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    Reformation of 1560, Christmas in Scotland, then called "Yule" (alternative spellings include Yhoill, Yuil, Ȝule and Ȝoull; see Yogh) or in Gaelic-speaking...
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    void, with Christmas again freely celebrated in England. Many Calvinist clergymen disapproved of Christmas celebration. As such, in Scotland, the Presbyterian...
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    The observance of Christmas around the world varies by country. The day of Christmas, and in some cases the day before and the day after, are recognized...
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  • Little Christmas (Irish: Nollaig na mBan, lit. 'Women's Christmas'), also known as Old Christmas, Green Christmas, or Twelfth Night, is one of the traditional...
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  • "Scottish Christmas" was a one-off Christmas release from Les Disques Du Crepuscule/Factory Benelux. Its A-side is "Scottish Christmas" by Paul Haig and...
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    Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...
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  • trading on Sundays, Easter and Christmas Day in England and Wales and on New Year's Day and Christmas Day in Scotland. Public holidays defined by statute...
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  • A Castle for Christmas is a 2021 American Christmas romantic comedy film directed by Mary Lambert. The film was released on November 26, 2021, by Netflix...
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    the Saint Andrew Christmas Novena. Saint Andrew's Day (Scots: Saunt Andra's Day, Scottish Gaelic: Là Naomh Anndrais) is Scotland's official national...
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    Christmas (the twelve days that make up the Christmas season, starting with Christmas Day). The carol, whose words were first published in England in...
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  • Handsel Monday (category Christmas in Scotland)
    In Scotland, Handsel Monday or Hansel Monday is the first Monday of the year. Traditionally, gifts (Scots: Hansels) were given at this time. Among the...
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  • Other recognizable Scottish filming locations include; Edinburgh's Christmas Market, Pickering's Gin Distillery, Tayside's Christmas Tree Farm and the...
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    Lord of Misrule (category Christmas in Scotland)
    In England, the Lord of Misrule – known in Scotland as the Abbot of Unreason and in France as the Prince des Sots – was an officer appointed by lot during...
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    62750°E / -10.49000; 105.62750 The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean comprising the island of the same...
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    with Christmas and Hogmanay festivities in Scotland, and some Scottish brands are exported around the world. Shortbread originated in Scotland. Although...
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    Wikisource has original text related to this article: Christmas film Many Christmas stories have been adapted to feature films and TV specials, and have...
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    Hogmanay (category Annual events in Scotland)
    contributed to the Twelve Days of Christmas, or the "Daft Days" as they were sometimes called in Scotland. Christmas was not celebrated as a festival,...
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    Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in...
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    celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide (26 December). Boxing Day was once a day to donate gifts to those in need, but it...
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  • literature and in music. Filmmakers have picked up on this wealth of material, with both adaptations of Christmas novels, in the forms of Christmas films, Santa...
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  • Welcome to Great American Christmas (2021) When Hope Calls: Hearties Christmas Present (2021) Great American Christmas in Kentucky (2022) Great American...
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    Christmas in July, also known as Christmas in Summer or Christmas in Winter, is a second Christmas celebration held on 25 July that falls outside the traditional...
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    Bank holidays in Scotland are determined under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 and the St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007. Unlike...
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    Auld Lang Syne (category 1788 in Scotland)
    ISBN 978-1-4917-2979-3. Christmas in Scotland: Christmas Around the World. Vol. 11. World Book, Incorporated. 2001. p. 37. Logan, James (1831). The Scottish Gaël; Or...
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    or Father Christmas. A Scottish speciality is the traditional Christmas cake, the "Whisky Dundee". As the name implies, the cake originated in Dundee, and...
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  • Two Doors Down (TV series) (category BBC Scotland television shows)
    Smith as neighbours in a suburban street in Scotland. Following a one-off Hogmanay special broadcast nationwide on BBC One in December 2013, a full...
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    A Christmas market is a street market associated with the celebration of Christmas during the four weeks of Advent. These markets originated in Germany...
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  • Merry Christmas in French. For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation) and Merry Christmas (disambiguation) Joyeux Noël (English: Merry Christmas) is...
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    Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. Christmas Day is observed around the world...
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  • Alfred Anderson (veteran) (category Participants of the Christmas truce of 1914)
    combatant to participate in the 1914 World War I Christmas truce, Scotland's last known World War I veteran, and Scotland's oldest man for more than a...
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