Places open on Christmas Day

Duck Soup · 2015-12-09 12:33:39

Now I'm no unseasonal curmudgeon... Actually, yes I am. The only thing I loathe more than Christmas is New Year's Eve. Christmas Day itself can be claustrophobic. Nothing on the telly, nowhere is open. And then, as I was waiting for a bus on O'Connell Bridge this week, I noticed a neon sign for Jimmy Chung's Chinese Buffet…

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#32 10-12-2015 12:15PM

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MilesMorales1 wrote: »

I certainly have memories of pubs in England being open on christmas day, can't remember the times though. Walking up to the irby mill, and my dad going in for a few swift ones, and spending the time sitting outside in the cold... dem were the days.

Most publicans in Ireland likely wouldn't really bother with Xmas day even if it was legal, and I can see why many hotels don't open their bar.

People will start drinking at 10am, like they do at home. Then they're thrown together with family members all day, when they may not see those family members more than twice a year. Just like at home.

Then by 6pm everyone is hammered and winding their family members up, tempers flare, fights break out. Just like at home.

The amount of family rows that end up in A&E over Xmas is just plain old depressing. If I were a publican or a hotelier, I wouldn't want to have to deal with that crap for the sake of a few extra quid on one day.

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