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Even Historians like Christmas - but what are Irish Traditions.

CDfm · 2010-12-16 23:12:41

Christmas has always been a big celebration and it is now fairly generic and it got me to thinking how little I know about Irish Christmas traditions. My mum from West Cork was always nostalgic for the Wren Boys as it represented Christmas for her. Sociologists will tell you that in agrarian societies that celebrations…

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#52 24-12-2010 7:11pm

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A lost tradition for me as a Dublin kid was going into town with parents on Christmas Eve and being fed Fish and Chips in the old Woolworth's cafeteria - Christmas Eve used to be a day of 'fast and absence' so no meat at meals.

Now, I'm off to enjoy mince pies, and tea [tomorrow is even better with Christmas pudding] - you know, there were some things that the English got right.

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