- is celebrated on 31st of December in the Gregorian calendar and is not a public holiday; people welcome the new year coming, they gather in public places or they go to parties and usually get drunk
Hogmanay - is the name given to New Year's Eve in Scotland; the custom called “First Footing” is still held and it means that a person who enters a house as the first in the new year is called first footer and he should carry a small piece of coal to bring luck; people go from door to door, visiting friends and relatives during which they give and receive small gifts, usually of food or drink, this is often followed by a gathering at one person's house where the festivities (including eating a haggis and drinking whisky, dancing and singing) continue
Pancake day (also Shrove Tuesday) - is not a holiday and is held the day before the Christian period of Lent (40 days before Easter) begins, people in Britain make and eat pancakes, they also hold races in tossing the pancakes while running
Easter - is celebrated between March 22 and April 25 and follows the Lent that begins on Ash wednesday; on Good Friday, Christians remember the crucifixion of Jesus and on Easter Sunday his resurection; people in Britain eat hot cross buns and children receive chocolate Easter eggs, but firstly they have to find them hidden in the garden; in CR we decorate real eggs and eat chocolate rabbits, and on Easter Monday we beat all girls with wooden sticks
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