Special Occasions

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Special Occasions
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Birthdays

• Birthday cake
• may be any kind of cake
• candles (is China the same?)
• Birthday song

Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy
birthday dear name Happy birthday to you
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Question

• If you are not a Christian and you have never
  been to a church, can you get married in one?
• Answer Yes (in some churches).

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Wedding

• Popular places for a wedding
• church (traditional)
• garden (a public garden, or at home)
• beach

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Wedding

• Important people
• bride the woman who is getting married
• groom the man who is getting married
• maid of honour assistant to the bride
• helps the bride to dress, etc
• best man assistant to the groom
• holds the wedding ring until its needed
• officiant the priest, etc who performs the
  marriage

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Question

• Who enters the church first, the bride or the
  groom?
• Answer the groom

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Wedding

• The ceremony
• guests enter and sit down
• groom and best man wait at the front
• the bride enters, and walks down the aisle with
  her father
• the officiant helps the bride and groom to speak
  the wedding vows
• at this time, the groom puts the wedding ring on
  the brides finger
• the bride may give the groom a ring too

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Wedding

• Receiving line
• the newlyweds and their parents stand in a line
  and greet all the guests one by one
• Reception (a meal)
• the best man makes a speech and toast
• often a humourous speech
• the newlyweds cut the wedding cake
• the newlyweds dance together

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Funerals

• The colour for a funeral black
• Can be religious or non-religious
• even if the person never went to church
• The body is washed and dressed and placed in a
  casket.
• Often the casket is left open, so that people
  arriving at the funeral can say goodbye.

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Funerals

• The main funeral ceremony
• in a church, etc
• usually somebody gives a eulogy (a speech about
  the person)
• The casket is driven in a black car to the
  cemetery.
• The casket is carried by pallbearers.
• some male friends and relatives
• Another short ceremony.