Christmas Traditions Around the World : Welsh Christmas Traditions

[RampzProducer]

the welsh are weird but... not THAT weird

[ihateyorkie]

come the fuck at me sheep shaggers

[safespa1]

Stupid cunt!

[safespa1]

who drinks warm cider anyway? i keep my bow in the fridge! reaaaaaaaal nice!

[Drapy92]

Sorry, but no...

[gomezorg]

Utter Rubbish

[praetorian85]

I think you're confusing Welsh people with the Hoos from Hooville...

Also, Taff's are PEOPLE, not FOOD hahaha

[ThatDaniGirl]

I'm guessing she's never been to Wales...

[welshnblonde]

wow how correct is she ?? :O seriously what the heck is she on about im welsh and close the door on carol singers not let them in i only ever have like one at my door and thats just cause its kids wanting money to go down the shop for some sweets :L welsh traditions= getting drunk !

[welshhedgehog1]

Eh!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have i woken up in some sort of fantasy land ! She seems a nice lady and full of praise for our fine land but way ,way off the mark !And i think she may of got mixed up with the people of somerset with the Cider,Apart from my mate Steve who is always on the Bow,and gets hammered regulary ! Very amusing video !

[Damianhealy]

The only Welsh Christmas tradition I know, is to try and get more drunk than the English.

[p0ptyp1ng]

This is so misleading, it should be removed for false content.

[gavomatic57]

Umm....no we don't. That is all completely wrong, sorry.

[himismanley]

Unfortunately I fear that there are some things in this that you have got a little confused by Mrs Fraley.

Taffy is in fact a nickname for people of South Wales because of a river that runs through our capital and other areas called the River Taff.

In terms of the carolling it's certainly not a natural custom, it may happen in some small communities perhaps but that would be across the UK not just in Wales, I fear you may be thinking of the Eisteddfod

The video is a nice idea though

[iliketha]

sirry amewicans

[iliketha]

i'm Welsh and this is absurd, none of this is true, i live in cardiff a city with millions of people not some little town, and even when i did live in a little town this didn't happen!! No welsh people have even heard of taffe except from American tv!! This is so incredibly racist, it's orientalism except you know, against welsh people!

[andyt2k]

@iliketha Also from Cardiff, we get like 2 sets of carol singers at my parents as they're in the outer edge of cardiff but down my way and we'd never invite people in just because they're doing a bit of singing. Can you imagine everyone in cardiff getting together in one place

[SuperSmizmar]

@iliketha Your comment is almost as hilarous as the video. You live in Cardiff and you actually think there are millions of people living there?! The population is in fact wayyy less than half a million. Welsh people haven't even heard of Taffy?  Speak for yourself mate..., although it doesn't mean Toffee like she thinks, lol.

[iliketha]

@SuperSmizmar it's called PR, i'm trying to change these idiotic opinions, yes i exaggerated, but you're just reinforcing them! I didn't say we'd never heard of Taffy, i said we'd only heard of it due to american TV. Also you are confusing Toffee and Taffy.

[SuperSmizmar]

@iliketha Since when is lying a good form of PR? It just makes us look stupid. If you're from Cardiff and you think Taffy is an American TV reference you need help.

[iliketha]

@SuperSmizmar lol i do a PR course in uni, the worst kept secret of all time is that PR practitioners lie, it might not be explicit in text books, but many lecturers are candid about it, and so are retired PR men, read an one of their autobiographies if you don't believe me!!! you still think toffee and taffy are the same thing or you clear now?? what Americans call taffy is not what we call toffee!! the nearest equivalent we have would be a refresher bar or starbursts, nd no1 calls either taffy

[mszorabeth]

The whole of Wales gathers in 'the town square'... yeah right!

[safespa1]

@mszorabeth for a fight maybe! hahaha

[dazza1976]

LOL. I'd love to know where this woman gets her ideas from. I'm Welsh and can confirm she is mostly talking nonsense. I remember when I was a kid and lived in the countryside there'd very occasionally be some carroll singers about but I've not seen any for years. This "singing from every window and every door" is, I'm afraid to say, complete bollocks.

[cannibalsrcul]

She may as well had said 'and then the Welsh ride on the back of a unicorn to the top of snowdon where they worship the mountain'

[audio84]

What Wales did she visit?!

