Every year at Christmas the shops in Ireland fill up with a variety of chocolate selection boxes, and I’ve made it a tradition to offer a selection box of my own here on the blog. I would give you chocolate if I could—Irish chocolate really is the best—but I can’t, and you probably already have enough sweets around anyway, so I’m bringing you a selection of Irish Christmas links. Enjoy!
First, a great Irish traditional style rendition of Angels from the Realms of Glory, brought to you by an Irish band, We Are Messengers:
Next up is the “Kilkenny Nativity”, which is simply people from Kilkenny reading the Biblical Christmas story. It’s very well done and gives you a taste of Ireland:
Here’s Patrick Dexter playing the Wexford Carol, an Irish Christmas carol from the 12th century:
This article gives you a glimpse of Ireland in the past with seven old traditions:
Do you know these 7 great Irish Christmas traditions?
This one is a bit of a mash-up: Irish traditional dancing, but the tune is Faliz Navidad. It works!
Finally, here’s a Christmas link of my own, from the blog a couple years ago:
Merry Christmas!
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