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A Candle In The Window – An Irish Christmas Tradition

December 24, 2016 by Irish American Mom 25 Comments

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Lighting a candle in the window is a Christmas Eve memory I cherish from my Irish childhood. Every Christmas Eve we placed a single red candle in the window.  My mother always told me we were lighting the way for Mary and Joseph on their way to find the stable in Bethlehem. Our family candle […]

Filed Under: Holidays, Irish Life, Irish Traditions, Irishisms Tagged With: A Candle in the Window, An Irish Childhood, An Irish Christmas, Christmas, Irish Christmas Customs, Irish Christmas Traditions

Why Graveyards Remind Me Of Christmas

December 3, 2014 by Irish American Mom 14 Comments

Gravestone at Molloga Graveyard

Visiting our departed loved ones at Christmas is an age old Irish tradition. My childhood memories of Christmas Day include a trip to the local cemetery to say a prayer at the gravesides of our deceased relatives and friends. To many this may seem a very grave matter for Christmas time, but if like me […]

Filed Under: Holidays, Irish Life, Ramblings Tagged With: An Irish Childhood, Christmas in Ireland, Death, Irish Christmas Traditions, Irish Cultural Traditions

An Irish Christmas – Ancient Rural Traditions

December 18, 2011 by Irish American Mom 6 Comments

Stain glass nativity scene

Christmas in Ireland, as I remember, is different from how Christmas was celebrated by our forefathers in the 19th century. By the time I was born in the 1960’s, Ireland had adopted many English and European customs, such as Christmas trees, plum puddings, and Santa Claus.  Ireland’s Christmas traditions evolved and changed over the years, […]

Filed Under: Holidays, Land and Culture, Ramblings Tagged With: Holidays, Irish Christmas Customs, Irish Christmas Traditions, Irish Culture, Land and Culture, Old Irish traditions

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