The top ten Irish Christmas traditions that make the season - PHOTOS

"The Dead" by James Joyce is one of my favorite stories, and I especially like the film version starring Anjelica Huston. I am glad to know the story is a tradition in Ireland.

Maybe this article should have been called the top ten South Dublin Christmas traditions. The Forty Foot an Irish tradition - a few locals in Sandycove jumping into the sea. Seriously? An Irish tradition? And as for reading The Dead -- please spare us. What about that nonsense with the Wren Boys? Where on earth did you find that ludicrous explanation?

Having grown up Catholic, but no longer a religious person, I do go to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve for cultural connections.