England Christmas

by Taide Citlalli García Garduño

The Christmas in England is one of the most important celebrations in the year. I researched that the first Christmas postcard was sending in 1840 and since 1840 every Christmas all the people send another people or their families a postcard. These postcards are making only for Christmas because theirs decoration is in order to celebrate the Christmas.   

The Christmas tree was very popular because the Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband, inserted one into of the castle in 1840. Since 1840 Norway every Christmas presents to UK a big Christmas tree.

Also is very popular that the children present to their families or other people Christmas tales and sing Christmas carol. The Christmas carols also are singing for special groups in days before of the Christmas to the whole neighbours.

The children have a special tradition because they hang a big red sock on the fireplace, in order to Santa Clause fills with gifts and candies.

In the Christmas day many families give to their families gifts, and the families goes to church and pray.

In the Christmas dinner, the people frequently eat roast turkey, duck, or chicken with dressing and potatoes. In addition, there are pasties of meat and pudding. The pudding has to prepare weeks before of the Christmas dinner. In England there is a Christmas cake, this cake is makes with fruits, marzipan and glass sugar.

Other tradition are Christmas cookies; they were inventing in 1846 by a baker in London, these cookies are seeming to a big, large and bright candy, but into has a gift.

However, the most important tradition for the people in UK is the “Queen`s message” because is transmitting for television and radio. 

The Big Ben

by Yoana (Onix) Escamilla Santoyo

This famous tower, best known as The Big Ben clock tower, is located in London. Investigators say that it was called because of its clock’s hour bell, the largest clock bell. The others are used as quarter bells, some others say that Benjamin was the name of the first commissioner of works and it was named in his honor.

The importance of this clock is the largest in Great-Britain and English people see it, as a symbol of London. Everybody trust completely on it, it has rarely failed during its long life, “rarely” because it is said that once, it stopped, this happened during the cleaning and maintenance of the clock, it did not work  about 6 weeks  but after that, it has not stopped .

Indeed, it is one of the first attractions in London, tourists go in there just to admire the structure of this tower, and however the interior of the tower is not opened to visitors.

The engineering of the clock is amazing, it is protected from the different changes of the hard weather and because of that it is so famous and reliable. The dials are beautiful, at the base of each clock dial, it’s an inscription on gilt letters is the Latin inscription: “Domine salvam fac reginam nostram victoriam primam” which means “Oh lord, keep safe our queen Victoria the first”.

The Big Ben is at the north end of the palace of Westminster and believe it or not, the clock you see nowadays it is not the first one.

Long time ago the old palace of Westminster was destroyed after a terrible event, it burnt  completely and  this happened during the kingdom of king Edward I , who after that invited an overall architects in a commission  to select the best to do the new parliament built it in a neo-gothic style.

The Big Ben is also part of the traditions in London, the sounds of its bells are always the entry of the New year. If you live in London you cannot miss it .I would like to go there one day and start a new year with the sound of the bells of The Big Ben.


References:
http://www.parliament.uk/bigben
Big Ben: The Great Clock and the Bells at the Palace of Westminster :By Chris McKay
Publisher:   Oxford University Press, USA Number Of Pages:   288 Publication Date:   2010-06-11 ISBN-10 / ASIN:   0199585695 ISBN-13 / EAN:   9780199585694

More PDF: http://pdfebooksfreedownload.com/2010/09/big-ben-the-great-clock-and-the-bells-at-the-palace-of-westminster.html#ixzz1x4ldaFLX

The Tea in England

By Viridiana Juárez Marín

In England, the tea is one of the most famous drinks; It is strange, because this kind of plant does not grow in this site. However people say that in 1658 a person from London, called Thomas Garraway, posted in a newspaper all the benefits that this drink had and the importance that the tea had for Chinese people. In 1662 King Carlos II married Cataline who was a Portuguese princess; She really liked to drink tea, so people consider her to be the person who introduce the tea in the British court.

Around of the 18^th century the popularity about the tea was more famous than other kind of drink, the consumption was so big. There were about 6.379 tonnes of tea, in that time the tea was drinking in different times during the day, however in most cases the tea was drinking at night instead of the afternoon like now English people do. The “AFTERNOON TEA” is executed and attributed for first time by duchess Bedford because people say that when she was ill, one day in the afternoon, she ask her servants for some tea and snacks, after she ate and drank the tea, she felt better, that was the reason she decided to do the same thing but inviting some of her friendships to taste the tea together. So to consume those things in the afternoon got a high popularity for all the people.

In the society of English people, there were different ways and habits to eat lunch, for the high class the lunch is taking at midday and the dinner at 8:00 p.m. while the lower class take their lunch at 11:00 a.m. and the dinner at 7:00 p.m.

