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@IanSinclair77

Жыл бұрын

Mate where are your Melbourne shows?

@traceyholt8223

Жыл бұрын

I clicked on the link to your live shows but Melbourne, Australia isn't there. Would love to see you in Melbourne.

@starrynight1329

Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas 🎄☃️🎅🥳

@cent178

Жыл бұрын

Would love to see you in Melbourne Florida!!

@gustavmeyrink_2.0

Жыл бұрын

The finest people were born in 1964!

Love how it’s 15 minutes of “Christmas was always a normal working day in Scotland!” followed immediately by “now I’m gonna take a couple weeks off cause it’s Christmas!” 😅

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

That's the joke Nick😎

I’m originally from Northumberland and my family were coal miners I remember them saying that the Scottish and Geordie Miners would arrange Christmas and New Year between themselves so the Scots worked Christmas but go extra days off at New Year -this was probably just after WW2

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Proper cross border co-operation😁

@LeeGee

Жыл бұрын

Some of my family were miners (when there were mines) in Lanarkshire, and confirm this. (One of them married a Geordie, but that's not relevant.)

@kittyjohnstone5915

Жыл бұрын

My uncles who were miners, used to tell me there were more miners’ Mothers and grannies “died on Christmas Day” than any other day in the year… my Dad, not a miner himself, used to respond with the question “how many mothers did each miner have, then?” Apparently the death of a close member of the family meant they could have the day off … Possible convenient amnesia on the managerial side?

Loved the fact that you state Christmas became a public holiday in 1958. I remember growing up my much older brothers complaining that they were forced to take Christmas Day off. And Wikipedia won’t let me change the date from the 1800’s!!!!!!!!!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Damn that Wikipedia!

My family migrated from the north of Scotland to the south of England on Christmas day 1960 without a second thought but according to my mother the blank amazement of the locals when we arrived! They rapidly adopted the English style of celebrting Christmas no doubt enthusiasticly propelled in that direction by having 2 youngsters in my sister and me.

My parents are from Glasgow and I grew up with the best of both. Christmas was celebrated in the traditional way but we celebrated Hogmanay and New Years just as much. Steak pie, shortbread and clootie dumpling, followed by running up and down the street banging pot lids with wooden spoons at midnight!

@myparceltape1169

Жыл бұрын

Did you hear that insinuation at the end, that I don't have much time left on this earth?

As an Englishwoman with Scots ancestry - as well as living in Geordieland - I always got the best of two traditions. Even without Scottish ancestry, Geordies will co-opt anyone's plan for a party! ;) Christmas was for the children, new year for the adults. We always had another 'Christmas dinner' on New Year's Day (Much later to help get over the hangover). Everyone took January the 2nd as a holiday, too, if they could get it - just to be on the safe side. My first experience of Hogmanay in The Borders left me so ill that even on the 3rd of January I was a bit fragile.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Gracey you philistine! It's steak pie on New Year's Day😂

@graceygrumble

Жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Never heard that one... the steak pie bit... I've been called a philistine many times. 😁

@234cheech

Жыл бұрын

yep

@matildamartin2811

Жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Bought from the butchers and full of meat.

@heathermcdougall8023

Жыл бұрын

Scot here(with a big drop of Irish) who lives in Geordieland too, on the coast. Never done Turkey for Xmas ever. Beef, leg of lamb, haunch of venison and goose. Beautiful Scots stuff, with a Cullen skink starter soup.

A friend was reading his grandfathers diary ( late 1800s) and he commented that the entries for Dec. 25th just listed the work he'd done that day like any other day. This is a Scottish farm family in Ontario Canada. So next time I see him I'm going to say "let me tell you a story". Thanks Bruce.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

7 ай бұрын

Live shows in Canada in 2024. Shows in Halifax, Annapolis, New Glasgow, Moncton, Montreal, Perth , Ottawa, Toronto, Fergus, Seaforth, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria. Most of the details are here. www.brucefummey.co.uk/shows.aspx

When my Mum came North after marrying my Dad pre- '58 she was surprised at first there was no Christmas holiday but just as everyone else from that generation just accepted it and got on with life!