[spopple88]

This is so wrong haha, you might get a few old bastards carol signing but almost no one. It will probably be wet and cold and people will be drinking 20 cans or a bottle of vodka and arguing.

[lukebennett1990]

This couldnt be more wrong! Im welsh we do exactly the same as the usa when it comes to christmas haha!

[stardancer71]

has she even been to wales??!! taffy? townspeople? where does she think we live, WILLY WONKA'S CHOCOLATE TOWN!!! ??????

[rudegodx]

I'd never even heard of taffy (as a type of candy) before going to the US. Here, Taffy is used a pejorative term for the Welsh. I've certainly never met any Welsh person who makes taffy.

[safespa1]

@rudegodx maybe the 16 year old girls in rhondda making baby taffies lol

[mynamesolddgreggg]

Think the only time you'd see a harp in Wales is if someone stole one from England whilst drunk and sneaked it over the bridge!

[emyrdavies1989]

what self respecting welsh person drinks cider fackkkkkkk

[askchipmonk]

i'm welsh, and if anyone ever woke people up in newport by carolling, they'd probably end up stabbed XD also to all the fellow welsh.. have any of you ever made or even had taffy? silly americans..surprised shes even heard of Wales

[heullie]

I'm Welsh - and I have never done or seen ANY of the things mentioned in this video! :S No idea what taffy is either - apart from a nickname given by the English to Welsh people who are from the valleys (along the river Taff). The only bit that's correct is the bit where you say we celebrate the same as England & the US!

[molitirionMUSE1996]

we are amazing people, true, but you don't seem to know much of the right stuff about us...

[HeadKandi666]

This video is a why I wouldn't wanna be american hahahahaha! taffy my arse. The only time I wake anyone up singing is on my walk home from the pub christmas eve... and that's so i don't fall asleep in the snow and die lmao

[HeadKandi666]

what a load of crap!... has she ever left her house??? lmao on christmas day most welsh people feed their face just like everyone else and go to the pub if they don't fall asleep. I dunno about you... but if I got woken up by harps and singing christmas day I'd be pissed lol

[CrazyCymro]

Thank you... I love this video. The best laugh I've had in ages. If I'd known that waking people up early in the morning on Xmas day with my singing would have got me cider I would never have made it home from the pub after the Xmas eve piss up...

[apollogodofstars]

What a load of craaaaap

[celticwelsh]

carol of the year award??? wtf.

And she pronounces it "welch". WE ARE NOT A FRUIT DRINK! jfc

[SGIuk1980]

I'm from very rural Wales & yes Chapel is big here but it is every weekend not just at christmas... cider is more west country than wales IMO. Us welsh sing all year round which competitions for young & old.

This woman needs to do more research!

[martaferdel]

That's interesting!! Is that accurate??

[SGIuk1980]

@martaferdel No far far from it!

[britishgirl1994]

@martaferdel Nope im from Wales in the Uk and I don't know anyone throughout any part of Wales who does this! We just have a typical christmas like everyone else! :D x

[luminarification]

Watch Parmacratic Inquisition to hear a better Version of the entomology and roots of these anthropomorphications

[alwaysrunning]

I wouldn't be surprised if this stupid woman has ever set foot in Wales.

[Twlldinbobsaes]

Id love to know witch part of cymru this ones been to,

"letting in the carol singers for a warm cup of cider" ??? be fwk mae hona ma ar? Yr gotsan

[Iznibz]

Hilariously inaccurate, except for the door-to-door carol singing (and even then it's usually children... and we give them money, not warm cider, which sounds disgusting!)

[makingmocks]

Is this a piss-take?! Mostly in Wales, we drink until we fall over at Christmas, and the only songs we sing are Rugby Anthems, when drunk!!

[TheWelshtube]

I've lived in Wales my entire life and my entire family is completly Welsh. This has never happened in my Life. the only part thats true is the carloing door to door. I think the church thing might be true in more ruraly secluded parts of wales

[Hellsgrannie]

Where on earth has this ill-informed woman from another country got her sill information from???

[Hellsgrannie]

You clearly are an uninformed USA citizen, and obviously do NOT know what you are talking about!!

[JelloOnWeb]

for some reason this video makes the US christmas seem better.

[mrrugby]

Yes the consumerist centered, greed filled one is so much better......its Christmas time of peace and love not stampede each other to get good deals at malls

[TOMMYFARRWALES]

Yes It is fun here at Christmas in wales