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Nadine Lee
A History of Christmas in Scotland
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Edinburgh at Christmas Time It's hard to imagine that once upon a time Christmas was banned for over 400 years in Scotland. Today shops are full of anything and everything Christmas related you cou...
Topics: Banning of Christmas, Catholic Church, Celtic Paganism, Christmas, John Knox, Scottish Reformation, Yule
Nadine Lee
Hundreds of Piping Santas Advance on Edinburgh
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Bagpipe playing Santa Clauses descended on Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens over the weekend, to help warm up runners at the city's annual Santa Run. Hundreds of runners and walkers dressed as Santa...
Topics: bagpipes, Christmas, edinburgh, Santa Claus, Stockbridge Pipe Band, Unicycle
Nadine Lee
Scots Christmas Fare
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Perhaps my favourite part of Christmas (after opening presents, of course), are the days spent feasting and picking at leftovers until you can't possibly eat anymore. Here's a compile of traditional...
Topics: Baking, Christmas, Clootie DUmpling, Cock-a-Leekie Soup, Cooking, Mary Queen of Scots, Roastit Bubbly-Jock, Shortbread, Theodora Fitzgibbon, Traditional Scottish Cookery, Traditional Scottish Food, Turkey
Nadine Lee
Top 5: Last Minute Gift Ideas
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For those of you stuck for Christmas gift ideas, here's a roundup of items over in our store at ScotClans.com that are in stock and ready to ship now! The final cut off date for Royal Mail Airmail is ...
Topics: Christmas, ScotClans Shop
Nadine Lee
All You Want for Christmas – Our Picks
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It's well and truly December now, and time to really start thinking about what you want for Christmas. Here at ScotClans we've got orders flying out the door on an hourly basis, so I've put together a...
Topics: Christmas, ScotClans Shop
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