@charlestaylor8566

Жыл бұрын

That’s true , it was just another work day when not a Sunday , some employers started giving half day , then gradually the whole day , but now it’s just a bit silly with some being off for a fortnight , merry xmas .

At this time of year people need a celebration and a rest. I am a Christian but regard myself as a Quaker! I love my pagan heritage and it’s rich spirituality and symbolism. My Presbyterian Grandma would be rolling in her grave to see me attend Catholic Church tonight to enjoy all the ritual and pageantry. I see the priest holding mass as a wizard performing magic! I firmly believe we can all learn much from each other! So merry Christmas peace and love to all!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Different ways to pluck a chicken

@centerfiresuppressionllc682

Жыл бұрын

I dare say, we have more in common than what differs between us.... Ya Heretic! Lol

@a.t.c.3862

Жыл бұрын

I can hardly say how staggeringly disrespectful and contemptuous this is towards the most sacred act of Catholic worship. For your own spiritual health and salvation, I urge you to go somewhere else for your yuletide entertainment, because God is not mocked.

@jimmycburfield5997

Жыл бұрын

@@a.t.c.3862 nah, God is all about love. I know many of the congregation and I am involved in the musical side of things. I get a blessing! My conception of God is all about love. I don’t think the creative consciousness that is God would feel “mocked’. There was a lot of love! Thanks for the advice Peace be with you! Hari Krishna and Allahu Akbar!

I’m old enough to remember my father still going to the shipyards on Christmas Day. I think it was only about 1963 that we started celebrating Christmas. I remember that year because of the hard winter and all the snow, chapped knees and ice on the inside of the bedroom window

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Oooft

@yvonne3903

Жыл бұрын

About 4 feet of snow, milk sprouting from frozen bottles and Jack Frost on the windows.

Love your channel Bruce and as a Scot, I’ve learned so much from you about my own country. Love the humour and detail you go into. Love that you are bringing a show to (hopefully) Glasgow. Can’t wait to see you live

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Aye, for sure will be there

@TriciaBute

Жыл бұрын

Will you be visiting the sassenach country? Manchester for example? 🤔🎅🌲

@djonfonsteen6331

Жыл бұрын

@@TriciaBute Fingers crossed that would be great. I'd be there without doubt.

Meery Christmas and all the best for 2023 Bruce. I have now removed my tree (s) and told the kids to get to...... Many tha ks for saving me a fortune. 😂

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

Fascinating! Thank you Bruce! I am second generation Canadian of Scottish grandparents. I was common for their Scottish friends to work on Christmas day in Canada for 24/7 public services like transit, hospitals and police/fire because it did not occur to them to not work on Christmas. I never understood why my grandmother was so excited by New Years. My mom remembers her tall, dark father being in demand as 'first footer' on New Years Day.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

😂I'll bet he was

@judeross3875

Жыл бұрын

Yes!!! This!! I always wondered why it never bothered me working Christmas day in my working life!! Very grateful to Bruce and his work.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

7 ай бұрын

Live shows in Canada in 2024. Shows in Halifax, Annapolis, New Glasgow, Moncton, Montreal, Perth , Ottawa, Toronto, Fergus, Seaforth, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria. Most of the details are here. www.brucefummey.co.uk/shows.aspx

I found your channel a couple of days ago and there were a few instances of me fake-yelling at my Scottish husband “the Scottish/your Clan did WHAT????” 😂 This one being no different- all while making a traditional Christmas Eve dinner from my country. Thanks for your great work, there are a lot of things they don’t tell in the history books. Enjoy your time off 🎉

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Welcome on board

When my parentals first married in 61 Christmas was a normal working day for dad, by the time i came in, 64 in had become a holiday, which he embraced fully as a day of rest

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Same as me Pamela

As a Scot living in Scotland for over 60 years Christmas is a recent tradition. New Year was/is always bigger

@Glesga_lassie

2 ай бұрын

Hogmanay used to be all of my family traipsing round each others doors, having parties, it was so exiting as a child in the 80's, in the 90's and early noughties that turned to partying, then parenthood, now on Hogmanay I'm asleep by eleven o'clock. Glasgow used to have amazing street parties not so long ago, and in George square but they've stopped it all. It's such a shame.

