Easter is one of the most important Christian holidays. The exact date of the holiday changes from year to year but it usually falls on April.
Preparation for Easter starts seven weeks before the actual holiday. It’s called the advent of Lent. Many Christian people don’t eat meat and animal products during this period. The week before Easter is quite busy because people start thoroughly preparing for the holiday.
The traditions of Easter celebration vary from country to country. For example, in our country the Sunday before Easter is called a Willow Sunday. On this day people bring home some willow branches which have been blessed in church. Thursday before Easter is called Clean Thursday. Traditionally people should bathe before sunrise on this day. Houses and flats should be cleaned too.
There is also a Good Friday. It’s the day when women bake Easter bread called “paska” or “paskha”. On Saturday children dye Easter eggs, which are called “pysankas”. In the evening people go to church for the Easter mass, which lasts all night. Sunday is the actual day of Easter. People visit each other on this day and exchange colourful “pysankas”.
In English-speaking countries the official symbol of this holiday is Easter bunny. Children are especially fond of this day because they get lots of chocolate and fluffy bunnies as a present.
Объяснение:
it’s impossible to imagine our life without mass media. tv, radio, newspapers, magazines are everywhere. around us all the time, they have a strong influence on our mood, feelings, ideas, attitudes to life and politics. but the mass media offer both advantages and disadvantages.firstly, we always get the latest news, to say nothing of the fact that we can get everything we want from the internet in a few minutes. secondly, weather forecasts can warn of different natural disasters; so the mass media help people to avoid harm and losses. then, there is the possibility of having a good time: it’s wonderful to relax sitting in an armchair in front of the screen or reading some newspapers. nowadays, lots of entertaining, female, musical and fashion magazines, and different tv and radio programs, help us to relax. but there are some drawbacks of the mass media.sometimes i look at various newspapers and magazines, watch tv-news, and i suppose the main disadvantage of them is the amount of negative information they portray. watching the news we learn primarily about wars, crimes, disasters and accidents. i find gossip another minus of the mass to cut a long story short, all the negative and false information can cause stress and a bad mood. and finally, tv and computers have a harmful effect on people. the majority of teenagers don’t read books and never visit theatres. i want to add that tv and computers can spoil one’s health.