If we returned into the history we could find that the tea has taken an important place in some nations. I mean the tea was one of the movements in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government, where people from Massachusetts got their freedom through the movement called “BOSTON TEA PARTY”, American people knew the importance about this drink, thus to demonstrate their unconformity respect to the high taxes, they decided to wore like Indians and board the ships which have all the boxes with tea, then they throw the big boxes full of tea in the Boston Harbor.

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Nowdays “the afternoon tea” is a custom for English people, where they enjoy drinking tea and eating some snacks between 2pm and 5pm. This space is destined to relax staying this time with their friendships because they can talk, share, and enjoy each other.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Zuñiga Sergio, THIS IS U.S. Edit. Cobrica, pp.21-23

http://www.cocinavino.com/ensusalsa/reportajes/te.html.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_(meal)#Afternoon_tea

http://www.cocinavino.com/ensusalsa/reportajes/te.html.html

http://te.innatia.com/c-historia-te/a-cultura-te-reino-unido.html

http://www.southfloridafoodandwine.com/2012/03/afternoon-tea-at-the-chesterfield-palm-beach.html

England TEA TIME

By Jazmín Montoya Salazar

 

One of the most typical and popular traditions in England, is the so-called "tea time". It is a tradition and a ritual. The currently known as "Tea for 5" or "Afternoon tea" did not begin to be as such until the early nineteenth century.

The story goes that one afternoon in 1830, Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, asked them to bring her some tea room and a light snack. At that time in England the food was usually served very early and not take anything again until dinner at 8 or 9 at night. The Duchess liked it, so much this time of ingestion of the drink she decided to repeat it every evening. Anna was inviting their friends to take tea with her.

Over the years this innocent occasional snack became a tradition, practiced by the aristocracy and upper classes, which gave sumptuous and elegant "tea parties", usually between 3 and 5 pm, following the beverage with a light to itching, some pasta and sandwiches. No however today there are a variety of pastas fresh ,and salt which is usually associated with a typical English tea. No doubt, a tradition Made in England.

 

High Tea is often a misconception. Most people refer to afternoon tea as high tea because they think it sounds regal and lofty, when in all actuality, high tea, or "meat tea" is dinner. High tea, in Britain, at any rate, tends to be on the heavier side. American hotels and tea rooms, continue to misunderstand and offer tidbits of fancy pastries and cakes on delicate china when they offer a "high tea."

 

Afternoon tea (because it was usually taken in the late afternoon) is also called "low tea" because it was usually taken in a sitting room or withdrawing room where low tables (like a coffee table) were placed near sofas or chairs generally in a large withdrawing room. There are three basic types of Afternoon, or Low Tea:

Cream Tea - Tea,scones, jam and cream.

Light Tea - Tea, scones and sweets.

Full Tea - Tea, savories, scones, sweets and dessert.

In England, the traditional time for tea was four or five o'clock and no one stayed after seven o'clock. Most tea rooms today serve tea from three to five o'clock. The menu has, also changed from tea, bread, butter and cakes, to include three particular courses served specifically in this order:

Savories - Tiny sandwiches or appetizers.

Scones - Served with jam and Devonshire or clotted cream.

Pastries - Cakes, cookies, shortbread and sweets.

PUB IN ENGLAND MORE THAN ….. IT IS

By Laura Antolin Antolin

A pub is a place where a lot of people that live in England usually go. These kind of places are very popular because exist a lot of these in the country. This place offers food, drinks (the most popular type of beer is called Ale) and also the opportunity to talk with your friends. The atmosphere is amazing maybe you can feel great at your stay. The decorations in these places are with wood furniture.

 

The pubs not only offer beer that is the most popular drink in England, it offers a lot of activities to do there. The owner of this kind of places think that the people that frequently stay in the pub need some distraction, and to have a funny time also the people will feel relax and comfortable. Some of the things that you could do in this place are to play chess or the game called Aunt  Sally that consist into throw stones to a dummy, this kind of game it´s funny for the people because the dummy that receives the stones represent a important figure in the social, or political world. The other traditional game the questions and answers where all who wants to participate could make it, in this game there isn’t a prize only the people know who the most intelligent person are.

But that is not all; it’s important to know that this kind of place have different rules the most essential are the schedule of the lunch after two the place can’t serve, if you go to the pub you have to carry your drinks to your table, and the function of the people that work in the pub is to carry the food to your place, the food is not very expensive it depends that you want to eat also you have not to leave baksheesh because the service it’s not  like a restaurant. Their famous and traditional beers are served at temperature of the ambient it means that the beers are in midpoint not cold and with a little foam.

