What else would you do at this time of year?

Those who moan about the over commercialisation of Christmas should remember not to put the cart before the horse.
What else would you do at this time of year?

Christmas was super-imposed on a much older mid winter solstice celebratory tradition.

Thus excessive revelry at that time of year is historically as authentic as Christmas itself.

Michael Galvin

Hornhill

Lissarda

Co Cork

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