In the UK, the 26th of December is a public holiday known as Boxing Day…
Category: UK Festivals/Holidays
Hats and Horse Races: Royal Ascot
When you’re in the train station and see lots of women wearing fancy hats and men in top hats and tails, it can mean only one thing: It’s time for the Royal Ascot horse races…
Happy Holidays & Christmas Crackers
I just love the festive, Christmas season. The sights, sounds, and smells always seems to lift my spirits…
British Royals and Swans
British kings and queens and their long relationship with swans…
British Christmas Panto
It’s Panto Time! One of my favorite Christmas traditions in the UK is going to see a panto. A pantomime (or panto for short)…
British Christmas Pudding and Pie
Christmas pudding and mince pies are found in the United States and other countries, but they just don’t have the same holiday importance that they do in Britain…
Guy Fawkes Finally has his Day
Remember, remember the 5th of November…A British revolutionary executed in 1605 comes back as the face of the Anonymous movement.