Christmas Spend
Irish people spend more and more money each year on celebrating Christmas. In 2006, the total amount spent in Ireland to celebrate Christmas was €16 billion, which averages at approximately €4,000 for every single person in the country. In recent years Christmas decorations have appeared in shops in late October side by side with Halloween decorations. In 2009, Christmas radio adverts began on the last week in August. The big traditional Christmas shopping day is the 8 December, which is a Catholic Church holiday when people living outside of urban areas, come and do their Christmas shopping.
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Famous quotes containing the words christmas and/or spend:
“I heard the bells, on Christmas Day,
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)
“Let us consider the way in which we spend our lives.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)