<P> Santa Claus, often known in Ireland simply as Santy or Daidí na Nollag in Irish, brings presents to children in Ireland, which are opened on Christmas morning . Family and friends also give each other gifts at Christmas . The traditional Christmas dinner consists of turkey or goose and ham with a selection of vegetables and a variety of potatoes, as potatoes still act as a staple food in Ireland despite the popularisation of staples such as rice and pasta . Dessert is a very rich selection of Christmas pudding, Christmas cake, and mince pies with equally rich sauces such as brandy butter . </P> <P> Christmas celebrations in Ireland finish with the celebration of Little Christmas also known as Oíche Nollaig na mBan in Irish on January 6 . This festival, which coincides with Epiphany, is also known as Women's Christmas in Cork & Kerry . </P> <P> Christmas traditions in the Netherlands are almost the same as the ones in Dutch speaking parts of Belgium (Flanders). The Dutch recognize two days of Christmas as public holidays in the Netherlands, calling December 25 Eerste Kerstdag ("first Christmas day") and December 26 Tweede Kerstdag ("second Christmas day"). In families, it is customary to spend these days with either side of the family . </P> <P> In Catholic parts of the country, it used to be common to attend Christmas Eve midnight mass; this custom is upheld, but mostly by the elder generation and by fewer people every year . Christmas Eve is these days a rather normal evening without any special gatherings or meals . On Christmas Day, throughout both Flanders and the Netherlands elaborated meals are prepared by the host or together as a family . Also meals of which every participant / guest is preparing one dish are very common . The week before Christmas is important to the retail trade, because this is the biggest sales week in the country . Christmas songs are heard everywhere . The cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Eindhoven are the busiest cities in terms of entertainment on Christmas Day . Many people do not exchange gifts on Christmas, since this is already done during a separate holiday (Sinterklaas) a few weeks before Christmas . In Twente people will blow the mid-winter horns around Christmas . </P>

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