Christmas
In Ireland
In Ireland, celebrating Christmas includes more religious traditions than fun activities. Christmas in Ireland starts on Christmas Eve and ends with the Epiphany feast which is celebrated on January 6th and referred to as "Little Christmas". A popular Christmas tradition in Ireland is to place red candles with holly on window sills. The story behind this Irish tradition is to help Mary and Joseph find their way home. On Christmas Eve, many Irish families leave the door open for Mary and Joseph. They put out some bread and milk for them and leave a bottle of Guinness and mince pies for Santa Claus. This is much like the American tradition of leaving cookies and milk for Santa or carrots for Rudolph.
Christmas in Ireland includes a decorated tree just as an American family would have. Gifts from family and friends are placed under the tree as well. But Santa has a special way of leaving gifts for children. Irish children leave sacks at the foot of their bed for Santa to place their gifts in.
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