On the traditional day when rural dwellers flocked to the capital for their Christmas shopping, this year Dublin city centre was “certainly different”, Kay Mealy from Drogheda observes as she take a photo of the Arnott’s Christmas window. Historically, December 8th was the date that marked the beginning of the Irish Christmas shopping rush and is a holy day that used to see most schools close. And this year despite non-essential retail reopening after six weeks on December 1st, the restrictions on inter-county travel until December 18th have lessened the rural shopping rush to Dublin. She has most of her Christmas shopping finished by now but enjoyed spending December 8th “pottering around” Dublin’s bustling streets. Margaret says she did most of her Christmas shopping online this year due to the pandemic.

Source: The Irish Times December 08, 2020 19:37 UTC