in this video we're going to talk about my christmas tree i'm going to show you the
decorations that are on display what they mean in irish and what they mean to me as well
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so let's get on with this video about my christmas tree so this is my christmas
tree here the irish for christmas tree is crann nollag
ar taispeáint sa seomra suí = on display in the sitting room the irish for a bauble as in a trinket
is áilleagán but you could also say maisiúchán, so áilleagán or maisiúchán
Croch is a good verb to know in the context of talking about christmas or christmas trees
croch and that means to hang ag crochadh is hanging, ag crochadh na maisiúchán = hanging the decorations
so there's lots of bows on this tree the irish for bow is cuachóg
and this comes from two words so cuach can mean an arch a swerve a curl or even a hug and then óg
means little or young and then together it means like a little arch or a little swerve or
a little curl little hug etc cuach can have quite a few meanings cuachóg the irish for a bow
now there's a few animals and birds on the tree so firstly let's look at this here
this is a robin and the irish for robin is spideog also we have an owl just there as well
ulchabhán is the irish for an owl this little fella here is a squirrel the irish for a squirrel
is iora and squirrels often remind me of my travels throughout america because they always seem
to pop up in parks and on streets sometimes in new york and boston & i made a great video of
a little walk i took in central park in new york city so i leave a link for that in the description
& in the first pinned comment and on that walk in central park i came across lots and lots of friendly grey squirrels
down here at the bottom then we have a picture of santa and we have some
chocolates so santa claus in irish is daidí na nollag, literally means father christmas daidí na nollag
and beside him then on the left here we have some chocolates seacláidí for chocolates
and also down at the bottom we have a crib the irish for a crib is beithilín and this
comes from the irish for bethlehem which is beithil, so together beithil and ín so as i said
beithil means bethlehem and then whenever you put ín at the end like the ín at the end it makes
whatever you're talking about the subject that is it makes it young or little so beithilín is like
a little bethlehem or a young bethlehem that's how the crib is described in the irish language
here we have a claddagh bauble so i love the claddagh because everything it represents is
the basis for a good stable relationship so we have the heart and we have the crown and
we have the hands joining together the heart stands for love so the irish for love is grá
the crown stands for loyalty or fidelity dílseacht is the irish for loyalty
and then the hands coming together mean friendship they symbolize the strong bonds of friendship
cairdeas is the irish for friendship cairdeas so i have lots of decorations that
remind me of my wonderful travels throughout america and other parts of ireland and the world
so this one here is from new york & this one here too from 2017 and 2018
and these ones then are from boston when i went there in 2019 that was my last trip abroad
before the current lockdowns and then this one is from florida where i visited the kennedy space
centre and miami and universal studios and lots more so again i'll leave links in the description
and in the first pinned comment to the various videos i made when i was in new york boston and florida
and if you would like to check them out they'll be there if you want up on top of the tree then
we have some bells the irish for bells is cloig & here we have a bauble that represents
poland the irish for poland is An Pholainn because my wife is actually from poland originally
she's from poland originally
this one will remind me of my trip to belfast this summer this bauble is from the titanic
museum in belfast so that was a great trip i really enjoyed it and i'll leave a link in the
description and the first pinned comment to my video on my visit to belfast this year the irish
for ship is long long this is another one then from macy's in new york a really great shop with a
wonderful atmosphere at christmas the irish for a department store or a large shop like macy's is siopa mór
this is a pine cone the irish for a pine cone is caor phéine
and here's what looks like some cherries the irish for cherries is silíní
so I hope you enjoyed this video if you did please hit that like button and thank you so much for being with
me this year and indeed the last three years as i've been building this channel i appreciate all
your comments your support and your well wishes and i will be back in january making more irish
language videos so i hope to see you then so thanks for everything and a very happy christmas
Nollag Shona Daoibh!