Way back in September we polled Houseandhome.ie's readers about their feelings on the festive season and the results reveal the festive habits of the nation! We've got all the juciest, funniest and most poignant comments featured in Homemade Christmas (on sale now, what are you waiting for!?) too but here are some of the poll results below. What do you think of them? Do you fit into the majority?
Have a read and then head to the comments section to tell us what makes Christmas really special for you and your family. Do you do it differently? We'd love to hear about it if so.
CHRISTMAS, IRISH-STYLE:
- 99% celebrate Christmas and wouldn’t miss it
- 75% always go to a religious service or carol service over the festive period.
- 81% leave out Carrots for Rudolph and a finger of whiskey and mince pies for Santa on Christmas Eve.
- 99.6% believe in the magic of Christmas
- 83% spring clean their house for Christmas with the majority spending between two to 8 hours cleaning.
- 99% decorate their house with 79% putting up a crib and 47% decorating the outside of their home.
- White lights are the nation’s favourite choice with just 25% opting for coloured lights.
- 56% will have a real tree and 40% admit to using tinsel. Red is the favourite colour for decorating followed by gold and silver and 62% stick to one or two main colours.
- The average spend for Christmas home decorating is up to €199 and most people have a main set of decorations which they add to each year.
- In 39% of houses the woman does the cooking at Christmas but a majority of 55% share the kitchen duties. 51% of people spend Christmas in their own home with their immediate family while 38% go to their parents or their partners’ parents home.
- The favourite Christmas dinner is turkey and ham with all the trimmings which is savoured by 88%.
