Read about Welsh Christmas customs and traditions. How to have an ecologically-sound festive period. Happy Christmas from all of us at BBC Cymru Wales. We hope you had a lovely day. Discover Welsh ...

But, medieval Germans are credited with starting the Xmas tree tradition. They brought fir trees inside on December 24. The trees were decorated with wafers, candles, and red apples. These ...

Performers dressed as The Mari Lwyd take part in the annual Welsh Mari Lwyd traditional wassail ... in the late 19th century began to adopt Christmas, rather than Twelfth Night, as the main ...

This reference by Giraldus Cambrensis in 1198 seems to point to an early Welsh tradition of part-singing, in addition to the singing of 'professional' minstrels. Until the reformation, song ...

For the last 50 years at least the Welsh choral tradition has been increasingly associated with male choirs, not least through the annual Royal Albert Hall Welsh Male Voice festivals and the ...

In an orchard by a Welsh castle, hundreds of people gathered to wish good health to the apple trees in a centuries-old tradition enjoying ... night of the 12 days of Christmas, wassailing is ...