Traditional Christmas Greeting: "Naldolig Llawen"
Location: Western Europe
Tree Type: Cultural

Decorations:
- The Wren represents the tradition of the Hunting of the Wren which is done of December 26, The Feast of St. Stephen.
- The hobbyhorse ornaments represent an old Celtic tradition. The Druid Celts on the festival of the winter solstice place the head of a horse on a long pole that was decorated with mistletoe, ivy and colored ribbons. The children and adults would dance around this pole winding the ribbons around it. This was to celebrate the ending of the dark winter and the beginning of the New Year. Over the years the horse headed stick became a child's toy.
- The National flag of Wales is a Red Dragon (Y Draig Goch) on a field of white over dark green.

Traditions:
Though Wales shares some of its Christmas traditions, like crackers and Christmas pudding, with its neighbor England, there are several unique Welsh holiday observances. Carols are very popular among the Welsh people. Called eisteddfodde, these carols are usually accompanied by a harp. Another pre-Christmas custom is called Mari Lwyd, or grey mare. Groups of people move from house to house or through the town challenging others to a contest of riddles. They carry the skull of a horse on a long stick. It is designed to ‘bite' with the pull of a sting. Anyone who loses and is bitten has to pay a fine, sometimes in the form of refreshments for all of the riddle-tellers.

A traditional part of the Christmas Eve meal in Wales is homemade taffy. Pulling it until it becomes smooth and shiny is a fun task for the whole family. Pudding, turkey, fruit, and Christmas cake accompany it before people retire for a few hours of sleep. They're usually up again by four in the morning for the Plygain, or cockcrow, service that goes on in church until sunrise.