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WHAT IS A FREEGAN?

sábado, marzo 03, 2012 | Posted by Chus. English.

Freegans are people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. Freegans embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed.
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SPORTS PLAYED IN BRITAIN

miércoles, noviembre 09, 2011 | Posted by Chus. English.

Sports play an important part in the life in Britain and is a popular leisure activity.

SPORTS IN BRITAIN

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Valentines Day in Australia

jueves, febrero 10, 2011 | Posted by Chus. English.

Valentine's Day is a much-celebrated festival in Australia and its popularity is said to be increasing by the year. About 90 per cent of the people in the age group of 18-24 and 45 per cent of people above 50 are said to celebrate the day. People in Australia utilize Valentine's Day festival as an opportunity to strengthen bonds of love with family, friends, colleagues and neighbors with simple acts of love.

Valentines Day Celebrations in History
Valentine's Day Festival has a history of extravagant celebrations in Australia. It is said that during the Australian gold rush period miners became extremely rich due to the new wealth found from the Ballarat Mines. These miners ordered extravagant Valentines amounting to thousands of pounds at a time. Some of the most lavish Valentines were made of a satin cushion and were perfumed and ornately decorated with flowers and colored shells. Some were even adorned with taxidermied humming bird or bird of paradise. This valuable treasure used to be kept in a neatly decorated box.

Valentines Day Tradition in Australia
Just as in several other countries, people in Australia celebrate Valentine's Day by presenting cards and flowers to loved ones. While exchanging paper cards is a common way of greeting Valentine's Day these days more and more people are using SMS and e-mail medium to express their love for loved ones. Surveys reveal that men in Australia are more romantic and open about expressing their love as compared to Australian women. Men in Australia buy more cards than women do.

List of Valentine's Day Songs

The Power of Love

- Celine Dion

A Million Love Songs
A Promise I Make
I Am Making Valentines
H-E-A-R-T
Special Friend
I'm a Little Valentine
A verse by Michael Drayton
The Words are Those of a Rural Woman - John Gay
My Valentine
A Hug from you
Valentine Valentine
Every thing I do by Bryan Adams
Nothing gonna change by Glen Madeiros
Quit playing games with my heart by Backstreet Boys

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NEW YEAR'S EVE

jueves, diciembre 30, 2010 | Posted by Chus. English.

New Year’s Eve.
The 31st of December. New Year is usually a time to meet friends rather than family, as Xmas is the family time. For people who are at home, there are always variety shows on TV that count down to the New Year. Other New Year traditions include the chimes of BIG BEN, PARTY POPPERS and
AULD LANG SYNE.

Trafalgar Square.
The square in front of the National Gallery in London with Nelson’s Column in it. It is the venue of the most famous public New Year’s party in England.

Party poppers.
A piece of cardboard with string hanging out of it and streamers (long strips of coloured paper) and a small explosive charge inside. When you pull the string, the gunpowder explodes with a bang and the paper flies out over the room. These are often pulled at midnight on New Year’s Eve.

Fireworks.
Rockets that explode in the air, making beautiful coloured lights. Some local governments provide a firework display to celebrate the New Year, especially during a big celebration such as the new millennium.

How do you celebrate NEW YEAR'S EVE?

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THANKSGIVING

miércoles, noviembre 24, 2010 | Posted by Chus. English.

THANKSGIVING has come and you may not know what it is all about.Well, I am giving you some fast facts:

1. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October in Canada.
2. By the fall of 1621 only half of the pilgrims, who had sailed on the Mayflower, survived. The survivors, thankful to be alive, decided to give a thanksgiving feast. The Plymouth Pilgrims were the first to celebrate the Thanksgiving.
3. The Pilgrim leader, Governor William Bradford, had organized the first Thanksgiving feast in the year 1621 and invited the neighboring Wampanoag Indians also to the feast.
4. The first Thanksgiving feast was held in the presence of around ninety Wampanoag and it lasted three days.

5. President George Washington issued the first national Thanksgiving Day Proclamation in the year 1789 and again in 1795.
6. Sarah Josepha Hale, an editor with Ladies’ Magazine, started a Thanksgiving campaign in 1827. Due to her efforts, in 1863 Thanksgiving was observed as a day for national thanksgiving and prayer.
7. Abraham Lincoln issued a 'Thanksgiving Proclamation' on third October 3, 1863 and officially set aside the last Thursday of November as the national day for Thanksgiving. Before President Lincoln made this happen, each president used to make an annual proclamation to specify the day when Thanksgiving was to be held.
8. President Franklin D. Roosevelt restored Thursday before last of November as Thanksgiving Day in the year 1939. He did so to make the Christmas shopping season longer which would stimulate the economy.
9. Congress passed an official proclamation in 1941 and declared that Thanksgiving would be observed as a legal holiday on the fourth Thursday of November every year.
10.Traditional foods like turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie are served by many on Thanksgiving Day.