Search Results for 'Christmas'

The Village Market, Oughterard, will host a special Christmas market on Tuesday December 21 from 10am to 6pm, featuring festive music, breads, cakes, holly, Christmas trees, local produce, hot food, and much more.

I don’t think the word recession was mentioned once over the bank holiday weekend and boy was this welcome! Kilkenny was like a little sunny planet in the midst of all the misery, during the Savour Kilkenny, Rockfall and Conker festivals which had people flocking to Kilkenny in droves for the holiday weekend.

The Kilkenny County Council is examining the possiblity of creating a seasonal winter wonderland for the Parade Plaza in Kilkenny this Christmas.

Work has begun to transform Glanbia CountryLife’s Garden Centre into a festive Christmas shop.

I don’t get excited anymore about the flick of a switch and seeing a light coming on. In fact the thrill of being thrilled by lights has dimmed somewhat since the heady days of the rural electrification scheme when Paddy might have been excited by seeing the surprised look on the cow’s face on those otherwise dark nights of the 1930s. And because lights don’t negate the need for Viagra anymore in any of us, it is heartening to see that this year the good burghers of Galway are to look beyond lights to make Galway festive and instead are to turn Eyre Square into Little Bavaria this winter to create an atmospheric Christmas market — a sort of Volvo Ocean Race for the winter where all sorts of Germanic and mainland European festival flavours will convert our central plaza from the great nothingness that it is into something to be savoured and enjoyed by thousands of families.

Local heart charity Croí is currently looking for photographic images for its 2010 Christmas card campaign. Suitable images include winter/snow scenes of the west of Ireland, west of Ireland cities and towns at Christmas time, and generic Christmas imagery such as cribs, Christmas trees, etc.

At around 9pm on Tuesday, when the heavens opened and the celestial beings tipped the buckets over Galway, it was a minor inconvenience to us all and to the thousands of tourists who are currently spending their holidays here. To some it was the soft Irish rain that’s good for the complexion, but for hundreds of householders across the county, it sent a dart of pain across their minds and brought them back to last winter when the pitter patter splish splashin’ saw their homes turned into a watery hell, forcing many of them to flee and leave behind all of the things that they had worked so hard to put together.

McKanes Pharmacy Ballina are running a fantastic fragrance promotion all this month (see their ad on page seven).

It is proven that Christmas clubs become more popular during times of recession. In fact, Christmas clubs were born out of the Great Depression in America. They take the pressure off people in the run up to Christmas and reduce the financial strain as the big day approaches. With Ireland entering its first recession in 25 years, it is likely Christmas clubs will increase in popularity in these tough economic times.

If you’re the one to organise the Christmas meal this year, you certainly have a responsible task to fulfil. Apart from all the food and drinks, you also want to make your house look as nice as possible in the festive season. If you want to add some glamour to your interior and impress a few guests, there are a few simple decorative touches that can do the trick. They don’t take much time, money or effort, so they should be perfect for this busy time of the year.