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No one does Christmas quite like the Irish, with traditions and celebrations galore. But with so many traditions surrounding Christmas in Ireland, it’s hard to know which are the most popular ...
Music: Mack Wilberg (based on the Irish folk song “Wild Mountain Thyme”) Text: David Warner “Wild Mountain Thyme” is an Irish folk song with strong roots in Scottish traditions.
LONDON — It's the most wonderful time of year. And, it's made even more wonderful by the myriad of unique holiday traditions around the world. SEE ALSO: 11 Christmas traditions from around the ...
Christmas in Ireland has its own quirks and traditions from the fact that you go to midnight mass at 8 pm to going for a freezing St. Stephen’s Day swim in the sea.
Analysis: From the Christmas box to An Margadh Mór, here are some memorable Irish Christmas traditions from years past. In Ireland today, Christmas is a near month-long celebration of consumerism ...
While Christmas cards are popular worldwide, we've added our own unique Irish twist to the tradition in a number of ways. Christmas cards are now a global multi-million-euro retail phenomenon.
We took a look at some of the most popular Christmas traditions, and how Irish emigrants can re-create them abroad. Irish Christmas junk. A box of Tayto. A bowl of King.
But in Ireland, Jan. 6 is Nollaig na mBan—pronounced “Null-ig na mawn”—“Women’s Christmas.” The Irish tradition has long been that on this final day of the busy festive season, ...
This is one of Ireland’s oldest known Christmas Eve traditions. Many households put a tall, thick candle on the sill of the largest window after sunset on December 24 and let it burn all night.
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If you're an Anglophile or Hibernophile, or you have an appreciation for the quirks of British and Irish life, here are 9 Christmas traditions you need to adopt. 1. Christmas crackers.