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Ireland's capital bustles with excitement all year round and Christmas time
in Dublin brings the added pleasure of colour, Christmas lights and Christmas
shopping.
Come Christmas time, Dublin's shopping boulevards around Grafton Street are
well stocked with Christmas fare and the festive atmosphere is added to by the
buskers and choirs of Christmas Hymn singers. Opening hours generally run from
9am to 6pm, Monday to Saturdays, while at Christmas time these are often
extended to 8pm and on Sunday's from 12pm to 6pm.
You can expect Dublin to be extremely
busy on December 8th. Traditionally this is a religious holiday in Ireland and
is the unofficial start of the Christmas Season. On this day people from all
over the Ireland descend on the capital to do their Christmas shopping and soak
up Dublin's Christmas spirit.
Also during Christmas time you'll find a range of Christmas markets in
Dublin, from the exclusive to the eclectic and the bazaar to the bizarre. Moore
Street is famous for its street vendors and their local wit and charm, while on
Dublin's Docklands you'll find a traditional European Winter market with stalls
from Munich, Prague and Vienna, selling seasonal food, hand crafted gifts and
mulled wine. On the north side of the Liffey, Smithfield Market gets into the
festive spirit with events from Carol Singers on Sunday's to the Christmas Tale
street theatre as well as an ice rink. In Dublin's famous Temple Bar there is a
Fairtrade Christmas Market, with stalls selling fairtrade handicrafts, jewellery
clothing and food from around the world. While at Phoenix Park, the Farmleigh
Food Market is your chance to stock up on speciality festive food and watch the
celebrity chefs in action.
For further information on visiting Dublin and planning a customized vacation
to Ireland contact one of our
vacations specialists .
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