Contents

　　I. Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------1

　　II. Several kinds of the origin of festivals in English-speaking Countries--------1

　　1. Religious and Customary-------------------------------------------------------------1

　　1.1 Christmas----------------------------------------------------------------------------2

　　1.2 Boxing Day--------------------------------------------------------------------------2

　　1.3 Easter Sunday ----------------------------------------------------------------------2

　　1.4 Halloween----------------------------------------------------------------------------3

　　1.5 New Year's Day -------------------------------------------------------------------4

　　1.6 All fool's day------------------------------------------------------------------------5

　　1.7 Thanksgiving Day------------------------------------------------------------------5

　　2. Memorial--------------------------------------------------------------------------------7

　　2.1 For great peoples-------------------------------------------------------------------8

　　2.2 For great events--------------------------------------------------------------------10

　　3. Brought in by immigrant------------------------------------------------------------11

　　Ⅲ.The festivals’ influence on people’s daily life in English-speaking countries.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12

　　1.Activities on the festivals' day. ---------------------------------------------------12

　　1.1 Christmas party, songs and Christmas Eve dinner --------------------------12

　　1.2 Boxing Day sporting events-----------------------------------------------------13

　　1.3 Lent during Easter Day ----------------------------------------------------------13

　　1.4 Parties and religious observances on New Year's Day ----------------------14

　　1.5 Activities associated with Halloween Day ------------------------------------14

　　2. Various gifts on festivals -----------------------------------------------------------15

　　3. Decorations on festivals ------------------------------------------------------------16

　　4. Family gatherings and holiday meals--------------------------------------------17

　　Ⅳ The western culture features from the point view of the festivals of English-speaking countries.--------------------------------------------------------------18

　　1.The heavy influence on people’s daily life from religion.----------------------18

　　2.The culture has an obvious special feature of city-originality-------------------18

　　Ⅴ.Conclusion--------------------------------------------------------------------------------18