Merry Christmas from the ICC

The Candle in the Window

A lighted candle in the window is an Old Irish custom to show that Joseph and Mary, who found no room at the inn in Bethlehem, would be welcome in the house. The large white Christmas candle, known as Coinneal na Nollag, is decorated with holly and lit by the youngest child in the family at six o’clock on Christmas Eve.

Nollaig shona agus athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh.
Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year to you, from the Irish Cultural Center.