1. Begging your Mam for a few pounds and buying these in school

2. Downing a hot whiskey any time you so much as sneeze

The ultimate cure for any and all ailments.

3. Leaving a can of Guinness out for Santy on Christmas Eve

Sure, he’ll be parched from all that traveling.

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4. Calling Santa Claus ‘Santy’ as if he’s just one of the lads

Ireland and Santy have a very special relationship, you see.

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5. Getting a Selection Box from your Mam regardless of whether you’re 7 years old or 31 years old

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6. Ringing in Christmas with a television show about priests getting lost in a lingerie department

It’s what Jesus would have wanted.

7. Buying the RTÉ Guide and spending a good hour circling all the films you want to watch

8. ‘THIS IS NO AWDINARY PANTO’

IT’S THE GAIETY PANTO!

9. Opening a tin of Roses and *not* finding a sewing kit inside

The only time of the year that doesn’t happen!

10. Buying a massive box of ‘Christmas Tayto’ and digging into them over the festive period

SIMPLY HAVING A WONDERFUL CRISPMAS TIME!

(Sorry.)

11. Sneakily horsing into the second layer of USA Biscuits

Nobody will notice.

*takes 8 biscuits*

12. Being forced to go to mass on Christmas Eve to ‘get it out of the way’

That’s the spirit!

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13. And having Midnight Mass at the much more practical hour of 9pm

God bless Ireland and our weird relationship with time.

14. Watching a depressing soap to bring you back down to earth

. Going out on St. Stephen’s Day and causing absolute carnage

That’s what happens when you close the pubs for one day.

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(h/t Buzzfeed)

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