17 Great Things About Going Home To Wales For Christmas

    The "Croeso i Gymru" sign is welcoming you home.

    1. The welcoming sight of the Severn Bridge.

    2. And Welsh train passengers are quite unique.

    3. Arriving home to your mam's homemade cawl.

    4. Plus there's usually bara brith or bread and jam to greet you.

    5. There's always time to visit your mamgu.

    6. And your mamgu never forgets to give you Calennig money.

    7. But you have to make plans for traveling about because public transport is almost non-existent over the festive period.

    8. There's nothing like a proper Welsh Christmas dinner.

    9. Except maybe a Christmas Day walk in the Welsh countryside.

    10. And there's always the chance of a white Christmas.

    11. But these are our views, so even without snow, Christmas in Wales is lush.

    12. In the evening you probably end up playing board games with your family – like the Welsh version of Monopoly.

    13. And you might even get to re-read your battered copy of A Child's Christmas in Wales.

    14. Christmas in Wales always involves some rugby in one way or another.

    15. Then there's the annual Boxing Day tradition of going to the pub.

    16. You get to participate in some of the strange Welsh festive traditions like Mari Lwyd.

    17. But the best thing of all is being greeted by the "Croeso i Gymru" sign when you reach your homeland.