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