Post 33 - Christmas in Dublin, PARTY!!!

Christmas is a big deal in Ireland and the festive season starts from mid November till the end of December. Irish people love to go out and meet friends and family in the run up to Christmas. At work everyone is busy with Team Night Out and Christmas Parties. I have to say that I really love it, I always loved Christmas but in Ireland it seems to be a bigger version of it. However I have never spent Christmas Day in Ireland so I don't really know what it's like in an Irish family (Leslie will tell you more about this in another post).
Oh and by the way here they call the big red man Santa (for Santa Claus), not Father Christmas!

Dublin city council is really trying to get a great festive spirit and there are lots going on:

• Christmas lights

•  Christmas Market on Stephens Green

• Christmas tree on O'Connell Street

• They even have a Radio station that only plays Christmas song!! http://www.christmasfm.com/

• Christmas jumpers are a must have and this is great fun to wear one of those...
  
   

Merry Christmas everyone and be good if you want Santa to bring you something nice :)

Gilles