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From Sowan Nicht to Daft Days - Scotland's Christmas traditions

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Join thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.It's hard to imagine a time when Christmas didn't play a huge part in our lives.For centuries though this was the case in Scotland, as following the Reformation, Christmas celebrations were frowned upon for almost 400 years.Thankfully we have still have a selection of great festive  traditions, here are some of the best.Ok, so not technically a tradition but the poem by 17th century Scots poet, Robert Fergusson is the perfect way to describe the twelve days that run between Christmas and the 5th January when everything is joyful and merry, days run together and people can go a bit daft (mad).The actual party in.

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