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CHRISTMAS TARTAN!

Festive weaves for the season of Yule!

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“While Santa keeks doon frae the mantle above,

 the Yule log crackles oan this Christmas Nicht,

 waurmin’ hearth an’ hame by burnin’ sae bricht.

 We coorie thegither, my wife an’ I,

 voicin’ oor thouchts aboot the day ganged by.

 A’ wheest in the daurk we savour oor love.”

‘When the Yule log Crackles’

 

~ Francis Kerr Young

Enjoy the vintage seasonal postcards, specialty tartan collection and a bit of mood music!

Mood Music?

Enjoy this special selection of tartans!   

Click any picture below for more details about the tartans

 within the calendar year of tartans

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Tartans for the Season of Santa!

 

In Scotland the period over Christmas was once known as the Yules, a time of extended feasting and celebration. This idea is reflected in names like Nollaig mhòr, ‘Big Christmas’ – given to Christmas Day – and Nollag bheag, ‘Little Christmas’ or ‘New Year’s Day’. Other traditional names for the season allude to the light it brings to hearth and home such as Oidhche Choinnle , ‘Candle Night’.

 

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

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 within the calendar year of tartans

Krampus

Krampusnacht (Night of the Krampus)
Dec 5

Tartan design by MMacK on Scotweb

Claus of the North Pole

St. Nicholas Day
Dec 6

Tartan design by Santa Bruce Arnold for the Clan Claus Society

Santa's Toy Shop

St. Nicholas Day
Dec 6

Tartan design by Donald A "Kona" Gant for Clan Claus members

Christmas is Coming

Vintage Holiday Traditions
Dec 9

Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin

The Llama

Llama Day
Dec 9

Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin

Yule Lads

Yule Lads Nights
Dec 12

Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin

Rum and Eggnog

Eggnog Month
Dec 15

Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin

Gingerbread

Gingerbread House Day
Dec 17

Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin

Christmas Party

Christmas Celebrations
Dec 19

Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin

Holiday Dress

The Christmas Season
Dec 20

Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin

Wassail

Wassailing Days and Christmas Carolers!
Dec 22

Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin

Elf (Christmas)

The Christmas Season
Dec 23

Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin

Yuletide

Yuletide Traditions
Dec 23

Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin

Christmas

Christmas Eve
Dec 24

Tartan design by Tartans 4 Africa

North Pole

Santa's Sleigh Ride
Dec 24

Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin

A Christmas Wish

Christmas Day
Dec 25

Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin

Christmas Morning

Christmas Day
Dec 25

Tartan design by Carol A.L. Martin

Krampus ornament

Krampusnacht (Night of the Krampus)
Dec 5

In Central European folklore, Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure described as "half-goat, half-demon", who, during the Christmas season, punishes children who have misbehaved, in contrast with Saint Nicholas, who rewards the well-behaved with gifts.

Vintage St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas Day
Dec 6

Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas (15 March 270 – 6 December 343) also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century Christian saint and Greek Bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor (modern-day Demre, Turkey). He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him, a practice celebrated on his feast day and thus became the model for Santa Claus, whose modern name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas.

Santa Claus

St. Nicholas Day
Dec 6

Thomas Nast, 1881

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Vintage Holiday Traditions
Dec 9

Peanuts was a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written that ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. Peanuts is among the most popular and influential in the history of comic strips, with 17,897 strips published in all, making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being".

Llama Day
Dec 9

Peanuts was a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written that ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. Peanuts is among the most popular and influential in the history of comic strips, with 17,897 strips published in all, making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being".

Some of the Yule Lads

Yule Lads Nights
Dec 12

This tartan was inspired by the Yule Lads from Icelandic folklore who are thirteen mischievous brothers that come down from the mountains every year around Christmas. Each night from December 12th through December 24th, a Yule Lad visits people in their homes to scare them and steal things.

Eggnog with nutmeg

Eggnog Month
Dec 15

Eggnog is traditionally consumed throughout Canada and the United States at Christmas every year, often from American Thanksgiving through the end of the Christmas season. ​ Eggnog may have developed from posset, a medieval European beverage made with hot milk that was curdled with wine or ale and flavoured with spices. In the Middle Ages, posset was used as a cold and flu remedy and remained a popular remedy throughout the 19th century.

Gingerbread Spices

Gingerbread House Day
Dec 17

December is the month devoted to traditional Christmas foods, and gingerbreads and cookies are one of the most anticipated of Christmas treats. With many variations of ingredients, gingerbread is usually flavoured with ginger, molasses, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, coriander, star anise, mace, cardamom, and black pepper. In Germany, gingerbread cookies called Lebkuchen have long been a fixture at street festivals, often in the shape of hearts frosted with sugary messages.

Mr. Fezziwig's Ball

Christmas Celebrations
Dec 19

In Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol,' the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, is transported by The Ghost of Christmas Past to his youth on a Christmas Eve, back in time to a festive holiday party held by Mr. and Mrs. Fezziwig.

Stealing a Kiss

The Christmas Season
Dec 20

Dressing for the holidays can often include not only seasonal colours for clothing, but traditional decorations, including decking the halls, not only with boughs of holly, but often with the mistletoe herb, in the form of a "kissing-bough." Kissing under sprigs of mistletoe is a well-known holiday tradition, but this plant’s history as a symbolic herb dates back thousands of years. Many ancient cultures prized mistletoe for its healing properties.

Christmas Punch

Wassailing Days and Christmas Carolers!
Dec 22

Wassail is a hot, mulled punch often associated with Yuletide drunk from a 'wassailing bowl'. The earliest versions were warmed mead – ale brewed with honey – into which roasted crab apples were dropped and burst to create a drink called 'lambswool'. ​ Later, the drink evolved to become a mulled cider made with sugar, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg, topped with slices of toast as sops and drunk from a large communal bowl.

Santa's Elves

The Christmas Season
Dec 23

In modern traditional folklore, a Christmas elf is a diminutive creature that lives with Santa Claus in the North Pole and acts as his helper. Christmas elves are often depicted as green or red clad with pointy ears and pointy hats. Santa's elves are often said to make the toys in Santa's workshop and take care of his reindeer, among other tasks.

The Yule Log

Yuletide Traditions
Dec 23

Yule or Yuletide ("Yule time") is a festival observed by the historical Germanic peoples, a period of feasting, drinking, and sacrifice. The traditions of the Yule log, Yule goat, Yule boar (Sonargöltr) are still reflected in the Christmas ham, Yule singing, and other traditions from the ancient Yule customs.

We Three Kings

Christmas Eve
Dec 24

The tartan is inspired by the spirit of Christmas. Colours: green represents Frankincense; red represents Myrrh and yellow represents gold, the colour of kingship. Gold, frankincense and myrrh are the gifts given to the Baby Jesus by the three Kings in the nativity story, each symbolic of Jesus' life and death.

Santa's Sleigh Ride
Dec 24

Canada Post has assigned postal code H0H 0H0 to the North Pole (referring to Santa's traditional exclamation of "Ho ho ho!").   "H0H 0H0" has been Santa's very own postal code since 1982.

Woodland Christmas

Christmas Day
Dec 25

A Wish for Peace and Love at Christmas

Christmas Day
Dec 25

May the joy of the holiday and season be with you and yours!

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