You can know that the pub represents more than a place to eat or  drink you can also meet new people and forget that you have to work very hard because the atmosphere in this places are amazing.

REFERENCES:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pub
http://www.euroresidentes.com/viajes/paises/inglaterra_reino_unido/pubs_en_inglaterra.htm
http://vocatic.com/los-pubs-rurales-de-inglaterra

 

British People Like Their Newspapers

By Selene Cid Montoya

About 70 percent of British people read a national newspaper every day and many also read a local newspaper. There are two main types of daily newspaper in Britain. The “broadsheets” contain national and International news and pages on topics such as money, the arts and travel. They are aimed at the educated reader.

Thought to give serious accounts of the news and reports on business matters and so on. You can read articles dealing with international news, the economy, politics, the arts, culture, daily life, sports, and it has a television guide. There are few colour pages during the weekend.

These are the four daily broadsheets:

The Times is very old, it started in 1785. It sells about 680,000 copies a day and it costs 50 pence.

The Guardian started in 1821, in Manchester. (Most newspapers started in London). It sells about 325,000 copies a day and it costs 55 pence.

The Daily Telegraph sells more copies than the others about 975,000 a day, and it costs 60 pence. It started in 1855.

The independent only began in 1986. It sells about 205,000 copies a day and it costs 60 pence.

Tabloids” contain national news but not a lot of international news, and they have a lot of pages on sport and the lives of famous people. The tabloids are more popular than the broadsheets.

The Daily Mail started in 1896 and it sells about 2,422,000 copies a day now. It costs 40 pence.

The Daily Express started in 1900. It sells about 878,000 copies a day and costs 40 pence.

The Daily Mirror started in 1903. It costs 35 pence and sells about 2,200,000 copies a day.

The Sun is quite new it started in 1964 but it is really popular. It sells about 3,452,000 copies a day. It costs 30 pence.

These are some newspaper that the British people read.

Bibliography:

http://www.mediaonline.net/es/reinounido/inglaterra/periodicos/16
http://www.mirror.co.uk/  
http://www.streathamguardian.co.uk/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ 
http://www.independent.co.uk/      
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/       
http://www.express.co.uk/home 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ 
(there are some websites where you can find newspapers to read).

 

 

 

 

 

 

London Eye

By Yessica Yazmin Cruz Resendiz

Visiting in the London Eye is an amazing experience!!!

The London Eye was opened on New Year’s Eve 1999 to celebrate the Millennium. It is 135 meters high, and from the top you can see all of London.

This is the most popular trip for the tourist in the United Kingdom. It is located in the London Borough of Lambeth at the western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the south Bank of the River Thames between Westminster Bridge and Hungerford Bridge.

On a clear day you can see Windsor Castle, which is 40 kilometers away. The London eye has 32 capsules, in every capsule can trip 25 people, if you stay inside of this capsules you can walk around it, this is because you may see all the places that there are in England, you should go to London, you couldn`t lose this experience, it`s so amazing that you have never been, it`s a moment in a million years.

Each trip lasts 30 minutes, the London Eye moves quite slowly, at a speed of about 15 meters a minute, but it never stops.

In the picture you can imagine more less what is the experience but you need to stay there, if you want to feel the emotion that there is when you see all around in the capsule of the London Eye.

Remember this is one of the opportunities that you will have if you visit London, and don`t forget to bring camera before you arrive the London Eye.

Note:

Opening hours: Daily 10.00 am to 8.00 pm, and from May until September to 9.00 pm.

THE LONDON EYE

By Ana Laura Alcántara González

 

The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel. It is situated on the banks of the River Thames, in London, England. The structure is 135 meters tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 meters

 

This place is an excellent attraction in London where you want to see more about England and all its beautiful places and art.

 

The London Eye is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe, and the most popular. It is very visited by over 3.5 million people "the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel".

 

The London Eye was officially called the British Airways London but since 20 January 2011 its official name is the EDF Energy London Eye following a three-year sponsorship deal. A long time this place changes according to the in a condition of the place, but It doesn’t change its aspect. I recommend it because is an incredible and wonderful place.

 

The London Eye was formally opened by the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on 31 December 1999, although it was not opened to the public until 9 March 2000 because of technical problems, Since 1 January 2005, the Eye has been the focal point of London's New Year celebrations. I think that is a great experience, where you will look all London since the height.

 

On 12 August 2009 the London Eye saw another re-brand, this time calling it "The Merlin Entertainments London Eye" where show Merlin Entertainments' ownership. A new logo was designed for the attraction this time taking the actual form of an eye made out of London's famous landmarks.

 

Imagine in this moment that you are in London eye and you can see everything and a wonderful landscape.

 

This place can be use for an special occasion.