Suppose you want to go to Wales for a vacation in the summer, where would you go, why would you go there. It should be somewhere lots of people go so that there is a tourist industry.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and locals as well as tourists go to Wine Country for day trips, over night, and week long stays. Something like that would be

1. Let's talk about lobster tanks. The kind like this, where you have a bunch of live lobsters in view at a store or a restaurant, and sufficiently wealthy patrons choose the specific one that they would like to eat. Where in England (like, do you know of any specific restaurant/grocery stores?) might one find one of these, and how long have they ( Read more... )

( Questions about Christmas and Christmas-related things.* )

1. Would Valentine's Day (as a mushy lovely commercialized sort of thing) have been noticeable enough in the mid 40s for a young Voldemort to bother hating it, or would hating it be the rough equivalent of passionately hating Labor Day in the modern US (which silly because... seriously, no one likes/celebrates Labor Day ( Read more... )

What would a traditional Christmas dinner consist of for the Malfoy family during Draco's childhood? I know that traditionally there is turkey or goose, ham or roast beef, steamed veggies, roast potatoes and Christmas pudding, but I am curious about the variations of preparation, and possible other dishes that might be served. Would there be a ( Read more... )

Hey, and I’m here again! I LOVE this community; you people are amazing with the speedy, comprehensive answers!

So, I’d like to know if there’s any such custom involving kickers (or any lingerie) on the New Year.

In some South American countries, the colour of the bra and kickers worn at midnight on New Year’s Eve is believed to influence your luck in ( Read more... )

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I'm curious, for Christmas, is it fairy lights for the lights and ornaments? Or are they called something else? Would it be considered a Christmas tree when one gets it for the first time, or is it called what the tree is? Like pine tree, etc?

ETA: Thanks for the information, everyone. It's appreciated very much.

Hi! My question is short, but I couldn't find it aywhere else.

I know British English uses "holiday" where Americans use "vacation".

Would Harry ever say "I'll go on a vacation" or is it always "I'll go on a holiday"?

Thanks!

ETA: Holiday it is, then. Thank you! :D

Around what date in December do people begin to think about Christmas? Do they have Christmas parties or send cards before the holiday? (The holidays begin in my husbands home country in Latin America on Christmas eve for instance.) When are the stores decorated for Christmas and at what point do people shop or say Merry Chrismas? At school ( Read more... )