KCLR's Joy To The World
Most of us will be celebrating a traditional Irish Christmas in 2024 but for those with a different heritage, Christmas celebrations can be quite different.
Joy To The World celebrates Christmas from around the World, where we hear from different nationalities and discover what makes Christmas special to each. Guests join us to tell us all about their Christmas traditions, music, preparations, decorations, foods and exchanges of gifts.
Available to start streaming from 16 December 2024 for 10 episodes.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2024
Joy To The World Episode 10 - Italy
In our final episode of Joy To The World we take a trip to Italy. Matteo and Ricardo tell us all about the wonderful Italian dishes that are enjoyed during the festive season and we find out about th…
Joy To The World Episode 9 - South Africa
As we take a trip to South Africa, Aisling MacDonald is amazed by how hot it gets on Christmas Day and hears all about how James Swarbrick and his family always celebrated Christmas morning surfing!!…
Joy To The World Episode 8 - The Philippines
As we hear from our guest Nicole, The Philippines begin celebrating Christmas very much earlier than us here in Ireland. The Christmas meal consists of sweet ham and cheese, and even though there ar…
Joy To The World Episode 7 - Spain
Jette talks about her memories growing up in Spain and enjoying a Spanish Christmas with her family. There are a lot of celebrations there during the month of December, we hear all about these and ho…
Joy To The World Episode 6 - Lithuania
We hear from Laimonas as he shares his memories of a very traditional Lithuanian Christmas on his grandparent’s farm and how he is keeping some of these traditions alive with his own family in Irelan…
Joy To The World Episode 5 - Brazil
Episode 5 of Joy To The World stops at Brazil, a country of celebration at Christmas time, where getting together with friends and family is one big party. Aisling MacDonald's guests share all of the…
Joy To The World Episode 4 - France
In episode 4 of Joy To The World, our Christmas Journey brings us to France where we hear from Isabelle and Tanguy, who talk to Aisling about all the homemade food and how important that is on the Ch…
Joy To The World Episode 3 - Ukraine
In episode 3 of Joy To The World we hear all about Christmas traditions in Ukraine. Our guests speak with Aisling about the importance of family and the music that forms part of a traditional Christ…
Joy To The World Episode 2 - Nigeria
In our second episode of Joy To The World, Aisling learns all about Nigerian traditions including how important it is to spread Christmas joy to family, friends and neighbours through gifting of food…
Joy To The World Episode 1 - Poland
In the first episode of Joy To The World, Aisling MacDonald meets with Joanna Michalska, who moved from Poland to Ireland eighteen years ago. We hear about the importance of the 24th of December, fro…
KCLR's Joy To The World (Trailer)
Most of us will be celebrating a traditional Irish Christmas in 2024 but for those with a different heritage, Christmas celebrations can be quite different.
Joy To The World celebrates Christmas from…