Christmas Reading
While I’m painting and shopping and drinking and painting, here’s some relevant reading material.
CHRISTMAS STORIES
• It Could Happen to a Bishop: Drunken Christmas Story Part I
• Drunken Christmas Story Part II
• Drunken Christmas Story Part III
• The Christmas Tree of Life
• Goat Burning Season
FOOD, CARDS, GREETINGS, & TREES
• Turkey for Christmas in Ireland & America
• Merry Christmas Vs Happy Christmas
• Building Up To De-Christmasing
• Using a Bicycle to Get Your Christmas Tree
• Christmas Card 2006 from Eolaí and Dog-dog
• An English Build-Up to a Christmas in Ireland
• Jon Ronson Goes To North Pole, Alaska
CHRISTMAS EVE
• Christmas Eve: Dublin and KC Compared
• My Midwest Christmas Eve
• Then and Now: Dublin Airport on Christmas Eve
• Christmas Eve Stroll in Dublin 2007
VIDEOS
• Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night as Gaeilge) by Enya,
• An Irish Christmas by Moya Brennan
• Scrubs Charlie Brown Christmas Video
• The Nativity by Langerland
• 3 Movies for the Kids Over the Holidays
AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY
• St Stephen’s Day
• The 1st Day of Christmas
NEW YEAR
• Saying ‘Happy New Year’ in Irish
• Midnight on New Year’s Eve: In Ireland & America
• What Does Auld Lang Syne mean?
CONVERSATIONS
• Irish Conversation in a Dublin Pub #34: Lights
• Irish Conversation in the American Midwest #18: Christmas
Happy Christmas, dear Eolai.
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