Aye and may i add two things...the poem Love by Emmet Fox is one of the most beautiful Christmas Presents to offer anyone - everyone and secondly may we remember the late and great Ian Hamilton Q.C and his fellow Bravehearts for their Christmas Present to us all - breaking and returning the Stone of Destiny - a necessary break with the stranglehold of the past, a symbolic pointer to the present and future. Bless them. Lets raise a wee glass to necessary Scottish Independence - may She rise free as the PhoeniX. Thanks Bruce - keep up the great work X

It is fun here in Australia. A large proportion of the populations ancestry is from Britain, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and many European countries. Despite the fact that it’s summer, temperatures reaching into the 30s and even into the 40s, many people will still have a traditional Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, singing Christmas songs about cold winter nights, dashing through the snow, Santa dressed up in red velvet with fur and so on. Go figure 😂

Greetings from America! Merry Christmas Bruce! Thank you for expanding my knowledge of Scottish history these last few years. It has served me well as an American brand ambassador for several Single Malt distilleries. Best regards.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@jameswilson3991

Жыл бұрын

kind of job my husband would love from linda in scotland merry xmas

@charlestaylor8566

Жыл бұрын

Old Pulteney , my fav , from the most northern distillery in Scotland ! Mmmmmmmm.

@Liquid_Alchemy

Жыл бұрын

@@charlestaylor8566 Well, officially the second most northern distillery in mainland Great Britain thanks to Wolf burn distillery.

I can remember my dad working on Christmas day. While we exchanged presents and had a big dinner on Christmas day, Hogmanay and New Years Day were much bigger events.

It's almost funny how they tried to punish the revellers by making them sit together like the cool kids at the front. Where they could arrange further shenanigans!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

The preacher's breath would have been like a Dyson hand dryer😂

Being of an age with Bruce, I can remember being told about Christmas Day being a working day by my grandparents & parents and can remember seeing the changes over the years in the importance of Christmas in Scotland. The other side of the coin is that New Year became more of thing in England starting in the 1970s & 80s and we have now ended up with this week + long holiday throughout the British Isles.

Being from a large family of a Scottish coal miners from coal mining families themselves and predominantly Catholic. Christmas was always celebrated as much as possible even though they had to work, with the main get togethers taking place during the New Years holiday. Ah good times. Keep up the good work Bruce, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours.

Merry Christmas Bruce and family from Adelaide, South Australia. I emigrated from Scotland aged 10. I love Scottish history and you bring our history to life with thoroughly researched topics and gentle humour. You're a wonderful teacher. I will definitely catch you on tour next year. Thanks for another terrific video, Sláinte!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Yaaay, see you in Adelaide adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/stories-of-scotland-af2023

Merry Christmas Bruce! As an American with family in Northern Scotland I always learn something new and interesting from you / with humor when possible !! All the best🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎄

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Same to you!

Of course, the crew of the Enterprise were Presbyterians, under the guidance of Capt. Kirk. Thanks for another great video with an expanded cast. 👍 Happy Christmas, and a Merry Hogmanay to one and all.

may I borrow the children to decorate my tree next year?

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

That'd leave me without a tree😧

All the best Bruce 👍🙏❤️

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly

Merry Christmas from Victoria Australia My Mum family Scottish came to Vic in 1951 My Mum said nothing about not having Christmas when she was little. So Thank you

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

I hope you'll come and see me when I do my live show in Melbourne

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Here's where I'm going a show in Melbourne www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=1005983&

In the part of Manchester I was brought up in, Christmas was big but new year was bigger. Maybe that was just us, my grandmother was from Dundee.

