Flag of Scotland. St Andrew's Cross.
St Andrew's, the home of golf, is on the east coast of Scotland. The cathedral contains relics of St Andrew and the city is a 'university town'. That sounds odd, a contradiction in terms. In the UK we use the word town for a place with a small population, although technically a city is a place with a cathedral.
Problem
I associate St Andrew's Day with Scotland. But if you are running a club, you can also involve members and guests from Greece and Cyprus, Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Barbados and Tenerife, Germany and Austria.
Wikipedia says:
Saint Andrew's Day is the feast day of Saint Andrew. It is celebrated on 30 November.
Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Cyprus, Scotland, Greece, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople,[1] San Andres Island, Colombia, Saint Andrew, Barbados and Tenerife.
Saint Andrew's Day (Scots: Saunt Andra's Day, Scottish Gaelic: Là Naomh Anndrais) is Scotland's official national day. It is a national holiday in Romania (since 2015).
In Germany, the feast day is celebrated as Andreasnacht ("(St.) Andrew's Night"), in Austria with the custom of Andreasgebet ("(St.) Andrew's Prayer"), and in Poland as Andrzejki ("Andrew's (festivities)"), in Russia as Андреева ночь("Andrew's night").
What can you do for a Scotland theme celebration to make ex-pat Scots feel at home? Flags, kilts, maps, poetry, travelogues, national food and drink, national restaurants, patriotic poems and songs and films, stories of the saint, kings and queens, and heroes and heroines. The same goes for the other countries.
Scotland
Flag - St Andrew's Cross, white x shape cross on a blue background.
Food: Scottish shortbread. Drink: whisky; Irn Bru carbonated soft drink. Tartan. Pipers.
In preparation for the day:
Spoken Language
A wee dram. A small drink (of whisky). A euphemism for something strong you sip. (An American shot is different, a short alcoholic drink you would toss back.) Measures of spirits are always small because they are so powerful, mostly as high as 40%! Now wonder people add water or ice to whisky and add other drinks to spirits to make cocktails.
Songs
Travel In Scotland
Useful Websites:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Andrew%27s_Day
In preparation for the day:
Spoken Language
A wee dram. A small drink (of whisky). A euphemism for something strong you sip. (An American shot is different, a short alcoholic drink you would toss back.) Measures of spirits are always small because they are so powerful, mostly as high as 40%! Now wonder people add water or ice to whisky and add other drinks to spirits to make cocktails.
Songs
Travel In Scotland
Useful Websites:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Andrew%27s_Day
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
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