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Anglo saxons festivals

St. Patrick's Day.
In the recent past, St. Patrick's Day was celebrated only as a religious holiday. It became a public holiday in 1903, the "Bank Holiday" (Ireland) Act 1903, an Act of Parliament of Great Britain introduced by the Irish MP James O'Mara. O'Mara later introduced the law which stated that the bars need to be closed on March 17, which was made in the seventies. It's the annual holiday that celebrates Saint Patrick (386-493), the patron saint of Ireland, March 17. It is a national holiday in the Republic of Ireland (a custom event and not legal in Northern Ireland), Montserrat and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.El St. Patrick's Day is celebrated worldwide by all Irish and sometimes even by people who have no Irish ancestry. The celebration theme is usually all that is green and Irish, both Christian and non-Christians celebrate the feast regularly dressed in green, enjoy the food which includes Irish cabbage and Irish drink, and attending parades.
In some establishments can be seen that sells beer dyed green for the holiday.

	Halloween. It is a celebration from the Celtic culture that takes place primarily in the United States on the night of 31 octubre.La word Halloween is a derivation of the phrase All Hallow's Eve (Eve of Holy Day). The celebration was exported to the United States by Irish immigrants especially in the nineteenth century, more or less towards 1846. The expansive force of the culture of EE. UU. fact that Halloween has been popular in other countries.The children dress for the occasion and walk through the streets asking for candy from door to door. After calling at the door children uttered the phrase "trick or treated", "Sweet or trick" or "Trick or treat." If adults give them candy, money or other reward, is interpreted to have accepted the deal. If on the other refuse, the boys will spend a little joke, the most common throw eggs or shaving foam against the door.

Halloween.
It is a celebration from the Celtic culture that takes place primarily in the United States on the night of 31 octubre.La word Halloween is a derivation of the phrase All Hallow's Eve (Eve of Holy Day). The celebration was exported to the United States by Irish immigrants especially in the nineteenth century, more or less towards 1846. The expansive force of the culture of EE. UU. fact that Halloween has been popular in other countries.The children dress for the occasion and walk through the streets asking for candy from door to door. After calling at the door children uttered the phrase "trick or treated", "Sweet or trick" or "Trick or treat." If adults give them candy, money or other reward, is interpreted to have accepted the deal. If on the other refuse, the boys will spend a little joke, the most common throw eggs or shaving foam against the door.

The rabbit of Easter.
Its origin dates back to Anglo-Saxon pre-Christian holidays, when the rabbit was a symbol of fertility associated with the goddess Eastre, who was engaged in April. Gradually, it was this image including the Holy Week, and from the nineteenth century, began to produce dolls of sugar and chocolate in Germany. The Germans who emigrated to the U.S. introduced in this country the tradition of the Easter rabbit, which has evolved into an appointed day, equivalent to a visit from Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Easter morning the children awake to find whites are the gifts that the Easter bunny brings, often hidden in different places of the house and that they consist of baskets of sweets, chocolate rabbits, eggs, or chewing gum chocolate.