My Father was Scottish from Edinburgh. Sunday for my Presbyterian family was church, a walk about town, and any reading was the Bible or sermons.They did not celebrate Christmas, but did New Year. They emmigrated to Canada in the 1920s where customs were different and people from other places. My Grandfather was a baker and adapted to a new Christmas. Christmas was a very busy time for the bakery with cookies and cakes. I have a photo of my father surrounded by Christmas puddings in cloth; at least 50 When I was growing up we had the typical 1950s Christmas even when my Scottish Grandma was there. One Christmas Eve my parents were up with the baby, and Grandma got the other kids up thinking it was morning. She really enjoyed Christmas. Our Presbyterian Church celebrated with a children's Christmas party. They did emphasize that it was a religious day, but even Santa came. With Scots migrating around the world, they met many different people and customs; and they changed and joined into the Christmas we celebrate today.

@Glesga_lassie

2 ай бұрын

I'm Glaswegian, in my mid forties now and I remember as a child on Sundays it was Sunday School, then the church service, then back across the road (we lived facing our church) to do very little beyond going over the Bible lesson we had learned earlier that day. All of the shops were closed (apart from the small Asian owned corner shop), buses were on a "Sunday service", taxis cost extra, pretty much Sunday was the lord's days so noone was allowed to do anything. I recall being amazed as shops and supermarkets began opening on Sundays, older people were outraged. I'm a descendant of a well known clan, had Covenanters in my ancestry and was brought up Presbyterian.

@westzed23

2 ай бұрын

@@Glesga_lassie I'm in my sixties now and as a child all shops were closed on Sundays except a small confectionery store. Our church wasn't built yet in our town so we went when visiting relatives. The neighbours invited us to there's but we only went for children's event like Bible school and Christmas parties. I remember when my two younger brother's and I were christened. The family Presbyterian Minister came to our home and christened us there. It was about two years later that the church was finished and the Minister opened it up. Our Sunday's were much like yours. At church we had Sunday school after a service, then we went home to a big roast meal. With five kids we got leftovers for a few days. I think it was in the later 1960s that more stores opened on Sundays. Then late hours a couple of days for malls and big stores and more Sunday openings. In the 1980s it turned to late hours all week in most stores. Sunday often closed early. I live in a smaller town now and more stores are closed on Sunday again.

I remember my dad going to work on Christmas day morning as late as the mid sixties.

I can remember working Christmas Day on building sites as it was not a recognised holiday 1967-8

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

You tell young folks that th' day

My neighbor, Sine', is from Scotland but came here (USA) with family about age 20 but still at age 78 always tells people she's from "Scotland", a "Scot".

I can still remember the day when I was a young kid and the Catholic Priest came knocking on our door and l answered it the Priest asked if my mum or dad were home , next thing my very proud Protestant Grandfather came running towards the door with his fist in the air screaming " Get away from here , don't you try push your Catholicism on my family " chasing him up the street still screaming at him . I thought old Grandpa was pretty cool then and pissed myself laughing. (My Gran was Catholic lol) The Catholic Priest never came back . Merry Christmas all but l don't give a shi t about religion myself . Now where's my presents Santa 🧑‍🎄? Better not be a tight arse this year .

Brilliant, thanks Bruce. We are the same age. I remember my scottish gran celebrated hogmanay and new years day more than Christmas (with presents and a big meal on 1st). Christmas was celebrated more by my parents who had grown up a bit in England. Its sad and interesting to see how hogmanay has been whittled down over the years. For me, i like both celebrations! Bring on 12 days of Yule celebrations!

Your one of my favourite KZread channels my granddad is Scottish from the macdonald clan and I'm a Englishman merry Christmas everyone

Merry Christmas to you Bruce and your family. I’m American with Scottish ancestry and enjoy your channel. I’ve learned so much history from you. 🎄🎁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Glad to have you on board Jane

Oooo Bruce, bring that roadshow here to Hamilton, Canada, sometime. You could pack out the auditorium at the Scottish Rite...

