link to the 2025 Irish Christmas Ceili program

Go to the bolded READ MORE below and then CLICK HERE to view the full program.

Below is the bare bones information in case Google Documents doesn’t work on your phone:

All I Want for Christmas

Introduction and dedication to Stephany Hoffelt

The First Day of Christmas

The Second Day of Christmas

Jingle Bells

Bells of Dublin

The Flowing Bowl/The Merry Blacksmith/The Star of Munster by doras nua

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

The Third Day of Christmas

The Fourth Day of Christmas

Over the River and Through the Woods

Jingle Bells

Carol of the Bells

Lad O’Beirne’s/Fisherman’s Island (Ed Reavy) by doras nua

3 Tunes

The Nollaig Tree please sing along!

CHORUS

Ho ro, the Nollaig tree

A tree of joy for you and me

Ho ro, the Nollaig tree

A tree of joy for you and me

VERSE ONE

In our home, there is a tree

A rare tree, a Nollaig tree,

An inside tree for our family

it’s a tree of joy for you and me 

CHORUS

VERSE TWO

On that tree, there is a branch 

A rare branch, a Nollaig branch

Branch on the tree 

and the tree in the home

it’s a tree of joy for you and me 

CHORUS

VERSE THREE

On that branch there hangs a star

A rare star, a Nollaig star 

Star on the branch 

and the branch on the tree 

And the tree in the home

it’s a tree of joy for you and me 

CHORUS

VERSE FOUR

In that star, there shines a light,

A rare light, a Nollaig light

Light in the star 

and the star on the branch 

and the branch on the tree 

and the tree in the home, 

it’s tree of joy for you and me

CHORUS

American Wake

The Fifth Day of Christmas

The Sixth Day of Christmas

Wren in the Furze

Silent Night

The Seventh Day of Christmas

Winter Wonderland

INTERMISSION

The Weeping Heart (Howdy Forrester) by doras nua

The Snowy Path

Good King Wenceslas

The Eighth Day of Christmas

The Ninth Day of Christmas

Christmas in Killarney

White Christmas

Fly Me to the Moon (Bart Howard) by doras nua

Holly Jolly

The Tenth Day of Christmas

The Eleventh Day of Christmas

Song of the Seal (Ger Woulfe) by doras nua

Bodhrán

Cry of the Celts

The Twelfth Day of Christmas

Dusty Windowsills (Johnny Harling)/Scatter the Mud by doras nua

Step into Christmas

GROUP PHOTO

Fisherman’s Blues (Mike Scott & Steve Wickham) by doras nua

Irish Blessing

The Parting Glass please sing along!

Oh all the money that e’er I spent

I spent it in good company

And all the harm that e’er I’ve done

Alas, it was to none but me 

And all I’ve done for want of wit

To memory now I can’t recall

So fill to me the parting glass

Good night and joy be with you all

Oh all the comrades that e’er I’ve had

Are sorry for my going away

And all the sweethearts that e’er I’ve had

Would wish me one more day to stay

But since it falls unto my lot

That I should rise and you should not

I’ll gently rise and I’ll softly call

Good night and joy be with you all

Good night and joy be with you all

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