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<The Welsh town of Llangollen is to reinstate pagan festivals to its "Christmas" celebrations. Santa Claus will be decked out in green rather than red. Sion Corn, as Father Christmas is known in Welsh, will parade through the town in his green outfit on December 2.
Santa was probably partly inspired by the Druidical Holly King who wore holly in his hat, lived but once a year and drove a team of eight deer attached to his sled or wagon. Traditionally he would have been dressed in green, as Santa was until about 1896, and that’s what he’ll be wearing in Llangollen,” said Sarah Meade.
Other traditions being re-created for the event by local businesses include ‘Plygain’, which was a day of feasting with the principal dish being cheese on toast. No day of feasting here but the Cottage Tea Rooms will be supplying pieces of ‘Welsh Rarebit’ for visitors. The custom of divining using treacle toffee or ‘Taffy’ will be supplied by Charles Hardy of the Old Tailors Chocolate Shop. Here dollops of boiled ‘taffy’ are dropped in icy cold water where it forms into all sorts of shapes, like letters. If they did form a letter, tradition states it would be the initial of the younger members of the house’s future loves.
“There’ll be an appearance by the Grey Mare or Mari Llwyd, who it was believed brought good luck to households at Christmas times.>
http://www.nwt.co.uk/news/
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<The Welsh town of Llangollen is to reinstate pagan festivals to its "Christmas" celebrations. Santa Claus will be decked out in green rather than red. Sion Corn, as Father Christmas is known in Welsh, will parade through the town in his green outfit on December 2.
Santa was probably partly inspired by the Druidical Holly King who wore holly in his hat, lived but once a year and drove a team of eight deer attached to his sled or wagon. Traditionally he would have been dressed in green, as Santa was until about 1896, and that’s what he’ll be wearing in Llangollen,” said Sarah Meade.
Other traditions being re-created for the event by local businesses include ‘Plygain’, which was a day of feasting with the principal dish being cheese on toast. No day of feasting here but the Cottage Tea Rooms will be supplying pieces of ‘Welsh Rarebit’ for visitors. The custom of divining using treacle toffee or ‘Taffy’ will be supplied by Charles Hardy of the Old Tailors Chocolate Shop. Here dollops of boiled ‘taffy’ are dropped in icy cold water where it forms into all sorts of shapes, like letters. If they did form a letter, tradition states it would be the initial of the younger members of the house’s future loves.
“There’ll be an appearance by the Grey Mare or Mari Llwyd, who it was believed brought good luck to households at Christmas times.>
http://www.nwt.co.uk/news/
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this ones not for Richie P
