Dublin {At Christmas Time}
Christmas is a big deal over here in Ireland, and in Europe in general. Christmas. Not "The Holidays". Just Christmas. The excitement that leads up to it is amazing. The lights, the music, the shopping, the Christmas lunches, Christmas drinks, Christmas dinners, Christmas Do's (Parties). Friends put on their best Christmas Jumpers (ugly Christmas sweaters) and do a 12 Pubs of Christmas pub crawl. The Temple Bar at Christmas Everything is decorated on the streets and in the shops. The shops stay open late and the restaurants have Christmas menus. Companies pay employees early in December (everyone gets paid once a month here), so they have some extra money to spend. There are Christmas trees everywhere, even at our gym. We've had a "countdown to Christmas" in our office since the beginning of November. I spent some time around town trying to capture some of the lights and a bit of Dublin around "The Holidays"....