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Who knows, maybe 2024

@suemackenzie7491

Жыл бұрын

He could probably fill Copps Coliseum or whatever they call it now. The Rite is so much smaller. Bring all the Fummey family to visit Canada!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

7 ай бұрын

Live shows in Canada in 2024. Shows in Halifax, Annapolis, New Glasgow, Moncton, Montreal, Perth , Ottawa, Toronto, Fergus, Seaforth, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria. Most of the details are here. I tried Hamilton, but couldn't find a venue www.brucefummey.co.uk/shows.aspx

There used to be a football card in Scotland on Christmas Day right up to 1971.

Bruce. The best yet. Loved the supporting cast too. I too am from that part of the Union that had the best of both worlds at the year end. English Christmas with pressies, food and a little drink and no having to work. Then a few days later, New Year when the factory was officially open but there were no buses running so we could not get there. So we had more cause to drink. Enjoy your trip and come back safe..

Bruce, Not sure if you’ve realize though you might have but this puts Queen Elizabeth’s yearly UK wide Christmas messages in a more political light. She’s always struck me as someone who wanted to be a Stuart. Naming her oldest kids after two of ‘em. Being in Scotland FAR more often than her predecessors and the way she chose to die as QEII in London and as Queen of Scots in Royal teeside. Fascinating.

As a Church of Scotland Presbyterian (St. Columba's in London and St. Andrew's in Brussels), Christmas involves church services -- though we also have presents. New Year's has the possibility of theater and parties.

Another great video, I always learn so much that I didn't realize. Thank you. My grandfather came to America in 1923 from Scotland so I must say Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas with out mince pies, we would go to "Cameron's" in Kearny New Jersey about 20mins ride to get them & a steak & sausage pie, every December & while we were in Kearny for the pies we would go right down the street to the Argyle's restaurant for fish & chips. (I'm making my mouth water) it was so good. We usually tried to go on a Friday night because they had a piper that would play there on Friday nights he was a really nice guy, I also used to love the "Scottish gifts shop" they had on the second floor as well. I was always so impressed with the whole experience as kid, I loved hearing their accents, & checking out all the different kilts & tartans & just all the different things. Wow I just went off on a trip down memory lane lol... Sorry about that. I guess I just realized where my love for All things Scottish comes from lol

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Sounds great

@therabbithole-sn5yb

Жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours I do have to say that it is great that you do reply to so many comments. Thanks & God bless you guys...

😁👍 My mother's family were strict Methodists, we usually visited them on Boxing Day! There was always plenty of homecooked food, but no carols, or tree, or alcohol, Monopoly games were a big hit, plus plenty of love and laughter! 😉😂 Christmas Day was usually more British/Australian Anglican, with masses of glitter, alcohol, best dresses, pretentious people, singing, crying and family movies - Hindus and Buddhists welcome!! 🧐🤣 Summer Solstice 22/12! ✨ Hogmanay! 🥃👍

Merry Christmas from Tennessee. Hope Y'all are staying warm and your bellies are full.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Same to you!

Wishing you all the best and a very Merry Christmas to you and your family Bruce.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Happy new year

Thanks Bruce, Christmas is gone. I'll wish you and yours a Peaceful Prosperous New Year. Love from Australia

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

My 2023 will be all the better if you come and see me when I'm in Oz. Either way have a great year😘

Delightful! Thank you.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

As always, both educational and entertaining. Thank you, Bruce, for this Christmas history special. Merry Christmas to you and your family🎄😃

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Cheryl Have a great one

Me mother and me dad told the tale without saying a word. Mother ( Irish ancestry disciplined by travels through England and the States) loved the whole bit while me dad (whose dad was a staunch Presbyterian from Kilmaurs (covenantin' country) and mom a Gaelic speaking MacKay) could really care less, other than he had to pay the bill for the whole lot! History in a microcosm!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

😂

Hah! I left the navy in 79. At Faslane. I got a job on the railway at Helensburgh. It was the first year that Christmas was a holiday. All that fire watching dockyard mateys Xmas day! Bastards.

