Christmas Checklist 2024

freshpopcorn

Little Christmas Day

Dancing with the Stars Starts

Young Scientist

Burns Night

February Bank Holiday

6 nations Start

Super Bowl

Pancake Tuesday 13th February

Ash Wednesday/St.Valentines Day 14th February

300 days to go

Leap Day 29th February

Mother's Day 10th March

Dancing with the Stars ends

St.Patrick's Day

Six Nations Ends

Easter Sunday/Clock go forward March 31st

May Bank Holiday

Eurovision Week 7th - 11th May

June Bank Holiday

200 Days to go

State Exams

Euro 2024

Father's Day June 16th

Longest Day of the Year

Wimbledon July 1st - 14th

Summer Olympic open July 26th

All Ireland Hurling/Football finals

August Bank Holiday.

Brown Thomas Christmas Shop

Rose of Tralee

Schools return

Strictly Come Dancing Starts

100 days to go

Great British Bake Off

Ploughing Championships 17th - 19th

Christmas Catalogues arrive

Clocks go back

Halloween

Christmas Ads

Christmas coffee cups/packaging

Christmas lights switched on

Ice-Skating/Christmas markets

The Late Late Toy Show

Black Friday 24th November

Christmas FM launch

Christmas Hams

First Sunday of Advent December 1st

Christmas party food/etc arrives in shops

RTE Christmas Guide

PDC World Dart Championship Starts

Turkeys, fresh desserts, etc arrive in the shops

Shortest Day of the Year

Schools/businesses' close for Christmas

Christmas Eve

DvB

Could throw in the 6 nations and euro 2024

Day Lewin

I always think Burns Night should be added to this list. (25th January)

It falls on the first Rudolph Day, brightens up the drabbest week of January, and best of all, any Tartan Christmas decorations you had can be left up and still used!

Deers are a Scottish thing so they can be left up too. What's not to love?

Scots wha hae!

freshpopcorn

Added!

freshpopcorn

Should I add this? 😉

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121578256#Comment_121578256

Absolutely not 😂

DvB

Great work @freshpopcorn you're some man for a countdown, be it numbers or lists!

Love it.

Posy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121578256#Comment_121578256

I'd add that over the feckin 6 nations! 😂

Day Lewin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121578212#Comment_121578212

Wonderful, thank you!

freshpopcorn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121579057#Comment_121579057

When I was a child/teenager I thought it was decades old then.

Desperate Housewives also aired 20 years ago this year.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121583273#Comment_121583273

I have you know 40 years is very young. Some people would actually say it’s quite hip.

Do people still say hip?

freshpopcorn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121583909#Comment_121583909

I know 40 is still very young. I'm growing closer to that myself.

Yes, they Groovy do!

DvB

First 2 can be marked off already!

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121585913#Comment_121585913

Marked off sure we are only flying it.

Loughc

Burns night crossed off. I added chrIstmasfm To the list and highlighted some of the big days on the list.

I have a feeling it’s going to be quick moving year this year.

Smell the glove

Really think the darts should be on that list for December, it really is a major thing for a lot of people for a sign Christmas is just here!

Andrew93

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121683322#Comment_121683322

100% agree. Always signals Christmas is really upon us for me and plenty others in this thread.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121688251#Comment_121688251

Added it now gents, It's a great part of Christmas for me too.

For me I rarely notice anything from Dec 1st it all feels like pure Christmas from then on.

Loughc

I had to forgo some bank holidays to get them to fit on one list but nice reminder for us.

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121698952#Comment_121698952

what app did you use for that? Wouldn't mind something like that myself.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121699215#Comment_121699215

It's called countdown bluey/greeny logo of a clock and an arrow wrapping around the clock. Really easy to use and neat and I like how it presents.

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121704174#Comment_121704174

Is that an android or apple app? Dont see it on the android app store.

Did find another similar one though that looks quite funky so will use that instead, thanks.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121704268#Comment_121704268

Apple app.

DvB

2 more can be marked off today.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121729908#Comment_121729908

And 3 more to be marked off in the next week.

Andrew93

2 more can be marked off. 3 if you hold on until tomorrow!

DvB

4 more at least can be marked off on this now.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121884003#Comment_121884003

Updated now :)

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121893678#Comment_121893678

3 more can be marked off already!!

Posy

It's starting to fly already! 😮

List up to date now. 🙂

DvB

Easter Sunday can be marked off now.