Readers share their heartwarming experiences of returning home to Ireland for Christmas.
As a festive influx from abroad begins, one reader has booked out a full row on a Ryanair flight for her return to Ireland . Welcomes at Dublin Airport last Christmas : This year will see more than one million people travel to spend the festive season in Ireland .
From the smell of “Mam’s Christmas cake” wafting through the air and Christmas morning beach walks to a mandatory stroll “down, followed by lunch and a pint of Guinness”, the respondents all agree that nothing beats being home in Ireland for Christmas. My husband, my son, my daughter and I will travel “home” to Ireland for Christmas from our home in Stockholm, As a child, my family made the journey “home” to Kilkee from our home in Tramore every Christmas. The lights of city were the highlight of those car journeys, where presents, puddings and boxes of USA biscuits were packed in around us as we looked forward to sharing it all with our grandparents. I am, therefore, very familiar with the concept of having two homes. Two places where I feel safe, happy, and loved. Two places where I belong. I feel very lucky. Money a whole different ball game as NFL and GAA eye Croke Park game Sweden and Ireland smell very different at Christmas. Throughout December, we are surrounded by smells of gingerbread and saffron buns. The Christmas markets are wonderfully festive as smells of simmering sweet mulled wine and hot candied almonds waft through the air. Once we land in Ireland, our senses notice the change and we embrace the delicious smells of sizzling Irish sausages, warm mince pies and the unsurpassable smell (and taste) of my Mam’s Christmas cake. A feast for the senses. So what am I looking forward to most, you as
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