holidays Archives - British Slang Dictionary

Butlin’s

Butlin's is the British holiday camp: a fenced resort by the sea containing accommodation, restaurants, swimming pools, theatres, funfairs and…

The British seaside holiday was created by the railways. Before the 1840s the coast was for fishing and for the…

Easter is the most important festival in the Christian year and, in Britain, the second biggest holiday after Christmas. Unlike…

Pancake Day is the British name for Shrove Tuesday, the day before the start of Lent. Its purpose was practical:…

Christmas is the biggest event in the British year by a considerable margin, and its shape is remarkably consistent across…

Boxing Day is the 26th of December, a full public holiday, and one of the more genuinely puzzling British exports…

Britain has fewer public holidays than almost any comparable country — eight a year in England and Wales, against eleven…