins at Advent. During this time, holly wreaths are made with candles.
The most important day in Hungary is Christmas Eve when the family comes together for the Christmas
dinner. The traditional dishes are fish soup, stuffed cabbage, and poppy seed. On this day the Christmas tree
is decorated with sweets, brightly coloured lights and glass ornaments and then Christmas presents are
placed under it. At midnight a lot of families go to church for the midnight service. On Christmas Day
relatives visit each other and have lunch together.

In England the festive season begins at Advent as well, but before Christmas Day children hang up their
socks at the head of their bed for Father Christmas, also called Santa Claus, to put presents in. In England
the most important day is Christmas Day, at this time families have dinner together. The meal usually starts
with Christmas crackers, which contain a small gift, joke and a paper hat. Christmas dinner usually consist
of roast turkey, potatoes and vegetables followed by a plum pudding, mince pies or Christmas cake. A
traditional feature of Christmas afternoon is the Queens Christmas Message which broadcast on TV and
radio at 3 o’clock. On 26 December, Boxing Day, families usually watch sports and play board games or go
shopping, because this is the first day of the winter sales.

At Easter, in Hungary, similarly to other parts of the Christian World, people celebrate the Resurrection, that
is, the rising of Jesus Christ from the tomb three days after his crucifixion. Easter is a two-day holiday when
Easter Sunday is spent with the family and on Easter Monday girls and women stay at home and expect boys
to sprinkle them with water or parfume. The boys get chocolate or painted eggs in return. Typical Easter
food includes ham, eggs and cold pork.

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