Thought I knew a fair muckle bit of Scottish history and traditions, but you leave me dumbfounded! Very Well Done!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Braw

Love the kids giving you the sideways glances

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

😜

Interesting and fun! It's actually related to a discussion I got into at the Townsends channel, which touched on Christmas not being observed in the American colonies, so thank you for explaining more of this background! I'm Czech, so a good deal of this history passes me by entirely. :-)

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Glad to be of service😎

@JackrabbitCrafts

Жыл бұрын

This is interesting to me, because I've been to Colonial Williamsburg several times for Christmas because it's beautiful and they talk extensively about the lavish Christmas celebrations and days of gift giving. Of course it's mostly when you get to the governor's palace so clearly what's good for the elite isn't for the common man.

@beth12svist

Жыл бұрын

@@JackrabbitCrafts I think, from the sound of it, it also may have differed depending on the region and what the exact influences behind the settlements were?

@JackrabbitCrafts

Жыл бұрын

@@beth12svist for sure! We're talking about the capital of a prominent English colony at the center of a massively lucrative plantation community vs a younger settlement closer to the frontier. (Not sure the average background of the Townsend's area)

@beth12svist

Жыл бұрын

@@JackrabbitCrafts They draw from all sorts of sources all around the US really, and I don't remember where that particular account was from. But not Williamsburg, I think.

Finally and thank you.

I still miss league football on Christmas Day, last games mid 1970s, Saints last home game on Christmas earlier about 1972 IIRC. Saw you on Country File tonight. Auchindrain is the home of my dad's forebears via Dunoon and Govan. Always loved the skin of my Grandmother's Clootie Dumpling

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Aye tasty

I was born in Belfast in 63.Going to the Old Firm games on NYD in the 80s I learned from the good Presbyterian folk in the Duke st area of Glasgow that Christmas wasnt a big deal for them and that Hogmany was the real deal. Your 1958 coment put everything into perspective. 👍

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Here to help😎

Let Ma Tell Yer A Story - Merry Whiskey Christmas Bruce from Yorkshire

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

😜

Merry Christmas to all! Stay safe and healthy!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

You too Kathryn

Absolutely wonderful Bruce! I'm glad your family was in on the act! Enjoy your Christmas! May you anf your family have a blessed new year!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly Phillip

If you are ever in Wilmington North Carolina around the holiday season, go to Apple Annie's and buy their magnificent mince pie. Learn what mince pies can be.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

I'll need to get them to post it😂

I didnt know ANY of this. Wow and thank you!!

Wishart...as in Scotland being the land of Wishart and Knox....is in reference to an ancestor of mine, Protestant preacher and martyr, George Wishart. There is an arch named for him in Dundee.

Have a Merry Christmas and a better Hogmanay.

That was a great story Bruce! Thanks so much for that bit of history about Christmas! Funny how a holiday to bring people together could be so divisive. Merry Christmas from America to you and your kin and a happy New Year!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

You too my friend

Bruce, thank you. Have a nice time resting funny informative man :)

Love it! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What's up with these Charles mucking everything up! Thanks for reminding me of the bell stick my grandpa used to bring out to ring. lol thanks for this enlightening video once again Bruce :) love seeing your family 'help' with the holidays.

Thank you for the history of a Scottish Christmas. See you in the new year Bruce!

Thanks for all the brilliant videos this year, Merry Christmas everyone 🎄

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Ah thanks Mark

Mom always used to say Christmas was hardly a thing back in the 50's when she'd lived there (most worked Christmas day) ...it was more the first fit/Hogmanay.

Hard to believe it took until 1958 to change back. Happy new year to you!

