{"id":8430,"date":"2025-12-22T00:41:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=8430"},"modified":"2025-12-22T00:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:44:51","slug":"nollaig-shona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2025\/12\/22\/nollaig-shona\/","title":{"rendered":"Nollaig Shona"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u00b4s definitely happening! Christmas is just around the corner, and I\u00b4d like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nollaig Shona<\/em> is the most extended Gaelic vesion of our \"Merry Christmas\", at least to my knowledge (I just read you can also say Nollaig Shona Duit<\/em>, translated as \"Merry Christmas to you\"). Interestingly, the word Nollaig<\/em> means Christmas and also December, which gives us an idea of how inseparable the Christian religion is from Ireland\u00b4s traditional culture. December is, simply put, the month of Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Spain (the country where I was born) and Ireland (where I live and work) are traditionally Catholic, although their customs around this time of the year are quite different, I suppose due to differences in cultural and geographical influences. In Spain, for example, it\u00b4s much more common to see Nativity scenes, like this one I photographed a few years ago: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the other hand, the best of Ireland (in my opinion) is the festive lights; I believe they have the power to almost magically transform the sadness and darkness of the long December nights into joy and excitement for what is yet to come. And that\u00b4s exactly the meaning of this holiday, dating back to long before Christianity: celebrating the winter solstice. Remembering that, even when there are moments where darkness takes over, and there doesn\u00b4t seem to be any hope left, eventually the light will triumph again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u00b4s also a good time of the year to meet with friends and family, if the circumstances allow, and celebrate being together. Or it may be the perfect occasion to rest for a few days, do something different or recharge batteries to prepare for a strong start of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any case, regardless of the way you choose to celebrate (or not), let me wish you happy holidays!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ahora ya s\u00ed que s\u00ed, la Navidad est\u00e1 a la vuelta de la esquina, y quiero aprovechar la ocasi\u00f3n para desearos a todos unas muy felices fiestas. Nollaig Shona es la versi\u00f3n ga\u00e9lica m\u00e1s extendida de nuestro \u00abfeliz Navidad\u00bb, al menos que yo sepa (acabo de leer que tambi\u00e9n se puede decir Nollaig Shona Duit, … Continue reading Nollaig Shona<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3116429,"featured_media":8435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"\u00a1Felices fiestas a todos! \/ Happy holidays everyone!v","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[96,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diario-journal","category-general","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DPtR-2bY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9688,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/09\/14\/ventanas-al-mundo\/","url_meta":{"origin":8430,"position":0},"title":"Windows to the world","author":"binarybea","date":"14\/09\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Esta semana o\u00ed un comentario en la radio que me pareci\u00f3 curioso: dec\u00edan algo as\u00ed como que muchos j\u00f3venes de hoy en d\u00eda consideran que se puede saber m\u00e1s de c\u00f3mo es realmente una persona por los libros que posee que por su perfil en redes sociales. \u00bfT\u00fa qu\u00e9 opinas?\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Personal"","block_context":{"text":"Personal","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/category\/diario-journal\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9635,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/08\/31\/reto-de-30-dias\/","url_meta":{"origin":8430,"position":1},"title":"30-day challenge","author":"binarybea","date":"31\/08\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 opinas de los retos de 30 d\u00edas? \u00bfAlguna vez has hecho alguno? 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