A Belfast Merry Christmas to all

Dale Amon (Belfast, Northern Ireland/Laramie, Wy) · Sui generis

It is half two in the AM as I write this Christmas greeting, warm in my well worn Aran jumper and to a soundtrack of carols playing on a 1990’s left over computer to which I have delegated such things. It struck me some of you might be interested in Christmas elsewhere, so I have selected a small number of photos to try to give you some of the atmosphere of a Northern Ireland Christmas.

The centerpiece to celebrations is City Hall. It has recently been attacked by a giant alien space station.
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The grounds are turned into a Christmas village with shops selling Christmas goods and foods from all over Europe.
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Like any village in Ireland…. it has a pub!
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We also have the typical modern mega-mall. It was filled with Saturday afternoon Christmas shoppers as I went in search of an ATM that could take my Chase Visa… and which had not been emptied by voracious shoppers. I finally found one, almost hidden behind Santa’s grotto, where the queue was only about eight shoppers in length.
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Unlike this somewhat longer ATM queue.
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A few hours later I was ensconced at the bar in my local listening to friends play a merry jig or three.
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But of course the most important part of Christmas anywhere is the company of old friends to share it with.
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And here is my Belfast Christmas Card to all of our loyal readers. Have a good one and feel free to eat and drink too much and in general overindulge in happiness and joy.
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