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

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