Each college will have unique events and traditions, but many colleges will have events of similar kinds. Do not be surprised if your college commemorates Oxmas (25 November) with a Christmas-style dinner in Hall. Pancake day (otherwise known as Shrove Tuesday) is also celebrated in some colleges with races around quads or similar. Other events may be more esoteric: college feast days, Candlemas dinner and other such holidays can be harked back to the old Christian tradition followed by most ...
