<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may not provide balanced geographical coverage on both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland . Please improve this article or discuss the issue on the talk page . (December 2017) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may not provide balanced geographical coverage on both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland . Please improve this article or discuss the issue on the talk page . (December 2017) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Christmas in Ireland is the largest celebration of the year although 8 December is traditionally viewed as the start of Christmas with many putting up their decorations and Christmas trees, along with doing their Christmas shopping . Irish Christmas traditions are similar to those in most Western countries . </P> <P> The greeting for "Happy Christmas" in Irish is Nollaig Shona Duit (Irish pronunciation: (nɣɔlɣɡɣ hɔnɣə dɣɪtj)) (singular) or Nollaig Shona Daoibh (plural) (Irish pronunciation: (nɣɔlɣɡɣ hɔnɣə dɣiːv)). The literal translation of this is "Happy Christmas to you". If "Nollaig, Shona, Duit / Daoibh" was literally translated, word for word, into English, it would be "Christmas, happy, to you". The British English expression "Happy Christmas" is more common in Ireland than its American English equivalent of "Merry Christmas". </P>

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