I grew up not celebrating Christmas. My dad always said Jesus wasn’t born in December - no one has their flocks out in winter. And the three ‘wise men from the orient’ didn’t hop a plane and show up the next day with gifts. So he didn’t like the math on the whole thing.

@garygalt4146

Жыл бұрын

Maths

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Gary

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Julian, Gary below has reprimanded you😂

@garygalt4146

Жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours happy Christmas

@garygalt4146

Жыл бұрын

Wife’s dad died this year so no Ghanaian food this Boxing Day

Bruce is my elder brother's name as well. Thank you for your stories and historical records, well spiced with humor and personality. This Alastair in Texas thanks you kindly.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure

Merry Christmas Bruce and pals

Very educational as always and nobody tells it in such an entertaining way as Bruce F!!!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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😘

My memory of Scottish Christmas was that everything I'd been told about ot as an American was a romantic lie. My elderly neighbor told me this same story (minus the pie) when i lived in your country. It explained a lot abput the distinct lack of anything that looked like Christmas to an American. Not even a tree in a high street shop window. That was 2001!

Christmas Day was a normal working day on Scottish Building Sites up until the late 60’s. Even in the early 70’s we worked on Christmas Eve & Boxing Day. Hogmanay was & still is, the big celebration here in Scotland. Scotland is still a predominately Protestant country.

Thanks for the great video Bruce. I admire all the research and humor you put into your channel. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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Thank you kindly

This is the most enjoyable KZread channel ever. Thank you for what you do.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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Ah thanks

Have a nice holiday Bruce and all!

Merry and bright Yule blessings, Mr Fumey and family. Thanks for the video drop 🖤

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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Happy new year

Merry Christmas friend and please keep the great videos coming from Scotland.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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Thanks, you too!

Your channel is so much needed, thank you !

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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Glad you think so!

Merry Christmas to you and your family Bruce! Love your videos🙏🏼♥️🕊🌹📿✨✨👑👑🎄🎅🏼

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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😘 My videos love you

Thank you for teaching us your sense of humor keeps me interested

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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So nice of you

All the best for the New Year ,now i know you can really celebrate that lol.Proper Scottish party time .I said it before you should be on T.V.Real fantastic way of getting people interested in history, could listen to your accent all day ,brilliant! From someone way down in the south of the U.K.🤣🤣

Blessed Yule and Merry Christmas Fummey family.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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Same to you!

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@@ScotlandHistoryTours Thanks. See you soon!!!

Brilliant video bruce. . Hope you and your family have a good yin mate

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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You too

Love your channel! 😍 This was a great video! Very interesting (and funny🤣)👍🏻 Merry Christmas to you and your family! 🎄

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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Thank you! You too!

That was great, Bruce. Thank you and Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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Thanks Steve

I traced my maternal side back to Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Gordon Clan , Huntley Castle) . First Adam de Gordon, a knight, came over from Normandy, 1066 with William the Conquer. I hope I can learn more from your videos. Thank you ! Huntley's & Mitchell's , North Carolina, USA

Happy Christmas Bruce to you and your family. 🌲 May you and yours have a great Hogmanay. Wonderful video. There's so much more to this controversial history than I imagined.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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Thanks Frank

That was really interesting, always knew new year was a really big thing in Scotland, but never knew why. A life ling mystery about mince pies also solved. Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh Bruce

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!!!

Thank you for all your video. Wishing you and your family a merry christmas.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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Thanks Lynne

🎄🎆🎄Merry Christmas Bruce! Great festive family fun! Thanks! and all the best! 🎆🎄🎆

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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Same to you!

Hooray a 😮 Brisbane visit. Can’t wait. Loved seeing you in The Lost King this month. Fascinating learning from your distillation of information, especially about the movements in Skye and the Highlands.

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Yay, Brisbane tickets at www.eventbrite.com.au/e/bruce-fummey-stories-of-scotland-tickets-483604192157?aff=erelexpmlt